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having instructed her son concerning piety towards Christ. And she was buried in the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, which her son Constantine built for the burial of Christian emperors who died. And the first to be buried in it was the blessed Helen, honored with splendid memorials and all-night vigils. But the holy virgins in Jerusalem, whom the God-minded Helen herself entertained at a feast, serving at the tables as a handmaid, always blessed her with divine memorials. And the emperor ordered Eusebius of Pamphilus to prepare sacred books for the churches of Constantinople, providing him also with public funds. Year of the world 5818. Year of the divine incarnation 318. Roman emperor Constantine, 32 years. 22. Persian king Sapor, 70 years. 24. Bishop of Rome Sylvester, 28 years. 26. Bishop of Const. Alexander, 23 years. 7. Bishop of Jerusalem Macarius, 20 years. 12. Bishop of Alexandria Alexander, 23 years. 20. Bishop of Antioch, 23rd Eustathius, 18 years. 12. In this year Constantine, the most pious victor, campaigning against the Germans and Sarmatians and Goths, won a mighty victory through the 28 power of the cross, and having devastated them he reduced them to extreme servitude. In the same year, also having rebuilt Drepana in honor of Lucian, the martyr there, he called it Helenopolis, named after his mother. Eusebius of Pamphilus testifies to all the orthodoxy of the symbol of the faith set forth in Nicaea by the fathers, writing to his own citizens and interpreting the words according to the sense. And Athanasius, in his letter to the Africans, testifies of Eusebius of Pamphilus that he accepted the term "homoousios". But Theodoret says that Eusebius of Pamphilus was in agreement with the Arians, of Eusebius of Nicomedia and those with him, for which reason he also collaborated in the deposition of the divine Eustathius of Antioch, with whom he also persuaded the emperor that he was justly deposed and arranged for him to be exiled in Illyricum. 23. 25. 27. 8. 13. 21. 13. In this year in Antioch the octagonal church began to be built. 24. 26. 28. 9. 14. 22. 14. In this year Constantine the pious, having crossed the Danube, built a stone bridge over it and subjugated the Scythians. Bishop of Rome, 32nd, Mark, 2 years. 25. 27. 1. 10. 15. 23. 15. In this year Constantine the pious, founding Constantinople, decreed that it be called New Rome and commanded it to have a senate, erecting also a porphyry column and on top of it a statue of himself from the place where he began to build the city, to the western part of the gate leading out to Rome, having adorned the city and having brought to it from every province and city whatever work there was of fine craftsmanship and statues and bronze and marble. Bishop of Alexandria Athanasius, 46 years. 26. 28. 2. 11. 16. 1. 16. In this year Constantine the pious intensified the destruction of the idols and their temples, and they were being destroyed in various places; and their revenues were being given to the churches of God. 29 Year of the world 5823. Year of the divine incarnation 323. Roman emperor Constantine, 32 years. 27. Persian king Sapor, 70 years. 29. Bishop of Rome Julius, 15 years. 1. Bishop of Const. Alexander, 23 years. 12. Bishop of Jerusalem Macarius, 20 years. 17. Bishop of Alexandria Athanasius, 46 years. 2. Bishop of Antioch Eustathius, 18 years. 17. In this year the basilica in Nicomedia was consumed by divine fire. 28. 30. 2. 13. 18. 3. 18. In this year, when the seventh indiction was about to begin, a famine occurred in the East which prevailed more severely, so that villages likewise gathering in a great crowd in the territory of the Antiochenes and of Cyrrhus would attack one another and would plunder by night with raids, and finally would enter the granaries by day and in the

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ἐντειλαμένη τῷ υἱῷ περὶ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν εὐσεβείας. ἐτάφη δὲ ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, ὃν ἔκτισεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς Κωνσταντῖνος εἰς τὸ θάπτεσθαι τοὺς τελευτῶντας βασιλεῖς Χριστιανούς. πρώτη δὲ ἐτάφη ἐν αὐτῷ ἡ μακαρία Ἑλένη, μνήμαις φαιδραῖς καὶ παννυχίσι τιμηθεῖσα. αἱ δὲ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἱεραὶ παρθένοι, ἃς ἑστιῶσα δι' ἑαυτῆς, ὡς θεράπαινα, ταῖς τραπέζαις διηκόνει ἡ θεόφρων Ἑλένη, διὰ παντὸς θείαις μνήμαις αὐτὴν ἐμακάριζον. Εὐσεβίῳ δὲ τῷ Παμφίλου βίβλους ἱερὰς κατασκευάσαι ὁ βασιλεὺς προσέταξε λόγῳ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως παρασχὼν αὐτῷ καὶ δημόσια χρήματα. Κόσμου ἔτη εωιηʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τιή. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη λβʹ. κβʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. κδʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σίλβεστρος ἔτη κηʹ. κϛʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ζʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Μακάριος ἔτη κ. ιβʹ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. κʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκ. κγʹ Εὐστάθιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Κωνσταντῖνος νικητὴς εὐσεβέστατος κατὰ Γερμανῶν καὶ Σαρματῶν καὶ Γότθων στρατεύσας νίκην ἤρατο κραταιὰν διὰ τῆς 28 τοῦ σταυροῦ δυνάμεως, καὶ τούτους ἐρημώσας εἰς ἐσχάτην αὐτοὺς κατήγαγε δουλείαν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει καὶ ∆ρεπάναν ἐπικτίσας εἰς τιμὴν Λουκιανοῦ τοῦ ἐκεῖσε μάρτυρος ὁμώνυμον τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἑλενόπολιν κέκληκεν. τῷ συμβόλῳ τῆς ἐκτεθείσης ἐν Νικαίᾳ ὑπὸ τῶν πατέρων πίστεως πᾶσαν ὀρθοδοξίαν Εὐσέβιος ὁ Παμφίλου μαρτυρεῖ γράφων τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ πολίταις καὶ ἑρμηνεύων τὰ ῥήματα πρὸς τὴν διάνοιαν. Ἀθανάσιος δὲ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἄφρους ἐπιστολῇ μαρτυρεῖ τῷ Παμφίλου ὡς δεξαμένῳ τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ ὁμοουσίου. ὁ δὲ Θεοδώρητός φησιν ὅτι Εὐσέβιος ὁ Παμφίλου σύμφρων τῶν Ἀρειανῶν ὑπῆρχεν, Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Νικομηδείας καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ, ὅθεν καὶ τῇ καθαιρέσει τοῦ θείου Εὐσταθίου Ἀντιοχείας συνέδραμεν, μεθ' ὧν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα πείσας δικαίως αὐτὸν καθαιρεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ Ἰλλυρικῷ παρεσκεύασεν αὐτὸν ἐξορισθῆναι. κγʹ. κεʹ. κζʹ. ηʹ. ιγʹ. καʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τὸ ὀκτάγωνον κυριακὸν ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖσθαι. κδʹ. κϛʹ. κηʹ. θʹ. ιδʹ. κβʹ. ιδʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ εὐσεβὴς τὸν ∆ανοῦβιν περάσας γέφυραν ἐν αὐτῷ λιθίνην πεποίηκε καὶ τοὺς Σκύθας ὑπέταξεν. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος λβʹ Μάρκος ἔτη βʹ. κεʹ. κζʹ. αʹ. ιʹ. ιεʹ. κγʹ. ιεʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει κτίζων Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ εὐσεβὴς τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν Ῥώμην νέαν χρηματίζειν ταύτην ἐθέσπισε καὶ σύγκλητον ἔχειν ἐκέλευσεν, στήσας καὶ πορφυροῦν κίονα καὶ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ἀνδριάντα ἑαυτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν τὴν πόλιν, ἐπὶ τὸ δυτικὸν μέρος τῆς ἐπὶ Ῥώμην ἐξιούσης πύλης, κοσμήσας τὴν πόλιν καὶ κομίσας ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπαρχίας καὶ πόλεως, εἴ τι ἔργον ἦν εὐκοσμίας καὶ ἀνδριάντων καὶ χαλκοῦ καὶ μαρμάρου. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη μϛʹ. κϛʹ. κηʹ. βʹ. ιαʹ. ιϛʹ. αʹ. ιϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπέτεινε Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ εὐσεβὴς τὴν κατὰ τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ τῶν ναῶν αὐτῶν κατάλυσιν, καὶ κατὰ τόπους ἠφανίζοντο· καὶ αἱ πρόσοδοι αὐτῶν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεδίδοντο. 29 Κόσμου ἔτη εωκγʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τκγʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη λβʹ. κζʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. κθʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἰούλιος ἔτη ιεʹ. αʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ιβʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Μακάριος ἔτη κʹ. ιζʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη μϛʹ. βʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐστάθιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἡ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ βασιλικὴ πυρὶ θείῳ κατεφλέχθη. κηʹ. λʹ. βʹ. ιγʹ. ιηʹ. γʹ. ιηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει, μελλούσης τῆς ἑβδόμης ἰνδικτιῶνος ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι, λιμὸς ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ ἐπικρατήσας σφοδρότερον, ὥστε κώμας κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν ὄχλῳ πολλῷ συναγομένας ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας Ἀντιοχέων καὶ τῆς Κύρου ἐπέρχεσθαι κατ' ἀλλήλων καὶ ἁρπάζειν μὲν ὡς ἐν νυκτὶ ταῖς ἐφόδοις, ἔσχατον δὲ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπεισιέναι εἰς τοὺς σιτοβολῶνας καὶ ἐν ταῖς