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with her son Chrestion, and went to the place where he lay, it being the sixth hour of the night. So they arrived at the house which the Christ-lovers had built, worthy of the martyr, and immediately the door opened for them automatically, and they saw the tomb was open, and a light shone round about in the chamber. And the young man, entering the tomb with myrrh and spices, placed the head next to the body, and it was joined together and became as it was before it was cut off. And when he came out of the tomb, the place was immediately sealed automatically. And they returned to the house, rejoicing and glorifying God.

26 On the second night, Saint Longinus appeared to Chreste, saying: “I am now at rest, because you have given me my head, and you will be healed from this day. But I ask this: shall I enlist your son in the heavenly army, or in the earthly one?” And she answered with fear and said: “I beg you, enlist him in the heavenly army.” And having heard these things, he departed from her. And on the following day, the young man went into the vineyard to care for the vine. And as he was working until the fifth hour, Saint Longinus appeared to him and said: “Young Chrestion, do you wish to serve, according to your name, in Christ?” And looking up, he saw him like lightning and said to him: “Who are you, lord, who wishes to enlist me?” And he said: “I am Longinus, who was given the head by your mother, but just as she brought my head, so also I wish to bring you to God.” And Chrestion said to him: “If these things are so, let it be to me according to your word.” And immediately the young man gave up the spirit.

27 And his mother, at the accustomed hour of the past days, having taken the midday meal, went to her son in the vineyard; and when she arrived, she found him dead. And seeing this, she fell on her face to the ground; and fainting and tearing her tunic, she lay as if dead. And an angel came and strengthened her; and said to her: “Why do you weep?” And she said: “My son is lost, who was my only-begotten, the fruit of my womb has been harvested unripe.” And the angel said to her: “Do not be deceived, woman, nor weep for this; for he was not harvested, nor is he lost, but is in the bosom of Jesus Christ. Go therefore into the village, and call pious men, and let them come and carry the body of your son; and let them bury him in the tomb where the most faithful Longinus lies, and after three days you will see your son in the heavenly army.”

28 And having said these things the angel became invisible; but she, rising up, went away into the village, and immediately the angel came comforting her; and they learned what it was that had happened. And she announced everything to them, and they, having heard, went to the bishop of Tyana and announced to him the things that had happened. And immediately the bishop Paphnutius, taking with him pious men, came to the place where the young man had died, and permitted his mother to be called. And when she came, the bishop said to her: “Do not weep for this one; for he, possessing the heavenly kingdom, greatly intercedes on our behalf. Let us therefore rather rejoice and not be downcast.” And having said these things, he ordered the body of the young man to be taken up and to be placed with Saint Longinus, and they offered to the heavenly God an acceptable sacrifice. And the pious woman became a deaconess and a minister of the glorious faith; and having made the offering and given much exhortation, the bishop went away into the city.

29 And when evening had come and the night had fallen, it being the fourth hour of the night, Saint Longinus appeared to her, saying: “Why do you blaspheme me?” And she, becoming afraid and trembling, said: “Who are you, lord?” And he said: “I am

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μετὰ τοῦ υἱ οῦ αὐτῆς Χρηστίονος, καὶ ἀπῄει εἰς τὸν τόπον οὗ κατέκειτο, ὥ ρας οὔσης ἕκτης τῆς νυκτός. Ἔφθασαν οὖν εἰς ὃν οἰκοδόμησαν οἶκον οἱ φιλόχριστοι ἄξιον τοῦ μάρτυρος, καὶ εὐθέως ἡ θύρα αὐτομάτως ἠνοίγη αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ μνημεῖον εἶδον μὲν ἀνεῳγ μένον, καὶ φῶς ἔλαμψεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι κυκλόθεν. Εἰσελθὼν δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ σὺν μύροις καὶ ἀρώμασιν παρέθηκεν τῷ σώματι τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ συμβιωθεῖσα γέγονεν καθὼς πρὸ τοῦ ἀποτμηθῆναι. Ἐξελθόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, παραχρῆμα ἠσφαλίσθη ὁ τόπος αὐτομάτως. Αὐτοὶ δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, χαίροντες καὶ δοξάζοντες τὸν θεόν.

26 Ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ νυκτί, ἐφάνη τῇ Χρηστῇ ὁ ἅγιος Λογ γῖνος, λέγων· «Ἀναπέπαυμαι νῦν, ὅτι παρέσχες μοι τὴν κεφα λήν, καὶ σὺ ἰαθήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. Ἐρωτῶ δὲ τοῦτο· τὸν υἱόν σου στρατεύσω ἐν τῇ ἐπουρανίῳ στρατιᾷ, ἢ ἐν τῇ ἐπι γείῳ;» Ἡ δὲ μετὰ φόβου ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπεν· «∆έομαί σου, ἐν τῇ ἐπουρανίῳ στρατιᾷ αὐτὸν στράτευσον.» Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦ τα, ἀπέστη ἀπ' αὐτῆς. Ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ νεανίσκος ἐπορεύθη ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι πρὸς ἐπιμέλειαν τῆς ἀμπέλου. Ἐρ γαζομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ μέχρις ὥρας πέμπτης, ἐφάνη αὐτῷ ὁ ἅγιος Λογγῖνος καὶ εἶπεν· «Νεανίσκε Χρηστίων, θέλεις στρατεύσα σθαι κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς Χριστόν;» Ὁ δὲ ἀναβλέψας εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὡς ἀστραπὴν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· «Τίς εἶ, κύριε, ὁ στρατεῦ σαί με βουλόμενος;» Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ἐγώ εἰμι Λογγῖνος, ὁ διὰ τῆς μητρός σου δωρηθεὶς τὴν κεφαλήν, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ αὐτὴ ἐκόμισέν μου τὴν κεφαλήν, οὕτως κἀγὼ βούλομαί σε τῷ θεῷ προσκομίσαι.» Καὶ ὁ Χρηστίων εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· «Εἰ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει, γένοιτό μοι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.» Καὶ παραχρῆ μα ἀπέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα ὁ νεανίσκος.

27 Ἡ δὲ τούτου μήτηρ, κατὰ τὴν συνειθισμένην ὥραν ταῖς διελθούσαις ἡμέραις λαβοῦσα τὴν τοῦ ἀρίστου τροφήν, ἐπορεύ ετο πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι· καὶ ἐλθοῦσα εὗρεν αὐτὸν τετελευτηκότα. Θεασαμένη δὲ τοῦτο, ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσ ωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· ὀλιγοψυχήσασα δὲ καὶ τὸν χιτῶνα διαρρή ξασα, ἔκειτο ὡσεὶ νεκρά. Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ ἄγγελος ἐνίσχυσεν αὐ τήν· εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ· «Τί κλαίεις;» Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ἀπώλετο ὁ υἱός μου, ὁ μονογενὴς ὑπάρχων μοι, ἐτρυγήθη ὁ καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας μου ἄωρος.» Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος· «Μὴ πλα νῶ, γυνή, μηδὲ κλαῖε ἐπὶ τούτῳ· αὐτὸς γὰρ οὐκ ἐτρυγήθη, οὐ δὲ ἀπώλετο, ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Πορεύθητι οὖν ἐν τῇ κώμῃ, καὶ κάλεσον ἄνδρας εὐλαβεῖς, καὶ ἐλθόντες βαστάσουσιν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ υἱοῦ σου· καὶ θάψωσιν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ἐν ᾧ κατάκειται ὁ πιστότατος Λογγῖνος, καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας τὸν υἱόν σου ἐν τῇ στρατιᾷ τῇ ἐπουρανίᾳ βλέπεις.»

28 Ταῦτα δὲ εἰπὼν ὁ ἄγγελος ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο· αὐτὴ δὲ ἀναστᾶσα ἀπήρχετο ἐν τῇ κώμῃ, εὐθέως δὲ ἦλθεν ὁ ἄγγελος παραμυθούμενος αὐτήν· καὶ ἐμάνθανον τί ἐστιν τὸ συμβάν. Ἡ δὲ ἀνήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς πάντα, οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐπορεύθησαν πρὸς τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Τυάνων καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῷ τὰ γεγονότα. Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Παφνούτιος, παραλαβὼν εὐσεβεῖς ἄνδρας, ἦλθεν ἐν ᾧ ἦν τόπῳ ὁ νεανίσκος τετελευτηκώς, καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν κληθῆναι τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ. Ἐλθούσης δὲ αὐτῆς, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὴν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος· «Μὴ κλαῖε ἐπὶ τούτῳ· αὐτὸς γάρ, τὴν οὐράνιον βασιλείαν κεκτημένος, πολὺ πρεσβεύει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν. Ἀγαλλιασώμεθα οὖν μᾶλλον καὶ μὴ ὦμεν σκυθρωποί.» Ταῦτα δὲ εἰπών, προσέταξεν ἀρθῆναι τὸ σῶμα τοῦ νεανίσκου καὶ ἀποτεθῆναι σὺν τῷ ἁγίῳ Λογγίνῳ, καὶ προσεκόμισαν τῷ ἐπουρανίῳ θεῷ θυσίαν δεκτήν. Ἡ δὲ εὐσεβὴς γυνὴ ἐγένετο διάκονος καὶ λειτουργὸς τῆς ἐνδόξου πίστεως· προσκομίσας δὲ καὶ πολλὰ παραινέσας, ἀπῄει ἐν τῇ πόλει ὁ ἐπίσκοπος.

29 Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης καὶ τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπελθούσης, ὥρας οὔσης τετάρτης τῆς νυκτός, ἐφάνη αὐτῇ ὁ ἅγιος Λογγῖνος λέγων· «Ἵνα τί βλασφημεῖς με;» Ἡ δέ, φοβηθεῖσα καὶ ἔντρομος γενομένη, εἶπεν· «Τίς εἶ, κύριε;» Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ἐγώ εἰμι