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he had erected as a thank-offering. The impious Julian ordered this to be taken down; which also happened, with the Greeks supposedly dragging the statue in mockery and setting up in its place a wooden image in the name of Julian. But Christians took this statue and deposited it in a church. But fire came down from heaven and burned up the wooden image of the transgressor. And a plant grew at the base of the statue which was a remedy for every disease, which also moved the apostate Julian to envy to destroy the statue of the Lord. In Nicopolis of Palestine, formerly called Emmaus, there is a spring that provides cures for all sorts of afflictions of men and beasts; for they say that in it our Lord and God Jesus Christ washed his feet after a journey; and he permitted this to be filled in. In Hermopolis of the Thebaid stands a persea tree. If one takes a leaf or twig of this, it is a cure for every human affliction. And they say that when the Lord fled into Egypt from Herod with the Theotokos and Joseph, upon arriving at that place, the tree bent to the ground and worshipped him, and to this day it preserves the form of its worship. But Julian, while staying in Antioch and continually going up to Daphne and worshipping the idol of Apollo, received no response, as he thought, from the idol. But realizing that the idol was silent because of the relics of the holy martyr Babylas deposited in Daphne, 50 he sent out a decree that all the relics of the dead deposited there be moved along with those of the martyr; and when this was done, suddenly during the night the temple was burned down from heaven, and the idol was so burnt up that not even a trace of it appeared (and it was said to have stood for years), and the temple was so ruined, that those who came after see its ashes and are amazed at the wonder of God's miraculous deed. Julian, being astonished at this, suspecting that this had happened through a plot of the Christians, proceeded to an examination of the remaining priests, and having subjected them to all kinds of tortures, so that some even died from them, he heard only this from them, that this happened neither by Christians, nor by human plot, but that fire came down from heaven and set fire to the temple and the statues; as also on that night the descending fire appeared to some in the countryside. Therefore the emperor, being enraged and as if fighting against God, closed the great church and confiscated all the sacred objects. And of the two counts sent for this purpose, Felix and Julian, both apostates, they said these things: "We thought there was some supervising power that should hinder us." And Felix said, "See in what kind of vessels the son of Mary was served." And after a short time, Felix, suddenly bringing up blood through his mouth, ended his life in torment; and Julian the count on that very day fell into a most grievous disease, so that his insides were corrupted and he brought up excrement through his mouth, and died in torment. Year of the world 5855. Year of the divine incarnation 355. Emperor of the Romans, Julian, 3 years. 3rd year. King of the Persians, Sapor, 70 years. 61st year. Bishop of Rome, Damasus, 28 years. 11th year. Bishop of Constantinople, Eudoxius, 10 years. 4th year. Bishop of Jerusalem, Hilarius, 12 years. 9th year. Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, 46 years. 37th year. Bishop of Antioch, Leontius, 8 years. 5th year. In this year some of those in military service who were being examined were deceived into apostasy, some by promises of gifts and dignities, and others by compulsions imposed by their own commanders. And Theotecnus, a presbyter entrusted with a church in a suburb of Antioch, 51 being deceived by a promise, voluntarily turned to idolatry; whom God punished immediately. For he became eaten by worms and, losing his sight, died eating his own tongue. And Heron, a bishop of the Thebaid, voluntarily apostatized in the city of Antioch, whom God straightway into

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ἔθει εὐχαριστήριον ἀνέστησεν. τοῦτον κατενεχθῆναι προσέταξεν ὁ δυσσεβὴς Ἰουλιανός· ὃ καὶ γέγονεν, κατ' ἐμπαιγμὸν δῆθεν συράντων Ἑλλήνων τὸν ἀνδριάντα καὶ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ ξόανον ὀνόματι Ἰουλιανοῦ στησάντων. τοῦτον δὲ Χριστιανοὶ λαβόντες τὸν ἀνδριάντα εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἀπέθεντο. τὸ δὲ τοῦ παραβάτου ξόανον κατελθὸν πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφλεξεν. βοτάνη δὲ ἐφύετο ὑπὸ τὴν βάσιν τοῦ ἀνδριάντος πάσης νόσου ἀλεξητήριος, ἥτις καὶ πρὸς φθόνον ἐκίνησε τὸν ἀποστάτην Ἰουλιανὸν καταστρέψαι τὸν τοῦ κυρίου ἀνδριάντα. ἐν Νικοπόλει τῆς Παλαιστίνης, τῇ λεγομένῃ τὸ πρὶν Ἐμμαούς, πηγή ἐστι παντοίων παθῶν ἀνθρώπων τε καὶ ἀλόγων ἰάσεις παρέχουσα· ἐν αὐτῇ γάρ φασι τὸν κύριον καὶ θεὸν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τοὺς πόδας ἀπονίψασθαι ἐξ ὁδοιπορίας· καὶ ταύτην καταχωσθῆναι ἐπέτρεψεν. ἐν Ἑρμουπόλει τῆς Θηβαΐδος δένδρον ἵσταται περσέα. ταύτης φύλλον ἢ κάρφος εἰ λάβοι τις, πρὸς πᾶσαν ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν ἴασιν. φασὶ δέ, ὅτι, ἡνίκα ὁ κύριος εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἔφυγε τὸν Ἡρώδην σὺν τῇ θεοτόκῳ καὶ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ κατὰ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον γενόμενος, κλιθὲν τὸ δένδρον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ καὶ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν σώζει τὸ σχῆμα τῆς προσκυνήσεως. Ἰουλιανὸς δὲ διάγων ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ καὶ συνεχῶς ἐν ∆άφνῃ ἀνιὼν καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος θεραπεύων εἴδωλον οὐδεμιᾶς ἀποκρίσεως, ὡς ᾤετο, ἐτύγχανεν ὑπὸ τοῦ εἰδώλου. νοήσας δέ, ὅτι διὰ τὰ ἀποκείμενα ἐν τῇ ∆άφνῃ λείψανα τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Βαβυλᾶ ἀποσιωπᾷ τὸ εἴδωλον, 50 δόγμα ἐξέπεμψε πάντα τὰ ἀποκείμενα ἐκεῖ τῶν νεκρῶν λείψανα μετατεθῆναι σὺν τοῖς τοῦ μάρτυρος· καὶ τούτου γενομένου ἀθρόως τῇ νυκτὶ κατεφλέχθη οὐρανόθεν ὁ ναός, τὸ δὲ εἴδωλον οὕτω κατεκάη, ὥστε μηδὲ ἴχνος αὐτοῦ φανῆναι, (ἐλέγετο δὲ πρὸ ἐτῶν ἑστηκέναι), ὁ δὲ ναὸς οὕτω κατεριπώθη, ὥστε τοὺς μετέπειτα ὁρᾷ τὴν τούτου τέφρωσιν καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ παραδόξῳ ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ παραδοξοποιΐας. ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔκθαμβος γενόμενος Ἰουλιανός, ὑπονοήσας κατ' ἐπιβουλὴν τῶν Χριστιανῶν τοῦτο γενέσθαι, ἐπὶ ἐξέτασιν τῶν παραμενόντων ἱερέων ἐχώρει, καὶ παντοίαις βασάνοις αὐτοὺς ὑποβαλών, ὡς καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἐξ αὐτῶν, τοῦτο μόνον ἤκουσε παρ' αὐτῶν, ὅτι οὔτε ὑπὸ Χριστιανῶν, οὔτε ἀπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἐπιβουλῆς τοῦτο γέγονεν, ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πῦρ κατελθὸν ἐνέπρησε τὸν ναὸν καὶ τὰ ἀγάλματα· ὡς καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ τισὶ φανῆναι ἐν τῇ ἀγροικίᾳ τὸ πῦρ καταφερόμενον. θυμωθεὶς οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὥσπερ τῷ θεῷ μαχόμενος τὴν μεγάλην ἐκκλησίαν ἀπέκλεισε καὶ πάντα τὰ ἱερὰ ἐδήμευσεν. τῶν δὲ ἀποσταλέντων ἐπὶ τούτῳ κομήτων δύο, Φίλικος καὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ ἀποστατῶν, ἔλεγον ταῦτα· "ἐνομίζομεν ἐποπτικήν τινα εἶναι δύναμιν τὴν ὀφείλουσαν ἡμᾶς κωλῦσαι." ὁ δὲ Φίλιξ· "ἴδε εἰς ποταπὰ σκεύη ὑπηρετεῖτο ὁ υἱὸς Μαρίας." καὶ μετ' ὀλίγον ὁ μὲν Φίλιξ ἀθρόως διὰ στόματος αἷμα ἀναγαγών, βασανιζόμενος κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον· Ἰουλιανὸς δὲ ὁ κόμης κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἡμέρα νόσῳ χαλεπωτάτῃ περιπεσών, ὡς καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ διαφθαρῆναι καὶ κόπρον διὰ στόματος ἀναγαγεῖν, βασανιζόμενος ἀπέθανεν. Κόσμου ἔτη εωνεʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τνεʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη γʹ. γʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. ξαʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος ∆άμασος ἔτη κηʹ. ιαʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Εὐδόξιος ἔτη ιʹ. δʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἱλάριος ἔτη ιβʹ. θʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη μϛʹ. λζʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Λεόντιος ἔτη ηʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τινὲς ἠπατήθησαν τῶν ἐν στρατείαις ἐξεταζομένων πρὸς ἀποστασίαν, οἱ μὲν ἐπαγγελίαις δόσεων καὶ ἀξιωμάτων, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἀνάγκαις ἐπιτιθεμέναις ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων ἀρχόντων. καὶ Θεότεκνος πρεσβύτερος ἐν προαστείῳ Ἀντιοχείας ἐκκλησίαν πεπιστευ51 μένος ἐξ ὑποσχέσεως ἀπατηθεὶς αὐτομάτως ἐπὶ τὴν εἰδωλολατρείαν ἐχώρησεν· ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἐτιμωρήσατο παραχρῆμα. σκωληκόβρωτος γὰρ γενόμενος καὶ τὰς ὄψεις ἀποβαλών, τὴν γλῶσσαν ἐσθίων ἀπέθανεν. καὶ Ἥρων, ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Θηβαΐδος, αὐτομάτως ἀπεστάτησεν ἐν τῇ Ἀντιοχέων πόλει, ὃν ὁ θεὸς παρευθὺ εἰς