Read the Saints

Eastern Orthodox Saints in English

Read the Saints

Changelog

August 2024

August 20

Saints Index

  • Added Dimitri Klepinin.
  • Added Dumitru Stăniloae (canonized July 2024).
March 2024

March 9

  • Removed Open Access, Repository, and Translations sub-pages. All texts will now be stored on the Texts page.

Texts Page

  • Added code for “Expand All” button.
  • Added “Church Fathers Series” section to consolidated prior Open Access resources.
  • Fixed an issue where hidden footnotes were taking up space.

2023

November 2023

Nov. 15

  • Added CSS for footnotes and source block styling.
October 2023

Oct. 7

  • Added CSS to prevent conflicts with WP Admin functionality and with parent theme updates.
July 2023

July 11

  • Fixed header styling.
June 2023

June 25

  • Formatted accordion blocks for “All Texts” page for easier navigation.
  • Added functionality for navigating to locations within closed accordion items.

June 22

  • Added St. Aphrahat (Aphraates) the Persian to the Saints Index.
May 2023

May 18

  • Added styling for block quotes in texts.
April 2023

Apr. 22

General

  • Added additional functionality and styling to nav bars.
  • Modified post audio block styling and scroll behavior.
  • Added a group block class for nav bars.

Saints Index

  • Added a text by Demetrius of Rostov.
  • Added texts by Nektarios of Aegina.

Apr. 15

  • Added nav bar functionality that allows the displaying and hiding of embedded audio in posts.

Apr. 10

  • Optimized browser scrolling behavior when selecting an in-page navigation link.

Apr. 8

Texts

  • Added Acts of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Nicaea II (787).

Apr. 3

Saints Index

  • Added a text by St. Photius the Great.

Apr. 2

Saints Index

  • Added a text by Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey.
March 2023

Mar. 28

General

  • Checked and fixed broken links.

Saints Index

  • Added St. Alexis Toth and various works.
  • Added a text by St. Gregory Palamas.
  • Added texts by St. John of Kronstadt.
  • Added texts by St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite.
  • Added a text by St. Philaret of Moscow.
January 2023

Jan. 14

  • Added styling for block quotes.
  • Fixed incorrect links.

Jan. 13

  • Fixed broken links.
  • Added styling specific to catechetical texts.

Jan. 12

  • Fixed a scaling issue on the Texts page for mobile devices.
  • Fixed a display order issue with accordion blocks.

Jan. 11

  • Added code to allow in-page navigation links to work with a single click, rather than two, on mobile devices.
  • Changed styling for unordered (bulleted) lists.
  • Added a reading timer and a reading progress bar for all texts.

Jan. 10

  • Re-launched website with new CSS and features, including:
    • Overall, simpler styling consistent with the best typographical practices.
    • Improved site headers for responsive design and scrolling behavior.
    • Gentium-Plus font to allow for a consistent look with Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek characters.
    • Styling for more professional-looking pages when reading texts.
    • Navigation bars for in-page links, chapters, and additional books by a saint.
    • Tooltips for footnotes and other text.