Popular Patristics Series

The Popular Patristics Series (abbreviated PPS) is a series of volumes of original English translations of mainly first millennium Christian texts published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Overview
The aim of the series is "to provide readable and accurate translations of a broad range of early Christian literature to a wide audience—from students of Christian history and theology to lay Christians reading for spiritual benefit." It currently comprises 61 volumes (though six are new editions of previously released volumes).

The texts are principally translated from Greek, but some Latin, Syriac and Coptic writers are included. Each volume is translated by a recognized patristic scholar and also contains a concise but comprehensive introduction to the patristic author and their works.

John Behr was the longtime series editor until 2020, when he handed off the role to Bogdan Bucur and assistant editor Ignatius Green.

List of volumes

 * 1) On the Priesthood by St. John Chrysostom
 * 2) Lectures on the Christian Sacraments by St. Cyril of Jerusalem (discontinued)
 * 3) On the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus (discontinued)
 * 4) On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius (discontinued)
 * 5) On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great (discontinued)
 * 6) On the Holy Icons by St. Theodore the Studite
 * 7) On Marriage and Family Life by St. John Chrysostom
 * 8) On the Divine Liturgy by St. Germanus of Constantinople
 * 9) On Wealth and Poverty by St. John Chrysostom (2nd edition published 2020)
 * 10) Hymns on Paradise by St. Ephrem the Syrian
 * 11) On Ascetical Life by St. Isaac of Nineveh
 * 12) On the Soul and Resurrection by St. Gregory of Nyssa
 * 13) On the Unity of Christ by St. Cyril of Alexandria
 * 14) On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 1: The Church and The Last Things by St. Symeon the New Theologian
 * 15) On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 2: On Virtue and Christian Life by St. Symeon the New Theologian
 * 16) On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 3: Life, Times, and Theology  by St. Symeon the New Theologian
 * 17) On the Apostolic Preaching by St. Irenaeus of Lyons
 * 18) On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies
 * 19) On the Mother of God by Jacob of Serug
 * 20) On Pascha by Melito of Sardis (discontinued)
 * 21) On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory of Nazianzus
 * 22) On the Apostolic Tradition by St. Hippolytus (discontinued)
 * 23) On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory of Nazianzus
 * 24) Three Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus (new translation, replaces volume 3)
 * 25) On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ by St. Maximus the Confessor
 * 26) Letters from the Desert by St. Barsanuphius and John
 * 27) Four Desert Fathers – Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt, and Macarius of Alexandria
 * 28) Saint Macarius the Spiritbearer: Coptic Texts Relating to Saint Macarius the Great
 * 29) On the Lord’s Prayer by Tertullian, St. Cyprian, & Origen
 * 30) On the Human Condition by St. Basil the Great
 * 31) The Cult of the Saints by St. John Chrysostom
 * 32) On the Church: Select Treatises by St. Cyprian of Carthage
 * 33) On the Church: Select Letters  by St. Cyprian of Carthage
 * 34) The Book of Pastoral Rule by St. Gregory the Great
 * 35) Wider Than Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God
 * 36) Festal Orations by St. Gregory of Nazianzus
 * 37) Counsels on the Spiritual Life, Volumes One and Two by St. Mark the Monk
 * 38) On Social Justice by St. Basil the Great
 * 39) Harp of Glory (Enzira Sebhat): An Alphabetical Hymn of Praise for the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
 * 40) Divine Eros: Hymns of Saint Symeon the New Theologian
 * 41) On the Two Ways: Life or Death, Light or Darkness: Foundational Texts in the Tradition
 * 42) On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great (new translation, replaces volume 5)
 * 43) Works on the Spirit by St. Athanasius the Great and Didymus the Blind
 * 44) On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great (new translation, replaces volume 4; available in Greek and English (44A) or English only (44B))
 * 45) Treasure-house of Mysteries: Exploration of the Sacred Text Through Poetry in the Syriac Tradition
 * 46) Poems on Scripture by St. Gregory of Nazianzus
 * 47) On Christian Doctrine and Practice St. Basil the Great
 * 48) Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord
 * 49) The Letters by St. Ignatius of Antioch
 * 50) On Fasting and Feasts by St. Basil the Great
 * 51) On Christian Ethics by St. Basil the Great
 * 52) Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers
 * 53) Two Hundred Chapters On Theology by St. Maximus the Confessor
 * 54) On the Apostolic Tradition (Second Edition) by St. Hippolytus (replaces volume 22)
 * 55) On Pascha (Second Edition) by Melito of Sardis (replaces volume 20)
 * 56) Letters to Saint Olympia by St. John Chrysostom
 * 57) Lectures on the Christian Sacraments (Second Edition) by St. Cyril of Jerusalem (replaces volume 2)
 * 58) The Testament of the Lord: Worship and Discipline in the Early Church
 * 59) On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy: A Theological Vision of the Liturgy by St. Maximus the Confessor
 * 60) Catechetical Discourse: A Handbook for Catechists by St. Gregory of Nyssa
 * 61) Hymns of Repentance by St. Romanos the Melodist
 * 62) On the Orthodox Faith: Volume 3 of the Fount of Knowledge by St. John of Damascus
 * 63) Headings on Spiritual Knowledge: The Second Part, Chapters 1-3 by St. Isaac of Nineveh
 * 64) On Death and Eternal Life by St. Gregory of Nyssa
 * 65) The Prayers of Saint Sarapion: The Bishop of Thmuis