Readings for Christmas 2022
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As we wish you a most blessed Christmas, the Pappas Patristic Institute offers you the following reflections on the Nativity of Christ:

- 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.

- 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.


- Apr 6, 2022
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.


- Mar 20, 2022
St Mark of Ephesus: Hymns for St Gregory Palamas
The legacy of St Gregory Palamas cast a long shadow in Late Byzantium, as seen in these stichera by St Mark Eugenikos


- Feb 21, 2022
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.

- 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 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.

- Dec 2, 2021
The Interpretation of Scripture in the Greek Fathers: Some Translated Texts
Excerpts from the writings of the Greek Fathers highlighting the principles and methodology of the patristic interpretation of Scripture.


- Nov 8, 2021
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.
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