St. Ephrem the Syrian

[Phronema]

I watched a video on St. Ephrem the Syrian, and I'm in search of hymns that may contain his work. He is attributed to over 400 remaining hymns according to the Orthodox Wiki.

Are any of the remaining hymns Antiochian Orthodox? I've only found Eastern Catholic hymns, which I'm not opposed to, and they're beautiful. Is anyone aware of any that may be Orthodox? Are they one in the same considering the years that he lived (306 A.D. to 373 A.D.)

I realize this is an off the wall question, but I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer if they're familiar with these hymns.

Lastly, I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the music section. I figured most folks there aren't Orthodox, and so I posted it here hoping for an answer. Otherwise, thank you for reading.

 

[mcarmichael]

400 hymns doesn't seem improbable. Wasn't he tortured something like 20 years?

 

[mcarmichael]

Maybe a different St. Ephraim. Lo siento (I apologize).

 

[Phronema]

Maybe a different St. Ephraim. Lo siento (I apologize).

He was tortured throughout his life, you're correct.

As for Lo siento, I don't believe that is related.

 

[mcarmichael]

That's Spanish.

 

[Phronema]

That's Spanish.

Yes, but I haven't found anything under that name either, unfortunately.

Thank you for the answer.

Edit: I thought I mentioned it before, but thank you for the replies.

 

[mcarmichael]

Indeed.

 

[dzheremi]

I am confused by this question. St. Ephrem is an Orthodox saint, so all of his hymns are Orthodox. Whether they are sung by Orthodox or Catholic congregations does not change the actual content of the hymns.

Here is a bit of the presanctified liturgy celebrated at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania that contains the prayer of St. Ephrem, prayed after the prayer "Let my prayer arise". I have no idea the particular jurisdiction of this church, but it's clearly Eastern Orthodox, at any rate.

For just the prayer alone, here is a recording of Presbytera Pat Tsagalakis of Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Washington state:

 

[Phronema]

I am confused by this question. St. Ephrem is an Orthodox saint, so all of his hymns are Orthodox. Whether they are sung by Orthodox or Catholic congregations does not change the actual content of the hymns.

Here is a bit of the presanctified liturgy celebrated at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania that contains the prayer of St. Ephrem, prayed after the prayer "Let my prayer arise". I have no idea the particular jurisdiction of this church, but it's clearly Eastern Orthodox, at any rate.

For just the prayer alone, here is a recording of Presbytera Pat Tsagalakis of Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Washington state:

Thank you much. I'm confused, as you can see per the question. Please forgive me.

Since he was canonized a Saint during a time before the split between any of the Early Churches, would he be canonized by us all? (EO, OO, RC)?

Thank you for the hymns!

 

[dzheremi]

Yes, he is a saint in all of the communions you mentioned. There are different traditions concerning him in each, too, such that since the saint is a Syriac (language) hymnographer, you will likely find different prayers attributed to him in the Syriac Orthodox (OO) tradition than you would find among the EO, though as far as I know the one I have shared is known in both EO and OO churches. I am not sure if the EO have the prayer of St. Ephrem's testament ("Eno Afrem moyethno", or "I, Ephrem, am nearing death") which the Syriac Orthodox recite as part of their Wednesday vespers prayers, for instance. With a few notable exceptions (ethnic Assyrians in Russia and Georgia, who suddenly found themselves citizens of the Russian empire following the Treaty of Turkmenchay in the 1820s, or as a result of later immigration following various calamities in Turkey, Iraq, etc.), the EO stopped using Syriac centuries ago, following the liturgical Byzantinization of the Eastern Chalcedonians.

 

[All4Christ]

I am confused by this question. St. Ephrem is an Orthodox saint, so all of his hymns are Orthodox. Whether they are sung by Orthodox or Catholic congregations does not change the actual content of the hymns.

Here is a bit of the presanctified liturgy celebrated at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania that contains the prayer of St. Ephrem, prayed after the prayer "Let my prayer arise". I have no idea the particular jurisdiction of this church, but it's clearly Eastern Orthodox, at any rate.

For just the prayer alone, here is a recording of Presbytera Pat Tsagalakis of Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Washington state:

It's OCA...my parish!

 

[All4Christ]

I watched a video on St. Ephrem the Syrian, and I'm in search of hymns that may contain his work. He is attributed to over 400 remaining hymns according to the Orthodox Wiki.

Are any of the remaining hymns Antiochian Orthodox? I've only found Eastern Catholic hymns, which I'm not opposed to, and they're beautiful. Is anyone aware of any that may be Orthodox? Are they one in the same considering the years that he lived (306 A.D. to 373 A.D.)

I realize this is an off the wall question, but I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer if they're familiar with these hymns.

Lastly, I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the music section. I figured most folks there aren't Orthodox, and so I posted it here hoping for an answer. Otherwise, thank you for reading.

Also, the Antiochian Orthodox Church is just one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchates. All the Eastern Orthodox patriarchates and jurisdictions are the same beliefs and hymns, albeit different musical settings. Since you are involved in TAW, you probably know that, but I want to clarify it for anyone else reading

 

[ArmyMatt]

150 of his hymns were composed in his Spiritual Psalter by St Theophan the recluse

 

[graphite412]

There are a good number of his hymns that have already been translated into English.

Spiritual Psalter of St. Ephraim the Syrian: Antonina (translator) Ephraim the Syrian; Janda: 9780912927404: Amazon.com: Books

The Harp of the Spirit: Poems of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Publications of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge) (Volume 1): St Ephrem the Syrian, Sebastian Brock, Dr Sebastian Brock, Dan Juncu: 9781872897165: Amazon.com: Books

Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)): Ephrem the Syrian, Kathleen E. McVey, John Meyendorff: 9780809130931: Amazon.com: Books

St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns On Paradise: St. Ephrem, Sebastian Brock: 9780881410761: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Phronema]

Thank you all for the replies, it's much appreciated!