Watch the Third Annual

St Ephrem Lecture in Syriac Studies

given by

Elie Zinati, LMO

speaking on

Venerated Women of the Early Church in Lebanon

Watch on YouTube here.

Minute: Venerated Woman
2:37 Status of women in the early Church St Aquilina of Biblos St Christina of Tyre St Barbara St Marina.

and by

Sebastian Brock

Emeritus Reader in Syriac Studies, Oxford, speaking on

From Shmuni to Shirin: Some early Syriac women saints and martyrs

Watch on YouTube here.

Minute: Syriac Woman Saint
0:00 2 Macabees 7: Mother and 7 children. The mother’s name is Hannah in Hebrew, Shmuni in Syriac
6:44 Candida, Martyr
9:52 Mary, the Niece of Abraham of Quidun
15:50 Martha, Martyr
21:10 (Pelagia of Antioch) Mahia, Martyr
26:34 Shirin

Saturday, 25 July 2026, 2.30 pm

Newman Chapel, Ealing Abbey
2, Marchwood Crescent, Ealing, London W5 2DZ
parking off Montpelier Ave or on any of the nearby streets

R.S.V.P.: clare@benedictine-institute.org