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LOCAL FILES
The files below are those actually published by the St. Pachomius Library
and maintained locally. They have been edited to our standards, and most contain
internal anchors marking every paragraph for easy reference. To see a listing of
all Orthodox patristic e-texts known to us, please consult
the St. Pachomius Library Global Index.
- St. Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, poet, (IV Century):
- At the Colosseum A short poem protesting the gladiatorial games. Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
- Anastasius the Librarian,
scholar, politician, and antipope, (IX Century):
- St. Arsenios of Cappadocia, Greek hermit, (XX Century):
- Blessing-Psalter: Suggestions on the use of the Psalms for specific situations in life, by a famous Greek Orthodox hermit of the twentieth century; a snapshot
of Mediterranean peasant life in any era. Kollias translation, 1995. --- SPL
- St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Cæsarea,
Cappadocian Orthodox theologian, (IV Century):
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Second Epistle: In praise of the monastic way of life. Newman-Jackson translation. --- SPL
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Seventh Epistle
A personal letter to Gregory the Theologian in which Basil asserts that he is less suited than Gregory to the task of defending Orthodoxy. Jackson translation. --- SPL
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Eighth Epistle
Ostensibly a justification of Basil's withdrawing into the country to meditate, this is is one of the finest Orthodox expositions of the Trinity to emerge from the Arian crisis. Jackson translation. --- SP
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- St. Benedict of Nursia,
Italian monastic leader, (V/VI Centuries):
- St. Brendan the Navigator, Abbot of Clonfert, (V/VI Centuries):
- Byzantine Devotional Material and Hymnography:
- St. Clement I, Pope of Rome, (I Century):
- St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, (IV/V Centuries):
- St. Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem, (IV Century):
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The Didache:
- St. Ephraim of Syria, Mesopotamian Christian poet, monastic,
and theologian, (IV Century):
- St. Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons, (IV/V Centuries):
- St. Fiacc, Irish bard, (V Century):
- St. Gregory I (Dialogos), Pope of Rome, (VI/VII Centuries):
- St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Orthodox missionary in Asia Minor, III
Century:
- St. Gregory (Theologos) of Nazianzen, Cappadocian
theologian, (IV Century):
- Guido of Ivrea, Italian hymnographer, (XI Century): [Lived at the time of the schism,
but reflected older traditions.]
- St. Ignatius (Theophoros), Patriarch of Antioch, (I/II Centuries):
- Epistle to the Magnesians:
- Epistle to the Trallians:
- Epistle to the Philadelplhians:
- Epistle to the Smyræans:
- St. John of Damascus, Arab Christian theologian, (VI/VII Centuries):
- St. Justin Martyr,
Hellenistic philosopher and Christian apologist, (II Century):
- Lives of the Saints:
- St. Barsamya of Edessa:
- St. Benedict of Nursia:
- St. Erendruda of Salzburg:
- St. Habib of Telzeha:
- St. Januarius of Benevento:
- Abba John Khame [PROBABLY NON-CHALCEDONIAN]:
- St. Justin the Philosopher and Companions:
- St. Mark the Apostle:
- St. Onnophrius of the Desert:
- St. Patrick of Ireland:
- St. Pelagia of Caesarea:
- St. Peter of Alexandria:
- St. Pisentius of Qift [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]:
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna:
- St. Rupert of Salzburg:
- St. Thecla of Iconium:
- Maximus Margunius, Bishop of Cythera, Byzantine Renaissance humanist, editor of the works of Chrysostom, (XVI/XVII Centuries):
- John Mauropous, Metropolitan of Euchaita, Byzantine hymnographer, poet, and intellectual, (XI Century):
- St. Methodius of Olympus:
- Paul Silentiarius:
- Description of Hagia Sophia:
- St. Peter, Crown of the Martyrs, Patriarch of Alexandria, (III/IV Centuries):
- Manuel Philes, Byzantine poet, (XIV Century):
- George Pisides, Byzantine poet and historian, (VI/VII Centuries)
- Right Rule Barrett Browning translation, 1842. --- SPL
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna:
- St. Proclus, Bishop of Cyzicus in Asia Minor, (V Century):
- Theodore Prodromus, Byzantine poet, (XII Century):
- Severus of Al-Ushmunain: [NON-CHALCEDONIAN]
- History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria: --- SPL
- Simeon of Gesir:
- Potter Songs Ancient Syriac Christmas carols. Euringer-Meditz translation, 1996. ---SPL
- St. Simeon Metaphrastes, Byzantine hagiographer, (X Century):
- Synesius, Bishop of Cyrene,
Christian Neo-Platonist philosopher, (IV/V Centuries): [READ WITH CAUTION:
The author is not canonized, and was heavily influenced by non-Christian writers.]
- St. Theodore of Studium:
- John Tzetzes, Byzantine poet, (XII Century):
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