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[[Image:Thomas the Apostle.jpg|right|frame|The Apostle Thomas]]
The Holy holy, glorious and Glorious all-laudable '''Apostle Thomas''' is included in the number of the holy [[Apostles#The_Twelve|Twelve Apostles]] of the Savior. He is commemorated on [[October 6]] and on [[June 30]] with the [[Synaxis]] of the Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles of Christ.
==Life==
The Apostle Thomas was born in the Galileian city of Pansada and was a fisherman. Hearing the good tidings of [[Jesus Christ]], he left all and followed after him.
Some [[icons]] depicting this event are inscribed "The Doubting Thomas." This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription reads, "The Touching of Thomas." In Slavonic, it says, "The Belief of Thomas." When St Thomas touched the Life-giving side of the Lord, he no longer had any doubts.
According to Church Tradition, the holy Apostle Thomas founded Christian [[List of autocephalous and autonomous churches|churches]] in Palestine, Mesopotamia, Parthia, Ethiopia and India. Preaching the Gospel earned him a [[martyr]]'s death. For having converted [[convert]]ed the wife and son of the prefect of the Indian city of Meliapur (Melipur), the holy apostle was locked up in prison, suffered torture, and finally, pierced with five spears, he departed to the Lord. Part of the [[relics ]] of the holy Apostle Thomas are in India, in Hungary and on [[Mount Athos|Mt. Athos]]. The name of the Apostle Thomas is associated with the Arabian (or Arapet) Icon of the Mother of God ([[September 6]]).
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Tone ]] 2)
:You were a disciple of Christ
:And a member of the divine college of Apostles.
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 4)
:Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ,
:Filled with divine grace, cried out from the depth of his love:
:You are my Lord and my God!
==Source==
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102885 Lives of Commemorated SaintsHoly, Glorious Apostle Thomas] from ([[OCA]] Web site)
==External Linklinks==*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=230 Thomas the Apostle of the 12] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=October&day=6 The Holy Apostle Thomas] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/t/inp89.htm Icon and Story of St. Thomas, Holy & Glorious Apostle]
[[Category:Biblical Saints|Thomas]]
[[Category:Martyrs]]
[[Category:Saints]]
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