He was a culture warrior who by some accounts ended life as a hermit. He was a prolific apologist who also composed memorable hymns. He is a revered figure in the Eastern Churches, and one of the very ...

Some ancient prayers endure because of their preciseness of language and the poetic way they are expressed. Think of the Shema in Judaism, the Our Father in Christianity, Allahu akbar in Islam. One ...

Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his general audience on Nov. 28 to St. Ephrem the Syrian, the most renowned poet of the patristic age. In his lifelong service to the Church as a deacon, St. Ephrem was an ...

A prayer by St Ephrem, Syriac Christian deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymnographer, theologian and a fourth century doctor of the Church, summarises the spirit of Lent. “O Lord and Master of my ...