Is their any conclusive knowledge on who that …

Comment posted Arrival of Mar Sabrisho and Mar Piruz, Earliest Reports, Copper Plates, Katheeshangal,Christians & Churches at Quilon by John Mathew.

Is their any conclusive knowledge on who that Metropolitan of Edessa was that supposedly sent Thomas of Cana to Kerala?

If I’m not mistaken his name was Mar Joseph or Uraha/Urafa. Well, does any sect maintain records on this? I see pictures of Mar Joseph on Knanaya sites — is that picture a relic of their past, or is it a recent invention?

Finally, if Mar Joseph came to Kerala (I think the legends say he accompanied Thoma), where was he buried. Does the tomb exist?

I had asked about ancient Christian graves and got some credible retorts saying that it is unreasonable to expect to find them because our ancestors might not have been so grave-crazy as our Semetic brothers… Well, Thoma of Cana and Mar Joseph were Semites, or at least were of Semetic cultural heritage … they must have wanted a grave… And since Thoma was the supposed father of the Knanaya — wouldn’t they, in their reverence, maintain the grave? So … where is it!?

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