Studies

Studies

Articles on the history, institutions, and material culture of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church — a deeper layer alongside the directory, the map, and the timeline.

Literature & Press

A Press in the Bishop's House

The Malankara Orthodox Community and the Making of Modern Malayalam

How a Church-founded newspaper, Malayala Manorama, helped build modern Malayalam prose, journalism and the novel.

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Memorials, Abstention and the State Congress

The Malankara Orthodox Community in the Politics of Travancore

From the Malayalee Memorial to the Abstention Movement — the community's long entry into Travancore politics.

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Rubber, Chitty and Joint Stock

The Economic Rise of the Malankara Orthodox Community

Plantations, chitty funds and joint-stock companies: how the community built its economic footing under British rule.

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Training the Clergy

The Seminaries of the Malankara Orthodox Church

A century and a half of false starts, revival, and reform behind the seminaries that train the Church's priests today.

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Converts to the Malankara Church

Conversion, Vocation and Service in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Five biographical studies of converts from Zoroastrian, Muslim and Hindu backgrounds who became priests, missionaries and monastics of the Church.

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