Relevance and Purpose of Knanayology Website

PRESERVE & PROMULGATE

Even after 1700 years of the existence of the Knanaya Community, only a few efforts were made to collect and preserve books, research articles, publications, and other media published all around the globe on 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.  Most books, articles, and publications kept in JET are donated by some priests and laypeople in the community. Though this facility has a fair number of books related to Knanaya Community, other several resources available are not collected and preserved.

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

3.  Since the Knanaya Community is 17 centuries old, it is the right and responsibility of the community to preserve the records, books, and other relevant information pertained to the community for its forthcoming generations.

4.  The Knanaites are now settled in 72 countries all over the world. It is not practical for them to travel to Kerala to learn more about the community. Many Knanaya youth, especially foreign students, do research on the Knanaya Community as part of their education. They have been struggling to access resources on the community for 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.

Knanayology website maintained by Knanaya Global Foundation NFP provides all types of resources, including documents, books, articles, photos, audios, and videos available all over the world on Knanaya Community under one website to help research and studies on the Knanaya Community. This concept is developed by a team comprising Fr. Abraham Mutholath, Jaimon Nanthikattu, and Bijo Karakkattu, 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.