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As I've been exploring and investigating Catholicism for a little a year now, one of the most common comments that I receive is "the Catholic Church is more than the Latin Rite. You should visit an Eastern Catholic Church." In today's video, I'm doing just that: touring an Eastern Catholic Church. However, when many think of "Eastern Catholic Churches" they picture churches that hail from the Byzantine tradition, full of icons and the usual marks of Orthodox churches. However, in this video, I'm touring a Syro-Malabar Cathedral, a Catholic church with based in India, going all the way back to St Thomas the Apostle. This video is a living testament to the sheer breadth of the Catholic tradition, and I hope you learn something from it. I know I did!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Teaser
00:35 - Outside the Church
01:39 - What is the Syro-Malabar Church?
02:23 - Doors of the Church
03:20 - Size of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
06:01 - History of the Cathedral
06:17 - The Church as Earth
07:15 - Language of the Liturgy
09:29 - Mosaics
13:27 - Syro-Malabar Liturgy
16:00 - Ad #1
19:09 - The Altar Area
23:37 - Bishop's Chair and Priests' Seats
26:27 - Relic of St. Thomas
28:47 - Statue of St. Thomas
29:19 - Good Shepherd Statue
31:44 - The Questroma
34:29 - St. Thomas Cross
35:58 - Behind the Veil
40:15 - Moving Outside the Church
44:01 - Outro