One in five Indian Americans is now Christian. But they remain divided by language, doctrine, and generation. July 3 has long been observed as Saint Thomas Day, commemorating the death of the ...

According to tradition, St. Thomas made his first conversions ... The Portuguese, during their rule in India, tried to stamp out native Christian practices and enforce strict conformity to Latin ...

Apostolate of St Thomas in India is an indispensable resource for understanding the historical legacy of one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.

and the St. Thomas Evangelical Church. The Most Christian Part of India Given that many of our articles focus on southern India, this issue could give the impression that Christianity thrives only ...

Today, there is a devout community of Catholics on the Malabar Coast of India who call themselves the St. Thomas Christians. They claim that their community began through the teachings of Thomas ...

“It is for us to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ,” he said. According to a tradition followed by most Christian groups in India, St. Thomas arrived on the south-western coast of India in AD 52 ...

Christianity’s arrival in India is traditionally dated to the St. Thomas mission in 52 AD. The ancient Syrian Christians, based in present-day Kerala, integrated into local caste structures and ...

The Saint Thomas Christian or Syrian Christian in Kerela ... envisaged a legislature to resolve the contention raised by the 2017 Supreme Court of India order, granting the Syro-Malankara church ...

A St. Thomas Christian cross at the installation of Mar ... a decades-long liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church in India. Francis has directly intervened several times in the controversy ...