DISCOURSE TEN. Great is the benefit of hearing the word of God. - Miracles of creation. - The amazing variety they represent. - The inexcusability of the pagans is that they worshipped the universe. "One must refrain from taking an oath.

CONVERSATION ELEVEN. Mercy and forgiveness of the inhabitants of Antioch. - Miracles of creation. - The human body. -Eyes. -Ears. -Brain. -Heart. - The superiority of humans over animals. - The benefits that humans derive from different species of animals. - One must refrain from the oath and prepare to celebrate the feast of Easter with dignity.

DISCOURSE TWELVE. The Grace-Filled Action of Forgiveness of Insults Inflicted on the Emperor. - That God is manifested in creation. - In creating man, God put into his heart the principles of natural law. "An oath must be carefully avoided.

DISCOURSE THIRTEEN. Congratulations to the people that they had relieved themselves of their anxiety and that after the storm there was silence. - Return to the previous item. - The natural law, conscience, and other means which divine goodness uses to bring us to virtue. - It is a bad habit of the Antiochians to swear in public and private affairs. - Joy at the correction of this habit by some, but it would be desirable to get rid of it completely. - Exhortation to correction.

CONVERSATION FOURTEEN. A new disturbing rumor after calming down. - Its groundlessness and thanks be to God for averting the threatening storm. - Continuation of the former subject on oaths. - The perniciousness of the oath, proved by the example of Herod, who, in order to fulfill his insane oath, destroyed John the Baptist. "Even the oath of a private person causes many inconveniences, and the oath of a sovereign can become a real calamity for a whole people. - An example of the foolish oaths of Saul and Jephthah. - The evil done by King Zedekiah to the people of Judah by breaking his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar. Just as everyone abstained from baths in fulfillment of the prohibition imposed by Theodosius, so all must fulfill the command of the Savior about the impermissibility of the oath. - In Antioch, for the first time, the followers of Christ began to be called Christians; therefore it should also be the first city to expel all blasphemy. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION FIFTEEN. The usefulness of fear. - It is more useful than cheerfulness. - Commentary on the text from the book of Jesus Sirach 9:18. - Means of providing us from the dangers of this world. "Swearing is worse than killing. - An exhortation that the faithful should avoid oaths. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION SIXTEEN. The fear of the inhabitants of Antioch at the rumor of the arrival of soldiers in their city, and their appeasement by the governor. - Denunciation of this weakness, unworthy of Christians. - Continuation of the conversation about the oath. - The bonds of Ap. Paul and their instructiveness. - A Christian, like Apostle Paul. Paul, must love the sufferings that lead him to the glory of eternal life. On the occasion of the third week of Great Lent, the preacher exhorts his listeners not so much to calculate the amount of time that has elapsed as the sum of their progress in virtue and especially in the struggle against the bad habit of swearing. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION SEVENTEEN. Thanks be to God for averting the calamity that threatened Antioch and praise the zeal of the monks and hermits who interceded for mercy on the city. - The indifference of pagan philosophers to the calamity of the city and the superiority of Christian love. Consolation to the people on the occasion of the deprivation of Antioch of certain rights and privileges. - The true glory of a city should not be in external advantages, but in the internal virtues of its inhabitants. - Antioch is famous for the fact that the faithful were the first to receive the name of Christians in it, it generously helped Jerusalem during the famine and rejected the errors that the Jews wanted to spread. - Such advantages are inherent in it. - Exhortation to maintain piety and religiosity. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION EIGHTEEN. A reproach for those who rejoiced excessively at the fact that half of Great Lent had passed. - We should rejoice at the degree of spiritual progress achieved during this time. - Explanation of the words of Ap. Paul: "Rejoice always." Proofs that neither riches, nor honors, nor health, nor all earthly goods can give pure and true joy. - Such joy belongs only to a Christian who is faithful to the law of the Lord. - The sorrow of the Apostle and the superiority of this sorrow over all the pleasures of this world, because it finds inexhaustible consolation in the hope of eternal life. - Rebuke of the inhabitants of Antioch for having already given themselves up to games and pleasures, although their leaders were still in prison. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION NINETEEN. Praise to the martyrs on the occasion of the transfer of their relics. - Praise to their faith and simplicity. - The superiority of their ignorance over all the knowledge of the ancient philosophers. Explanation of blasphemy and the habit of swearing. - The sad consequences of this bad habit. - The calamities brought upon the people by the oath of King Zedekiah. - The need for efforts in the matter of correction. - An expression of the hope that Antioch will be completely freed from the sinful habit of oaths and perjury. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

CONVERSATION TWENTIETH. The inadequacy of forty-day fasting for proper preparation for Paschal Communion. - Virtue is necessary first and foremost. - Exhortation to forget offenses. - Revenge for offenses torments people before the fire of hell. "You must not swear. "Of those who have not yet recovered from this bad habit. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

DISCOURSE TWENTY-ONE. On the return of Bishop Flavian and on the pardon given by the emperor to the city of Antioch. - Intercessory speech of Bishop Flavian before the emperor and the answer of Theodosius. Instruction to the Antiochians on how to live and behave in the future. (Corrections - Lyudmila Zhmurina, St. Petersburg)

II. Catechetical Words.

FIRST WORD. To those preparing for baptism. - Praise for the zeal and reverence of those who have been vouchsafed baptism. - Various names of baptism - bath, revival, enlightenment and others. - The difference between baptism and the washings of the Old Testament. - Baptism, in contrast, washes the soul, not the body. - Baptism cleanses us from sins. - On repentance after baptism. - Exhortation to shun sins, especially sins of the tongue, oaths, and perjury.