Stephen the Hymnographer

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 heaven Pass away.
 * Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.