Ordination
Joseph always wanted an academic career, but when he was called to take up theological studies he readily accepted it. So in 1954, he joined the United Theological College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India and obtained a B.D. degree.
He was ordained as Deacon of the Mar Thoma Church on June 29, 1957 and Kasseessa (priest) on October 18, 1957.
Then he continued his studies at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary in Virginia, USA. From there he went to Canterbury and Oxford in England. He was able to obtain MDiv (Master of Divinity) and STM (Master of Sacred Theology) degrees. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Virginia Seminary where he studied.
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