Saint Thomas Christians
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title:
Saint Thomas Christians
text:
The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala, who, for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity. They trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The Saint Thomas Christians had been historically a part of the hierarchy of the Church of the
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wiki
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description:
Indian ethnoreligious group
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians
date created:
2003-06-23T15:57:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T13:10:50Z
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13
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