Kurisumala Abbey
The Abbey Kurisumala Ashram , founded in 1958 as a Christian Ashram , is since 1998 one Indian monastery of Trappist monks in Vagamon , Kottayam , Kerala , archeparchy Tiruvalla .
history
The prehistory is closely connected to the biography of its founder, the Belgian Trappist Francis Acharya , who left his order in 1955 to fulfill the desire to live since 1931, the establishment of a Christian ashram ("meditation center") in India. Together with Bede Griffiths (who stayed until 1968) he accepted the invitation of the Bishop of Tiruvalla in 1958 and founded an ashram with the West Syrian rite on Mount Kurisumala as part of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church , which was incorporated into the Trappist order in 1998 at his request was raised to the abbey (Immediatoberer: Monastery Tarrawarra ). The monastery plays a role in the inculturation of Christianity in India .
Abbots
- Francis Mahieu Acharya (1998-2002)
- Yesudas Thelliyl (2002-2014)
- Ishananda Machiyanickal (2014-2018)