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LRC had organized 28 research seminars on different important subjects that concern the Syro-Malabar Church with the participation of experts in the field. The topics of the research seminars are the following:

1. Life and Nature of the St. Thomas Christian Church in the Pre- Diamper    Period (Oct 4-6,1999)

2. Some Historical Questions (Sept 4-6,2000)

3. Literary and Linguistic Study of the Malayalam Text of the Anaphora of the Qurbana. (Oct 5, 2000)

4. Historical and Cultural Heritage of St. Thomas Christians (Jan 24-26, 2001)

5. Seminar on Enarxis and Offertory Part of the Qurbana (March 7-8,2001)

6. Seminar on Archives (May 8-9,2001)

7. Literary and Linguistic study of the Malayalam Text of the Anaphora of the Qurbana-2 (June 6-8,2001)

8. The History of St. Thomas Christians Before the Arrival of the   Portuguese (Oct.24-25, 2001)

9. Ecumenical Seminar on The Cultural Heritage of St. Thomas Christians and the Efforts to preserve it (Nov.10, 2001)

10. The Pastoral aspect of the prayers of our Qurbana from the beginning up to Laku Mara (Dec. 6-8,2001)

11. Liturgical Music (January 31,2002)

12. The Spirit of the Liturgical Calendar  (June 25 – 27 – 2002)

13. New Name for our Church (August 28-29. 2002)

14. The Liturgy of the Hours (Nov.  26-28,2002)

15. Seminar on St Thomas Dravidian Christianity, Historical Perspective, (from 21-22 January 2003.)

16. Anaphora of Addai and Mari (23-24 June 2003)

17. Pre-Anaphora Part of the Qurbana (October 7-9-2003)

18. The possibilities of Further inculturation of the Syro-Malabar Liturgy (January 27- 29-2004.)

19. Seminar on the Liturgy of the Hours for the Central Liturgical Committee (30 March 1 April 2004)

20. The Post Anaphora & Communion part of the Qurbana (22-24 June 2004)

21. The Kerala Christian Art and Architecture (19-21 Oct. 2004.)

22. The Anaphorae of  Mar Theodore and Nestorius (11-13 January 2005)

23. The Eucharistic Theology of Pope John Paul II (5-7 April 2005)

24. The Liturgical Music of the Syro-Malabar Church (19-21 July 2005)

25. The Social Life of Kerala in the First Millennium (15 -17 November 2005)

26. The Vatican Council II and the Syro-Malabar Church ( 21-23 March 2006)

27. The Sacramentals of the Syro-Malabar Church (14-15 June 2006)

28. The popular devotions in the Syro-Malabar Church (19-21 September 2006)

29. Mission Theology of the syro-Malabar Church (27 February – 1 March 2007)

30. The Spirituality of the Syro-Malabar Church (17 July 2007 - 19 July 2007)

31. The Christology of the Syro-Malabar Church (18-20 December 2007)

32. The proclamation of the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church (20 - 22 May 2008)