Relevance and Purpose of Knanayology Website

PRESERVE & PROMULGATE

Over the course of 1700 years, only a few efforts have been made to collect and maintain books, research articles, publications, and other media related to the Knanaya Community. Though the Archdiocese of Kottayam has KART (Knanaya Academy for Research and Training) to conduct research, and JET (Msgr. Dr. Jacob Kollaparambil Educational Trust) to store published materials, they have the following limitations:

1. JET houses an extensive collection of books, articles, and publications that were donated by priests and laypeople in the community. This facility has a significant number of books concerning the Knanaya Community, however, other resources available have not been gathered or safeguarded.

2.  The existing facility is in a building at Kaduthuruthy, which limits the reach of researchers, interested readers, and historians around the world to know about the community.

3.  As the Knanaya Community has existed 17 centuries, it is its right and duty to protect records, books, and other necessary information for future generations.

4.  The Knanaites are now living in over 72 countries across the globe. It is not a reasonable choice for them to make the journey to Kerala in order to gain more understanding of the community. There is a considerable amount of Knanaya youth, in particular foreign students, who conduct research on the Knanaya Community as part of their academic pursuits. They have been attempting to access resources from the community in order to gain references to complete their projects.

Because of these reasons, the Knanaya Community has a long felt need to collect, preserve, and share the resources on the roots, history, faith, traditions, and contributions of the Knanaya Community.

The Knanayology Foundation (Knanaya Global Foundation NFP) has developed a website which provides abundant resources globally, such as documents, books, articles, photos, audios, and videos, to promote research and studies on the Knanaya Community. This concept is developed by a team comprising Fr. Abraham Mutholath, Jaimon Nanthikattu, and Bijo Karakkatt, with the approval of His Grace Mar Mathew Moolakkatt, Archbishop of Kottayam and with the blessings of Mar Joseph Pandarasseril, and Geevarghese Mor Aprem, the auxiliary bishops of Kottayam. The resource team from India are Rev. Dr. Mathew Kochadampallil, Rev. Dr. George Karukaparambil MSP, and Rev. Fr. Byju Mukalel MSP. We work in collaboration with KART (Knanaya Academy for Research and Training) and JET (Dr. Jacob Kollaparambil Educational Trust). We started the website development on July 20, 2019.