Theodore the Studite: A Dogmatic Epistle on the Holy Icons
Theodore the Studite's Dogmatic Epistle on the Holy Icons was written to a persecuted monk , defending the depiction of Christ in images.
- Nov 7
WATCH Fr Andrew Louth: The Mystery of the Trinity in the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
Video from the 2022 Colloquium on the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor (April 28-30, 2022).
- Oct 31
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
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.
- Jul 28
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
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
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 18
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 19
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
“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.
- Apr 6
From Greek to Slavonic: St Athanasius of Alexandria in Translation
A guest contribution from Viacheslav Lytvynenko, specialist in the reception of the Church Fathers in the medieval Slavonic world.
- Apr 4
“The Church as New Creation”: Chapter 1 of the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
The third in a series of essays by Fr Maximos Constas introducing the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor.
- Mar 21
“The Feast of Wisdom”: The Prologue to the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
In Part 2 of this intro, Fr Maximos looks at the 'the Wise Elder,' the use of Proverbs, Dionysios, and Apophaticism in the Mystagogy.
- Mar 15
Contemplating Christ in the Church: the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor
In anticipation of our upcoming Colloquium, Fr Maximos Constas offers an introduction to the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor.
- Mar 7
Love in Plotinus, Proclus and Dionysius the Areopagite
Dimitrios Vasilakis discusses his recent book, Eros in Neoplatonism and its Reception in Christian Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2021).
- Feb 21
Against the Galileans: Cyril of Alexandria and the Revival of Paganism in the Fourth Century
Sources chrétiennes released Vol. 4 of the 'Contra Julianum' by St Cyril of Alexandria in January 2022.
- Jan 3
Maximos the Confessor on Male and Female: A Review of "Origen's Revenge" (Part 2)
Jordan Parro examines the place of sexual difference in the thought of Maximos the Confessor and its interpretation by Brian P. Mitchell.
- Dec 27, 2021
St John Damascene: The Father Who Came in From the Cold
A guest post by Dr Norman Russell, whose new translation of the 'Exposition of the Orthodox Faith' is due from SVS Press in 2022.
- Dec 8, 2021
The Reception of Scripture and the Holy Fathers: Open Access Articles from De Gruyter
The most recent volume of Open Theology features a thematic collection of articles on The Reception of the Biblical and Patristic Heritage.
- Dec 6, 2021
Proclus of Constantinople and His Homily on the Theotokos Delivered in the Presence of Nestorius
A biographical note on Proclus of Constantinople (ca. 385 - 446) and a complete translation of his famous Homily on the Virgin Theotokos.