Christ the King Church — the Holy Face on the Host
During Mass on 15 November 2013, a face appeared on the consecrated Host — bearded, wounded, the Holy Face as the Church has always painted him. In 2025 the Holy See allowed the diocese to present the event as a Eucharistic miracle. You go to look at him who looks at you from the altar.
Vilakkannur, Kannur district, KeralaFeast 15 November (the Host of 2013)
The pilgrimage
To pray before the Host itself — the Face is not a painting added to bread. It is in the bread.
Because this is India’s first Eucharistic miracle received at this level, in a Syro-Malabar parish, a reminder that the East has always believed what the West sometimes needs to see.
The apparition, the Gospel sign, the body, the image — whatever this place is known for, told as a file of its own.
Christ the King Church, Vilakkannur, Kerala2013; Holy See, 2025
During Mass on 15 November 2013, a face — bearded, wounded, the Holy Face as the Church has always painted him — appears on the consecrated Host. The Host is reserved in a jeweled monstrance. In 2025 the Holy See allowed the diocese to present the event as a Eucharistic miracle.
Chirattakonam, Kerala2001
During adoration in a Syro-Malankara parish, three red stains form on the Host, later seen as a male face. The bishop had the Host photographed and reserved.
