This Church is located at Mannanam in Kottayam district on a hillock which is about 11-km from Kottayam town. The church has been renovated many times but it still retains its original altar with gold filigree work and paintings. To the right of the Church is a small museum which was once a Sanskrit School. The nearby Chavara Art Museum preserves repertory of Church history. This Church is associated with the Blessed Father Kuriakose Elias Chavarachan who was famed in miracle cures. The place of Church, Mannanam, is the seat of the first Seminary of the Malabar Church during 1833, the first Catholic Sanskrit School in Kerala during 1846, the first English High School in Kerala during 1846, the first private printing press, CMS Press started by Benjamin Bailey in Kerala during 1846, and the first daily Malayalam Newspaper, Deepika, in Kerala during 1887. Blessed Kuriakose (Chavarachan) Feast is held on 3rd Sunday after Easter.