Saint Ephrem the Syrian was born sometime around the year 306 or 307 in Nisibis, a Syriac-speaking town located in the southeastern part of modern-day Turkey. At that time, the Christian Church was suffering under the persecution of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Select Works of S. Ephrem the Syrian: Translated Out of the Original Syriac, with Notes and Indices, Saint Ephraem (Syrus) Author: Saint Ephraem (Syrus) Publisher: John Henry Parker, 1847: Original from: Harvard University: Digitized: Sep 28, 2007: Length: 449 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan Saint Ephrem'sCommentary on Tatian's " Diatessaron" by Saint Ephraem Syrus, 1993, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester edition, in English The luminous eye: the spiritual world vision of Saint Ephrem, Cistercian Publications (ISBN 0-87907-624-0) Brock, Sebastian (trans.) (1990). Hymns on paradise: St. Ephrem the Syrian. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood, New York (ISBN 0-88141-076-4) Griffith, Sidney H (1997). Faith adoring the mystery: reading the Bible with St. Ephraem the Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373: Select metrical hymns and homilies of Ephraem Syrus : translated from the original Syriac, with an introduction and historical and philological notes (London : Robert B. Blackader, 1853., 1853), also by Henry Burgess and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. Publication date 1968 Topics Hymns, Syriac Publisher Paris, Éditions du Cerf Collection claremont_school_of_theology Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. Publication date 1847 Topics Christian literature, Early, Fathers of the church Publisher Oxford : John Henry Parker Collection Ephrem's last public act was to distribute grain to Edessa's starving poor during a famine. No one else was trusted for the task. He is believed to have died old and withered on this day, June 18, 373. June 18 is his feast day. In 1920 he became the only Syrian father honored by the Roman church as a doctor of the universal church. Renowned for his hymns and poetic homilies, he is regarded as the preeminent Syrian father, a doctor of the universal church, and, according to Robert Murray, "the greatest poet of the patristic age perhaps, the only theologian-poet to rank beside Dante" ("Ephrem Syrus, St.," in Catholic Dictionary of Theology, vol. 2, London, 1967, p. 222). (The day's Introit, page F 26, The People's Anglican Missal) The writer of this post is especially connected with today's saint, as it was on Ephraem's feast day that I was ordained Deacon (in 1976). +dgm. Ephraem's Mass Propers Catholic Encyclopedia Article. www.episcopalnet.org Saint Ephraim was the first to make the poetic expression of hymnody and song a vehicle of Orthodox theological teachings, constituting it an integral part of the Church's worship; he may rightly be called the first and greatest hymnographer of the Church, who set the pattern for these who followed him, especially Saint Romanos the Melodist. Fathers of the church., Christian literature, Early, Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373, Fathers of the church Publisher Oxford : John Henry Parker Collection folkscanomy_miscellaneous; folkscanomy; additional_collections Language English Item Size 622.3M (The day's Introit, page F 26, The People's Anglican Missal) The writer of this post is especially connected with today's saint, as it was on Ephraem's feast day that I was ordained Deacon (in 1976). +dgm. Ephraem's Mass Propers Catholic Encyclopedia Article. www.episcopalnet.org Today is Tuesday, February 25, 2025. St Ephrem of Syria was also known as Ephrem of Edessa, Sun of the Syrians, Aprem of Nisibis, the Syrian, Harp of the Holy Spirit, Ephraim, Ephraem Syrus, Deacon of Edessa or Jefrem Sirin. Ephrem the Syrian [a] (/ ˈ iː f r əm, ˈ ɛ f r əm /; c. 306 – 373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ ˈ iː f r i əm /), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity. Ephraem the Syrian (Author) English: 1: Child, by God's sweet mercy given: Ephraem the Syrian (Author) English: 3: From God Christ's deity came forth: Ephrem of Edessa (Author) English: 2: Glory to the glorious one: St. Ephraem,Syrus (Author) English: 3: He calls us to a day of gladness: Ephrem the Syrian (Author) English: 3: How bitter is the Carmina Nisibena by Saint Ephraem Syrus, 1866, Brockhaus edition, in Latin St. Ephraim the Syrian (Syriac: Mor Afrêm Sûryāyâ; Greek: Ἐφραίμ ὁ Σῦρος; Latin: Ephraem Syrus; ca. 306 – 373) was a Syrian deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially among Orthodox Christians, as a saint. EPHRAEM SYRUS (Ephraim the Syrian), a saint who lived in Mesopotamia during the first three quarters of the 4th century A.D. He is perhaps the most influential of all Syriac authors; and his fame as a poet, commentator, preacher and defender of orthodoxy has spread throughout all branches of the Christian Church. Saint Ephraem Syrus (born c. 306, Nisibis, Mesopotamia [now Nusaybin, Turkey]—died June 9, 373, Edessa, Osroëne [now Şanlıurfa, Turkey]; Western feast day June 9, Eastern feast day January 28) was a Christian theologian, poet, hymnist, and doctor of the church who, as doctrinal consultant to Eastern churchmen, composed numerous theological-biblical commentaries and polemical works that
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