Short Name: | Speros Demetrios Athans |
Full Name: | Athans, Speros Demetrios, 1883-1969 |
Birth Year: | 1883 |
Death Year: | 1969 |
Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949.
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Texts by Speros Demetrios Athans (54)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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¡A luchar, a luchar! en las huestes del Señor | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Abre mis ojos a la luz | Speros D. Athans, 1883-1969 (Translator) | Spanish | 15 |
Al despertar la purpurina aurora | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
¡Aleluya a nuestro Dios! | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Andando en la luz de Dios | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Anhelo en las regias mansiones morar | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Con sin igual amor Cristo me ama | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Confío en Dios, muy cerca siempre está | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Creo en la Biblia, el libro redentor | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 5 |
Cristo es mi amante Salvador | Speros D. Athans, 1883-1969 (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Cristo es mi dulce Salvador | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 11 |
Crucificado por mí fue Jesús | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Cuando cesen los conflictos de la vida terrenal | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |
Cuando estés cruzando un mar de adversidad | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |
Da lo mejor al maestro | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
De tal manera mi Jesús me amó | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Dejé la vida mundanal | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Del Dios del cielo oí un canto | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Dichosa tierra, proclamad | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 6 |
Dulce melodías cantaré | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 5 |
En el monte Calvario estaba una cruz | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 16 |
En la excelsa cruz de Cristo | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 5 |
Es Jesucristo mi todo | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
¿Has hallado la paz de Jesucristo? | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Hay corazones a tu alrededor | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Hay en el cielo un dulce hogar | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |
Hay un canto nuevo en mi ser | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 1 |
Hay un huerto do Cristo me espera | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Jesús me dio un dulce canto | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my all | S. D. Athans, 1883-1969 (Author (Spanish version)) | English | 1 |
Joy to the world! the Lord is come! | Speros D. Athans, 1883-1969 (Translator) | English | 2 |
Lejos de mi dulce hogar, vagaba yo sin Dios | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Los años de mi infancia | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Más como Cristo siempre anhelo ser | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Mi Dios me envió del cielo un canto | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Mi vida di por ti | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 9 |
Mientras oro y mientras ruego | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 4 |
Nítido rayo por Cristo | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 11 |
No hay tristeza en el cielo | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |
Nunca desmayes en tu afllición | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross | S. D. Athans, 1883-1969 (Translator) | English | 1 |
Open my eyes that I may see | S. D. Athans (Translator) | English | 2 |
Qué bella historia | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Quieros tú, seguir a Cristo | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 8 |
Resucitó triunfante, Jesús mi Salvador | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Salvo y feliz por Jesús ya soy | S. D. Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 3 |
Si la luz del sol se oculta | Speros Demetrios Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 2 |
Sobre el tumultuoso ruido mundanal | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Soy peregrino en la tierra | Speros Demetrios Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Tengo un Pastor que del alma a huyenta el duelo | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Tras el ocaso despunta el alba | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 5 |
Vagaba yo en obscuridad | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Vine a Cristo Jesús y encontré | S. D. Athans (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Yo quisiera hablarte del amor de Cristo | Speros Athans (Translator) | Spanish | 4 |