St. Ephrem is a Doctor of the Church. He was a great writer of homilies, hymns and poems and helped to fight Gnosticism and Arianism by his writings. Not much is known about his early life.

Molly Gallagher, left, Nicolette Labarbera and Riley Ciccotto, fourth graders at St. Ephrem Catholic Academy in the Dyker ...

St. Ephraim of Syria, "Songs of Praise," c. 351 A.D. "There is One Physician who is possessed of both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The ...