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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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Wisdom of The Desert Fathers is a new series to our channel that focuses on the lives, miracles, and wisdom of important Orthodox ascetics. In our fourth vid...
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In a continuation of the series on Syriac and Ethiopic influences on the Qur'an, we begin to look at who St Ephrem was and the Syriac context in which the qu...
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Feb 4, 2019 · Syriac Maronite Conference — Maronite Seminary — April 1-2, 2019
Dec 2, 2020 · Nonetheless, Ephrem tends to a Bibically literalist position and preserves for us fourth century Syrian thought. In this article, we offer highlights that give us insight how Ephrem understood Theosis, the salvation of the unborn, the Fall, and even the authenticity of his commentary on Genesis.
Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but few facts about his own inspiring life.
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Ephrem embraced a life of singleness, which was, at the time, the incipient Mesopotamian form of ascetic life, known as the bnay and bnath qyama or the covenanters. These were men and women who probably took a more solemn promise to live the life of Christ at the time of their baptism, which, as we know, was administered later in life in the ...
