Colaba St. Peters Orthodox Congregation Before the formation of St. Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church at Dadar, members of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church who migrated to Mumbai in the 1930s and 1940s used to attend Services at St. Peter’s Church of the Armenian (Armenian Church) which was in existence since AD 1796, recollects our centenarian member Padmashree K. M. Philip. This Armenian Church is the oldest Oriental Orthodox Church in Mumbai and it is the mother Church of all Orthodox Churches in Western India. The present church structure as we see today is the one reconstructed in the year 1961 and it is located in one of the bye lanes of Fort area, a stone’s throw away from Flora Fountain (Hutatma Chowk) right next to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building. Armenians who migrated to India for trade and business, particularly in Western and Central India established churches in various parts of India including Mumbai. It is believed that the Armenian Church Mumbai was established by relatives of one of the Queens of the Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great. The relatives of Queen Mariam were initially residing at Surat, then shifted to Mumbai and finally to Agra where the Queen lies buried at Armenian Cemetery. The Armenian Church Mumbai Parish was functional from 1773 by initiatives of the Eknan family, Mrs. Rosy Eknan being the last member of the family who used to live in the apartment attached to the church building ‘Ararat’ until recently before she breathed her last. Her funeral services were conducted by a Metropolitan and few Priests from our Church at the Armenian Cemetery at Antop Hill.