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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Ephraem Syrus
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The most famous of the Church Fathers in Syria, and called "prophet of the Syrians," also "Pillar of the Church" and "Help of the Holy Ghost," born at Nisibis, Mesopotamia; lived a hermit's life in a cave near Edessa; left exegetical writings, homilies, and poems, and so great was his piety and self-denial, that he was looked upon as a saint, and is still so reverenced in several Churches (320-370).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ephraem Syrus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ephraem-syrus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ephraem Syrus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ephraem-syrus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
