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Hymns for the Epiphany
St. Ephrem the Syrian · 4th century
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Hymns for the feast of Theophany, the Lord's baptism in the Jordan. St. Ephrem sings of the waters made holy and of the newly baptized coming up from the font.
They are a beautiful way to prepare for the Great Blessing of Waters.
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About this edition
From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 13 (1898), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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