Addai (given name)

Addai (Syriac: ܐܕܝ) is a Syriac given name, equivalent to the Greek and Latin Thaddeus (Greek: Θαδδαῖος).^[1] It may refer to:

• Addai I, also known as Thaddeus of Edessa (1st/2nd century AD), saint and evangelist of Edessa
• Addai II Giwargis, patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East since 1970
• Addai Scher (1867–1915), the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt

Theology

• Doctrine of Addai, book containing the purported teachings of Thaddeus of Edessa
• Liturgy of Addai and Mari, East Syriac liturgy named after Thaddeus of Edessa
• Qudasha of Saints Addai and Mari in the Holy Qurbana

See also

• Addai (surname)
• Thaddeus

References

Look up ܐܕܝ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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