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most unholy of men; give whatever sentence you wish against me, and whatever Satan who dwells in your soul puts into you; for I oppose your will, and I do not submit to your commands. Therefore do what you wish, most lawless one. 64. When the transgressor and one estranged from God, Julian, heard these things from the martyr, he pronounced this sentence against him: Artemius, who has insulted the gods, and has trampled on both the Roman and our laws, and has confessed himself a Christian instead of a Roman and a Greek, and instead of a dux and an augustalis has named himself a Galilean, we have delivered to the final sentence of death, commanding his defiled head to be cut off with a sword. Therefore, when the martyr of Christ received this sentence, he came forth from the tribunal with the soldiers who were leading him away, rejoicing and exulting, praising and glorifying Christ the King. And having reached the place where the soldier and martyr of Christ was about to receive his consummation, he said to the soldiers who were leading him away: Brothers, I beseech you, allow me a little time to pray; and they said to him: Do as is pleasing to you. And the saint, turning toward the east and spreading his hands to heaven, prayed thus: 65. I thank you, Master, Savior of those who in truth call upon your name, because you have strengthened me, your unworthy servant, to trample on the goads of the devil, and to shatter his snares which he placed under my feet, and to put to shame the apostate Julian who has leaped away from your lordship, and has clung to the devil and to those who hate you; the one who has trampled on your holy laws, and has profaned your divine commands; I thank you, lover of mankind, because you have looked upon my lowliness, and have not shut me up in the hands of enemies, but have set my feet in a broad place, and have directed my steps. I thank you, only-begotten Word of the Father, because you have deemed me worthy of the prize of the upward calling, and of the choir of your saints, and have perfected me in my confession of you, and have put to shame those who rise up against me; and now I call upon you, Master, look upon me and upon my humble words, and give refreshment to your inheritance, for it has grown weak and you have not restored it. For behold, your enemies have made a noise, and those who hate you have lifted up their heads. Against your people they have devised a crafty plan, and have taken counsel against your saints. For they have said: Come and let us destroy them, and let the name of Christ be remembered no more. These things Julian boasts; in these things he is insolent; these things he threatens to your people and to your inheritance for which you shed your blood. For behold, your altars have been torn down, and your sanctuary has been burned, and the beauty of your house has vanished, and the blood of your covenant has been counted as nothing, because of our sins, and the blasphemies which Arius poured out against you, the Only-Begotten, and your Holy Spirit, alienating you from the consubstantiality of the Father and estranging you from His nature, calling you a creature, you who are the creator of all creation, and 96.1313 placing under time the one who created the ages; saying thus: There was a time when the Son was not; calling you a Son of will and volition, the most lawless one. But that impious one indeed found the rewards for his own mouth and his unjust tongue, even if his blasphemies remain, bearing fruit for him of eternal and unending punishment. But you, long-suffering one, stop the tyranny against us, and quench your just anger and the wrath which we have kindled, in provoking you, Lord; shatter the strongholds of idolatry; extinguish the altars of the idols, and the stench of the unclean

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ἀνθρώπων ἀνοσιώτατε· δίδου ἀπόφασιν κατ' ἐμοῦ ὁποίαν ἐθέλεις, καὶ οἵαν ὁ Σατανᾶς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἐμβάλῃ σοι· ἐγὼ γὰρ τῷ σῷ θελήματι ἀντιτάσσομαι, καὶ τοῖς προστάγμασί σου οὐχ ὑποκύπτω. Ποίει οὖν ὃ θέλεις, παρανομώτατε. ξδʹ. Ταῦτα ὁ παραβάτης καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀλλότριος Ἰουλιανὸς ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ μάρτυρος, ἀπεφήνατο κατ' αὐτοῦ ταυτηνὶ τὴν ἀπόφασιν· Ἀρτέμιον τὸν τοὺς θεοὺς ἐνυβρίσαντα, καὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαϊκούς τε καὶ ἡμετέρους καταπατήσαντα νόμους, Χριστιανόν τε αὑτὸν ἀντὶ Ῥωμαίου καὶ Ἕλληνος καθομολογήσαντα, καὶ ἀντὶ δουκὸς καὶ αὐγουσταλίου Γαλιλαῖον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάσαντα, τῇ τελευταίᾳ τοῦ θανάτου παραδεδώκαμεν ψήφῳ, τὴν μιαρὰν αὐτοῦ κεφαλὴν ξίφει ἐκκοπῆναι κελεύσαντες. Ταύτην οὖν τὴν ἀπόφασιν ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μάρτυς δεξάμενος, ἐξελήλυθε τοῦ βήματος μετὰ τῶν ἀπαγόντων αὐτὸν στρατιωτῶν, χαίρων καὶ ἀγαλλιώμενος, ὑμνολογῶν καὶ δοξάζων τὸν βασιλέα Χριστόν. Φθάσαντες δὲ τὸν τόπον εἰς ὃν ἔμελλεν ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ στρατιώτης καὶ μάρτυς τὴν τελείωσιν δέξασθαι, ἔφη πρὸς τοὺς ἀπάγοντας αὐτὸν στρατιώτας· Ἀδελφοὶ, παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, ἔνδοτέ μοι μικρὸν τοῦ προσεύξασθαι· οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπον· Ὡς ἔστι σοι καταθύμιον, ποίησον. Καὶ στραφεὶς ὁ ἅγιος κατὰ ἀνατολὰς, καὶ τὰς χεῖρας εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἐφαπλώσας, ηὔξατο οὕτως· ξεʹ. Εὐχαριστῶ σοι, ∆έσποτα Σῶτερ τῶν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐπικαλουμένων τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσάς με τὸν ἀνάξιον δοῦλόν σου καταπατῆσαι τὰ κέντρα τοῦ διαβόλου, καὶ συντρίψαι τὰς αὐτοῦ παγίδας ἃς ἔθετο ὑποκάτωθεν τῶν ποδῶν μου, καὶ καταισχῦναι τὸν ἀποστάτην Ἰουλιανὸν τὸν ἀποσκιρτήσαντα τῆς σῆς δεσποτείας, καὶ προσκολληθέντα τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς μισοῦσί σε· τὸν καταπατήσαντα τοὺς νόμους τοὺς ἁγίους σου, καὶ βεβηλώσαντα τὰ ἔνθεά σου προστάγματα· εὐχαριστῶ σοι, φιλάνθρωπε, ὅτι ἐπεῖδες ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου, καὶ οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν, ἀλλ' ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου, καὶ κατεύθυνας τὰ διαβήματά μου. Εὐχαριστῶ σοι, μονογενὲς Λόγε τοῦ Πατρὸς, ὅτι ἠξίωσάς με τοῦ βραβείου τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως, καὶ τοῦ χοροῦ τῶν ἁγίων σου, καὶ ἐτελείωσάς με ἐν τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ σου, καὶ κατῄσχυνας τοὺς ἐπανισταμένους ἐπ' ἐμέ· καὶ νῦν ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε, ∆έσποτα, ἔπιδε ἐπ' ἐμὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς ῥήμασί μου τοῖς ταπεινοῖς, καὶ δὸς ἀναψυχὴν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ σου, ὅτι ἠσθένησεν καὶ οὐ κατηρτήσω αὐτήν. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἤχησαν, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές σε ἦραν κεφαλήν. Ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν σου κατεπανουργήσαντο γνώμην, καὶ ἐβουλεύσαντο κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου. Εἶπον γάρ· ∆εῦτε καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσωμεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῇ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔτι. Ταῦτα κομπάζει Ἰουλιανός· ταῦτα θρασύνεται· ταῦτα ἀπειλᾷ τῷ λαῷ σου καὶ τῇ κληρονομίᾳ σου ὑπὲρ ἧς τὸ σὸν αἷμα ἐξέχεας. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατεσκάφησαν, καὶ τὸ ἁγίασμά σου ἐμπέπρησται, καὶ ἡ εὐπρέπεια τοῦ οἴκου σου ἐξηφάνισται, καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης σου ἐξουδένωται, διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, καὶ τὰς βλασφημίας ἃς ἐξέχεεν Ἄρειος κατὰ σοῦ τοῦ Μονογενοῦς καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος, ἀλλοτριῶν σε τῆς τοῦ Πατρὸς ὁμοουσιότητος καὶ ἀποξενῶν σε τῆς αὐτοῦ φύσεως, κτίσμα σε ἀποκαλῶν τὸν δημιουργὸν πάσης τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ 96.1313 ὑπὸ χρόνον τιθεὶς τὸν τοὺς αἰῶνας δημιουργήσαντα· φάσκων οὑτωσί· Ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν ὁ Υἱός· βουλήσεως καὶ θελήσεως Υἱόν σε ἀποκαλῶν ὁ παρανομώτατος. Ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνος μὲν ὁ δυσσεβὴς εὗρεν τοῦ ἰδίου στόματος καὶ τῆς ἀδίκου γλώττης τὰς ἀμοιβὰς, εἰ καὶ αἱ βλασφημίαι αὐτοῦ μένουσι, καρποφοροῦσαι αὐτῷ τὴν αἰώνιον καὶ ἀτελεύτητον κόλασιν. Σὺ δὲ, μακρόθυμε, στῆσον τὴν καθ' ἡμῶν τυραννίδα, καὶ σβέσον τὸν θυμόν σου τὸν δίκαιον καὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ἣν ἡμεῖς ἐξεκαύσαμεν, ἐν τῷ παροργίζειν σε, Κύριε· θραῦσον τῆς εἰδωλολατρείας τὰ ὀχυρώματα· σβέσον τοὺς βωμοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων, καὶ τὴν κνίσσαν τῶν ἀκαθάρτων