Homilies on the Dormition of the Theotokos

Homiliae in Dormitionem (three homilies) · John of Damascus · 8th century (before 749) · homily

Greek · domain: later-byzantine · researched 2026-11-13

Why this is in the register

Checked 2026-11-13. Three homilies on the Dormition are printed in PG 96 (OCR carries 'in dormitionem' some 20 times: https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_96). Brian E. Daley's Popular Patristics 18, 'On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies' (SVS Press, 1998), translates two of John's pieces - 'On the holy and glorious dormition and transformation of our lady...' and 'A discourse on the dormition of our lady...' - plus the liturgical canon for the feast, but not the third homily; the table of contents is in the HOLLIS record (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,On%20the%20Dormition%20of%20Mary%20early%20patristic%20homilies%20Daley&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No complete English set of the three homilies was located.

Daley's volume is the standard English access point for the Dormition homilies but covers two of John's three; the remainder is available only in Greek (PG 96) or modern-language versions.

Existing translations recorded

Electronic text

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: John of Damascus Homilies on the Dormition of the Theotokos — 4 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Sources checked

• https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_96
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Patristics_Series
• HOLLIS search — John of Damascus homilies translation
• HOLLIS search — On the Dormition of Mary early patristic homilies Daley

Cite: Tergwame, “Homilies on the Dormition of the Theotokos” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-john-damascus-homiliae-dormitionem