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[[Image:SEphraimSyrian.jpeg|right|300px|frame|St. Ephrem the Syrian]]Our Righteous Father '''Ephrem the Syrian''' was a prolific Syriac language [[hymn]] writer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, but especially among Syriac Christians, as a [[saint]]. His [[feast day]] in the [[Orthodox Church]] is [[January 28]].[[Image:Ephrem the Syrian.jpg|right|frame|St. Ephrem the Syrian]]
== Name ==
<!-- broken links * [http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol1No2/index.html ''Hugoye'': Influence of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, part 1]
* [http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol2No1/index.html ''Hugoye'': Influence of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, part 2] --->
* [http://87.1911encyclopedia.org/E/EP/EPHRAEM_SYRUS.htm ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' 1911: "Ephraem Syrus"]
* [https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=406 Ephraim the Syrian] from the website of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
[[ar:أفرام السرياني]]
[[fr:Éphrem le Syrien]]
[[pt:Ephraim, o Sírio]]
[[ro:Efrem Sirul]]