St Joseph Pilgrim Church Peringuzha
St. Joseph's Pilgrimage Church is one of the oldest Christian churches located in the village of Peringuzha in Ernakulam district. The church is under the Kothamangalam Diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church of the Eastern Catholic Church. The church is named after St. Joseph. Historical records attest to the fact that the Peringuzha Church was founded in 1864 AD. It is one of the first parishes in Kerala named after St. Joseph. Looking back through the history of the Syro-Malabar Church, one of the first five major churches to be established in the church in Joseph's name is that of Peringuzha . Peringuzha is a parish that was formed long before vicarages were established for Marthoma Christians. Peringuzha Church is the first church in the Diocese of Kothamangalam to be named after St. Joseph. For the first time in Kerala, St. Joseph's seven statues (seven anxieties) are also located in its entirety, adjacent to this pilgrimage temple in Peringuzha. Peringuzha is also the mother parish of many nearby parishes.