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{{Infobox church
| name = Church of Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen
| fullname = Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, Vaipim ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]])
| other name = Eccleasia de domina spei, Vypeen ([[Latin]])
| native_name = പ്രത്യാശമാതാ ദേവാലയം, വൈപ്പിൻ
| image = [[File:Our lady of hope-vypeen (1).jpg|Our_lady_of_hope-vypeen_(1)]]
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| caption = Front of the church
| pushpin map = India Kerala
| coordinates = {{Coord|9.9737|76.2429|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:IN}}
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| location = [[Vypin|Fort Vypeen]], [[Vypin|Vypeen, Kochi, Kerala]]
| district = [[Ernakulam]]
| denomination = [[Catholic Church]] ([[Latin Church]])
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'''Church of Our Lady of Hope''' ( [[Malayalam]]: '''പ്രത്യാശമാതാ ദേവാലയം,''' [[Cochin Portuguese Creole|Cochin Portuguese]]: '''Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança''' ) is a [[Latin Church]] [[parish church|parish]] in the [[Archdiocese of Verapoly]]. It is located at [[Vypin|Fort Vypin]] in the island of [[Vypeen]], the point where the [[Vembanad Lake]] merges with the [[Arabian Sea]], with [[Fort Kochi|Fort Cochin]] on the other side.

The church, with an area of {{cvt|10|km2}}, occupies the southern end of Vypeen Island. Ministering to [[Latin Catholics of Malabar]], its liturgies are according to the [[Roman Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. The patron of the church is [[Our Lady of Hope]] a form in which [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin mary]] is venerated as the patron of Fishermen and navigators, pointing to why the emblem of church is an [[anchor]]. It happens to be one of the oldest churches in [[Kochi]], built by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in 1605 A.D. It was part of [[Diocese of Cochin]] and is now under the administration of [[Archdiocese of Verapoly]]. A significant [[Anglo Indian]] population is found within the parish's borders, mostly of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[England|English]] ancestry The Church is home to the famous statue of [[Ecce Homo]], meaning 'Behold the man' ([[Malayalam-language|Malayalam]]: കൈകെട്ടിയ രൂപം ) a statue of our lord in chains and is kept for public veneration on the 4th Sunday of lent every year. The parish remains as one of the only parishes with a [[Confraternity]] system, colloquially known as 'Konpriya'( [[Malayalam-language|Malayalam]]: കൊമ്പ്രിയ /കൊമ്പിരിയ ) which includes three of such, the Confraternity of [[Our Lady of the Rosary]] and [[Infant Jesus]], the Confraternity of [[Saint Peter]] and [[Saint Paul]] and lastly the Confraternity of [[Saint Sebastian]].

The parish has the fortune to celebrate several feasts a year.

Major feasts celebrated are;

[[Christ Child|Infant Jesus]]' Confraternity feast- Week including 6th January

[[Saint Maurice|St Morris]] - 3rd sunday of January

[[Saint Sebastian|St Sebastian]]'s Confraternity feast- Week including 20th January

[[Saint Joseph|St Joseph]] - 19th March

[[Mary, mother of Jesus|Our Lady of Hope]]'s Parish feast- Week including 21st May

[[Anthony of Padua|St Antony]]- 13th June

[[Our Lady of Good Health|Our Lady of Velankanni]]- 8th September

[[Our Lady of the Rosary|Our Lady of Rosary]]- week including 7th October

[[Saint Peter|St Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|St Paul]]'s Confraternity feast- 3rd week of November

==History==
During the [[Age of Discovery]], the [[Roman Catholic Church]] established a number of [[Mission (Christian)|Missions]] in the New World in order to spread Christianity. The missionaries of the different orders ([[Franciscan]]s, [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]], [[Jesuit]]s, [[Augustinians|Augustinian]]s, etc.) flocked out and began at once to build churches along the coast districts wherever the Portuguese power made itself felt.

This church was built by the Portuguese missionaries and blessed in 1605 A.D by [[:pt:André de Santa Maria|Bishop Dom Andrea de Santa Maria O.F.M.]], the then Bishop of Cochin

[[Dutch Malabar|The Dutch]] who conquered Cochin in 1663, destroyed all Catholic buildings in Cochin. Only the [[Church of Saint Francis, Kochi|St. Francis Church]], [[Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Kochi|Santa Cruz Basilica]], and [[St Louis Church, Mundamveli|St. Louis Church Mundamveli]] (2nd Parish Church) escaped this fate. The original wooden altar and screen of St Francis church were moved to this church when the Dutch took possession of St Francis church.

This imposing church was renovated in 2005 as part of its fourth centenary celebrations. The fourth centenary of her erection was celebrated on 19 November 2005.

==See also==
*[[Archdiocese of Verapoly]]
*[[Archdiocese of Goa]]
*[[Diocese of Cochin]]
*[[Christianity in India]]
*[[Roman Catholicism in India]]
*[[List of Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]
*[[List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)#Episcopal Conference of India|List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured_view)-Episcopal Conference of India]]

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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110905212609/http://www.dioceseofcochin.org/pages/parishes1.php www.dioceseofcochin.org - Santa Cruz Basilica ]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/coch1.htm GCatholic.org]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcchn.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* https://catholicchurches.in/directory/cochin-churches/our-lady-of-hope-church-vypeen.htm
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04076a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia -Diocese of Cochin]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225112/http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-ia_cochin.php Diocesan directory | www.ucanews.com]
* https://www.dioceseofcochin.org/parish/our-lady-hope-church-estd-1605
* [[Latin Catholics of Malabar]]
* [[Saint Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle]]

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[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1605]]
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[[Category:Portuguese in Kerala]]
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