July 3 is the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, evangelizer of India, martyred in the Chola Kingdom (at what is now Chennai) in AD 72. https://t.co/0Cibh35Rrf
🛐❣️July 3, 2022, marked the 1950th Martyrdom Anniversary of St. Thomas the Apostle, disciple of Jesus Christ, who arrived to India in 52 AD, and was martyred in Chennai in 72 AD. July 3 is traditionally accepted as the martyrdom day of St. Thomas.
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Saint Thomas Day: July 3
to commemorate the martyrdom of Saint Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Saint Thomas is believed to have come to India in 52 AD, where he preached and established churches in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. https://t.co/wpkyR1lEhj
Indian Christian Day is an annual day of celebration on July 3 in India to celebrate the person and message of #Jesus which was brought to India in 52 AD by St. Thomas the Apostle. #Indian_Christian_Day #YeshuBhaktiDivas @JustinWelby @CburyCathedral @BishopSouthwark @Oikoumene https://t.co/mNiq9yf6ND
July 3. St. Thomas the Apostle teaches us about believing without seeing. His life teaches us to trust in everything the Lord has promised us so that we, too, can rise to new life, as Jesus did. St. Thomas, the Apostle, pray for us. https://t.co/Nnwti06DR7
Death
According to Syrian Christian tradition, Thomas was killed with a spear at St Thomas mount in Chennai on 3 July in AD 72, his body being buried in a grave in Mylapore.
Historical records
Indian Christian Day / Yashu Bhakti Divas is an annual day of celebration on July 3 in India to celebrate the person and message of Jesus Christ, which was brought to India in 52 AD by St. Thomas the Apostle. #NotTheBritish
Christians in #Kerala are upset as repeated requests to successive governments to reverse the 1996 order cancelling the public holiday on #StThomasDay have gone unheeded.
Observed on July 3 every year across the world, the day celebrates the life and deeds of St Thomas. https://t.co/MAnm3Ud8Aw
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July 3: The feast of St. Thomas (Doubting Thomas). Church lore tells us that Thomas was killed in India by an angry #pagan priest driving a spear through him as he knelt in #prayer.
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