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Saint Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Doctor

Ephrem the Syrian

Illustration of Ephrem the Syrian, from a 16th-century Russian ms. of the Slavonic translation of John Climacus and Ephrem’s Homilies. From Wikipedia.


Almighty God, who hast enriched thy Church with the singular learning and holiness of thy Deacon Ephrem: Grant us to hold fast the true doctrine of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, and to fashion our lives according to the same, to the glory of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Or this:

Pour out upon us, O Lord, that same Spirit by which thy  deacon Ephrem declared the mysteries of faith in sacred song, and so gladden our hearts that we, like him, might proclaim the riches of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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