Mar Sabor and Mar Proth, according to
Syrian Christians
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* Adherents of Christianity in Syria
* Adherents of Syriac Christianity, various Christian bodies of Syriac traditions
** Saint Thomas Christians, Christians of Syriac tradition in India, also called ''Syrians'' or ' ...
of
Kerala
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, were two
Church of the East
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Bishops
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believed to have arrived in 825 AD alongside a group of Christian settlers led by a merchant from Persia. Together, they established