St. Thomas Christians

E131464
Christian ethnoreligious community Eastern Christian community Indian Christian community

The St. Thomas Christians are an ancient community of Indian Christians, primarily in Kerala, who trace their origins and distinctive liturgical traditions to the early evangelistic mission of the apostle Thomas.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Saint Thomas Christians 8
Saint Thomas Christians of India 2
Syrian Christians 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ethnoreligious community ⓘ
Eastern Christian community ⓘ
Indian Christian community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ahl al-Kitab ⓘ
surface form: Nasrani

St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
surface form: Saint Thomas Christians

Syrian Christians of India ⓘ
associatedRite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Malabar Rite

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Malankara Rite
colonialInteraction Latinization efforts by Portuguese missionaries ⓘ
Portuguese Padroado ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalIntegration integrated into Kerala caste-like social structure ⓘ
denominationalFamilies Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Church of the East tradition

Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
heritage Syro-Antiochene Christian heritage ⓘ
Syro-Oriental Christian heritage ⓘ
historicalConnection Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Church of the East

Syriac Christianity ⓘ
historicalEvent Coonan Cross Oath ⓘ
Synod of Diamper ⓘ
historicalPresenceSince at least early centuries CE ⓘ
historicalStatus autonomous Christian community under local rulers ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Malayalam ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
liturgicalTradition East Syriac rite ⓘ
surface form: East Syriac Rite

West Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ
surface form: West Syriac Rite
majorChurch Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Chaldean Syrian Church

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Malabar Independent Syrian Church ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ
Mar Thoma Syrian Church ⓘ
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ
originClaim evangelistic mission of Thomas the Apostle to India ⓘ
pilgrimageSite Malayattoor Kurisumudi ⓘ
St. Thomas Mount, Chennai ⓘ
primaryRegion Kerala ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditionalApostolicFounder Apostle Thomas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas the Apostle
traditionalFeast Denha (Epiphany) in Syriac tradition ⓘ
Dukhrana of St. Thomas ⓘ
traditionalHierarchyTitle Archdeacon of All India ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Malayalam ⓘ
traditionalMusic Syriac Christian chant ⓘ
traditionalNameForChristians Nasrani Mappila ⓘ
surface form: Nasrani
traditionalNameForCommunity Nasrani Mappila ⓘ
usesScript Malayalam script ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Syriac script

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Thomas → associatedWith → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
Malabar Coast → religiousCommunity → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Assyrian Church of the East → influencedCommunity → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians of India
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → originatedFrom → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Thomas Christian community of India
Malabar Independent Syrian Church → heritage → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Malabar Independent Syrian Church → primaryMembershipCommunity → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Judas Thomas → traditionallyAssociatedWith → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians of India
St. Thomas Christians → alsoKnownAs → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Malabar District → significantCommunity → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Christians
Kingdom of Cochin → hasEthnicGroup → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Christians
Thomas → associatedWith → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form: St. Thomas Christians of India
East Syriac rite → associatedWith → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III → associatedWith → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Thomas Christian community
Malankara → hasHistoricalSignificance → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Malankara → associatedWithCommunity → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians
Malankara → seeAlso → St. Thomas Christians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Christians