On 20 February 1978, the Malankara Syrian Christian managing committee recommended a division in Kollam diocese.

The Society is sponsored by Thiruvananthapuram Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Church.

Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, the Catholicose of the East, is the patron of the Society.

The metropolitan of the Thiruvananthapuram Orthodox Diocese, Gabriel Mar Gregorios, was the president of the Society as of 2013[update].

The society runs Mar Dioscorus College of Pharmacy (MDCP), Sreekariyam.