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Saint Thomas The Apostle Pray For Us Amĕn
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Mar Thoma Dukrana Song | Syro Malabar Song | St. Thomas Day | ദുക്റാന | മാർ തോമാ ശ്ലീഹാ

മാർ തോമാ നിൻ പുണ്യ ദിനം.. ഓർമകൾ ഉണരും ദുക്റാന..

Lyrics: Rev. Dr. Jose Kochuparmbil , Music: Syril Alappuzha

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Saint Thomas The Apostle Pray For Us Amĕn
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Also known as
• Apostle of India
• Didymus
• Doubting Thomas
• Judas Thomas
• the Twin
• Tomaso

Profile
Apostle. He was ready to die with Jesus when Christ went to Jerusalem, but is best remembered for doubting the Resurrection until allowed to touch Christ's wounds. Preached in Parthia, Persia and India, though he was so reluctant to start the mission that he had to be taken into slavery by a merchant headed that way. He eventually gave in to God's will, was freed, and planted the new Church over a wide area. He formed many parishes and built many churches along the way. An old tradition says that Thomas baptised the wise men from the Nativity into Christianity.

His symbol is the builder's square; there are several stories that explain it

• he built a palace for King Guduphara in India
• he built the first church in India with his own hands
• it is representative building a strong spiritual foundation as he had complete faith in Christ (though initially less in the Resurrection)
• he offered to build a palace for an Indian king that would last forever; the king gave him money, which Thomas promptly gave away to the poor; he explained that the palace he was building was in heaven, not on earth

Died
• stabbed with a spear c.72 in while in prayer on a hill in Mylapur, India
• buried near the site of his death
• relics later moved to Edessa, Mesopotamia
• relics moved to Tortona, Italy in the 13th century

Patronage
• people in doubt; against doubt
• architects
• blind people and against blindness
• builders
• construction workers
• geometricians
• stone masons and stone cutters
• surveyors
• theologians
• Ceylon
• East Indies
• India
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• diocese of Bathery, India
• Castelfranco di Sopra, Italy
• Certaldo, Italy
• Ortona, Italy