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they persecuted the Arians, with the cooperation of Damasus, the pope of Rome. Then Peter, bishop of Alexandria, having returned and driven out Lucius, took back his own throne, and having survived for a short time, he died. Timothy, his brother, was ordained in his place as bishop of the church of the orthodox in Alexandria. In Antioch of Syria, the orthodox being divided in two after the events concerning the divine Eustathius, some had Paulinus as bishop, and others the holy Meletius after the promotion of Euzoius, the Arian bishop in Antioch, who had schismed from them. The emperors wrote a law in favor of the orthodox and sent it out through a certain general, Sapor, throughout the East, who, having arrived at Antioch, found a dispute between Paulinus, who was laying claim to the episcopate, and Apollinarius, who was running for the throne, Me67 letius the holy remaining quiet without a fight, and Flavian, who was then a presbyter, opposing Paulinus, shaming Apollinarius, and urging the general Sapor to give the throne to Meletius; and having confirmed this, he departed. Then the great Meletius ordained Diodore, the bishop of Tarsus. And Eusebius, the bishop of Samosata, having returned from exile, ordained many bishops in various cities. But having come to Doliche also to ordain Maris as bishop, upon entering the city he was killed, when an Arian woman threw a tile from a height onto the holy head of the saint, with God permitting it by judgments which He knows; about whom Gregory the Theologian also says: "I seek my yesteryear's victim of yours, the Abraham-like old man." At that time Gregory the Theologian also taught more boldly in Constantinople in the oratory of Saint Anastasia, where they say extraordinary miracles also occurred through an appearance of our all-holy lady, the Theotokos. Bishop of Alexandria Timothy, 8 years. 2. 3. 28. 10. 14. 1. 8. Bishop of Rome Siricius, 15 years. 3. 4. 1. 11. 15. 2. 9. Year of the world 5874. Year of the divine incarnation 374. Emperor of the Romans Theodosius, 16 years. 4. King of the Persians Sapor, 5 years. 5. Bishop of Rome Siricius, 15 years. 2. Bishop of Constantinople Demophilus, 12 years. 12. Bishop of Jerusalem Cyril, 35 years. 16. Bishop of Alexandria Timothy, 8 years. 3. Bishop of Antioch Meletius, 25 years. 10. In this year, the emperor Gratian was killed by the treachery of Andragathius, the general of Maximus the tyrant. For he, having entered upon a 68 carriage, pretended to be the wife of Gratian, and thus meeting him unguarded, Andragathius killed him. When he was killed, Valentinian held the Roman empire. At the same time, Theodosius the Great, having fallen ill in Thessalonica, was baptized by Acholius the bishop, and he wrote a law on behalf of the orthodox of the homoousion, which he sent to Constantinople. And having come to Constantinople, he declared to Demophilus either to abandon the Arian error or to quickly depart from the churches. And he, having gathered the multitude of the Arians, held services outside the city, having with him also Lucius, the Arian bishop of Alexandria; and thus, then, the divine Gregory, with those whom he himself had enlightened in the orthodox faith, took over all the churches, the Arians having held them for 40 years and a little more. King of the Persians 12, Vararanes, 11 years. Bishop of Constantinople Gregory the Theologian, 2 years. 5. 1. 3. 1. 17. 4. 11. In this year in Antioch, in the neighborhood of the Iobitai so-called, a woman bore at the same time four male children; and they survived for two months and died, one after the other, all four. 6. 2. 4. 2. 18. 5. 12. In this year the great and ecumenical holy second synod of the 150 orthodox bishops was gathered in Constantinople by Theodosius the Great for the confirmation of the dogmas of Nicaea. And he also summoned bishops from the heresy of Macedonius

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ἀρειανίζοντας ἐδίωξαν, ∆αμάσου, τοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης, συμπράττοντος. τότε καὶ Πέτρος, Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος, ὑποστρέψας καὶ Λούκιον ἀπελάσας τὸν ἴδιον θρόνον ἀπέλαβεν, ὀλίγον δὲ χρόνον ἐπιβιοὺς ἐτελεύτησεν. Τιμόθεος δέ, ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀντ' αὐτοῦ χειροτονεῖται τῆς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἐκκλησίας τῶν ὀρθοδόξων ἐπίσκοπος. ἐν δὲ Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς Συρίας διχῇ διῃρημένων τῶν ὀρθοδόξων μετὰ τὰ κατὰ τὸν θεῖον Εὐστάθιον, οἱ μὲν Παυλῖνον εἶχον ἐπίσκοπον, οἱ δὲ Μελέτιον τὸν ἱερὸν μετὰ τὴν προαγωγὴν Εὐζωΐου, τοῦ Ἀρειανῶν ἐπισκόπου ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποσχίσαντος. οἱ δὲ βασιλεῖς νόμον ἔγραψαν ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων καὶ ἐξέπεμψαν διὰ Σάπωρός τινος στρατηγοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἑῴαν, ὃς καταλαβὼν Ἀντιόχειαν εὗρεν ἔριδα Παυλίνου, τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἀντιποιουμένου, καὶ Ἀπολιναρίου ἐπιτρέχοντος τῷ θρόνῳ, Με67 λέτιον δὲ τὸν ἱερὸν ἀμάχως ἡσυχάζοντα, Φλαβιανὸν δὲ τότε πρεσβύτερον ὄντα καὶ Παυλίνῳ μὲν ἀντιταττόμενον, Ἀπολινάριον δὲ καταισχύνοντα καὶ Μελετίῳ τὸν θρόνον ἀποδοῦναι τὸν στρατηγὸν Σάπωρα παρεγγυώμενον· καὶ τοῦτον κυρώσας ἀνεχώρησεν. τότε ∆ιόδωρον, τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Ταρσοῦ, ὁ μέγας Μελέτιος ἐχειροτόνησεν. Εὐσέβιός τε, ὁ Σαμοσάτων ἐπίσκοπος, ἐκ τῆς ἐξορίας ἐπανελθὼν πολλοὺς ἐπισκόπους ἐχειροτόνησε διαφόροις πόλεσιν. ἐλθὼν δὲ καὶ ἐν ∆ολίχῃ χειροτονῆσαι Μάριν ἐπίσκοπον, εἰσερχόμενος ἐν τῇ πόλει φονεύεται, γυναικὸς Ἀρειανῆς ἐξ ὕψους ῥιψάσης κεραμίδα κατὰ τῆς ἱερᾶς τοῦ ἁγίου κεφαλῆς, θεοῦ συγχωρήσαντος οἵοις οἶδε κρίμασιν· περὶ οὗ καὶ ὁ θεολόγος Γρηγόριός φησιν· "ζητῶ μου τὸ χθὲς ὑμῶν σφάγιον, τὸν Ἀβραμιαῖον γέροντα." τότε καὶ Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος παρρησιαστικώτερον ἐδίδασκεν ἐν τῇ Κωνσταντινουπόλει εἰς τὸ εὐκτήριον τῆς ἁγίας Ἀναστασίας, ἔνθα καὶ παράδοξα γίνεσθαι θαύματα ἐξ ἐμφανείας τῆς παναγίας δεσποίνης ἡμῶν θεοτόκου λέγουσιν. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Τιμόθεος ἔτη ηʹ. βʹ. γʹ. κηʹ. ιʹ. ιδʹ. αʹ. ηʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιρίκιος ἔτη ιεʹ. γʹ. δʹ. αʹ. ιαʹ. ιεʹ. βʹ. θʹ. Κόσμου ἔτη εωοδʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τοδʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. δʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη εʹ. εʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιρίκιος ἔτη ιεʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος ∆ημόφιλος ἔτη ιβʹ. ιβʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λεʹ. ιϛʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Τιμόθεος ἔτη ηʹ. γʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Μελέτιος ἔτη κεʹ. ιʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Γρατιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀνῃρέθη δόλῳ Ἀνδραγαθίου, τοῦ στρατηγοῦ Μαξίμου τοῦ τυράννου. οὗτος γὰρ ἐφ' 68 ἁμάξης εἰσελθὼν ὑπεκρίθη εἶναι ἡ γαμετὴ Γρατιανοῦ, καὶ οὕτως ὑπαντήσας ἀφυλάκτῳ αὐτῷ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν ὁ Ἀνδραγάθιος. τούτου δὲ ἀναιρεθέντος, ἐκράτησεν Οὐαλεντινιανὸς τὴν Ῥωμαίων βασιλείαν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ χρόνῳ Θεοδόσιος ὁ μέγας νόσῳ περιπεσὼν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ βαπτίζεται ὑπὸ Ἀχολίου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, καὶ νόμον ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων τοῦ ὁμοουσίου ἔγραψεν, ὃν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἀπέστειλεν. ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐδήλωσε ∆ημοφίλῳ, ἢ ἀποστῆναι τῆς Ἀρείου πλάνης, ἢ ταχέως τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν ἐξελθεῖν. ὁ δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἀρειανῶν συνάξας ἔξω τῆς πόλεως ἐκκλησίαζεν, ἔχων καὶ Λούκιον, τὸν Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπον Ἀρειανόν, σὺν αὐτῷ· καὶ οὕτω λοιπὸν ὁ θεῖος Γρηγόριος, μεθ' ὧν αὐτὸς εἰς τὴν ὀρθόδοξον πίστιν ἐφώτισεν, τὰς ἐκκλησίας πάσας παρέλαβεν, μʹ ἔτη τῶν Ἀρειανῶν καὶ μικρὸν πρὸς κατασχόντων αὐτάς. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ιβʹ Οὐαραράνης ἔτη ιαʹ. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος ἔτη βʹ. εʹ. αʹ. γʹ. αʹ. ιζʹ. δʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἐν γειτονίᾳ Ἰοβιτῶν οὕτω α·μένων, γυνὴ ἔτεκεν ὁμοῦ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ παιδία τέσσαρα ἀρσενικά· καὶ ἐπέζησαν μῆνας δύο καὶ ἀπέθανον, ἓν ἐπὶ τὸ ἓν, τὰ τέσσαρα. ϛʹ. βʹ. δʹ. βʹ. ιηʹ. εʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἡ μεγάλη καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ ἁγία δευτέρα σύνοδος τῶν ρνʹ ὀρθοδόξων ἐπισκόπων ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ὑπὸ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου συνηθροίσθη πρὸς βεβαίωσιν τῶν ἐν Νικαίᾳ δογμάτων. μετεστείλατο δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῆς Μακεδονίου αἱρέσεως ἐπισκόπους