1. This is the abode of holiness, built by
Eutychius the shepherd of the finest sheep,

2. A house where Thomas the apostle shone
The lights of sanctity from its brilliance beam,

3. The angels sing in its precincts, and its gate
Is the gate of heaven, for all who implore and seek,

4. The servants of God stood in it reverent,
And across time, they came to it pleading and meek.