P.J.Cherian has Assured that Pattanam is Excavated for Establishing St'Thomas Legend as History Using Archaeology

Dr. P.J.Cherian  Sits in Middle

Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

Ancient Texts Get Digital Touch

Posted on 05 March 2011. Tags: Catholic Church, Central European University in Budapest, Kashkol, Kerala Council of Historical Research, Mar Aprem Mooken, Metropolitan Abdisho Bar Brikha, St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute

An attempt to trace and preserve documents pertaining to St. Thomas Christians in Kerala received a boost when some ancient texts were digitized.
“This historic achievement would help establish the Syrian Christians link with Saint Thomas the Apostle,” said Metropolitan Mar Aprem Mooken of Church of East, a day after 180 rare documents were digitized. The metropolitan heads the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute in Kerala which has undertaken the project in collaboration with the state’s communist government and the Central European University in Budapest.
. P.J. Cherian, who heads the Kerala Council of Historical Research, said the facsimile edition of religious texts of St. Thomas Christians is a “turning point” in history. Recent excavations in Kerala have found evidence of a port city that existed more than 2,000 years at a place where Saint Thomas is believed to have landed. Preserving the lost documents would shed new light on the cultural heritage of people of Kerala