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ST. THOMAS APOSTOLIC SEMINARY VADAVATHOOR
The St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary was formally established by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches through its letter dated April 26, l962 and it was formally inaugurated and began functioning on July 3, l962. It was the fulfillment of a long-cherished desire and the realization of the great efforts of the visionaries of the Syro-Malabar Church to have the formation of her candidates to priesthood in the authentic tradition of this Apostolic Church.
The painstaking efforts of Rev. Dr. Placid Podipara CMI, Archbishop Mar Mathew Kavukatt, Mar Joseph Cardinal Parekkattil and the special interest of Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, the then Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, were instrumental in the erection of this Seminary. It is primarily intended for the education and formation of the seminarians of the Syro-Malabar dioceses. It is also open to the students of Syro-Malankara and Latin dioceses and of religious congregations. The Seminary is subject to the authority and control of the Syro-Malabar Bishops’ Synod, which exercises its authority through a specially elected Synodal Commission of Bishops.
VISION AND MISSION
The Seminary aims at providing a fully integrated priestly formation to the candidates of the Syro- Malabar eparchies, members of institutes of consecrated life and candidates of other Churches sui iuris taking into account the human, spiritual, intellectual, pastoral and missionary dimensions of priestly life.Imparting Philosophical and Theological knowledge that will accentuate the study of the tradition and heritage of the Church of St. Thomas Christians and of the other Eastern Churches with due regard to the religious and cultural heritage of India.
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Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP)
The Paurastya Vidyāpīṭham (PVP) otherwise known as the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, is an autonomous Faculty of Ecclesiastical Sciences, erected at the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Kottayam.
Paurastya Vidyāpīṭham is the Indian name of the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies erected by the Congregation for Catholic Education (Prot. N. 679/75/78) on 3 July 1982 for Eastern Religious studies at the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala, India. It comprises of the Faculty of Theology, the Institute of Eastern Canon Law and the Institute of Philosophy together with all other Faculties/Institutes that may be erected at it in the future. It is subject to the authority of the Synod of Bishops of the Syro–Malabar Church, which exercises its authority through a Synodal Commission