ST MARY'S MALANKARA SEMINARY
Major Seminary of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church
Affiliated to the Pontifical Urban University, Rome
Welcome to
Malankara Seminary
Academic Year 2024-2025
WELCOME TO St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary Trivandrum
Seminary of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
St. Mary's Malankara Major Seminary is a centre of priestly training of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.The Malankara Catholic Church had desired a major seminary of its own for the training of its clergy. The desire to set up a major seminary had been voiced from several quarters of the Church and the campaign gathered momentum in 1980 at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Reunion Movement of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. The Delegate of the Pope, Wladyslav Cardinal Rubin, the then Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, encouraged the project.
The establishment of a Major seminary to train the Syro-Malankara Catholic clergy had been envisaged by the Holy See of Rome at the time of the Reunion of Archbishop Mar Ivanios. St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary was inaugurated at Pattom, Trivandrum, Kerala on 29 June 1983. The Holy See granted formal recognition to the seminary on 8 September 1984. As a temporary arrangement, the seminary started operating in the building of St. Aloysius Minor Seminary of the Metropolitan Eparchy of Trivandrum at Pattom, Trivandrum. The major seminary moved to the new building at Bethany Hills, Nalanchira, Trivandrum on 25 May 1989. On 11 April 2005 the Faculty of Theology of St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary became affiliated with Rome's Pontifical Urbaniana University.
Congratulations
Congratulations, Bro. Alan Varoor & Bro. Geevarghese Kuttivadakkethil.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Bro. Alan Varoor and Bro. Geevarghese Kuttivadakkethil for their outstanding achievement in securing 2nd place in the Maha-Jubilee Inter-Seminary Quiz Competition held at St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha. Your dedication, knowledge, and hard work are truly commendable, bringing pride to St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary. May God continue to bless you both with wisdom and success in your journey ahead!
Well done, and God bless!
PATRON'S MESSAGE
I am delighted to know that St. Mary’s Malankara Major Seminary, Trivandrum is launching its official website. The founding of St. Mary’s Seminary in the year 1983 was the fulfilment of the long-cherished dream of Servant of God Mar Ivanios, the pioneer of the Malankara Catholic Reunion movement. For more than three decades now, the priests formed in St. Mary’s Seminary have nourished and deepened the faith of our people all over the country and abroad and built up the Church through their dedicated priestly and pastoral ministry thus fulfilling in great measure the prophetic words spoken by Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios of Happy Memory during his inaugural address: “you are the pioneers. Behind you come the glory and splendor.” ...
