Rev. Fr. Prince Mannathoor, the
Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox European Diocesan priest, Vicar of Zurich, Basel (Switzerland),
Rome (Italy),
Florence (Italy)
and Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Churches, got Ph. D. in Church History from Pontifical Oriental
University on 13th
June 2012. Rev. Fr. Dr. Prince Mannathoor is the first person who did Ph. D. in
Malankara Church History in the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. He did Ph. D.
under the guidance of V. Rev. Dr. Philip Luiser who is a famous scholar as well
as an official authority of Church history department of Roman Catholic Church
in Vatican.
Pontifical Oriental
University is one of the
famous Catholic universities in the world. Majority of the Metropolitans of the
Syro Malabar and Syro
Malankara Churches
studied in this well known University. H.H. Bartholomew I of Constantinople
(Ecumenical Patriarch), Mor Gregorious Yuhanna Ibrahim (Syriac Orthodox
Church), Dr. Mathews Mar Severius, Dr. Yuhanon Mar Dioscoros (Indian Orthodox
Church) are the former students of this University.
After completing B. D. Course Fr.
Prince joined this university for M. Th. in 2007. In 2009 he passed out with 2nd
Rank in M. Th. (Theology). Moreover he studied Italian Language from Roundine
Cultural Institute, Florence and also studied German
Language from Pontifical
Damasceno College.
In 2009 he joined Pontifical
Anselmo Liturgical
University and got
Diploma in West Syrian Liturgy .
Rev. Fr. Dr. Prince started a lot
of Jacobite Syrian congregations in various places of the Europe.
He is an emerging personality in the field of Church History who is having
potential knowledge about oriental churches. He is a gift orator frequently
getting international acclaim. He published 7 books and a series of articles in
various languages (Italian, English and Malayalam
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