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Kurisumala Ashram is a Trappist monastery of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in the Sahya Mountains in Vagamon, Kerala, India.
In 1956 Zacharias Mar Athanasios, then the Bishop of Thiruvalla, [1] [2] invited Francis Mahieu, a Trappist monk from the Scourmont Abbey in Belgium, to come to Kerala to start the ashram.
He was later joined by Bede Griffiths. On 1st December 1956, Mahieu and Griffiths laid the foundation at Tiruvalla in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church [ citation needed ]. They obtained 88 acres (360,000 m2) of land [2] and on 20 March 1958, they travelled sixty miles to a mountain known as Kurisumala. The monastery was officially established 21 March 1958. [1] They soon started a dairy farm with cattle imported from Jersey to support themselves . [2] [3]
Within three years, the population of the monastery grew to fifteen individuals. [3] [4] Prayer services were initially held in Syriac. [3]
Francis Mahieu later changed his name to Francis Acharya [5] and became an Indian citizen. [6]
The monastery was incorporated as an abbey into the Cistercian Order of Strict Observance in July 1998. [1] [3] [7]
After Acharya's death, Yesudas Thelliyil became the monastery's second abbot in March 2002. [1]
Bede Griffiths spent the last years of his life at Shantivanam in Tamil Nadu. [8] Francis Acharya became the only religious leader of the Ashram at Kurisumala. A couple of years before his death in 2002, Acharya, who had kept in touch with the monastery of his youth, had the Kurisumala Ashram affiliated to the Trappists [ citation needed ].
Kurisu is the translation of the word cross into Malayalam, the language of Kerala, while on the other hand Mala means mountain and ashram means monastery. [4]
In the monastery, the liturgical services are in the Syro-Malankara tradition and use the Indian Rite Mass. [4] [9] [10] The mass includes chants, ceremonies, and symbols which are adapted from Hindu tradition. [4] [11]
The ashram also emphasizes the importance of ‘bread-labour’ where monks will take on farming and housework for several hours each day. [12]
The monks have a nightly satsang , a time of reflection which may include readings from Christian or Hindu texts. [9] [10] Kurisumala is seen as a place for both Catholics and people who believe in Gandhian philosophy. [13]
The monastery has hosted Hindu guests and religious figures. [10]
In 2023, the current abbot is Tarrawarra, who took over from Ishananda Machiyanickal in 2018. [14]
Trappist beer is brewed by Trappist monks. Thirteen Trappist monasteries—six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, and one each in Austria, Italy, England, France, and Spain—currently produce beer, but the Authentic Trappist Product label is assigned by the International Trappist Association (ITA) to just ten breweries which meet their strict criteria. As of 2021, Achel is no longer recognized as a Trappist brewery because it does not have any living monks.
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