Maramon Convention

Maramon Convention
GenreChristian conferences
DatesSecond week of February
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Founded1895
Organised byMalankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church - through Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association (MTEA)
Websitehttp://mtconvention.com/

The Maramon Convention, a Christian convention in Asia, is held at Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India annually in February on the vast sand-bed of the Pampa River next to the Kozhencherry Bridge. It is organised by Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association, the missionary wing of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.

The origin and growth of this annual get-together for one week at a stretch can be traced to the great revival movement which gathered momentum during the reformation period in the Syrian Churches of Kerala under the pioneering leadership of Abraham Malpan in the latter part of the 19th century. This brought about the transformation in resurgence of the ancient apostolic Churches in Kerala founded by St. Thomas the Apostle[1] approximately in AD 52.

  1. ^ "Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (1871) Volume 2. Pp.146-298. The acts of Judas Thomas (Or, the twin), the apostle".