MGJSM

MGJSM Mor Gregorios Jacobite Students' Movement
Mor Gregorious Jacobite Students' Movement (MGJSM)
Location
India
Information
Motto	To Serve and Bear Witness
Religious affiliation(s)	Oriental Orthodox Church
Denomination	Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Patron saint(s)	Saint Gregorios Of Malankara
Established	6 May 1922
Founders	St Paulose Mor Athanasiaus
President of MGJSM	H G Dr. Kuriakose Mor Theophilos
Vice Presidents	Rev Fr Thomas Pothicote
General Secretary	Rev Fr Tijo Markose
Joint : Secretary	Biju N Raju
Headquarters	M S O T Seminary, Vettickal, Mulanthuruthy, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Website	MGJSM

Mor Gregorios Jacobite Students' Movement (MGJSM) is the student wing of Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. It is the oldest Christian student organization in India. The Headquarter of MGJSM is located at Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary of Ernakulam District in Kerala.

Though being a spiritual organisation this gives emphasis to social activities of its members and doesn't have Cate or religious boundaries

Founded in 1907 as "Syrian Students Conference", it is the first Student Christian Movement in India.It conducted annual conferences till 1912 on a regular basis. Then the problems in church caused a degeneration in the organization and the annual conferences were abandoned.

Later on 6 May 1922, a special convention of the Students of the Jacobite Syrian Church was convened at the Cheruthottukunnel St. George Church of Angamaly diocese (in Pallikkara Region), under the initiative of St Paulose Mor Athanasius of Aluva (Valiya Thirumeni). In that meeting Thirumeni proposal of naming the organization after his spiritual mentor, St. Gregorios Geevarghese of Parumala was accepted. Thus 'Mar Gregorios Syrian Vidhyarthi Sangam' (also called Mar Gregorios Syrian Students Association - M.G.S.S.A) came into existence as the student wing of Jacobite Church. This was the first ever student's organization that adopted the name of St. Gregorios of Parumala.The movement gained momentum after this conference and started conducting conferences annually. Units were established in every parish and educational institution with a minimum of 10 Jacobite students. Valiya Thirumeni nourished the organization into becoming the 'back bone' of Jacobite Church. By 1950 the movement had nearly 500 units and a total of nearly 20000 members.During this period most of the church leaders were alumni of MGSSA.

In 1960 MGSSA and St Thomas Syrian Students of Mertran kakshi, as it merged with Jacobite Church, merged to form Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement Mgocsm. During this period the Students Movement showed exponential growth and is said to have nearly 700 units and more than 25000 members.But this 'Golden Era' was of short term and soon in 1972 both the churches split apart thus splitting erstwhile Mgocsm. From 1972 the organisation had a shunt growth as most of the units became inactive and many became non-existent. After 1976 the student's movement underwent through different stages, the name of the movement was changed into SOSMI (Syrian Orthodox Students Movement of India)which flourished in colleges and the school and parish units were abandoned. It had only 25 but strong units nearly 1000 members and current President H G Kuriakose Mor Theophilose, then as a priest, was the main activist. In 2002 when the revised constitution was adopted by the Jacobite Church the name of the student wing was also changed as JASSMI (Jacobite Syrian Students Movement of India).