▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : N atural ▁gas ▁fields ▁in ▁China <0x0A> </s> ▁E ph rem ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁( , ▁; ▁; ▁; ▁c . ▁ 3 0 6 ▁– ▁ 3 7 3 ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Saint ▁E ph ra em , ▁E ph rem ▁of ▁Ed essa , ▁E ph rem , ▁or ▁E ph ra im , ▁was ▁a ▁Sy ri ac ▁Christian ▁de acon ▁and ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁Sy ri ac - language ▁h ymn ograph er ▁and ▁the olog ian ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁century . ▁ ▁E ph rem ▁is ▁especially ▁bel oved ▁in ▁the ▁Sy ri ac ▁Orth odox ▁Church , ▁and ▁counted ▁as ▁a ▁V ener able ▁Father ▁( i . e ., ▁a ▁saint ed ▁Mon k ) ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁Church . ▁His ▁fe ast ▁day ▁is ▁celebrated ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁Saturday ▁of ▁the ▁V ener able ▁F athers . ▁He ▁was ▁declared ▁a ▁Doctor ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁ ▁E ph rem ▁wrote ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁h ym ns , ▁po ems , ▁and ▁ser m ons ▁in ▁verse , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁pro se ▁ex eg esis . ▁These ▁were ▁works ▁of ▁practical ▁the ology ▁for ▁the ▁ed ification ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁in ▁trouble d ▁times . ▁So ▁popular ▁were ▁his ▁works , ▁that , ▁for ▁centuries ▁after ▁his ▁death , ▁Christian ▁authors ▁wrote ▁hundreds ▁of ▁pse ude p ig