St. Ephrem the Syrian, poetry, and the spiritual life

This is an episode on the spiritual text, Hymns on Paradise, by St Ephrem the Syrian 
Listen to the conversation between Fr. Symeon and James John Marks, host of the "Christian Saints Podcast."

Reference materials for this episode:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/28/100328-venerable-ephraim-the-syrian
https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ephrem_the_Syrian
St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise, 
- trans. by Sebastian Brock
- St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press
- pages 111-112, 157-159, 167-68, 170
- Hymns XI.9-15, VI.7-10, XII.19-20, XIII.5

Scripture citations for this episode:
Genesis 1-4

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