Thanks for checking out our Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan for 2020! Please have a look at the instructions below, as well as some different reading options.
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Instructions: Each day during the 2020 Lenten fast (the season of Lent, minus Sundays), read the assigned writing. This devotion takes 10-15 minutes. By day 40, you will have read 10 different Fathers. If you wish to follow a shorter reading plan, please check out the lite version of the plan.
The Writings
Pdf form: Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan: With Texts (thanks to Chad Toney and Carl Fortunato).
Print: The Early Church Fathers: 38 Volumes
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2021 Date |
Day in Lenten Season |
Reading |
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2/17 |
1 |
Didache: complete |
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2/18 |
2 |
Epistle to Diognetus: 1-6 |
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2/19 |
3 |
Epistle to Diognetus: 7-12 |
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2/20 |
4 |
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians: complete |
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2/21 |
5 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Ephesians: complete |
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2/22 |
6 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Magnesians: complete |
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2/23 |
7 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Trallians: complete |
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2/24 |
8 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Romans: complete |
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2/25 |
9 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Philadelphians: complete |
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2/26 |
10 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Smyrneans: complete |
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2/27 |
11 |
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to Polycarp: complete |
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2/28 |
12 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 1-11 |
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3/1 |
13 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 12-23 |
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3/2 |
14 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 24-35 |
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3/3 |
15 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 36-47 |
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3/4 |
16 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 48-59 |
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3/5 |
17 |
St. Justin Martyr: First Apology: 60-68 |
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3/6 |
18 |
St. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I): 1-9 |
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3/7 |
19 |
St. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I): Secs. 10-18 |
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3/8 |
20 |
St. Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I): Secs. 19-21 |
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3/9 |
21 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 1-10 |
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3/10 |
22 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 11-20 |
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3/11 |
23 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 21-30 |
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3/12 |
24 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 31-40 |
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3/13 |
25 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 41-50 |
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3/14 |
26 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 51-60 |
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3/15 |
27 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 61-70 |
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3/16 |
28 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 71-80 |
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3/17 |
29 |
St. Athanasius: Life of Anthony: Chaps. 81-94 |
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3/18 |
30 |
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XIX |
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3/19 |
31 |
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XX |
| 3/20 |
32 |
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XX1 |
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3/21 |
33 |
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXII |
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3/22 |
34 |
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXIII |
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3/23 |
35 |
St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries: 1-4 |
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3/24 |
36 |
St. Ambrose of Milan: Concerning the Mysteries: 5-9 |
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3/25 |
37 |
St. Leo the Great: Letter XXVIII (called the "Tome"): complete |
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3/26 |
38 |
St. Leo the Great: Sermon XXI (On the Feast of the Nativity I): complete |
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2/27 |
39 |
St. Leo the Great: Sermon XLIX (On Lent XI): complete |
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3/28 |
40 |
St. Leo the Great: Sermon LXXII (On the Lord's Resurrection): complete |
Above taken from the Church Year website HERE.