Events - Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies

INAUGURATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY

Post published:January 13, 2023

The Autonomous Institute of Cycle I of Philosophy was erected by The Dicastery for Culture and Education for Culture and Education on 12 December 2022 an Autonomous Institute of Philosophy at Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP) granting only the First Cycle degree, without being affiliated to a Faculty. The Institute has the faculty to award canonical degree of Baccalaureate in Philosophy (B. Ph) to students. The official inauguration of the Autonomous Institute of Philosophy at Paurastya Vidyapitham (PVP), Kottayam is scheduled for 7 February 2023.

CONVOCATION DAY – 2022

Post published:January 9, 2023

Convocation Ceremony

The 49 th convocation ceremony of PVP was held on 9 January 2023 in the Cardinal Tisserant Auditorium. The ceremony was presided over by His Excellency Mar George Punnakkottil, Bishop Emeritus of the Eparchy of Kothamangalam. Sri T.K. Jose, the Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission, delivered the Convocation Address and also distributed the Degree Certificates. One student obtained Doctrate in Theology, three students obtained the degree of Licentiate in Theology, four students in Syriac Theology, five students in Biblical Theology and ten students in Eastern Canon Law. A total of thirty students had qualified themselves for the B.Th degree and sixty students have qualified themselves for the B.Ph degree. In addition to that, three students had done the…

SYMPOSIUM ON CARDINAL EUGENE TISSERANT

Post published:August 12, 2022

Tribute to Cardinal Eugene Tisserant

The PVP organized a symposium on the theme, “Tribute to Cardinal Eugene Tisserant” on 12 August 2022 at the Cardinal Tisserant Auditorium. Various exhortations based on this theme were presented on that day. A panel discussion was also held later in the day to hear the voice of the students regarding the aforementioned matter. President of the PVP, Dr. Andrews Mekkattukunnel delivered the introductory speech on Cardinal Tisserant. Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplani presented the first paper on the topic, “how Cardinal Tisserant influenced in the growth of Syro Malabar Church”. Following this, Dr. Pauly Maniyattu gave a lecture on how Cardinal Tisserant helped in the growth of Syro Malabar Liturgy, Dr. Varghese Kochuparambil gave a lecture on Cardinal Tisserants vision…