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[[Image:Thaddeus (Addai).JPG|right|thumb|150px|Thaddeus (Addai) of the Seventy Disciples]][[Saint ]] '''Addai''' was the [[evangelism|evangelizer]] of Edessa and is believed to be one of the Seventy [[Apostles]] of [[Christ]], known to [[Eusebius of Caesarea]] as the '''Apostle Thaddeus''' of the Seventy. He is commemorated on [[August 21]] and on [[January 4]] with the Seventy.
==Saint Addai==
The [[Syrian liturgy|Syriac liturgy]] referred to as the [[Liturgy of Addai and Mari]], which originated around the year 200 A.D. and is used by the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], claims a connection to this saint.
==Apostle Thaddeus==
The Holy Thaddeus was by descent a Hebrew, and he was born in the Syrian city of Edessa. He was [[baptism|baptized ]] by [[John the Forerunner]] in the JordanRiver. St . Thaddeus was chosen by the Lord to be one of the Seventy [[Disciple]]s, whom He sent by twos to preach in the cities and places where He intended to visit ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 10: 1).
He backed up his preaching with many miracles (about which Abgar wrote to the Assyrian emperor Nerses). He established priests [[priest]]s in Edessa and built up the Church there. Abgar wanted to reward St . Thaddeus with rich gifts, but he refused and went preaching to other cities, [[conversion|converting ]] many pagans to the Christian Faith. He went to the city of Beirut to preach, and he founded a [[church ]] there. It was in this city that he peacefully died in the year 44.
==Hymns==