Delegates to the assembly review their proposals for the strengthening of Syro-Malabar Church. (photo: courtesy, Father Andrews Thazhath)

Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.S.S.R., Apostolic Administrator, flanks Anthony Cardinal Padiyara, retired Major Archbishop, as he opens the assembly with the traditional lighting of an oil lamp. (photo: courtesy, Father Andrews Thazhath)

Members of the Syro-Malabar “Major Archiepiscopal Assembly” begin the proceedings with a solemn Eucharistic Liturgy. (photo: courtesy, Father Andrews Thazhath)

Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Curia, Mount St. Thomas, Kerala. (photo: courtesy, Father Andrews Thazhath)

Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.S.S.R., Apostol Administrator. (photo: courtesy, Father Andrews Thazhath)