Ephrem the Deacon

Ephrem, deacon of the church at Edessa, wrote many works in the Syriac language. He became so distinguished that in some churches his writings are read publicly after the reading of the Scriptures. [a] I once read in Greek a volume of his On the Holy Spirit, which someone had translated from the Syriac, and even in translation I recognized the keen edge of a lofty mind. He died in the reign of Valens.