Ancient Christian tradition says that Christianity reached the shores of Kerala in 52 CE with the arrival of Thomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.[152][153][154][155] Saint Thomas Christians include Syro-Malabar Catholic,[156] Syro-Malankara Catholic,[157] Jacobite Syrian Christian Church,[158] Mar Thoma Syrian Church,[159] Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church,[160] the Syrian Anglicans of the CSI[161] and several Pentecostal and evangelical[162] denominations.