Thomas the Apostle Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in
Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
The name Thomas means, "twin." He was one of the Twelve, a Galilean
by birth. Sophroneus (not the famous Patriarch of Jerusalem, quoted also by
Jerome, says that Saint Thomas preached to the Parthians, Pesians, Medes,
Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and neighboring nations. According to Heracleon, the
Apostle died a natural death; according to other accounts, he was martyred at
Meliapur. His tomb was known by Saint John Chrysostom to be at Edessa in Syria,
to which city his holy relics may have been translated from India in the fourth
century.