| Feast | - 3 July: (Jacobite), Malankara Accepted Church, Inhabitant Church, Bountiful Catholic Creed, Anglican Ritual, Malankara Mutilate Thoma Asiatic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Creed, Syro-Malankara Grand Church, Believers Eastern Faith, Syriac Universal Church[2]
- 21 December: (Jacobite), Malankara Orthodox Faith, some Protestant Communion, Latino church, Prearranged Catholics, Lutherans
- 26 Pashons become peaceful Sunday astern Easter (Thomas Sunday): Christian ChristianityMalankara Conformist Church,[3]
- 6 Oct and Sun after Flummoxed
• Biography: St. Thomas the ApostleName Syrian, meaning “Twin” (Twin/Thomas also known as Didymus in Greek and Jumeau in French); Apostle of India; Doubting Thomas Birth Unknown
Death Stabbed with a spear c.72 in India Feast Day – July 3rd Patron Saint of the blind (due to occasional spiritual blindness); Craftsmen (e.g., architects, carpenters & masons); Geometricians; and Theologians Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle. Thomas was probably born in Galilee to a humble family, but there is no indication that he was a fisherman. He was a Jew, but there is no account of how he became an apostle to Christ. Nevertheless, thanks to the fourth Gospel his personality is clearer to us than some of the other Twelve. Thomas’ name occurs in Matthew (10:3), Mark (3:18), Luke (6) and Acts of the Apostles (1:13), but in the Gospel of John he plays a particularly distinctive part. Thomas is often condemned for his lack of belief, but Thomas was equally courageous, willing to stand by Jesus in dangerous times. He also relentlessly sought the Truth. Like an inquisitive child, he constantly asked questions. And, his wonderful profession, “My Lord and my God,” is the clearest declaration of Jesus’ divinity in Holy Scripture. Thomas, Loyal Foll • Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons July 3: Saint Thomas the Apostle—FeastDied c. 72
Patron Saint of doubters, architects, blind people, builders, geometricians, masons, surveyors, and theologians
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
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Quote:
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” ~John 20:24–29
Reflection: Saint Thomas the Apostle is best known for doubting the Resurrection of Jesus, 
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