Name
Ephrem, poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373
Saint ID
S01238
Number in BH
BHO 269-273
Reported Death Not Before
373
Reported Death Not After
373
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Lesser clergy , Writers
| ID | Title | E02531 | Jacob of Serugh's Syriac Homily (memrā) on *Ephrem (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238)celebrates the life and achievements of Ephrem, with particular emphasis on his work as church poet and defender of orthodoxy. Written in northern Mesopotamia in the late 5th/early 6th c. | E02894 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 28 January *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), all *Desert Fathers (S01521), and, as a later addition, Petros, archbishop of Damascus and martyr under the Arabs. | E02939 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 1 February *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), possibly *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439) and Hermogenes, an unidentified martyr. | E02962 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 1 February *Anna (New Testament prophetess, S01359), and *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238). | E03176 | Palladius of Helenopolis writes the Lausiac History, a collection of short narratives and teachings of male and female ascetics in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Italy, commissioned by the patrician Lausos. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. Overview entry | E03328 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (40), recounts aspects of the life of *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238). Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E03510 | The metric homily (memrā) entitled 'The Testament of *Ephrem' (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), speaking in the person of Ephrem, discourages his followers from burying his body under the altar inside a church, and/or next to the martyrs. Written, probably in Edessa, in the early 5th c. | E03633 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 3 February *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the New Testament, S00285) and *Anna (New Testament prophetess, S01359), *Blaisios (bishop and martyr of Armenian Sebaste, S01360), *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian in Edessa, S01238), fathers Paul, Mark, Pamphilios, Amona, Eulogios and Abuk (unidentified desert fathers, probably from the Apophthegmata Patrum). | E03814 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 28 July *Eustathios (soldier and martyr of Ancyra S01501), *Ephrem (possibly poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Anatolios (possibly martyr of Nicaea under Maximian, S01781), *Pantaleōn / Panteleēmōn (martyr of Nicomedia, during the Diocletian persecution of 305, S00596), *Symeon the Elder (stylite of Qal‘at Sim‘ān, S00343), and, as a later addition, John the Bishop of Chalcedon and confessor during Iconoclasm. | E04020 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14-16), refers to several monastic holy men who were active in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and the West in the mid-fourth century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. |
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