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A Patristic Reading Plan for the Great Lent

27 February 2017

Great Lent might be a time of increase in spiritual reading. We present a day-by-day Patristic Reading Plan for every of the forty days of Great Lent. It should be helpful in immersing in the writings of the Early Fathers during the Great Fast.

Day Reading
1 Epistle to Diognetus, 1-6
2 Epistle to Diognetus, 7-12
3 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Ephesians, 1-7
4 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Ephesians, 8-14
5 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Ephesians, 15-21
6 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Magnesians, 1-5
7 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Magnesians, 6-10
8 St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle To the Magnesians, 11-15
9 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 1-7
10 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 8-14
11 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 15-21
12 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 22-29
13 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 30-37
14 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 38-45
15 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 46-53
16 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 54-60
17 St Justin Martyr, First Apology, 61-68
18 St Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I), 1-9
19 St Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I), 10-18
20 St Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I), 19-27
21 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 1-9
22 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 10-16
23 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 17-25
24 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 26-33
25 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 34-41
26 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 42-49
27 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 50-58
28 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 59-66
29 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 67-73
30 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 74-81
31 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 82-89
32 St Athanasius, Life of St Anthony, 90-94
33 St Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogical Catechesis 2 (Oration 20)
34 St Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogical Catechesis 4 (Oration 22)
35 St Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogical Catechesis 5 (Oration 23), 1-11
36 St Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogical Catechesis 5 (Oration 23), 12-23
37 St Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Mysteries, 1-4
38 St Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Mysteries, 5-9
39 St Leo the Great, Sermon 49 (On Great Lent, 11), complete text
40 St Leo the Great: Sermon 72 (On the Lord’s Resurrection), complete text

Source: monachos.net

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