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Experience the extraordinary life of Saint Ephrem the Syrian in this remarkable journey through history. From his childhood to his influential writings, disc...
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Feb 29, 2024 · A short meditation on a prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian: “ I have the will, but I cannot say that I have the strength. I give what I have. Consider my situat...
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Ephrem lived in an atmosphere charged with religious and philosophical systems, syncretistic movements and adulterations of the Christian faith that were taking the Mesopotamian world by storm. Many of the early Christian heresies were born in this part of the world (encratism, manicheism, marcionism, arianism).
Full Name: Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. Birth Year: 303. Death Year: 373. Ephraem Syrus. About A.D. 307 there was born at Nisibis, in northern Mesopotamia, Ephraem or Ephraim Syrus, the most celebrated father of the Syrian church, and famous not only as a theologian, but also as a poet and hymn-writer. Historians differ as to the details of ...
EPHRAEM OF SYRIA (c. 306 – 373) was a theologian, biblical interpreter, teacher, poet, and hymnographer whose teaching activity and prolific writings have had lasting influence on the Christian tradition. Renowned for his hymns and poetic homilies, he is regarded as the preeminent Syrian father, a doctor of the universal church, and ...
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Jun 9, 2017 · A 4th-century saint known as the “Harp of the Holy Spirit” supposedly had an awful voice, but worshiped God in song anyway. In fact, St. Ephrem the Syrian may have been one of the most ...