Documents of the Church of Edessa

Old Syriac accounts of the conversion of Edessa and its martyrs.

2nd–5th century Syriac and the Church of the East The third century 10 works

Writings

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

A Canticle of Mar Jacob the Teacher on Edessa Older English 2 min read
Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon Older English 22 min read
Martyrdom of the Holy Confessors Shamuna, Guria, and Habib, from Simeon Metaphrastes Older English 23 min read
The Story Concerning the King of Edessa Older English 8 min read
The Teaching of Simon Cephas in the City of Rome Older English 10 min read
Acts of Sharbil Older English 52 min read
Extracts Concerning Abgar and Addaeus Older English 6 min read
Homilies, Composed by Mar Jacob Older English 37 min read
Moses of Chorene Older English 20 min read
The Teaching of Addaeus the Apostle Older English 31 min read

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.