About the book: 2017 / "Pillar of the Church, great father and universal teacher, Syrian prophet, Syrian sun, spiritual philosopher and profound scientist, ornate lips and zither of the Holy Spirit” - this is how his contemporary, St. Gregory of Nyssa, speaks highly of St. Ephraim the Syrian. In reading his works from ancient times to the present day, Orthodox people striving for spiritual success have found and continue to find an abundant source of edification. The Siberian Blagozvonnitsa publishing house is completing the publication of the works of the Syrian ascetic. This book includes interpretations of the Monk Ephraim on the Epistles of the Apostle Paul, included in the corpus of the New Testament, as well as an interpretation on the apocryphal third letter of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians. Printed from: Works like the saints of our father Ephraim the Syrian: In 8 vols. Serg. P., 1895–1914.