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Stephen the Hymnographer
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Stephen the Hymnographer (725–807), also known as Stephen of St. Sabas, was a Syrian monk who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
Quotes
If I ask Him to receive me,Will He say me nay?Not till earth, and not till heavenPass away.
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.
External links
Category:Hymnwriters from Syria
Category:9th century deaths
Category:Monks
Category:Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church