August 19, 2012
A Synopsis of the History of the Syrian Church in Malabar
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A Synopsis of the History of the Syrian Church in Malabar
In 345 A.D. a Syrian Christian Colony came to Malabar from the East, under the leadership of a rich Aramean merchant named Thomas Cana of Jerusalem, who traded from the Persian Gulf down to this Coast and settled at Cranganore.
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