Course Objectives  

1. To learn about the lives of various Saints  

2. To understand the writings of Orthodox Christian Saints 

3. To understand how the articulation of Orthodox Christian theology historically developed  through the writings of Saints, especially in their rebuttal of various heresies  

Saints to be Studied:   

1. Saint Augustine of Hippo  

2. Saint Athenagoras of Athens  

3. Saint Basil of Caesarea  

4. Saint Gregory of Nyssa  

5. Saint Dionysius of Athens  

6. Saint John Chrysostom  

7. Saint Cyril of Alexandria  

8. Saint Justinian the Roman Emperor  

9. Saint Leo the Great  

10. Saint Irenaeus of Lyons  

11. Saint John of Thessaloniki  

12. Saint Justin the Martyr  

13. Saint Athanasius of Alexandria  

14. Saint Maximus the Confessor  

15. Saint Gregory the Theologian  

16. Saint Photius Equal-to-the-Apostles  

17. Saint John Damascene  

18. Saint Cyprian of Carthage  

19. Saint Cyril of Jerusalem  

20. Saint Gerasimus of Constantinople  

21. Holy Apostles