It was the Apostle Thomas, with Thaddeus and Bartholomew who came to the Assyrian city of Edessa and founded the Assyrian Church of the East, the first and oldest church in the world.

• 是圣徒多马（基督十二门徒之一）和一起来到俄第萨城的撒迪厄斯和巴塞洛缪一起创建了东方的亚述教会，这也是世界上最早的教会。