The Imitation of Christ

Paul Bedjan (1838–1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas (north of Urmia) in Persia where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. In 1856 at the age of 18, Bedjan went to Paris to enter as a novice in the Lazarist order, where he was ordained a priest in 1861 and returned to Persia. Following his work as a missionary among his own people in Urmia and Khosrova until the year 1880, he returned to Paris to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and Eastern Assyrian until 1885. Bedjan then became head of the Sisters of Charity in Ans lez-Liège in Belgium for fifteen years. Between 1902 and his death in 1920, he lived in Köln-Nippes (Germany), where he devoted much of his time to writing.

Of his works, the seven edited volumes of Lives of saints and martyrs and the five volumes of verse-homilies of Jacob of Serugh are the most significant.

This book, which is a translation (from Latin) of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, is Bedjan’s first book in Eastern Assyrian to be printed in Europe.

Note that this book is in the Eastern Assyrian language.

Free Shipping

Free shipping within Europe on orders of €75+. For other countries, free shipping on orders of €150+. 

Product details

Publisher: Nineveh Press
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: February 2018
Interior Color: Full color
Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 268
Languages: Eastern Assyrian
ISBN: 978-91-984100-0-6
Shipped from the Netherlands.

Customer care

Email info@ninevehpress.com or call +46-704085728.