An English translation of St John Chrysostom's Homily On the Ascension.

On Saturday, April 22, the Pappas Patristic Institute held an academic round table with prominent scholars in the field. See photos here.

See photos and video of the 2023 lecture: Who Was Mary? The Mother of God Seen through Byzantine Eyes.

As we approach the Resurrection of Christ, the PPI wishes you a blessed conclusion to these saving days of the Lord's Passion.

An ancient sermon on the patriarch Joseph, who "painted a picture of the two comings of Christ."

In Byzantium, the repentance of St Mary of Egypt inspired one writer to expand the saint's words in a prayer of compunction and confession.

A homily for the third week of the Fast, by a saint whose name is inextricably linked to the Triodion and the season of Lent.

A talk given by Dr Tikhon Pino at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theology Seminary, discussing his new book, Essence and Energies (Routledge, 2022).

An original translation of an exhortation, attributed to St John Chrysostom, on combining fasting with almsgiving and love for the poor.

An original translation for the first week of the holy Forty Days of the fast.

During these twelve days of Christmas, we present a sermon attributed to St Ephrem the Syrian on what the West calls the 'Epiphany.'

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.

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

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.

Video from the 2022 Symposium on St John of Damascus (November 4, 2022).

The Fount of Knowledge: A Symposium on St John of Damascus will be held this coming Friday, November 4, 2022, online.

Where is God when the earth shakes, when cities, homes, and fields are destroyed? Fr Mark Roosien explores the answer of St John Chrysostom.

Work is now complete on a new edition and translation of John Geometres' Life of the Virgin, set to appear May 2023.

Watch video from the 2022 Colloquium on the Mystagogy of St Maximos the Confessor (Boston, April 28-30, 2022).

With this final video, we conclude our series of meditations on the feast of the Dormition. We wish you a blessed feast.

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.

What do the constellations have to do with the falling asleep of the Theotokos? Watch this fifth meditation on the feast of the Dormition.

Enter into the mystery of the translation of the Theotokos from death to life with this fourth meditation on the feast of the Dormition.

In this third meditation on the Dormition, the poet Geometres celebrates the coming of Christ to enthrone the Virgin as our heavenly mother.