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Celebrating Twenty Centuries of Our Faith, Culture, and Heritage as St. Thomas Christians | ||||||||
| St. Thomas the Apostle, after the Pentecostal experience, traveled to the farthest country then known, to proclaim the Good News. He set sail to India and landed in Kodungalloor, Kerala, in 52 A.D. He established seven ecclesial communities in the West coast of Malabar. Those Christians were known as St. Thomas Christians. Churches were established for the St. Thomas Christians in the early years of their faith. Tradition has it that St. Thomas established seven churches and they are supposed to be in the following places of Kerala: Kodungalloor, Palayur, Kottakavu, Kokkamangalam, Nirana, Kollam, and Nilakkal. St. Thomas Christians followed the liturgy of the East Syrian Church and the language of the liturgy was Aramaic. |
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