The Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP) is an autonomous Faculty of Ecclesiastical Sciences erected at the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
The Faculty offers Baccalaureate, Licentiate and Doctoral Programmes in Theology, with special emphasis on the Syriac tradition
Aggregated to Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome,
the Institute offers Licentiate Program in Eastern Canon Law
Our faculty members and students are engaged in in-depth study and research contributing to the exegetical and theological developments in the fields of Biblical Theology, Syriac Theology, General Eastern Theology, and Eastern Canon Law.
Our students have the opportunity to work alongside the experts, gaining hands-on experience that prepares them for careers in the various ministries of the various sui iuris churches.
St Thomas Apostolic Seminary
Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP) began as the theology department of St Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, which in the course of time, was erected as an autonomous Faculty of Theology under the name Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India.
PVP functions in the campus of St Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor.
The Inaugural meeting of the Academic Year 2023-24 of Paurastya Vidyapitham was held on 03 June 2023 at 10.00 a.m….
Rev. Dr Roy Joseph has been appointed as the Director of the Institute of Eastern Canon Law (IECL) at Vadavathoor,…
Archbishop Mar Mathew Moolakatt, Vice-Chancellor of PVP reads out the appointment order of the new President, Prof. Dr Pauly Maniyattu PHOTOS …
The Formal inauguration ceremony of the new Institute of Philosophy at Paurastya Vidyapitham, Vadavathoor was held on 07 February 2023….
In order to make the students cautious about the current incidents that are taking place in our society, PVP arranged…
The PVP organized a symposium on “Biblical Languages” on 23 January 2023 for the Licentiate students at Fr. Placid Memorial…
