The life of St. Martin is offered here in two parts in commemoration of his feast day of November 11.
Life of St. Martin of Tours in The Western Fathers (Trans. F. R. Hoare). Sheed and Ward. New York. 1954.
Life of St. Martin of Tours, part 1
The life of St. Martin is offered here in two parts in commemoration of his feast day of November 11.
Life of St. Martin of Tours in The Western Fathers (Trans. F. R. Hoare). Sheed and Ward. New York. 1954.
Life of Matrona of Perge, part 2
The life of St. Matrona is offered here in two parts in commemoration of her feast day of November 9.
Life of St. Matrona of Perge in Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints’ Lives in English Translation (Trans. A. C. Hero). Ed. Alice-Mary Talbot. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Life of Matrona of Perge, part 1
The life of St. Matrona is offered here in two parts in commemoration of her feast day of November 9.
Life of St. Matrona of Perge in Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints’ Lives in English Translation (Trans. A. C. Hero). Ed. Alice-Mary Talbot. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Life of Theoktiste of Lesbos
The life of St. Theoktiste is offered here in commemoration of her feast day of November 9.
Life of Theoktiste of Lesbos in Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints’ Lives in English Translation (Trans. A. C. Hero). Ed. Alice-Mary Talbot. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Palamas: On the First Matins Gospel
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 38: On the First Matins Gospel in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Chrysostom: How to Choose a Wife
Note: the SVS Popular Patristics volume used for this reading omits St. John Chrysostom’s opening section. A translation of the complete homily is available on Voices of the Fathers, but provenance of this website’s translation could not be determined and may be AI-assisted. Therefore, Voices of the Father is used for the opening section only and the Popular Patristics translation is provided for the remainder.
St. John Chrysostom. How to Choose a Wife in On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics vol. 7) (C. P. Roth & D. Anderson, trans.) SVS Press. 2003.
Chrysostom: Sermon on Marriage
Note: the SVS Popular Patristics volume used for this reading omits St. John Chrysostom’s opening and conclusion. A translation of the complete homily is available in John Chrysostom on Paul: Praises and Problem Passages by Margaret M. Mitchell, but a copy of that translation could not be obtained. Therefore, for the opening and concluding sections, we have provided a provisional translation using AI. Caveat emptor.
St. John Chrysostom. Sermon on Marriage in On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics vol. 7) (C. P. Roth & D. Anderson, trans.) SVS Press. 2003.
Palamas: On the 5th Sunday of Luke
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 48: Palamas: On the 5th Sunday of Luke in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Nazianzus: Oration 17: To the Frightened Citizens
St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Nazianzus: Oration 17: To the Frightened Citizens in St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Select Orations (Fathers of the Church, vol. 107). (M. Vinson, Trans.) Catholic University of America Press. 2003.
Chrysostom: Homily on Colossians 4:18
St. John Chrysostom. Homily 12: On Colossians 4:18 in On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics vol. 7) (C. P. Roth & D. Anderson, trans.) SVS Press. 2003.
Life of Maria the Niece of Abraham
The lives of St. Maria is offered here in commemoration of her feast day of October 28.
English translation of the Life of Maria the Harlot, niece of Abraham the Hermit, written by the Archdeacon Ephraim; translated into Latin by an anonymous translator in Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources (Cistercian Studies, vol. 106)(B. Ward SLG, Trans.) Trappist, KY: Cistercian Publications. 1987
Palamas: On Peace with One Another
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 1: On Peace with One Another in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Palamas: On the Greatmartyr Demetrius
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 49: On the Greatmartyr Demetrius in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Palamas: On the Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 50: Palamas: On the Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Nazianzus: 2nd Oration on Peace
St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Oration 22: On Peace in St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Select Orations (Fathers of the Church, vol. 107). (M. Vinson, Trans.) Catholic University of America Press. 2003.
Nyssa: The Beatitudes VI
St. Gregory Nyssa. The Beatitudes: Homily 6, in The Lord’s Prayer, The Beatitudes (Ancient Christian Writers vol. 18)(Catholic University of America Press), trans. H.C. Graef
Life of Hilarion
The life of St Hilarion the Great is offered here in commemoration of his feast days of October 21.
St. Jerome. Life of Hilarion in Early Christian Lives (C. White, Trans.) New York, NY: Penguin Books. 1998.
Nyssa: The Beatitudes V
St. Gregory Nyssa. The Beatitudes: Homily 5, in The Lord’s Prayer, The Beatitudes (Ancient Christian Writers vol. 18)(Catholic University of America Press), trans. H.C. Graef
Chrysostom: On Eutropius
St. John Chrysostom. A homily on Eutropius—Eunuch, Patrician, Consul in John Chrysostom: Preacher and Pastor (Early Church Fathers (W. Mayer & P. Allen, Trans.) New York, NY: Routledge. 2000.