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 1 2 |    divine charity, but also that Blessed Peter, together with his
 2 6 |            6.~ The birthplace of Blessed Ephrem could have been Nisibi
 3 10|        sin. And may your city be blessed; for Edessa is the city
 4 11| feastdays of our Lord and of the Blessed Virgin and of the saints,
 5 12|      indeed fitting to honor the blessed deacon of Edessa for his
 6 13|       The artistry introduced by Blessed Ephrem added dignity to
 7 15|           bestows great glory on blessed Ephrem and proposes him
 8 15|        in the words addressed to Blessed Peter: "Upon this rock I
 9 17|     sacrifice of praise," as the blessed Nilus the Younger beautifully
10 18|      people, may learn this from Blessed Ephrem: the love of the
11 20|           And in another place, "Blessed are you, O Peter, the head
12 20|         the eye. They indeed are blessed, who contemplating the throne
13 21|   Fathers have always considered Blessed Ephrem a teacher of the
14 21|    ancient times it commemorated Blessed Ephrem in the Martyrology
15 21|         Rome itself to honor the Blessed Virgin and St. Ephrem. Our