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January 6, 2020

A Resource Page on the Theophany of Christ in the Church Fathers, Saints and Teachers


Various Church Fathers

Prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Testament


St. Hippolytus of Rome

Discourse on the Holy Theophany (St. Hippolytus of Rome)


St. Gregory Thaumaturgos

Discourse on the Holy Theophany (St. Gregory Thaumaturgus)


St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Why the Holy Spirit Descended as a Dove Upon Christ

The Baptism of Water and the Baptism of Blood

John the Baptist, the Greatest Among Servants and Prophets But Not the Master and Lord


St. Gregory of Nyssa

A Homily for the Day of Lights (St. Gregory of Nyssa)


St. Gregory the Theologian

Oration on the Holy Lights (St. Gregory the Theologian)


St. Ephraim the Syrian

Ephraim the Syrian: 15 Hymns For the Feast of Epiphany

 
St. John Chrysostom 
 
 
 
St. Proclus of Constantinople
 
 

St. Cyril of Alexandria

Homily on the Baptism of Christ (St. Cyril of Alexandria)

 
St. Leo the Great 
 
 
 
St. Maximus of Turin
 


St. Diadochos of Photiki

Grace and Sin Within Us Before and After Baptism (St. Diadochos of Photiki)


St. Romanos the Melodist

Kontakia on the Holy Theophany (St. Romanos the Melodist)


St. Sophronios of Jerusalem

The Theophany Prayer of St. Sophronios of Jerusalem 

 
St. John of Damascus 
 
 
 
St. Gregory Palamas
 
 
 
St. Damaskinos the Studite

Why Did Jesus Choose to be Baptized in the Jordan River?

  
Archpriest Rodion Putyatin
 

St. Theophan the Recluse

What Was Revealed on Theophany? (St. Theophan the Recluse)


St. Philaret the Confessor

Homily on the Theophany (St. Philaret the Confessor)   

 
Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko 
 
 
 
 
St. John of Kronstadt 
 
 
 
 
 
Righteous Alexei Mechev 
 
 
St. Chrysostomos of Smyrna
 
St. Luke of Simferopol
 
Homily for the Sunday Before Theophany (St. Luke of Simferopol)
 
Homily Three on the Theophany of the Lord (St. Luke of Simferopol)
 
 

On the Holy Theophany (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

St. John Maximovitch 
 
 
 
 
St. Justin Popovich
 
 
 
Elder Sophrony of Essex 
 


Alexandros Papadiamantis

Theophany (An Essay of Alexandros Papadiamantis)

"All-Bright Theophany": A Short Story by Alexandros Papadiamantis 

 
Photios Kontoglou 
 
 
 
 
Archimandrite George Kapsanis
 
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