1. Puthenkoor Community With Catholic Reunion

2.  The original Malankara church was divided and split because of various influences from abroad and within the community  What would St. Thomas think of all of these splits and problems?  St. Thomas wants us all to be in harmony with Christ Jesus and with eachother.  There was bitterness and resentment in the community of all that happened since 1653.

3.  Mar Ivanios felt that communion with the Catholic Church, which Malankara had from the beginning was needed to restore peace.  The church was going through litigation and splits.  Appeal to Rome  Mar Ivanios submitted the first memorandum to the Rome in 1926.  With two conditions 1) To safeguard the ancient liturgy (rite) and practises 2) Give jurisdiction to the Bishops over all the Syrian Jacobites who joined in the reunification.

4.  July 1930  Rome assured that the  Antiochean Liturgy would be preserved  Bishops would be received into the Catholic Church with their official status

5.  Mar Ivanios visited Pope Pius XI in 1932 and submitted the plan for growth and development  Archdiocese of Trivandrum and Tiruvulla were established.  Mar Ivanios was appointed Metropolitan

6.  The members of the Puthenkoor community who reunited with the Catholic Church are the Malankara Catholics.  The original Malankara Church of Kerala was founded St. Thomas the apostle, and was in communion with the Catholic church and the Pope in Rome till 1653  The reunion is still under way.