C1 Group 1 Enrichment Saints BOOKLIST:

NOTE: These books are optional, as free alternative readings are provided for all 30 weeks in the Guide. Ones to prioritize are marked with an astericks (and many have free audio or can be read online)

• *Islands of the Ocean: Stories from the Lives of the Celtic Saints (Ganotis) [St. Patrick, St. Gobnait, St. Melangell, St. Kevin]

• The Life of St. Patrick: Enlightener of the Irish (Lynch) *PDF/ Audio [Optional, St. Patrick included in Islands of the Ocean] 

• *The Life of Saint Brigid: Abbess of Kildare (Meyer)

• The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (Norris) *PDF

• Saint Ciarian: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Schmidt) *PDF

• *Sweet Song: A Story of Saint Romanos the Melodist (Meyer) *Audio

• Across a Dark and Wild Sea (Brown) *PDF OR The Man Who Loved Books (Fritz) *PDF  

• The Blackbird's Nest (Schroedel) *Audio OR Kevin and the Blackbirds (Almond) [Optional, St. Kevin included in Islands of the Ocean] 

• The Ravens of Farne: A Tale of Saint Cuthbert (Farley) *Audio/ PDF

• *The Saint and his Bees (Jackson) *Audio

• *The Boy, a Kitchen, and His Cave: The Tale of St. Euphrosynos the Cook (Contopoulos) *Audio

• *The Wonderful Life of Russia's Saint Sergius of Radonezh (Currier) *Audio

GROUP 2 (~4-12th) Saints

C1 Group 2 Enrichment Saints:

Saints included in the Guide/Reader:

• Week 1 — Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Enlightener of Ireland (385–461)

• Week 2 — Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Enlightener of Ireland (385–461)

• Week 3 — Venerable Genevieve of Paris (420–512)

• Week 4 — Venerable Brigid (Bridget) of Ireland (451–525)

• Week 5 — Saint Justinian the Emperor (482–565)

• Week 6 — Saint Theodora the Empress (+548)

• Week 7 — Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (516–549)

• Week 8 — Venerable Romanus the Melodist, “Sweet-Singer” (490–556)

• Week 9 — Saint Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (521–597)

• Week 10 — Saint Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (521–597)

• Week 11 — Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England (& Theodore of Tarsus) (534–604)

• Week 12 — Venerable Maximus the Confessor (580–662)

• Week 13 — Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindesfarne (+651)

• Week 14 — Saint Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh (613–700)

• Week 15 — Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete (650–712)

• Week 16 — Saint John of Damascus (675-760)

• Week 17 —  Saint Cuthbert, Wonderworker of Britain (634–687)

• Week 18 — Righteous Theodora, Wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast (815–867)

• Week 19 — Equals of the Apostles and Teachers of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius (827–869)

• Week 20 — Equals of the Apostles and Teachers of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius (827–869)

• Week 21 — Holy Great Prince Vladimir (958–1015) & Blessed Great Princess Olga (890–969), Equal of the Apostles

• Week 22 — Venerable Simeon the New Theologian (949–1022)

• Week 23 — Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves (983–1073)

• Week 24 — Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia (+1074)

• Week 25 — Saint John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod (+1186

• Week 26 — Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (1296–1359)

• Week 27 — Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh (1314–1392)

• Week 28 — Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh (1314–1392)

• Week 29 — Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm (+1396)

• Week 30 — Saint Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus (+1444)