St. Basil the Great. Homily on the Words: ‘Give Heed to Thyself’ in Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, vol. 9)(Sr. M. M. Wagner, Trans.) Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. 1998.
Palamas: On Plague
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 39: Delivered at the Supplicatory Procession Held on Account of the Unusual, Widespread and Deadly Plague at that Time in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Palamas: On the Nativity
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 42: On the Saving Nativity of Our Most Pure Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Kosmas Vestitor: On Joachim and Anna
Kosmas Vestitor. Sermon on the Holy Joachim and Anna, Glorious Parents of the Theotokos Mary in Wider than the Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God (Popular Patristics vol. 35) (M. B. Cunningham, trans.) SVS Press. 2008.
John of Damascus: Oration on the Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Mary
John of Damascus. Oration on the Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Mary in Wider than the Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God (Popular Patristics vol. 35) (M. B. Cunningham, trans.) SVS Press. 2008.
St. Andrew of Crete: On the Nativity II
St. Andrew of Crete. On the Nativity II in Wider than the Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God (Popular Patristics vol. 35) (M. B. Cunningham, trans.) SVS Press. 2008.
St. Andrew of Crete: On the Nativity I
St. Andrew of Crete. On the Nativity I in Wider than the Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God (Popular Patristics vol. 35) (M. B. Cunningham, trans.) SVS Press. 2008.
The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites, pt. 5
The following contemporary life of St. Symeon Stylites is read in five parts in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on September 1.
Anonymous. The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites in The Lives of Simeon Stylites (R. Doram, trans.) Cistercian Publications. 1992.
The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites, pt. 4
The following contemporary life of St. Symeon Stylites is read in five parts in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on September 1.
Anonymous. The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites in The Lives of Simeon Stylites (R. Doram, trans.) Cistercian Publications. 1992.
Nyssa: The Beatitudes I
St. Gregory Nyssa. The Beatitudes: Homily 1, in The Lord’s Prayer, The Beatitudes (Ancient Christian Writers vol. 18)(Catholic University of America Press), trans. H.C. Graef
The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites, pt. 3
The following contemporary life of St. Symeon Stylites is read in five parts in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on September 1.
Anonymous. The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites in The Lives of Simeon Stylites (R. Doram, trans.) Cistercian Publications. 1992.
The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites, pt. 2
The following contemporary life of St. Symeon Stylites is read in five parts in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on September 1.
Anonymous. The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites in The Lives of Simeon Stylites (R. Doram, trans.) Cistercian Publications. 1992.
Basil: On the Holy Martyr Mamas
This homily is read today in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on Sept 2.
St. Basil the Great. On the Holy Martyr Mamas, in On Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites, pt. 1
The following contemporary life of St. Symeon Stylites is read in five parts in commemoration of the saint’s feast day on September 1.
Anonymous. The Syriac Life of St Symeon Stylites in The Lives of Simeon Stylites (R. Doram, trans.) Cistercian Publications. 1992.
Germanos: Oration on Holy Mary's Belt
St. Germanos of Constantinople. Oration on the Consecration of the Venerable Church of Our Supremely Holy Lady, the Theotokos, and on the Holy Swaddling Clothes of our Lord Jesus Christ in Wider than the Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God (Popular Patristics vol. 35) (M. B. Cunningham, trans.) SVS Press. 2008.
Ælfric: The Beheading of John the Baptist
Ælfric. (2024). The Beheading of John the Baptist in The Old English Catholic Homilies: The First Series (pp. 429-445). (R. M. Luizza, Trans.) Cambridge, MA: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (Harvard University Press).
Note: Ælfric of Eynsham was an English abbot who lived circa AD 955 – circa AD 1010. These dates are shortly before the somewhat-arbitrary date we assign the Great Schism of 1054 and Ælfric himself is not considered a saint of the Orthodox Church (or for that matter of the Roman Catholic Church), so one ought not read him uncritically. Nevertheless, Ælfric’s stated goal is to “translate” the full tradition of the Fathers “for the edification… of simple people who know only this language [Old English],” which points to his chief value for us, which is the presentation of the Faith in the English context that many of us consider our own heritage.
Palamas: On the Forerunner and Baptist John
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 40: On Christ’s Highly Revered Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Narrative about the Translation of the Relics of Theodora of Thessalonica
The following contemporary account of the translation of the relics of St. Theodora of Thessaloniki is read in commemoration of the translation of her relics, celebrated on August 29.
Translated by Alice-Mary Talbot.. Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints’ Lives in English Translation. Ed. Alice-Mary Talbot. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Dorotheos of Gaza: On Building up Virtues
Dorotheos of Gaza (1977). Discourse XIV. On Building up Virtues in Discourses & Sayings (Cistercian Studies Series: Number 33)(E. Wheeler, Trans.) Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications
Chrysostom: An Address on Vainglory and the right way for parents to bring up children
St. John Chrysostom. An Address on Vainglory and the right way for parents to bring up children (Max L. W. Laistner, Trans.) 1951