ST.THOMAS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

ABOUT US Home About Us OUR HISTORY St.Thomas the Apostle, also called ‘Didimus’, meaning ‘twin’, was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. He is best known for questioning Jesus' Resurrection after death when first told of it, which was followed by his confession of faith, “My Lord and My God”. St. Thomas the Apostle arrived in Kerala, India, in AD 52. He arrived by sea at the port of Malankara, the present Kodungallur in Kerala. He preached the word of God and established Churches at seven places. St. Thomas, after his fruitful ministry on the Malabar Coast, crossed over to the eastern parts of South India, where he also had many converts, and then moved as far as Malacca and China. Later, returning to India, he came to Chennaipattinam or Madras. Being infuriated by his growing popularity, he was chased by the higher castes and took shelter in a cave near Little mount which is the present Guindy in Chennai and when he was about to be captured he escaped from that place through a hole on the roof of the said cave and took shelter in the shrine which he had built on the top of the St.Thomas Mount, Parinkimalai in Tamil. His pursuers caught up with him there and speared him to death w