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I was praying part of the Akathist in honor of the Dormition of St Mary and I noticed something in Kontakion 3. It reads:
By the power of the Most High was Thomas taken from India, since by the will of God he had not been brought to the most honorable Dormition of the Mother of God, and standing before Her life-bearing tomb, he stooped down to see and understood that She had ascended to Heaven in the body, and believing, he cried out: Alleluia!
And the Ekos:
The disciple, having thoughts within himself, since by Divine Providence he had not been brought to the funeral procession of the Mother of God with others, rejoiced in Her immortal Dormition, crying out to Her these things: (...)
Why wasn't St Thomas present? Is there an Orthodox interpretation/commentary on this, besides saying that it was "by the will of God" and "Divine Providence"?
By the power of the Most High was Thomas taken from India, since by the will of God he had not been brought to the most honorable Dormition of the Mother of God, and standing before Her life-bearing tomb, he stooped down to see and understood that She had ascended to Heaven in the body, and believing, he cried out: Alleluia!
And the Ekos:
The disciple, having thoughts within himself, since by Divine Providence he had not been brought to the funeral procession of the Mother of God with others, rejoiced in Her immortal Dormition, crying out to Her these things: (...)
Why wasn't St Thomas present? Is there an Orthodox interpretation/commentary on this, besides saying that it was "by the will of God" and "Divine Providence"?