Letters from Exile

The following letter is added as a specimen, out of a very large number, of the natural, almost playful style, and...

The most reverend and divinely favored deaconess Olympias, I John, Bishop, send greeting in the Lord.

Do not be anxious on my behalf, nor rack yourself with solicitude, on account of the severity of the winter, and the...

Having risen from the very gates of death I address this letter to the discreet lady; and I am very glad that your...

Why do you lament? Why do you belabour yourself, and demand of yourself a punishment which your enemies were not...

Nothing strange or unnatural has befallen your Piety, but only what is quite natural and consonant to reason, that...

Correspondence with Pope Innocent I

Innocent, bishop, to presbyters and deacons, and to all the clergy and people of the Church of Constantinople, the...

The date of the following letter can be determined within very narrow limits.

On St. Babylas

Concerning Lowliness of Mind

The deaconess Olympias to whom seventeen of Chrysostom's extant letters are addressed was the most eminent of his...