Visakhapatnam: Velanganni Matha Parish Kailasapuram celebrated the annual Parish Feast of its patron, Velanganni Matha on Sunday, 8 September 2024; the faithful of the parish as well as neighbours participated in the festivities with devotion and faith.

The annual festivities included devotion and spiritual preparations through nine days of novena to Our Lady of Velanganni and Eucharistic celebrations with special themes. On the Feast Day proper, there were procession and three Eucharistic Celebrations. Morning 6.30 Mass in English was presided by Rev. Fr. George Mattathil CMF and 8.30 Mass in Telugu was celebrated by Fr. Prashanth Chinnabathini, CMF. The solemn concelebrated Holy Eucharist was presided by Rev. Jonnada John Prakash, Chancellor and Parish Priest, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Gnanapuram, Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.