Saint Mari

Saint Mari [ܡܳܐܪܝ̣], also known as Mares According to the Acts of Mari, Addai sent him to convert the area south and east of Edessa. Mari is 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 Persia. He performs a number of miracles as proof of his holiness.

He and Thaddeus are credited with the Liturgy of Addai and Mari.

Mari was buried in Dayr-Kuni.

Veneration Mari is venerated as a saint by the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. His feast day is 5 August in the Christian calendar.