Ladder: 1st Tuesday, Sixth Hour
Ladder: 1st Tuesday, Third Hour
Lausiac History ch. 1-2
Ephraim: On Repentance, Part 2
A Second Reading from Saint Ephraim: Homily on Repentance, Part 2.
St. Ephrem the Syrian: Eschatological Hymns and Homilies (Orthodox Empirical Theologians, vol. 6). Translated by M.F. Toal and Henry Burgess, amended. Saint Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery. 2019.
Ephraim: Songs on Fasting 2-3
A Reading from Saint Ephraim: Teaching Song On the Holy Fast 2-3
St. Ephrem the Syrian: Songs for the Fast and Pascha (Fathers of the Church, vol. 145). Translated by Joshua Falconer. 2022
Ladder: 1st Monday, 9th Hour
A Reading from the Ladder of Divine Ascent, by St. John Climacus, for the Ninth Hour on Clean Monday. Reading: Step 1:19-27.
Ephraim: On Repentance, Part 1
A Second Reading from Saint Ephraim: Homily on Repentance, Part 1.
St. Ephrem the Syrian: Eschatological Hymns and Homilies (Orthodox Empirical Theologians, vol. 6). Translated by M.F. Toal and Henry Burgess, amended. Saint Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery. 2019.
Ephraim: Song on Fasting 1
A Reading from Saint Ephraim: Teaching Song On the Holy Fast 1
St. Ephrem the Syrian: Songs for the Fast and Pascha (Fathers of the Church, vol. 145). Translated by Joshua Falconer. 2022
Ladder: 1st Monday, 6th Hour
A Reading from the Ladder of Divine Ascent, by St. John Climacus, for the Sixth Hour on Clean Monday. Reading: Step 1:8-18
Lausaic History: Prologue
A reading from the Lausaic History of Palladius: the Prologue.
Read from Palladius of Aspen: the Lausaic history (Cistercian studies #252). Translated by John Wortley. 2015.
Ladder: 1st Monday, 3rd Hour
A Reading from the Ladder of Divine Ascent, by St. John Climacus, for the Third Hour on Clean Monday. Reading: Step 1:1-7.
Homily on Genesis 1, St. John Chrysostom
On Cheese-Fare Sunday we begin to read the book of Chrysostom’s Hexaemeron.
Homily 1 on Genesis: On the Beginning of the Holy Season of Lent (PDF)
Homilies on Genesis 1-17 (Fathers of the Church, Vol. 74). Robert C. Hill, translator. 1986.
Oration 16, St Gregory the Theologian
Cheesefare Sunday: Then the reading of Oration XVI of Saint Gregory Theologian, On his Father’s Silence, Because of the Plague of Hail, which beginneth: Why do ye infringe upon the approved order of things?
Introduction from Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers: “THIS Oration belongs to the year A.D. 373. A series of disasters had befallen the people of Nazianzus. A deadly cattle plague, which had devastated their herds, had been followed by a prolonged drought, and now their just ripened crops had been ruined by a storm of rain and hail. The people flocked to the church, and finding S. Gregory the elder so overwhelmed by his sense of these terrible misfortunes that he was unable to address them, implored his coadjutor to enter the pulpit. The occasion gave no time for preparation, so S. Gregory poured out his feelings in a discourse which was in the fullest sense of the words ex tempore. its present form, however, as Benoit suggests, may be due to a later polishing of notes taken down at the time of delivery.”
On the Fathers who have Reposed, St Ephraim of Syria
On Cheese-Fare Saturday we read the homily of Saint Ephraim on the Fathers who have reposed.
On the Fathers who have Completed their Course (PDF)
Translated by Archimandrite Ephrem Lash
On Fasting, St. Dorotheus of Gaza
On Cheese-Fare Friday: In the refectory we read the homily On Fasting by Saint Dorotheus.
Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and Sayings
Cistercian Studies Series: Number Thirty-Three
Translated Eric P. Wheeler
1977
1st Homily on Fasting, St. Basil the Great
On Friday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the first homily of Great Basil On Fasting, which beginneth: Sound the trumpet at the new moon.
Read out ofOn Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
On Fasting, Anastasius of Sinai
On Cheese-Fare Thursday, we read the Homily of Saint Anastasius, Abbot of Mount Sinai.
Note: No published English translation of this homily is available. The version shared here is a provisional translation prepared with digital tools (Google Translate compared against ChatGPT) and human revision, offered for reading while a more formal translation is lacking. Caveat emptor.
2nd Homily on Fasting, St. Basil the Great
On Wednesday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the second homily of Saint Basil the Great On Fasting, which beginneth Comfort Ye.
Read out ofOn Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great(SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano
On the Giving of Thanks, St. Basil the Great
On Tuesday morning of Cheese-Fare Week, we read the Homily of Saint Basil the Great On the Giving of Thanks.
Read out ofOn Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano