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innovations are made concerning the word. This is more honorable than many vigils and sleeping on the ground, the profit of which extends only to those who succeed. This is worthy of the man's famous exiles and flights; for in behalf of those things for which he chose to suffer those things, these things also were earnestly pursued after he had suffered. And he continued to do the same in other matters also; praising some, striking others moderately; and stirring up the sluggishness of some, restraining the fervor of others; and taking care for some, that they might not stumble; and contriving for others, that they might be corrected after stumbling; simple in manner, manifold in governance; wise in speech, wiser in thought; plain for the more humble, more lofty for the more sublime; a lover of strangers, a protector of suppliants, 35.1128 an averter of evil, truly one in all things, as many as the children of the Hellenes attribute separately to their own gods. I will add also a presider over marriage, and a protector of virgins, and a peacemaker, and a reconciler, and an escort for those hastening from hence. O how many names the virtue of the man provides for me, willing to call him from every side!

37. Having lived thus, and been instructed and having instructed, so that his life and manner were the standard of the episcopate, and his doctrines the law of orthodoxy, what reward does he receive for his piety? For it is not right to overlook this either. In a good old age he ends his life, and is gathered to his fathers, patriarchs, and prophets, and apostles, and martyrs, who contended for the truth. And, to say a brief epitaph, his departure is honored with more costly honors than his entrances; having stirred many tears, but having deposited in the minds of all a greater glory concerning him than what was seen. But, O dear and sacred head, who, among your other good qualities, pre-eminently honored the measures of both speech and silence, for us you may stop the speech here, even if it is rather wanting in truth, yet not falling short of what is possible; but may you yourself from above watch over us graciously, and lead this people, a perfect worshipper of the perfect Trinity, which is contemplated and adored in Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit; and as for us, if it be in peace, may you hold and shepherd us with yourself; but if in war, may you lead us back or receive us to yourself, and place us with yourself and those like you, even if what is asked is great, in Christ Himself our Lord; to whom be all glory, honor, and power unto the ages. Amen.

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καινοτομεῖται περὶ τὸν λόγον. Τοῦτο τῶν πολλῶν ἀγρυπνιῶν καὶ χαμευνιῶν προτιμότερον, ὧν μέχρι τῶν κατορθούντων τὸ κέρδος. Τοῦτο τῶν ἀοιδίμων ἐξοριῶν καὶ φυγῶν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐπάξιον· ὑπὲρ γὰρ ὧν εἵλετο πάσχειν ἐκεῖνα, ταῦτα καὶ μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν ἐσπουδάζετο. Τὸ δ' αὐτὸ κἀν τοῖς ἄλλοις ποιῶν διετέλει· τοὺς μὲν ἐπαινῶν, τοὺς δὲ πλήττων μετρίως· καὶ τῶν μὲν τὸ νωθρὸν διεγείρων, τῶν δὲ τὸ θερμὸν κατείργων· καὶ τῶν μὲν, ὅπως μὴ πταίσωσι, προμηθούμενος· τοὺς δὲ, ὅπως διορθωθεῖεν πταίσαντες, μηχανώμενος· ἁπλοῦς τὸν τρόπον, πολυειδὴς τὴν κυβέρνησιν· σοφὸς τὸν λόγον, σοφώτερος τὴν διάνοιαν· πεζὸς τοῖς ταπεινοτέροις, ὑψηλότερος τοῖς μετεωροτέροις· φιλόξενος, ἱκέσιος, 35.1128 ἀποτρόπαιος, πάντα εἷς ἀληθῶς, ὅσα μεμερισμένως τοῖς ἑαυτῶν θεοῖς Ἑλλήνων παῖδες ἐπιφημίζουσι. Προσθήσω δὲ καὶ ζύγιον, καὶ παρθένιον, καὶ εἰρηναῖον, καὶ διαλλακτήριον, καὶ πομπαῖον τοῖς ἐντεῦθεν ἐπειγομένοις. Ὢ πόσας μοι ποιεῖ κλήσεις ἡ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀρετὴ, πανταχόθεν καλεῖν ἐθέλοντι!

ΛΖʹ. Ζήσας δὲ οὕτω, καὶ παιδευθεὶς καὶ παιδεύσας, ὥστε ὅρον μὲν ἐπισκοπῆς εἶναι τὸν ἐκείνου βίον καὶ τρόπον, νόμον δὲ ὀρθοδοξίας τὰ ἐκείνου δόγματα, τίνα μισθὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας κομίζεται; οὐδὲ γὰρ τοῦτο παριδεῖν ἄξιον. Ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ καταλύει τὸν βίον, καὶ προστίθεται τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτοῦ, πατριάρχαις, καὶ προφήταις, καὶ ἀποστόλοις, καὶ μάρτυσι, τοῖς ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας ἠγωνισμένοις. Καὶ, ἵνα εἴπω τινὰ βραχὺν ἐπιτάφιον, τιμᾶται τῶν εἰσοδίων τιμῶν τὴν ἐξόδιον πολυτελεστέραν· πολλὰ μὲν κινήσας δάκρυα, μείζονα δὲ τῶν ὁρωμένων τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ δόξαν ταῖς ἁπάντων διανοίαις ἐναποθέμενος. Ἀλλ', ὦ φίλη καὶ ἱερὰ κεφαλὴ, ὁ καὶ λόγου καὶ σιωπῆς μέτρα, μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων σου καλῶν, διαφερόντως τιμήσας, ἡμῖν μὲν ἐνταῦθα στήσαις τὸν λόγον, εἰ καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐνδεέστερον, ἀλλὰ τοῦ γε πρὸς δύναμιν οὐ λειπόμενον· αὐτὸς δὲ ἄνωθεν ἡμᾶς ἐποπτεύοις ἵλεως, καὶ τὸν λαὸν τόνδε διεξάγοις τέλειον τελείας τῆς Τριάδος προσκυνητὴν, τῆς ἐν Πατρὶ, καὶ Υἱῷ, καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι θεωρουμένης καὶ σεβομένης· καὶ ἡμᾶς, εἰ μὲν εἰρηνικῶς, κατέχοις καὶ συμποιμαίνοις· εἰ δὲ πολεμικῶς, ἐπανάγοις ἢ προσλαμβάνοις, καὶ στήσαις μετὰ σεαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν οἷος σὺ, κἂν μέγα ᾖ τὸ αἰτούμενον, ἐν αὐτῷ Χριστῷ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν· ᾧ πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ, καὶ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.