St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Brahmavar, is the only Konkani Orthodox community in the entire world with 130 years of glorious past as a part of the 2000 year old Indian Church, namely the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, which was found by St. Thomas the Apostle in 52 AD in India, , one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. Origin The Brahmavar Konkani Orthodox Christians majorly are descendants of migrants to Coastal area of Karnataka from Goa and Maharashtra. A significant proportion of Christian Konkanis trace their origin to the Apostolic Tradition of St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew. There is a tradition that Christianity existed in and around Brahmavar, due to the apostolic activities of St. Bartholomew. But, very few evidence substantiate the claim. In the 16th century and later, with the influx of many western Christian missionaries, Konkanis in Goa and Mangalore were converted to Western Denomination. Out of which it is stated that it included