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Testament of Mor Ephrem
Source: From a painting in Amid, AD 1218
Mor Ephrem the Syrian, the great poet saint of the Syriac Church, was born in c.
St ephrem the syrian biography sample
A.D. 306 in Nisibis (North-west of Mosul, Iraq). While some late sources claim that his father was a heathen priest who worshiped an idol called Abnil, his own writings affirm that he was raised in a Christian family. (Adv.
Haereses, XXVI. "I was born in the way of truth: though my boyhood understood not the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came." Again more explicitly, if we may trust a Confession which is extant only in Greek, "I had been early taught about Christ by my parents; they who begat me after the flesh, had trained me in the fear of the Lord...
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My parents were confessors before the judge: yea, I am the kindred of martyrs.")
He was ordained deacon in c. A.D. 338 and served the Bishop of Nisibis, Mor Ya`qub, who participated in the Synod of Nicaea (AD 325). He lived as a solitary and apparently ne