St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute Explained

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Motto:	India's advanced teaching and learning centre for Syriac language and heritage
Type:	Research Institute
Parent:	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute
Other Name:	SEERI
Established:	1985
President:	Thomas Mor Koorilos, Archbishop of Tiruvalla.
Affiliations:	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Director:	Dr. Jacob Thekeparampil., Kottayam.
City:	Baker Hill, Kottayam
State:	Kerala
Country:	India
Postcode:	686002
Language:	Syriac, English, French, German, Italian, Armenian, Greek, Coptic, Ge’ez, Latin

St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (SEERI) is a centre for Syriac studies located in Kottayam, Kerala. It is a research centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.^[1]

History

Named after the Syriac saint, Ephrem the Syrian, SEERI was inaugurated on 14 September 1985 by Marthoma Mathews I, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.^[2] It works in collaboration with various churches that share the Syriac patrimony to foster ecumenism and deepen the mutual understanding of these churches in the study and search of their common heritage.^[3] It is sponsored and supported by the Archeparchy of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

SEERI was developed to be a place for the advanced teaching and learning of the Syriac language and heritage in India, as well as making available manuscripts, documents, and source books necessary for such study and research.

SEERI's first doctoral dissertation, The History of the Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century, was completed by Mar Aprem Mooken in 2000.^[4]

Affiliations

SEERI is a research center of the Mahatma Gandhi and affiliated with the Catholic University of America.^[5]

Administration

Presidents and director

The President is Thomas Mor Koorilos, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla.^[6]

The Director is Jacob Thekkeparambil.^[6]

Notable faculty

Rev. Dr. Baby Varghese
Rev. Dr. Jacob Thekeparampil (Director)
Rev. Fr. John Kannanthanam
Rev. Dr. Johns Abraham Konat
Dr. Kuriakose Valavanolickal
Rev. Fr. Kuriakose Moolayil Corepiscopa
Rev. Fr. Mathew Kuttiani
Rev. Fr. Raju Parakkott (Asst. Director)
Rev. Dr. Sebastian Naduthadom
Rev. Dr. Stephen Plathottathil OIC
Rev. Dr. Thomas Koonammakkal (Dean of Studies)
Rev. Fr. Varghese Varghese, Kaloor

Publications

The HARP: (English periodical) A review of Syriac, Ecumenical and Oriental Studies. Contains articles of renowned writers from all over the world.
MŌRĀN ETH'Ō (Monographs - occasional English publications)
S.C.C: (SEERI Correspondence Course in English on Syrian Christian heritage. Complete set includes 12 books. The course is to be completed in two years. 9 books have already been published).
Blue Series: German translations of Syriac Liturgical text.
Madrōsō (Malayalam)
Nuhro (Malayalam)
AWSĀR SLAWŌT'O (translations from Syriac to English)^[1]

References

Web site: Panicker. Rev Dr Gheevarghese. SEERI. India’s SEERI Center for Syriac Studies. 2020-09-17. CNEWA. en-US.
Web site: WELCOME TO SEERI.ORG. 2020-09-17. seeri.org.
Web site: Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen-. St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, Kottayam - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. 2020-09-17. www.uni-goettingen.de. de.
Web site: Mooken . Aprem . The History of the Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century . 2003 . St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute (SEERI) . Baker Hill, Kottayam.
Web site: University. Catholic. Outreach. 2020-09-17. The Catholic University of America. en.
Web site: WELCOME TO SEERI.ORG. 2020-09-17. seeri.org.