History of the movement (MGJSM)

The Students organization of the Jacobite Syrian Church prior to 1958 period was known as 'Mar Gregorios Syrian Vidhyarthi Sangam' or the 'Mar Gregorios Syrian Students Association' (MGSSA) This was the first students organization in the whole world that was named after St. Gregorios Geevarghese of Chathuruthy (Parumala Thirumeni).

St. Gregorios Geevarghese

                                                         (Our Patron Saint)                                        

Though the students movement started in the Malankara Church as early as 1907 by the name 'Syrian Students Conference', the subsequent split and troublesome period in the church following the violent parting away of the rival group (Methran Kakshi) resulted in a stagnation in the functioning of the Students movement. Later in 1922 the students movement of the Church was reorganized by our late Valiya Thirumeni (Saint Athanasius Paulose, the Malankara Metropolitan) at a specially convened session held at Cheruthottukunnel St. George Church of Angamaly diocese. It was Valiya Thirumeni who proposed the name of the organization after his guru, St. Gregorios Geevarghese of Parumala. Thus the students wing of the Jacobite Syrian Church came to be known as 'Mar Gregorios Syrian Students Association' (MGSSA).

Meanwhile the break away group of Malankara, the Methran Kakshi also organized a parallel students movement which was named as 'St. Thomas Syrian Students Movement'. This situation continued until 1959 when both the students movements merged to form as a single unit and was thereupon came to be called Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Students Movement (MGOCSM).

Here is enclosed a notice published in 'SabhaMasika' of 1935 announcing about the annual conference of 'Mar Gregorios Syrian Students Association' (MGSSA), to be held at the Thrikkunnath Seminary, the then Angamali diocesan headquarters of the Jacobite Syrian Church

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