George Menachery
{{Short description|Indian professor, anthropologist, indologist and historian}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|04|02|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Kattoor, Thrissur, Kerala
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|known_for = Thomapedia, Saint Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India
|occupation = Historian
|nationality = Indian
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George Menachery is a professor, anthropologist, indologist, and historian of Syro-Malabar Church and of Kerala. He is the editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics.{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7387951.cms?prtpage=1 |title=Businesses held by diminishing races in a crisis to stay afloat |first=Nupur |last=Amarnath |date=30 January 2011 |newspaper=The Economic Times |accessdate=2011-10-30}} On 27 October 2022 he was bestowed with an honoris cusa degree of Ph.D. in Theology by SHUATS, Prayagraj-Alahabad. His latest book "Ecumenism and Church Unity in India" was released on 7 September 2022 at Karlsruhe, Germany during the 11th Assembly of the WCC. Menachery is also the recipient of the Chevalier honour of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200803081867.htm |title=Playwright, church historian get Catholic honour |newspaper=The Hindu |accessdate=2011-10-30 |location=Chennai, India |date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125114145/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200803081867.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/03/stories/2009030350360200.htm |title=A scholarly tome on Christianity in India |accessdate=2011-10-30 |location=Chennai, India |newspaper=The Hindu |date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308133454/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/03/stories/2009030350360200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2009}}
Major works
Menachery has published books and articles in addition to scripting, researching, or directing television documentaries/serials and delivering many radio talks.{{cite web |url=http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/Books.html |title=Books |website=Indian Christianity}} His works include:
- 1973: The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India; vol. I (editor) ({{ISBN|818713206X}}, {{LCCN|73-905568}}){{cite web |url=http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/STCEI.htm |title=Cardinal Gracias and Cardinal Toppo Dedicate the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India to the Nation |date=March 3, 2000 |website=Indian Christianity}}
- 1982: The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India; vol. II (editor)
- 1984: Pallikkalakalum Mattum (Malayalam){{cite web |url=http://www.nazraney.com/ |title=News |website=Nazraney.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304014719/http://www.nazraney.com/ |archive-date=2016-03-04}}
- 1986: Pope John Paul II Indian Visit Souvenir, Trichur
- 1987: Trichur Archdiocesan Centenary Volume (member of the editorial board)
- 1996: The St. Antony Octingenary Volume, (chief ed.) Ollur{{cite web |url=http://www.menachery.org |title=Prof. Menachery warmly greets all the viewers |website=Menachery.org}}
- 1998: The Indian Church History Classics; Vol. I: The Nazranies ({{ISBN|81-87133-04-X}}, {{LCCN|98-908360}}){{cite web |url=http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/ICHC.htm |title=Indian Church History Classics (ICHC) - Volume 1: The Nazranies |website=Indian Christianity}}
- 2000: Thomapedia
- 2005: Glimpses of Nazraney Heritage
- 2004: Christian Contribution to Nation Building: a Third Millennium Enquiry (ed. with Ponnumuthan and Aerath) Documentary Committee of CBCI-KCBC National Celebration of the Jubilee of St. Thomas and St. Francis Xavier, 2004
- 2006: The Indian Christian Directory ICD - Deepika Kottayam (ed. in charge)
- 2009: The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India; vol. III (editor)
- 2011: India's Christian Heritage (ed. with Snaitang) Church History Association of India (2011, 2012);{{cite web |url=http://www.chai-online.net |title=Home |website=Church History Association of India}}
- 2013: Catholic Directory of India, CBCI, New Delhi (member of the editorial board)
- 2014: Aanayum Nazraaniyum [The Elephant and the Thomas Christian] (Malayalam) {{ISBN|81-87133-12-0}}
- 2015: Pallikalile Chitrabhaasangal [The Murals of Kerala Churches] (Malayalam) {{ISBN|81-87133-13-9}}
- 2016: Dasaavatharika [Menachery's Introductions to ten books by reputed authors dealing with history, culture] (Malayalam) {{ISBN|81-87133-14-7}}
- 2018: Facets of India's Christian Legacy [Menachery's ten famous articles/papers dealing with history, culture, archaeology, art, architecture] {{ISBN|978-1642498318}}{{cite web |url=https://notionpress.com/read/facets-of-india-s-christian-legacy |title=Facets of India's Christian Legacy |website=Notion Press}}
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Category:Syro-Malabar Catholics
Category:20th-century Indian historians
Category:20th-century Indian archaeologists
Category:Knights of St. Gregory the Great
Category:People from Thrissur district
Category:St. Thomas College, Thrissur alumni
Category:Scientists from Kerala