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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 state of Kerala (Malabar region), [8] who, for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity. [9]
St. Thomas Christian families who claim their descent from ancestors who were baptized by Apostle Thomas are found all over Kerala. [48] [49] St. Thomas Christians were classified into the social status system according to their professions with special privileges for trade granted by the benevolent kings who ruled the area. After the 8th ...
An Indian cross is depicted on the rock-piece at the front of the Parur (North) church, first published in the St Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, Vol.II, 1973, Ed. George Menachery. There is a St Thomas cross in stone on the porch of the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, carved by Charles Mawer of Leeds. [18]
P. J. Thomas, Parakunnel, an economist who served as first economic advisor of independent India (1942–1948), member of Indian delegation that signed the UN Charter (1945), Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1957–1962) and founder-principal of St. Thomas College, Palai (1950–1952).
Saint Thomas Anglicans; Saint Thomas Christian music; Synod of Diamper; St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India; C. M. Stephen; Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada
According to traditional accounts of the Saint Thomas Christians of India, the Apostle Thomas landed in Muziris on the Kerala coast in AD 52 and was martyred in Mylapore, near Madras, Tamil Nadu in AD 72. [1] [4] [9] [10] He is believed by the Saint Thomas Christian tradition to have established seven churches (communities) in Kerala.
Saint Thomas celebrates after shooting a three-pointer to seal a 75-69 win over Idaho State on Nov. 7. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Pentecostal Syrian Christians are an endogamous sect; they do not marry into or from other castes or Christian denominations. [55] [56] [57] Likewise, other St. Thomas Christians avoid marriage alliances with Pentecostals. [citation needed] Pentecostal St. Thomas Christians have been accused of prejudicial treatment of Dalit Christians in their ...