Saint Mari 2176664 210764995 2008-05-07T08:50:36Z 121.246.66.240 {{Eastern Christianity}} '''Saint Mari''' was converted by [[Saint Addai]]. He is said to have had [[Saint Aggai]] as his [[spiritual director]]. He is also believed to have done missionary work around [[Nineveh]], [[Nisibis]], and along the [[Euphrates]], and is said to have been one of the great apostles to [[Syria]] and [[Persian Empire|Persia]]. He and Addai are credited with the ''[[Divine Liturgy of Addai and Mari]]''. Despite the fact that there is little if any concrete information on Mari, he is still venerated as a saint by the [[Assyrian Church of the East]],[[Chaldean Catholic Church]] and the [[Syro Malabar Catholic Church]]. ==References== *Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints''. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4. ==External links== *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01136d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Liturgy of Addeus and Maris] [[Category:Syriac Christianity|Mari]] [[Category:Christian hagiography]] [[Category:Oriental Orthodoxy]] [[Category:Persian saints|Mari]] [[Category:Syrian saints|Mari]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox saints|Mari]] [[Category:Eastern Catholic saints|Mari]] [[Category:Saints of the Assyrian Church of the East]] {{saint-stub}} {{OrientalOrthodoxy-stub}} [[ru:Марий (святой)]] [[zh:聖馬理]]