P.J.Cherian , K.P.Shajan and V.Selvakumar -Excavators of Pattanam Archaeological Site- Present Papers on Pattanam and St' Thomas Links for Syro-Malabar Church

P.J.Cherian, K.P.Shajan and V.Selvakumar  Present  Papers for Syro -Malabar Church on Pattanam  in 2005 at Kochi and 2011  at Mumbai

Report of Syro-Malabar Liturgical Research Centre

November 2005 – August 2006

 

I. Research Seminars

 

1. The Research Seminar on the Social Life of Kerala in the First Millennium

 

This was the 25^th seminar under the auspices of the Liturgical Research Centre at Mount St.Thomas from 15 Tuesday 4 PM –17 Thursday 1PM, November 2005. The seminar was inaugurated by Mar Andrews Thazath, the Chairman of LRC in the meeting presided by Mar James Pazhayattil. 64 participants including Mar Mathew Annikuzhikattil, and Mar Joseph Kallarangatt attended the seminar. After a prayer of invocation Fr. Pauly Kannookadan, the Executive Director of LRC, welcomed the participants. This was followed by the presentation of the papers, responses and discussion on them.

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II Paperson Muziris:	i.   Pattanam the First Indo-Roman Trading Centre on the     Malabar Coast. Dr K.P. Shajan ii.  Archeological Findings about Muziris. Dr Selvakummar  Seminar on “Early Christian Communities of St. Thomas Tradition in India” The 39th Seminar of the Litrugical Research Centre (LRC) was held in Kalyan, Mumbai from July 29-31, 2011 at the Hope Centre, Amboli, Andheri West. The Theme of the seminar was ‘Early Christian Communities of St. Thomas Tradition in India”.  Paper VI-.P.J.Cherian's Paper Title- Dr. PJ Cherian, Director, Kerala Council of Historical Research The Impact of Recent Archeological Discoveries in the ancient Muziris on the Historiography of the Establishment of Christianity in Kerala