St. Thomas the Apostle
St. Thomas, called Didymus (the Twin), was a Galilean fisherman chosen by Christ as one of the Twelve Apostles. Absent when the risen Lord first appeared to the disciples, he refused to believe until he touched the wounds himself, and eight days later confessed before Christ, "My Lord and my God", a doubt that the Church says was transformed into firm faith for the assurance of all.
According to tradition he preached the Gospel in Palestine, Mesopotamia, Parthia, Ethiopia, and India, where he was martyred at Meliapur, pierced with five spears. He is commemorated on October 6 and again on Thomas Sunday, the first Sunday after Pascha.
Let us also go, that we may die with Him.
Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?
Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.
My Lord and my God!
Troparion
You were a disciple of Christ, and a member of the divine college of Apostles. Having been weak in faith you doubted the Resurrection of Christ, but by feeling the wounds you believed in His all-pure Passion: pray now to Him, O all-praised Thomas, to grant us peace and great mercy.
Kontakion
Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ, filled with divine grace, cried out from the depth of his love: You are my Lord and my God!
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