St. John of Damascus. Homily I on the Dormition in On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies (Popular Patristics, no. 18)(B.E. Daley, Trans.) SVS Press. 1998.
Life of Dositheos
The following life of St. Dositheus of Gaza, written by a contemporary, is read in commemoration of St. Dositheos’s feast day on August 13.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. Dormition
Note: The chapter on the Dormition was originally intended to be read over three days, but is here presented as a single recording. This concludes the reading of the Life of the Virgin Mary. The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. Resurrection
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Ælfric: Saint Lawrence
Ælfric. Saint Lawrence in The Old English Catholic Homilies: The First Series . (R. M. Luizza, Trans.) Cambridge, MA: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (Harvard University Press). 2024
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 Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 36: On the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. The Holy Passion
Note: The chapter on the Holy Passion was originally intended to be read over three days, but is here presented as a single recording. The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Palamas: Another Homily on the Transfiguration
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 35: Another on the Transfiguration in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. Theophany
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Palamas: Homily on the Transfiguration
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 34: On the Transfiguration in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. On the Presentation, continued
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
John of Damascus: Oration on the Transfiguration
St. John of Damascus. Oration on the Transfiguration in Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord (B. Daley, trans.) SVS Seminary Press. 2013.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. On the Presentation in the Temple
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Nazianzus: On his Father
St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Funeral Oration on His Father, in the Presence of St. Basil in Funeral Orations (Fathers of the Church, vol. 22)(L. P. McCauley, trans.) Catholic University of America. 1953.
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. The Birth of Christ
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Dorotheos of Gaza: On Fear of Punishment
Dorotheos of Gaza (1977). Discourse XII. On Fear of Punishment in Discourses & Sayings (Cistercian Studies Series: Number 33)(E. Wheeler, Trans.) Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. Betrothal & Annunciation
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Dorotheos of Gaza: On Cutting Off Passionate Desires
Dorotheos of Gaza (1977). Discourse XI. On Cutting Off Passionate Desires in Discourses & Sayings (Cistercian Studies Series: Number 33)(E. Wheeler, Trans.) Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications
Geometres: Life of the Virgin Mary. The Holy of Holies
The following life of the Virgin Mary, written in the 10th Century by John Geometres, is read in fourteen parts during the Dormition Fast, in anticipation of Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos on August 15.
John Gemoretres. The Life of the Virgin Mary (M. Constas & C. Simelidis, trans.) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2023.
Palamas: Homily for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Gregory Palamas. Homily 32: For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost in Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies. (C. Veniamin, Trans.) Mount Tabor Publishing. 2009.