St Thomas

Date: 06 October 2005 22:49:17

Again, yesterday Oz time.

St Thomas the Apostle is probably best known as "Doubting Thomas" due to the incident recorded in The Gospel according to St John. But, as the link above shows, Tradition tells us he took the Gospel as far away as Syria and even India! Several churches trace their foundation back to St Thomas, including my beloved friends in the Assyrian Church of the East (Australian site).

Icon from OCA

Troparion:
You were a disciple of Christ
And a member of the divine college of Apostles.
Having been weak in faith you doubted the Resurrection of Christ.
But by feeling the wounds you believed in His all-pure passion:
Pray now to Him, O all-praised Thomas to grant us peace and great mercy.

Kontakion:
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!