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Aphrahat was born near the border of Roman Syria and Neo-Persian Iran around 280, during the rule of Sasanian Emperor Shapur II. [1] The name Aphrahat is the Syriac version of the Persian name Frahāt, which is the modern Persian Farhād (فرهاد). He might have had Persian Jewish ancestors. [4]
Aphrahat (Greek: Ἀφραάτης; Latin: Aphraates) (c. 270 – c. 345 C.E.) was an Assyrian author of the fourth century from Persia, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. He was born in Persia around 270, but all his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later in his ...
Born in Persia around 280 AD, Aphrahat was one of the earliest church fathers who wrote extensively in Syriac. His works, collectively known as "Demonstrations," are among the oldest extant documents of early Christian literature in Syriac.
Aphrahat, Aphraat, Aphraates or Afrates (Greek: Aφραάτης i; Persian: فرهاد; and Classical Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ) was a fourth-century Persian -born hermit who was active in Mesopotamia and Syria during the reign of Emperor Valens (r. 365–378) and perhaps Theodosius (r. 378–395). His life is known only from the account of Theodoret ...
Aphrahat, venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice.
Oct 1, 2024 · Aphrahat was born near the border of Roman Syria in Neo-Persian Iran around 280, during the rule of Sasnian Emperor Shapur II. The name Aphrahat is the Syriac version of the Persian name Frahāt, which is the modern Persian Farhād (فرهاد). His ancestors were originally of Persian Jewish ancestry.
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Aphraates was born on the Persian border with Syria. He converted to Christianity and became a hermit in Edessa moving in time to Antioch, Turkey. His hermitage attracted many, and miracles were reported.
