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Mor Jacob (♱ ca. 521) is known by his followers as the flute of the Holy Spirit (sometimes even the Harp), second only in importance to St. Ephrem himself. From an early age, his prophetic voice and poetic splendor were recognized by ecclesiastical authorities. He spent the majority of his life preaching throughout the territory of Batnan, but was ordained Bishop of Serugh in 518. Jacob remains not only an important spiritual writer, but an important source for historians of anti-Chalcedonian theology. Of his approximately 700 works, only roughly half survive, some of which have yet to be edited and many of which have yet to be translated into modern languages.

Mor Jacob of Serugh

"Persecutors, arrows loosed, fearful spears, sharpened swords; severed heads, mangled bodies, and corpses laid to ruin; devastation in houses and courtyards; the blood of the slain; skeletons strewn in the streets and at every gate; a drawn sword and a cloud of suffering spread over all; a flood of tears; thunders of weeping rising from those who hear. Who has a heart of stone that would not be moved to bitterness over the destruction of the daughter of the Arameans?"