Pappas Patristic Institute

08/20/2026

"A microcosm of the entire Ephrem Graecus tradition" - Matthew Keil (PhD Classics, Fordham University) has just published a full-length English translation of the massively important 'On Repentance' (CPG 4017), a text read by generations of Christians in both East and West.

08/18/2026

Explore one of the most profound voices of the Christian tradition this Fall 2026 through Holy Cross’s online, credit-bearing course St. Gregory of Nyssa, offered as part of our Open Learning initiative.

The course is taught by Dr. Tikhon Pino, and it invites students to encounter Gregory directly through his dogmatic writings and exegetical sermons with special attention to his contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity. St. Gregory is known as the “Father of Fathers” and one of the great Cappadocian theologians.

Learn more and apply: https://enrollment.hchc.edu/online-courses

08/17/2026

08/17/2026

08/15/2026

"Rejoice, O Mary, virgin, mother, and servant:
'Virgin' because of him who was born of you, the Virgin.
'Mother' because of him whom you held in your arms and nourished with your milk.
'Servant' because of him who took the form of a servant."

--St Cyril of Alexandria, Homily 11 (Encomium on the Theotokos)

Χαίροις, Παρθένε Μαρία, μήτηρ καὶ δούλη, Παρθένε μὲν, διὰ τὸν ἐκ σοῦ τῆς Παρθένου τεχθέντα· μήτηρ δὲ διὰ τὸν ἐν ἀγκάλαις σαῖς βασταχθέντα, καὶ γάλακτι σῷ τραφέντα· δούλη διὰ τὸν μορφὴν δούλου λαβόντα.

08/11/2026

Do we see God? What is the nature of biblical theophanies? One Byzantine text explores this question in the form of a dialogue between St Basil the Great and St Gregory Theologian, "On the Invisible Essence of God."

Read this short text, translated by Nathan Porter (Duke University), General Editor of Lux Patrum Publishing, at the🔗in the Comments.

08/05/2026

"This is what we celebrate today: the deification of nature, its transformation for the better, and the ecstasy and ascent of what is in accordance with nature to what is above nature."

-St Andrew of Crete, On the Transfiguration
(PG 97:933A).