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		<title>Videos</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What India gives us about Christianity in its midst is indeed nothing but pure fables.” — Rev. Dr. Alphonse Mingana The videos below give a tour of the Indian churches associated with the St. Thomas in India legend. The video commentary weaves the story in the Acts of Thomas with Malabar Syrian Christian traditions and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ishwarsharan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14196295&amp;post=2377&amp;subd=ishwarsharan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Rev. Dr. Alphonse Mingana: One of the few authorities on St. Thomas and Orthodox Syrian Christianity.</media:title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The oriental ubiquity of St. Thomas&#8217;s apostolate is explained by the fact that the geographical term &#8216;India&#8217; included the lands washed by the Indian Ocean as far as the China Sea in the east and the Arabian peninsula, Ethiopia, and the African coast in the west.&#8221; &#8212; Prof. Leonardo Olschki ♦ ♦ ♦ &#8220;The Nestorians of India venerated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ishwarsharan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14196295&amp;post=2375&amp;subd=ishwarsharan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Judas Didymus Thomas the Apostle</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">San Thome Cathedral: It is designated a minor basilica which means that the archbishop doesn&#039;t have to share his altar with other priests during Mass.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Persian cross dated to the 7th-8th century.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Crucified Orpheus 3rd century BCE.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">St. Thomas Mount Memorial Plaque</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">1964 St. Thomas India Postage Stamp</media:title>
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