Ефрем Сирин цитаты
Ефрем Сирин
Дата рождения: 306
Дата смерти: 9. Июнь 373
Ефре́м Си́рин — христианский богослов и поэт, один из Учителей Церкви IV века.
Канонизирован в лике преподобных. Память в Православной церкви совершается 28 января , в Католической церкви — 9 июня.
Цитаты Ефрем Сирин
„O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love.“
— Ephrem the Syrian
Context: O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for blessed art Thou to the ages of ages. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
"Prayer of Ephrem" as translated in The Lenten Triodion (1978) by Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware, p. 69
Variant translations:
O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, your servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for you are blessed for ever and ever. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
As translated in Who's Holding the Umbrella (1984) by William E. Yaeger, p. 70
„Thy possessions have made thee a hollow image; they have ruined thee and left thee.“
— Ephrem the Syrian
in A Spiritual Psalter (2004), p. 267
