George Menachery is a professor, anthropologist, historian of Syro Malabar Church and history of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He is the editor the of the St. Thomas

Thomas the Apostle

Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...

 Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics.Menachery is also the recipient of the 'Order of Saint Gregory the Great', known as the title of "Chevalier".

Biography

Menachery was born on April 2, 1938 in Kattur, Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He started his career as teacher and retired as Post Graduate Professor and Head of the Department of English from the St. Thomas College, Thrissur

St. Thomas College, Thrissur

St. Thomas College, Thrissur is located in Thrissur city, the cultural capital of Kerala State, India. Founded by Mar Adolph Medlycott in 1889, this college played a very important role in the development of Kerala. It gave birth to the thoughts of the communist leader and Kerala's first chief...

. He is also a visiting professor of Christian Art at the Pontifical Theology Institute, Alwaye.

Major works

Menachery has published many books, scores of learned papers and hundreds of articles in various historical journals and periodicals in addition to scripting, researching, or directing television documentaries/serials and delivering many radio talks. His major works are the following:

• The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India (ed.) (Vol.II 1973, Vol.I 1982, Vol.III 2010);
• The Indian Church History Classics - Vol. I The Nazranies (1998);
• Thomapedia, (2000);
• Glimpses of Nazraney Heritage, (2005);
• Pallikkalakalum Mattum (Malayalam)(1984)
• First volume of Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India (1973)
• Second volume of Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India (1982)
• Third volume of Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India (2009)