St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute

About St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute

According to Wikipedia, St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute is a centre for Syriac studies located in Kottayam, Kerala. It is a research centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, History Named after the Syriac saint, Ephrem the Syrian, SEERI was inaugurated on 14 September 1985 by Marthoma Mathews I, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. It works in collaboration with various churches that share the Syriac patrimony to foster ecumenism and deepen the mutual understanding of these churches in the study and search of their common heritage. It is sponsored and supported by the Archeparchy of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.