"So Thomas,
called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us
also go to die with him"
(Jn. 11:16)
St.
Thomas, the Apostle, brought the Word of God to the ancient
land of India shortly after Jesus Christ's death and ressurection.
It is believed that he landed in the South-Western coastal
town of Musiris, which is presently called Kodungalloor,
Kerala, in the year 52 A.D. After two decades of evangelisation
he was martyred at Chinamalai, Mylapore, near Chennai, in
72 A.D.
Kodungallur
is the cradle of the Church of India. Now there is a famous
shrine at Azhikode dedicated to the Apostle where the relic,
fore-arm of St. Thomas, brought from Ortona, Italy, by H.Em.
Eugeue Cardinal Tisserant in 1953, is kept for veneration.
Thomas is portrayed
in the gospels as a courageous and challenging personality.
He had preached the gospel from Ethiopia to China. Many
a church in West Asia considers him as the father of its
faith.
St.
Thomas, the Apostle, brought the Word of God to the ancient
land of India shortly after Jesus Christ's death and ressurection.
It is believed that he landed in the South-Western coastal
town of Musiris, which is presently called Kodungalloor,
Kerala, in the year 52 A.D. After two decades of evangelisation
he was martyred at Chinamalai, Mylapore, near Chennai, in
72 A.D. 
