Abbreviations
(Abbreviation links lead to comprehensive lists of saints’ works in the series.)
ACT | Ancient Christian Texts |
ACW | Ancient Christian Writers |
AF | Apostolic Fathers. Besidsyes ANF, there are several translation available by: 1. Holmes. 2. Brannan. 3. Glimm et al. |
ANF | Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Roberts and Donaldson. A number following indicates the volume number (e.g., ANF 1 = ANF, volume 1). |
CWS | The Classics of Western Spirituality |
FOTC | Father’s of the Church Series (Catholic University of America Press) |
FOTEF | The Faith of the Early Fathers, volumes 1-3 (edited and translated by W. A. Jurgens). |
LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
NPNF | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, ed. Schaff. Numbers following indicate the series and volume number (e.g., NPNF 1.1 = NPNF series 1, volume 1). |
PC | Penguin Classics |
OW | The Orthodox Word. Periodical published by St. Herman Press. |
PPS | Popular Patristics Series (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press) |
SDF | Appears in volumes on the sayings of the desert fathers. These are available in two common English editions by: 1. Ward. 2. Wortley. |
(Sp.?) | The authorship of the resource listed may be spurious. |
TTH | Translated Texts for Historians LUP |
Education is entirely conditioned by sanctity; only a saint can be a true educator and enlightener.
—St. Justin Popovich, “Humanistic and Theanthropic Education”
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Alexander of Alexandria | May 29 |
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Alexey Mechev of Moscow | June 9 | |
Alexis Toth | May 7 | |
Ambrose of Milan | Dec 7 |
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Ambrose of Optina | June 27 Oct 11 | |
Ammonas | Jan 26 |
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Amos the Prophet | June 15 | |
Amphilochios Makris | Apr 16 | |
Amphilochios of Iconium | Nov 23 | |
Anastasios of Sinai | Apr 20 | |
Pope Anastasius I of Rome | Dec 19 | |
Anatoly of Optina | Jan 25 | |
Andrew of Crete | July 4 | |
Anthimos of Chios | Oct 11 | |
Anthony of Optina | Aug 7 | |
Anthony the Great | Jan 17 |
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Aphrahat (Aphraates) the Persian | Jan 29 |
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Aristides the Philosopher and Holy Martyr | Sep 13 | |
Arsenios of Cappadocia | Nov 10 | |
Arsenios of Paros | Jan 31 | |
Arsenius (Zhadanovsky) of Serpukhov | Sep 14 | |
Arsenius the Great | May 8 |
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Athanasius of Alexandria | Jan 18 |
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Athanasios of Parios | June 24 | |
Athenagoras of Athens | July 24 |
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Augustine of Hippo | June 15 |
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Barsanuphius of Optina | April 1 Oct 11 | |
Barsanuphius the Great | Feb 6 |
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Basil the Great | Jan 1 |
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Basil the new Hieromartyr, Bishop of Kineshma | July 31 | |
Bede the Venerable | May 27 | |
Benedict of Nursia | Mar 14 |
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Braulio of Saragossa | Mar 26 |
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Caesarius of Arles | Aug 27 |
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Celestine of Rome | Apr 8 | |
Christodoulos of Patmos | Mar 16 | |
Claudius Apollinaris of Hierapolis (the Apologist) | Jan 8 |
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Clement of Rome | Nov 25 |
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Constantine, Equal to the Apostles | May 21 | |
Cyprian of Antioch | Oct 2 | |
Cyprian of Carthage | Aug 31 |
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Cyril of Alexandria | June 9 |
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Cyril of Jerusalem | Mar 18 |
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Cyril (Smirnov) of Kazan | Jan 26 |
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Damasus I of Rome | Dec 11 | |
Daniel the Prophet | Dec 17 | |
Demetrius of Rostov | Oct 28 | |
Diadochos of Photiki | Mar 29 |
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Dimitri Klepinin | June 20 | |
Dionysius of Alexandria | Oct 5 | |
Dionysius of Corinth | Nov 29 |
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Pope Dionysius of Rome | Dec 26 |
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Dionysius the Areopagite | Oct 3 | |
Dorotheus of Gaza | Aug 13 | |
Dumitru Stăniloae | Oct 4 |
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Ephraim of Katounakia | Feb 27 | |
Ephrem the Syrian | Jan 28 |
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Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus | May 12 |
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Euthymius the Great | Jan 20 | |
Ezekiel the Prophet | July 21 |
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Firmilian of Caesarea | Oct 28 | |
Fructuosus of Braga | Apr 16 |
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Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe | Jan 1 |
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Gabriel of the Seven Lakes Monastery | Sep 24 | |
Gabriel the Confessor of Georgia | Nov 2 | |
Gennadios Scholarios | Aug 25 |
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George Karslides the New Confessor of Drama | Nov 4 | |
Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople | May 12 |
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Gregory of Nyssa | Jan 10 |
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Gregory of Sinai | Aug 8 |
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Gregory of Tours | Nov 17 | |
Gregory Palamas | Nov 14 | |
Gregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonderworker) | Nov 17 |
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Gregory the Great (the Dialogist) | Mar 12 |
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Gregory the Theologian | Jan 25 |
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Habakkuk the Prophet | Dec 2 | |
Haggai the Holy Prophet | Dec 16 | |
Herman of Alaska | Aug 9 |
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Hesychios the Theologian of Jerusalem (the Priest) | Mar 28 |
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Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey | Dec 15 | |
Hilarion of Optina | Sep 18 | |
Hilary of Poitiers | Jan 13 |
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Hippolytus of Rome | Jan 30 |
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Iakovos Taslikes | Nov 22 | |
Ignatios Xanthopoulos |
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Ignatius Brianchaninov | Apr 30 |
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Ignatius of Antioch | Dec 20 |
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Innocent I of Rome | Mar 25 | |
Innocent of Alaska | Mar 31 Oct 6 | |
Innocent of Kherson | May 25 | |
Irenaeus of Lyons | Aug 23 |
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Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh | Apr 12 | |
Isaiah the Prophet | May 9 | |
Isaiah the Solitary | July 3 |
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Isidore of Pelusium | Feb 4 | |
Isidore of Seville | Apr 4 |
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Never neglect reading from the Fathers. You will benefit greatly because the saints set an example for you.
—St. Joseph the Hesychast, Letter 26
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James the Apostle and Brother of Our Lord | Oct 23 | |
Jeremiah the Prophet | May 1 | |
Jerome | June 15 |
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Job the Long-Suffering | May 6 | |
Joel the Prophet | Oct 19 | |
John Alekseyev of Valamo | June 5 | |
John Cassian | Feb 28 |
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John Chrysostom | Nov 13 |
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John Climacus | Mar 30 |
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John Maximovitch (of Shanghai and San Francisco) | July 2 | |
John (Maximovitch) of Tobolsk | June 10 | |
John of Damascus | Dec 4 |
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John of Karpathos | Aug 25 |
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John of Kronstadt | Dec 20 | |
John the Prophet | Feb 6 |
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John the Theologian | May 8 | |
John Vostorgov the New Hieromartyr | Aug 23 | |
Jonah the Prophet | Sep 22 | |
Joseph of Optina | May 9 | |
Joseph of Petrograd, the New Hieromartyr | Dec 15 | |
Joseph the Hesychast | Aug 16 | |
Joshua the Son of Nun | Sep 1 | |
Jude the Apostle and Brother of Our Lord | June 19 | |
Justin Popovich | June 1 | |
Justin the Philosopher and Martyr | June 1 |
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Justinian the Emperor | Nov 14 |
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Kallistos Angelikoudes |
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Kallistos Kataphygiotes |
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Kallistos Telikoudes |
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Kallistos Xanthopoulos | Nov 22 |
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Kassiani the Hymnographer | Sep 7 | |
Kosmas Aitolos | Aug 24 |
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Leander of Seville | May 13 |
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Pope Leo the Great | Feb 18 |
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Leonid of Optina | Oct 11 | |
Luke the Apostle and Evangelist | Oct 18 | |
Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol and All Crimea | June 11 |
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Macarius of Optina | Sep 7 | |
Macrina the Younger | July 19 |
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Makarios of Corinth | Apr 17 | |
Makarios the Great of Egypt | Jan 19 |
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Malachi the Holy Prophet | Jan 3 | |
Maria Skobtsova | July 20 | |
Marina the Great Martyr of Antioch | July 14 | |
Mark of Ephesus | Jan 19 |
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Mark the Apostle and Evangelist | Apr 25 | |
Mark the Ascetic | Mar 5 |
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Martin of Braga | Mar 20 |
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Matrona the Blind of Moscow | May 2 | |
Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist | Nov 16 | |
Maximos Kavsokalyvites (the Hut-burner) | Jan 13 | |
Maximus the Confessor | Jan 21 |
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Maximus the Greek | Jan 21 | |
Maximus of Turin | June 25 | |
Melito of Sardis | Apr 1 | |
Methodius the Hieromartyr of Olympus | June 20 |
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Micah the Holy Prophet | Jan 5 | |
Moses of Optina | June 16 Oct 11 | |
Moses the Ethiopian (the Black) | Aug 28 | |
Moses the Holy Prophet and God-Seer | Sep 4 |
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Brethren, if you will constantly compel yourselves to read the patristic books, and by being instructed by what is in them you will always correct yourselves and enkindle yourselves, in accordance with him who said: My heart grew hot within me, and in my meditation a fire shall flame out (Ps. 38:4), and will force yourselves to pray fervently every day with tears before God and fulfill His holy commandments—then warm fervor and zeal will be given you by Christ God.
—St. Paisius Velichkovsky, quoted in The Orthodox Word #53, p. 232
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Pachomios of Chios | Oct 14 | |
Pachomius the Great | May 15 | |
Pacianus, Bishop of Barcelona | Mar 9 |
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Paisios of Mount Athos | July 12 | |
Paisius Velichkovsky | Nov 15 |
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Pamphilus the Martyr | Feb 16 |
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Paphnutius the Ascetic | Feb 15 | |
Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland | Mar 17 |
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Paul the Holy Apostle | June 29 | |
Paulinus the Merciful, Bishop of Nola | Jan 23 |
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Peter Mogila | Jan 1 | |
Peter of Alexandria | Nov 25 |
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Peter of Damascus | Feb 9 |
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Peter the Holy Apostle | June 29 | |
Peter the Pionite (the Egyptian) | Jan 27 |
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Philaret Gumilevsky, Archbishop of Chernigov | Aug 9 | |
Philaret of Moscow | Nov 19 | |
Philothei of Athens | Feb 19 | |
Philotheos Kokkinos | Oct 11 | |
Philotheos of Sinai |
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Photius the Great | Feb 6 | |
Polycarp of Smyrna | Feb 23 |
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Porphyrios the Kavsokalyvite | Dec 2 | |
Proclus of Constantinople | Nov 20 | |
Prosper of Aquitaine | July 7 |
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Sebastian Dabovich | Nov 30 | |
Sebastian of Optina and Karaganda | Apr 6 | |
Seraphim of Bogucharsk | Feb 13 | |
Seraphim of Sarov | Jan 2 | |
Seraphim of Uglich, the New Hieromartyr | Oct 27 | |
Seraphim of Viritsa | Mar 21 | |
Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis | Mar 21 | |
Sergei Menchev the New Martyr | Dec 9 | |
Sergius of Radonezh | Sep 25 | |
Serapion of Antioch | Oct 30 |
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Silouan the Athonite | Sep 24 | |
Solomon the Prophet and King | Dec 15 | |
Sophronius of Jerusalem | Mar 11 | |
Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex | July 11 | |
Pope Stephen I the Hieromartyr | Aug 2 |
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Sulpicius Severus | Jan 29 |
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Symeon Metaphrastis | Nov 9 |
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Symeon the New Theologian | Mar 12 Oct 12 |
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Symeon, Archbishop of Thessaloniki | Sep 15 | |
Syncletica of Alexandria | Jan 5 |
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Tarasios of Constantinople | Feb 25 | |
Thalassios the Libyan | May 20 |
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Theodore of Sanaxar | Feb 19 |
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Theodore the Studite | Nov 11 |
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Theodorus the Great Ascetic, Bishop of Edessa | July 9 |
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Theophan the Recluse | Jan 10 | |
Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane | Mar 12 | |
Theophilus of Antioch | Dec 6 |
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Theophylact of Ohrid | Dec 31 | |
Tikhon of Moscow | Apr 7 | |
Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh | Aug 13 |
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Valentin Sventitsky | Oct 7 | |
Victorinus of Pettau | Nov 2 |
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Vincent of Lerins | May 24 |
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Vladimir the New Hieromartyr, Metropolitan of Kiev | Jan 25 |
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Zechariah the Holy Prophet | Feb 8 | |
Zephaniah the Prophet | Dec 3 | |
Zosima (Verkhovsky) of Siberia | Oct 24 |
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