The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the stat
Mar Thoma Cross
Icon of Mar Knai Thoma the Merchant
Tharisapalli Copper plate grant (9th century) – One of the reliable documentary evidences of the privileges and influence that Saint Thomas Christians enjoyed in early Malabar. The document contains signatures of the witnesses in Pahlavi, Kufic and Hebrew scripts. It is the oldest documentary evidence from India that attest the presence of a Persian Christian community in South India.
Catholic critical account of Saint-Thomas Christians in India, written by traveller and missionary Jordanus in 1329–1338 in Mirabilia Descripta
Thomas the Apostle also known as Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurre
Saint Thomas Christians
…for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity. They trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The Saint Thomas Christians had been historically a part of the hierarchy of the Church of the East but are now divided into several…
Thomas the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
The Apostle Thomas, Rubens, c. 1613
The Postal Department of India issued a stamp commemorating his mission to the country.
The reliquary of the spear which killed St. Thomas, in Chennai, India