Online Resources

Other Evagrius Websites

Evagrius Ponticus, Luke Dysinger. Introduction to Evagrius' Life and teaching. Primary texts in Greek (where available) and English, including: Praktikos; Gnostikos; Kephalaia Gnostica; Peri Logismon; Skemmata; On Prayer; Scholia on Psalms, -on Proverbs, -on Ecclesiastes; select Letters.
Evagrius.net (maintained by D. Frank Murphy) -- a discussion forum and collection of articles on Evagrius, with dealing particularly with the teachings on the eight passions.
Truth of Orthodoxy Page

Bibliographies

BIBLIOGRAPHY #7: Antony & the Desert Fathers: Evagrius Ponticus (compiled by Fr. Willam Harmless, S.J.) -- a brief bibliography of early monasticism, juxtaposed with other useful bibliographies on asceticism
Pubblicazioni recenti su Origene e la tradizione alessandrina: Evagrio, Italian Research Group on "Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition" (Adamantius)
Danuvius . Russian language site, presenting an itemized bibliography of editions, translations, and scholarship of each of the various works by Evagrius. Includes Russian translations and editions not yet incorporated into my own bibliography.
The Psychological Basis of Mental Prayer in the Heart, by Fr. Theophanes (Constantine)

Essays

General / Introductory

"Evagrius", by Karen Rae Keck (Ecole Glossary)
"Evagrius", by A J Maas (Catholic Encyclopedia)
"Evagrius (345-399)", from A History of Monastic Spirituality by Luc Brésard (Abbey of Citeaux)
"Evagrius Pontiucs," from Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon 1:1575-76, by Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz
"Evagrius: Introduction to his Life and Writings," by Fr. Luke Dysinger.
"Evagrius," from Wikipedia.
A Life of Evagrius of Pontus, by Gregorios Wassen (Truth of Orthodoxy)

Articles with a Focus on Evagrius

Acedia Revisited: New Case for an Old Sin, by Judith Sutera, OSB (American Monastic Newsletter)
Book Review of Evagrio Pontico, by Lorenzo Perrone (Adamantius)
The Condemnation of Evagrios Ponticos, by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo (Orthodox Canada)
Cure of the Distressed Soul: the Consolation of Evagrius of Pontus on the Death of Gregory Nazianzus, by Joel Kalvesmaki (Evagrius website)
De geschiedenis van het Hesychasme, by Alex Pot.
Évagre le Pontique ou le Moine, by Roland Soyer (livres-mystiques.com) -- introduction to Evagrius, with a French translation of the 153 chapters on prayer.
Evagrius Ponticus and the Condemnation of Origen, by Edward Moore (Theandros, online journal)
The Logoi of Providence and Judgment in the Exegetical Writings of Evagrius Ponticus, by Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B. (Romancatholicism.org)
The Psychological Basis of Mental Prayer in the Heart, by Fr. Theophanes (Constantine). See especially volume 2, The Evagrian Ascetical System, which presents five texts of Evagrius in new English translations: Logos Praktikos (The Monk), called by the author Treatise on the Practical Life; On the Thoughts; the Gnostic; the complete Kephalaia Gnostica; and the Skemmata. In addition, the author presents a detailed commentary on Logos Praktikos and On the Thoughts, and a detailed discussion of the parts of the Kephalaia Gnostica that pertain to Evagrius' doctrines of asceticsm and contemplation.

Articles with Reference to Evagrius

The Glory of God Hidden in His Creatures, from The Roots of Christian Mysticism, by Olivier Clément (Church of Greece)
Origen and Origenism, from The School of Alexandria, v.2 : the Deans of the School of Alexandria : Origen, by Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty (St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, NJ)
Orthodox Christian Monasticism - Hesychasm, by Stefan Crisbasan (Suite 101)
The Passions: Enemy or Friend? by Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia (In Communion)
Prayer as the Act From Which All Good Comes: A letter on the nature of inner prayer, by anonymous (Monachos.net)
Resisting the Demon of Busyness, by Janet Ruffing (Pneuma)

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Evagrian Scholars on the Web

John Eudes Bamberger
David Brakke
Augustine Casiday
Jeremy Driscoll
Luke Dysinger
Antoine Guillaumont (1915-2000; requiescat)
William Harmless
Robert Sinkewicz
Columba Stewart
Tim Vivian
Robin Darling Young
 

Updated December 2007
Compiled and maintained by Joel Kalvesmaki. Please report any errors or omissions to me by e-mail.