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St. '''Thomas of Mabugh''', also known as Mor Touma Harqaloyo (St. Thomas of Heraclea), is one of the fathers of the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] and was the compiler of the Heraclean version of the [[New Testament ]] in Syriac. St. Thomas is commemorated by the Church of Antioch on [[June 26]].

St. Thomas of Mabugh was born in the village of Heraclea in Palestine and studied at the Qinnesrin [[Monastery]], where he mastered the Greek and Syriac languages. He later became a [[monk ]] at the Tar'il Monastery and was eventually [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] Metropolitan of Mabugh at the end of the 500s. In 599 StMetr. Thomas was forced to flee to Egypt by the Emperor Maurice, but he was later able to return to his [[diocese]].

The Persian invasion of the Roman Empire forced StMetr. Thomas to flee to Egypt again. It was during this second exile that he undertook a revision of the Syriac-language New Testament, checking it against four Greek-language copies of the New Testament. His version, now known as the Heraclean version after his home village, was finished in Alexandria in 616.

In addition to his service in Mabugh and his scholarly work St. Thomas also worked to preserve the unity of the Churches of Alexandria and Antioch in their resistance to the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] and translated the Anaphoras of StsSs. [[Dionysius the Areopagite]], [[Basil the Great]], [[Gregory of Nazianzus]], and [[John Chrysostom]] into Syriac.

==Commemoration==St. Thomas is commemorated by the Church of Antioch on 26 June. ==External Linklink==