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Parion, taking communion from the bishops, though also with humility reminding those taking oaths. Then to Horkos, from there to Lampsacus; where, finding some Heracleans, we rested for three days, being unable to sail. Then, setting out, we sailed to Abydos, being piously shown mercy by the ruler there; and having stayed for eight days until Saturday, we sailed to Eleous, and having remained for a week because of the inability to sail, when a favorable wind blew we were driven to Lemnos in nine hours. The piety of the bishop here stops my account at this point; for as no one else could, he both welcomed and comforted and supplied us for our journey. Sailing away from there, then, in fear because of the nearby tribe, we crossed over with a north wind blowing and roaring, in twelve hours, the sea being one hundred and fifty miles, landing at Canastrum in the territory of Thessaloniki, then to Pallene, the coastal parts of the gulf, then to Embolus. From there, having mounted animals again, on Saturday, the day of the feast of the Annunciation, at the third hour, we were brought into the city. And what an entrance; for it is necessary not to pass over this. Sent forth, then, by the prefect, one of the leading men with soldiers awaited us at the eastern gate, and when we arrived, they met us standing upright in silence; and after we entered, they closed the gates and led us through the marketplace, processing in the sight of those who had run together for this, and leading us away, they brought us to the ruler. And well done to the man; for showing a kindly face after we fell down, he spoke good things to us and sent us to the archbishop, after we first prayed in Hagia Sophia. And in his oratory, having made a prayer, the most holy one received and embraced us, speaking the necessary things to us and immediately taking us in and refreshing us with both a bath and food. On Monday morning they took us, and after requesting that we pray at Saint Demetrios, they separated all from one another, after we had made a prayer and greeted one another. But us two brothers they led up to the place where I am now and parted us, as we tearfully kissed one another, so that even some of the onlookers were disturbed by the sympathy. So are our affairs, O father; and now I, the humble one, am here, dragging out a life painful and full of groaning. And we received the blessings from your holy hand, as having the power of the Holy Trinity; and we have them as an amulet and place them upon our eyes, as if kissing your right hand. Again tears, again my insides are twisted; for I wish to stop speaking. O father, why have you forsaken me? But you have not forsaken me. How have you departed from me? But you are in me. Where am I yet to see you? How shall I see you? Where shall I hear your sweetest and saving voice? When shall I be your table companion? Where shall I enjoy your holy company, or when shall I ever read in your hearing? Or sing before your face? Or be disciplined? Or be rebuked? Or be remembered? making a habit unloved by you: feasting, food, drink, conversation, standing, sitting, reclining. What has happened to me? I call men as witnesses, I call also the heavenly powers as my advocates, that a law of God has separated you from me, one eternal commandment. Let that which is under heaven hear. For this reason I rejoice and I send forth a voice of praise to God, I have all things in superabundance, I exult, I will no longer be orphaned, I will not lament nor will I utter anything ignoble. But receive also what is written above, father, as holy; for they are symbols of my longing for you, except that I will weep yet more, but acceptably. But you, O thrice-blessed father, rejoice and be glad. The prizes have been woven for you, the place of rest has been prepared. Your zeal is according to your fathers, the prison cries out the truth. The just one was bound as useless, those in piety are thankful, those of like zeal are more fervent, having seen a most beautiful prelude. The persecutors from without weave with words and revile, and especially those who are of the monks, but from within

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Πάριον, κοινωνοῦντες παρὰ τῶν ἐπισκόπων πλὴν καὶ μετὰ ταπεινώσεως ὑπομνήσκοντες ὀμνύοντας. εἶτα εἰς Ὁρκόν, ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Λάμψακον· ἐν ᾗ εὑρόντες Ἡρακλειώτας προσανεπαυσάμεθα τριήμερον, πλεῖν οὐ δυνάμενοι. εἶτα ἐξορμίσαντες κατεπλεύσαμεν ἐν τῇ Ἀβύδῳ, ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ἄρχοντος εὐσεβῶς κατελεηθέντες· καὶ ἐπιμείναντες ἕως τοῦ Σαββάτου ὀκταήμερον ἀπεπλεύσαμεν εἰς Ἐλεοῦντας, ἑβδοματιαῖόν τε χρόνον ἐπιμείναντες διὰ τὸ ἄπλοον δεξιοῦ ἀνέμου πνεύσαντος ἐπετάσθημεν ἐν τῇ Λήμνῳ ἐν ἐνναωρίῳ. ἵστησί μου τὸν λόγον ἐνταῦθα ἡ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τῶν τῇδε εὐσέβεια· ὡς οὐκ εἴ τις γὰρ ἄλλος καὶ ἐδεξιώσατο καὶ παρηγόρησεν καὶ ἐφωδίασεν. Ἐκ τῶν τῇδε τοίνυν ἀποπλεύσαντες ἐν φόβῳ διὰ τὸ παρακείμενον ἔθνος ἀντεπεράσαμεν βορροφόρου καὶ ῥοιζήδοντος ἐν δωδεκαωρίῳ ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα μιλίων ὂν τὸ πέλαγος, ὁρμίσαντες ἐν τῷ Κανάστρῳ ἐν τοῖς Θεσσαλονίκης ὁρίοις, ἔπειτα εἰς Παλλήνην, τὰ πρόσγεια τοῦ κόλφου, εἶτα εἰς τὸν Ἔμβολον. ἐκ τῶν ἔνθεν ζῴοις πάλιν ἐπιβεβηκότες Σαββάτῳ ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς τοῦ Εὐαγγελισμοῦ ὥρᾳ τρίτῃ εἰσήχθημεν ἐν τῇ πόλει. καὶ οἵα ἡ εἴσοδος· οὐδὲ γὰρ τοῦτο παρελθεῖν ἀναγκαῖον. προπεμφθεὶς τοίνυν παρὰ τοῦ ὑπάρχου τῶν ἐξόχων εἷς μετὰ στρατιωτῶν προσέμενεν ἐν τῇ ἀνατολικῇ πόρτῃ, καὶ ἐπιστᾶσιν ὑπήντησαν ὄρθιοι διὰ σιγῆς· καὶ μετὰ τὸ εἰσελθεῖν κλείσαντες τὰς πύλας ἦγον διὰ τῆς ἀγορᾶς, προπομπεύοντες ἐπὶ τῆς ὄψεως τῶν εἰς τοῦτο συνδεδραμηκότων, καὶ ἀπαγαγόντες εἰσήγαγον πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα. καὶ εὖγε τῷ ἀνδρί· εὐμενὲς γὰρ πρόσωπον δείξας μετὰ τὸ πεσεῖν χρηστὰ ἐφθέγξατο ἡμῖν παρέπεμψέν τε πρὸς τὸν ἀρχιεπίσκοπον, πρῶτον προσευξαμένους ἐν τῇ Ἁγίᾳ Σοφίᾳ. καὶ ἐν τῷ εὐκτηρίῳ τῷ παρ' αὐτοῦ ποιήσας εὐχὴν ὁ ἁγιώτατος ἐδέξατο καὶ κατησπάσατο ἡμᾶς, ὁμιλήσας ἡμῖν τὰ δέοντα καὶ παραυτὰ κρατήσας καὶ ἀναπαύσας διά τε λουετροῦ καὶ βρωμάτων. Τῇ ∆ευτέρᾳ πρωίθεν ἦραν ἡμᾶς, καὶ δι' αἰτήσεως ποιήσαντες εὔξασθαι εἰς τὸν Ἅγιον ∆ημήτριον διεχώρισαν πάντας ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, προπεποιηκότας εὐχὴν καὶ ἀσπασαμένους ἀλλήλους. τοὺς δύο δὲ ἡμᾶς ἀδελφοὺς ἀναγαγόντες ἐπὶ τὸν ἐν ᾧ εἰμὶ νυνὶ τόπον διέζευξαν, δακρυρρόως καταφιλήσαντας ἀλλήλους, ὡς καί τινας τῶν θεωμένων ταραχθῆναι τῇ συμπαθείᾳ. Οὕτως τὰ καθ' ἡμᾶς ἔχει, ὦ πάτερ· καὶ νῦν εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὁ ταπεινὸς ἐνταῦθα, βίον ἕλκων ὀδυνηρὸν καὶ πολυστένακτον. τὰς δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας σου χειρὸς εὐλογίας ἐδεξάμεθα, ὡς δύναμιν ἐχούσας τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδος· καὶ ἔχομεν αὐτὰς ὡς φυλακτήριον καὶ περιτιθέμενοι αὐτὰς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν, ὡς τὴν δεξιάν σου καταφιλοῦντες. πάλιν δάκρυα, πάλιν στρέφονταί μου τὰ ἐντός· καταπαῦσαι γὰρ θέλω τὸν λόγον. ὦ πάτερ, τί με ἐγκατέλειπας; ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐγκατέλειπας. πῶς δέ μου ἀπεμάκρυνας; ἀλλ' ἐν ἐμοὶ εἶ. ποῦ δέ σε ἔτι μέλλω ὁρᾶν; πῶς σε ὄψομαι; ποῦ σου ἀκούσω τῆς ἡδίστης καὶ σωτηρίου φωνῆς; ὁπότε σου γένωμαι ὁμοτράπεζος; ποῦ σου συνουσίας ἁγίας ἀπολαύσω ἢ πώποτε ἐν ὠσίν σου ἀναγνώσομαι; ἢ πρὸ προσώπου σου ᾄσω; ἢ σωφρονισθῶ; ἢ ἐπιτιμηθῶ; ἢ ἐπιμνησθῶ; ἕξιν ποιῶν ἄφιλόν σοι, ἑστίασιν, βρῶσιν, ποτόν, ὁμιλίαν, στάσιν, καθέδραν, ἀνάκλισιν. τί μοι συμβέβηκεν; καλῶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μάρτυρας, καλῶ καὶ τὰς οὐρανίους δυνάμεις συνηγόρους μοι, ὅτι νόμος σε θεοῦ ἐχώρισεν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ἐντολὴ μία αἰώνιος. ἀκουσάτω ἡ ὑπ' οὐρανόν. διὰ τοῦτο χαίρω καὶ φωνὴν ἀφίημι αἰνέσεως θεῷ, ἀπέχω πάντα ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ, ἀγάλλομαι, οὐκ ὀρφανισθήσομαι ἔτι, οὐκ ὀδυρηθήσομαι οὐδ' ἀγενές τι φθέγξομαι. δέξαιο δὲ καὶ τὰ ἀνώτερα, πάτερ, ὡς εὐαγῆ· τοῦ πόθου σου γὰρ σύμβολα, πλὴν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι κλαύσομαι, ἀλλ' εὐαπόδεκτα. Σὺ δέ, ὦ πάτερ τρισμακάριε, χαῖρε καὶ εὐφραίνου. τὰ βραβεῖά σοι ἐπλάκησαν, ὁ τῆς ἀναπαύσεως τόπος ἡτοίμασται. ὁ ζῆλός σου κατὰ τοὺς πατέρας σου, ἡ φρουρὰ βοᾷ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ἐδέθη ὁ δίκαιος ὡς δύσχρηστος, οἱ ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ εὐχάριστοι, οἱ ὁμόζηλοι θερμότεροι, προοίμιον κάλλιστον θεασάμενοι. οἱ διώκοντες λόγοις ἔξωθεν πλέκουσι καὶ κακίζουσι, καὶ μάλιστα οἵτινες τῶν μοναχῶν, ἔσωθεν δὲ