Writings of the Saints
Wisdom from the Early Church
- St. Clement of Rome (37? – 101)
- St. Irenaeus of Lyons (129 – 203)
- St. Clement of Alexandria (150 – 220)
- Tertullian (160 – 230?)
- Minucius Felix (167? – 249)
- Origen (185 – 254)
- St. Anthony the Great (251 – 356)
- Lactantius (252? – 317)
- St. Pachomius (292 – 346)
- St. Athanasius (297 – 373)
- St. Ephraim the Syrian (306 – 373)
- St. Hilary of Poitiers (315 – 367)
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315 – 386)
- St. Basil the Great (329 – 379)
- St. Gregory Nazianzus (329 – 389)
- St. Gregory of Nyssa (330 – 395)
- St. Ambrose of Milan (340 – 397)
- St. Jerome (341-420)
- St. Evagrius of Pontus (345 – 399)
- St. John Chrysostom (347 – 407)
- St. Augustine (354 – 430)
- St. John Cassian (357? – 435)
- St. Nilus of Ankyra (365? – 430)
- St. Patrick (385 – 471)
- St. Benedict of Nursia (480 – 547)
- Dionysius the Areopagite (485? – 535?)
- St. David of Garesja (497 – 569?)
- St. John Climacus (509 – 603)
- St. Kevin of Glendalough (513 – 618)
- St. Columba (521 – 597)
- St. Gregory the Great (540 – 604)
- St. Columbanus (543? – 615)
- St. Leontios of Cyprus (556 – 634)
- St. Maximus the Confessor (580 – 662)
- St. Isaac the Syrian (640? – eighth century)
- St. Guthlac (673 – 714)
- St. John Damascene (675 – 749)
Wisdom from the Medieval Church
- St. Symeon the New Theologian (949 – 1022)
- St. Peter of Damaskos (1027? – 1107?)
- St. Gregory of Sinai (1282 – 1360)
- St. Gregory Palamas (1296 – 1359)
- St. Sergius of Radonezh (1314 – 1392)
Wisdom from the Modern Church
- St. Nikephoros of Chios (1750 – 1821)
- St. Seraphim of Sarov (1759 – 1833)
- Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (1782 – 1867)
- Blessed Athanasia Logacheva (1809 – 1875)
- St. Theophan the Recluse (1815 – 1894)
- Fyodor Doestoyevski (1821 – 1881)
- Vladimir Soloviev (1853 – 1900)
- Nicholas Zernov (1898 – 1980)
- Dumitru Staniloae (1903-1993)
- Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch (1921 – )
- Philip Sherrard (1922 – 1995)
- Paulos Mar Gregorios (1924 – 1997)
- Patriarch Bartholomew (1940 – )