Feast of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas
Categories: hymns, feast-days
Date: 06 October 2007 00:41:36
Troparion (Tone 2):
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 (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!
Epistle: St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16
Gospel: John 20:19-31
As well as the Sunday of St Thomas [the Sunday after Pascha [Easter]] and on June 30, together with the other Apostles, we commemorate the Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas on October 6. According to tradition:
According to Church Tradition, the holy Apostle Thomas founded Christian churches in Palestine, Mesopotamia, Parthia, Ethiopia and India. Preaching the Gospel earned him a martyr's death. For having converted 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.
A blessed Feast Day to all Thomases, Thomasinas, Tamsins and all named for Thomas.