Graduated Reading List

April 25, 2025

Level 1

1. St. Irenaeus of Lyon, On the Apostolic Preaching
2. St. Athanasius the Great, On the Incarnation
3. St. John Chrysostom, Sermons on Marriage and Family Life
4. St. Gregory the Theologian, Festal Orations

Level 2

1. St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise
2. St. Dorotheus of Gaza, Discourses or “Various Soul-Profiting Instructions”
3. St. John Damascene, Three Treatises on the Divine Images
4. St. Nicholas Cabasilas, The Life of Christ

Level 3

1. St. Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses
2. St. Isaac of Nineveh (the Syrian), Headings on Spiritual Knowledge
3. St. Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ
4. St. Gregory Palamas, The Triads

Level 4

1. St. Photius the Great, On the Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit
2. St. Symeon the New Theologian, The Ethical Discourses
3. St. Basil the Great, Against Eunomius
4. St. Maximus the Confessor, On Difficulties in the Church Fathers or De Ambigua