Event Factoid: John of
Ephesus, who was a monk in the Convent of John
Urtaya, observed Thomas's ascetic
practices and had many enlightening conversations with him.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints I,Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up, p: 198-206.