The St. Teresa of Calcutta Syro-Malabar Mission meets at the Church of the Assumption. Please see the mission website for more information.
St. Thomas Christians (Marthoma Nazranis) trace their origins to the evangelical mission of St. Thomas the Apostle, who landed in southwestern India in A.D. 52. After preaching and establishing Christian communities in different parts of India, he suffered martyrdom at Mylapur (near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu) in A.D. 72.
The Syro-Malabar Church is a Major Archiepiscopal church, in full communion with the Catholic Church, worshipping according to the East Syriac Rite.