What the records say
- When
- 3 Jan 1653
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 9.96° N, 76.26° E
- Description
- By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Coonan Cross Oath.
Coonan Cross Oath
1653 oath by members of the Saint Thomas Christians
The Coonan Cross Oath, also known as the Great Oath of Bent Cross or Leaning Cross Oath, was taken on 3 January 1653 in Mattancherry by a significant portion of the Saint Thomas Christian community in the Malabar region of India.
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