The Pappas Patristic Institute is pleased to announce a series of scholarships for those attending the Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society (NAPS) in Chicago, May 22-24. Graduate students, independent and early career scholars, and contingent faculty who will be presenting at the conference are encouraged to apply for a $500 stipend to offset their travel and accommodations associated with the event.

Read a summary of Step 18 of the Ladder of Divine Ascent (On Insensibility) from the Middle Byzantine Alphabetalphabeton.

Read sermons from St John Chrysostom, Hesychios of Jerusalem, Photios, and Mark the Monk on Fasting.

We are thrilled to invite you to a four-part graduate seminar on the Carmina of St Gregory Nazianzen and the religious poetry of Byzantium.

Read two short summaries of Orthodox theology attributed to Saint John of Damascus, and revisit some lectures on this great saint.

We were joined by Marcus Plested to discuss his recent book on Demetrios Koutroubis (1921-1983): "The Master Builder."

For the first time in English, a meditation on attaining the kingdom of heaven by the Philokalic author and disciple of St Gregory of Sinai

Join us for an evening with Douglas Christie, who will speak on the theme of "Night in the Desert: An Ancient Monastic Ecology of Darkness"

"Wondrous are the festivals of the Orthodox." The PPI brings you an original translation of 'On the Beginning of the Indiction' (CPG 4597)

The PPI is pleased to announce two new course offerings beginning August 26: (i) Intro to Greek Paleography and (ii) Reading Patristic Greek

The PPI has partnered with the Medieval Institute at Notre Dame to organize a Workshop at this year's Oxford Patristic Conference (Aug 5-9).

Read about this conference organized by Marcus Plested, featuring talks by Ephraim Radner, Cyril O'Regan, Paul Blowers, and Kevin Hughes.

Paschal Greetings from the Pappas Patristic Institute!

The PPI is pleased to announce a limited number of scholarships for eligible scholars presenting at the annual NAPS conference in May 2024.

We sat down with Dr David Ford to discuss his new translation of nine biographical sermons of St John Chrysostom.

Join us Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at 3:00 PM, on the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross for an in-person lecture by Fr Alexis Torrance.

Hellenic College announces the availability of a tenure-track or term position in Orthodox Theology at the rank of assistant professor.

An original translation for the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God (November 21)

On Friday, October 27, 2023, the Pappas Patristic Institute sponsored a panel at the Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference (PMR).

We hosted Fr Bogdan Bucur this past weekend. Coming up next is our interdisciplinary panel on the mystical traditions of East and West.

In honor of our Fall Lecture by Fr Bogdan Bucur, the PPI is giving away free copies of Angelic Pneumatology and Scripture Re-Envisioned.

Join us at HCHC on Friday, October 20, for a public lecture by Fr Bogdan Bucur: Athanasius Refracted through an Augustinian Lens.

As we begin the Dormition fast, the Pappas Patristic Institute brings you this sermon On Fasting by St Mark the Ascetic.

For the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29), the Pappas Patristic Institute brings you this new, original translation.