Venerable Ephraim the Disciple of Abramius, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk

Commemorated on August 21
 
Saint Ephraim was the disciple of St Abramius of Smolensk. He compiled the Life of St Abramius, which provides many details about education in the remote northwestern part of Russia in those days.

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