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The Pontifical
Oriental Institute of Religious Studies

The Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP) is an autonomous Faculty of Ecclesiastical Sciences erected at the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

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Training Priests for Tomorrow
Paurastya Vidyapitham shares its campus with St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor which gives priestly formation for more than 60 years faithful to the Oriental St. Thomas Christian tradition
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2023-24

is a great year to join the PVP family

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Paurastya Vidyapitham offers a diverse range of programmes in the ecclesiastical disciplines of Theology, Philosophy, and Canon Law

for Priests, Seminarians, Religious, and the Laity

Faculty of Theology

The Faculty offers Baccalaureate, Licentiate and Doctoral Programmes in Theology, with special emphasis on the Syriac tradition

Institute of Eastern Canon Law

Aggregated to Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome,
the Institute offers Licentiate Program in Eastern Canon Law

Institute of Philosophy

The Autonomous Institute offers
Baccalaureate and Diploma in Philosophy

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Research

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.

THEOLOGICAL QUIZ- 2023

In order to make the students cautious about the current incidents that are taking place in our society, PVP arranged…

A SYMPOSIUM ON BIBLICAL LANGUAGES

The PVP organized a symposium on “Biblical Languages” on 23 January 2023 for the Licentiate students at Fr. Placid Memorial…

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