The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, also known as the Mar Thoma Church, is a Christian denomination based in the state of Kerala in southwestern India. The Mar Thoma Church is neither a Protestant church of the western type nor an orthodox church of the eastern type. It is oriental in worship, autonomous in administration and missionary in action. The church follows an orthodox (true worship) liturgy and a catholic (to all, for all) mission and evangelism. Truly it is a bridge-church between the eastern and western ecclesial traditions. Being catholic in mission, the church opens its doors to the east and to the west. The church affirms its faith in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. In the modern ecumenical movement, the Mar Thoma Church plays a significant role, as a church with oriental heritage and occidental zeal for mission.
Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Cardiff is first central Wales-based parish. Membership consists mainly of families who reside in and around Cardiff and the Home Counties. Given the parish’s location and outreach program, it attracts a significant number of students and young people who come to this great and ancient city for work and study. The regular Sunday worship services, as well as special services, are held at the Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Cyncoed Methodist Church, Cyncoed Road / Westminster Crescent, Cardiff, CF23 6SE. Immanuel Mar Thoma Church, Cardiff currently consist of more than 35 families and we have very dynamic and spiritual activities in Sunday School, Choir, Sevika Sangham, Edavaka Mission and prayer group (Find out More→).
At our heart is a living relationship with God revealed through Christ in the Bible. We are lighted to lighten and we are committed to living that out in our everyday lives where ever we are placed. “Mar Thoma Church defines itself as “Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function, and Episcopal in character.”
All are welcome and if you are here for business, pleasure or studies, come and join us for worship and fellowship with the Body of Christ. (Contact us to find out more→)