We Have Come to Worship Him: St Ephrem the Syrian on the Coming of the Magi
During these twelve days of Christmas, we present a sermon attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian on what the West calls the 'Epiphany.'
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- Jan 2
January is the Month of the Church Fathers
Happy new year! In the wake of the Nativity of Christ in the flesh, the month of January is dedicated to many Fathers of the Church.
- Dec 21, 2022
Readings for Christmas 2022
As we wish you a most blessed Christmas, the Pappas Patristic Institute offers you the following reflections on the Nativity of Christ:
- Nov 17, 2022
Announcing the 2023 Lecture: Who Was Mary? The Mother of God Seen through Byzantine Eyes
The Pappas Patristic Institute invites you to a public lecture by Dr Mary Cunningham on the Life of the Mother of God in Byzantine theology.
- Nov 7, 2022
Video from the Symposium on St John of Damascus
Video from the 2022 Symposium on St John of Damascus (November 4, 2022).
- Oct 31, 2022
Program of the 2022 Symposium on St John of Damascus
The Fount of Knowledge: A Symposium on St John of Damascus will be held this coming Friday, November 4, 2022, online.
- Oct 24, 2022
Singing Against Disharmony: St John Chrysostom on Natural Disasters
Where is God when the earth shakes, when cities, homes, and fields are destroyed? Fr Mark Roosien explores the answer of St John Chrysostom.
- Oct 10, 2022
A Lost Work of Byzantine Theology: The Life of the Virgin Mary by John Geometres
Work is now complete on a new edition and translation of John Geometres' Life of the Virgin, set to appear May 2023.
- Oct 6, 2022
Video from the 2022 Colloquium on the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
Watch video from the 2022 Colloquium on the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor (Boston, April 28-30, 2022).
- Aug 14, 2022
Greetings on the Feast of the Dormition
With this final video, we conclude our series of meditations on the feast of the Dormition. We wish you a blessed feast.
- Aug 11, 2022
The Entombment of the Tabernacle
Watch this sixth of our meditations leading up to the feast of the Dormition (August 15), a reflection by the great St Andrew of Crete.
- Aug 10, 2022
The Zodiac and the Dormition of the Theotokos
What do the constellations have to do with the falling asleep of the Theotokos? Watch this fifth meditation on the feast of the Dormition.
- Aug 8, 2022
Unsleeping in Her Intercession
Enter into the mystery of the translation of the Theotokos from death to life with this fourth meditation on the feast of the Dormition.
- Aug 5, 2022
The Life of the Virgin by John Geometres
In this third meditation on the Dormition, the poet Geometres celebrates the coming of Christ to enthrone the Virgin as our heavenly mother.
- Aug 3, 2022
St John of Damascus on the Dormition
Watch the second meditation in this seven-part series leading up to the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (August 15).
- Aug 1, 2022
Meditations on the Dormition
Over the course of the fast, the Pappas Patristic Institute presents a series of short videos on the Dormition of the Mother of God
- Jul 28, 2022
New, Recent, and Forthcoming Books in Patristics and Early Christianity
A select overview of some of the most interesting and important editions, translations, and books that have appeared in the last few years.
- Jul 18, 2022
Unworthy of Earth, but Made Worthy of Heaven: St John Chrysostom on the Ascension
A new translation of the only authentic homily by St John Chrysostom on the feast of the Ascension, translated by Dragoljub Garic.
- Jun 24, 2022
St Augustine and the Greek Patristic Tradition
Video: Dr Tikhon Pino recently spoke at an event for the St Photios National Shrine on the legacy of St Augustine in the Orthodox Church.
- May 24, 2022
Maximos the Confessor and Greek Philosophy: The 2022 North American Patristics Society Meeting
Saturday, May 28, the Pappas Patristic Institute is sponsoring a panel at NAPS entitled 'Maximos the Confessor and Greek Philosophy'
- May 18, 2022
The Conversion of Philosophy - Caius Marius Victorinus: Rhetor, Philosopher, Theologian
Christopher McLaughlin explores the theology of Marius Victorinus, an important North African Latin writer of the fourth century.
- Apr 23, 2022
CHRIST IS RISEN! Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη!
Paschal greetings from the Pappas Patristic Institute.
- Apr 19, 2022
She Who Loved Much: The Sinful Woman in the Orthodox Tradition
Wednesday of Holy Week is dedicated to the Sinful Woman. In his new book, Fr Kevin Kalish explores the rich hymnography of this story.
- Apr 18, 2022
“Wheels within Wheels” (Ezekiel 1:16): Chapters 2 and 3 of the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
For Maximos, the Church itself is an image of the division of creation into visible (material) and invisible (intelligible) realities.
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