St Ephrem the Syrian - Hymns on Paradise type_Anointing Oil Do we sit and read

Do we sit and read the whole book in one sitting

painfully seeks to learn what awaits him after departure from this life

He went on to become Bishop of a massive trans continental diocese and ultimately the Metropolitan of Moscow

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Included in this volume are the “Seven Homilies to the Youth” that he gave in Bucharest in 1978

St Ephrem the Syrian - Hymns on Paradise type_Anointing Oil Do we sit and readIn his cycle of 15 Hymns on Paradise, St. Ephrem the Syrian weaves a profound theological synthesis around the Biblical narrative in Genesis 2 and 3. In this fine Christian poetry, the author expresses his awareness of the sacramental character of the created world, and of the potential of everything in it to act as a witness and pointer to the Creator. God's two witnesses, says Ephrem, are, "Nature, through man's use of it, [and] Scripture, through