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36, led by Eleusius. But the 150 holy fathers were led by Timothy of Alexandria, Meletius, the most holy of Antioch, Cyril, the most holy of Jerusalem, and the divine Gregory of Constantinople. But the 36 bishops who held the views of Macedonius, when urged by the fathers to accept the dogmas of Nicaea, just as the party of 69 Silvanus, sent to Rome, had submitted libelli and agreed with Liberius in the time of Valens, refused to agree with the truth and departed, becoming a laughing-stock to all, for thinking one thing but agreeing to another, deceitfully adducing the letters of Liberius as testifying to their orthodoxy. The holy synod confirmed the episcopacy of Constantinople for Gregory the Theologian, and they installed him on the throne against his will, as one who had toiled much and freed the city from the scourge of the heresies. But when he, the all-wise and most blessed one, learned that some of those from Egypt were jealous of the matter, he delivered his farewell speech and voluntarily withdrew from the throne of the queen of cities. After he had resigned, the emperor and the synod appointed Nectarius, a Tarsian by birth, who was then administering the office of praetor, who happened to be unbaptized until then, but was venerable and devout in his life. The holy and ecumenical synod confirmed the *homoousion*, and added to the creed the theology of the Spirit. It also set forth canons, in which it assigned to the throne of Constantinople the prerogatives of New Rome. At that time Gregory of Nyssa and Pelagius of Laodicea, and Eulogius of Edessa and Amphilochius of Iconium shone forth in this synod, along with the great Gregory and those aforementioned. The holy synod anathematized Arius and Eusebius of Nicomedia, Euzoius and Acacius, Theognis and Euphronius and the rest; in addition to these, it also condemned Macedonius the Pneumatomachian, and Eudoxius and Aetius and Eunomius. Meletius the Great, after the synod in Constantinople was completed, fell asleep in peace. His sacred body was transported to Antioch and was placed near the tomb of the holy martyr Babylas. Flavian was ordained bishop of Antioch, while Paulinus was still alive, even though oaths had been given that Flavian would not accept ordination as bishop. Therefore, turmoil again held the church of Antioch, with some submitting to Paulinus, and others to Flavian. At that time also the emperor brought the body of Paul the confessor to Constantinople and deposited it in the church which Macedonius had built while plotting against Paul. Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, 16 years. 7. 3. 5. 1. 19. 6. 13. In this year Theodosius Augustus proclaimed Honorius, his son, born of the most pious Placilla, nobilissimus and consul. And he prepared to make war against the tyrant Maximus. And while he was waging war against him in the western parts, when a false rumor went out that Maximus had been victorious, the Arians rallied and set fire to the house of Nectarius, the bishop of Constantinople. 8. 4. 6. 2. 20. 7. 14. In this year in Antioch an addition was built onto the gate called the Taurian gate to widen the bridge, and it was roofed; and a small basilica was also built in the Old City near the great one. And in Palestine, in the village of Emmaus, a child was born, perfect from the navel, and divided above, so that it had two chests, two heads, and each possessed its senses. The one ate and drank, and the other did not eat; the one slept, and the other was awake; and there were times when they even played with one another, and both would cry, and both would cry, and they would strike one another. And they lived for a short while, for about two years. And the one died, and the other lived for four days, and it also died. In the same year the emperor Theodosius erected the column of Taurus. 9. 5. 7. 3. 21. 8.

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λϛʹ, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Ἐλεύσιος. τῶν δὲ ρνʹ ἁγίων πατέρων προηγοῦντο Τιμόθεος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Μελέτιος, ὁ ἱερώτατος Ἀντιοχείας, Κύριλλος,ὁ ἱερώτατος Ἱεροσολύμων, καὶ ὁ θεῖος Γρηγόριος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. οἱ δὲ τὰ Μακεδονίου φρονοῦντες λϛʹ ἐπίσκοποι προτραπέντες ὑπὸ τῶν πατέρων τὰ ἐν Νικαίᾳ δέξασθαι δόγματα, καθὰ καὶ Λιβερίῳ ἐπὶ Οὐάλεντος συνθέμενοι λιβέλλους ἐπέδωκαν οἱ περὶ 69 Σιλβανὸν ἐν Ῥώμῃ πεμφθέντες, ἀπηνήναντο τῇ ἀληθείᾳ συνθέσθαι καὶ ἀνεχώρησαν γέλως ἅπασι γεγονότες, ἄλλα μὲν φρονοῦντες, ἄλλα δὲ συνθέμενοι, ἀπατηλῶς τὰς Λιβερίου ἐπιστολὰς ἐπαγόμενοι μαρτυρούσας αὐτοῖς ὀρθοδοξίαν. ἡ δὲ ἁγία σύνοδος Γρηγορίῳ τῷ Θεολόγῳ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐκύρωσεν, καὶ ἄκοντα τοῦτον τῷ θρόνῳ ἐνίδρυσαν ὡς πολλὰ καμόντα καὶ τῆς λώβης τῶν αἱρέσεων τὴν πόλιν ἐλευθερώσαντα. τινὰς δὲ τῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μαθὼν ὁ τὰ πάντα σοφὸς καὶ μακαριώτατος φθονήσαντας τῷ πράγματι, τὸν συντακτήριον λόγον ἐπιδειξάμενος ἑκουσίως τοῦ θρόνου τῆς βασιλίδος ὑπεχώρησεν. τούτου δὲ ἀποταξαμένου, Νεκτάριον ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἡ σύνοδος προχειρίζεται, Ταρσέα μὲν τῷ γένει, τὴν τοῦ πραίτωρος δὲ ἀρχὴν τότε διέποντα, ἀβάπτιστον μὲν ἕως τότε τυγχάνοντα, σεμνὸν δὲ καὶ εὐλαβῆ περὶ βίον. ἡ δὲ ἁγία καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος τὸ ὁμοούσιον ἐκύρωσεν, προσέθηκε δὲ τῷ συμβόλῳ καὶ τὴν θεολογίαν τοῦ πνεύματος. ἐξέθετο δὲ καὶ κανόνας, ἐν οἷς τῷ θρόνῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τὰ πρεσβεῖα νέας Ῥώμης ἀπένειμεν. τότε Γρηγόριος ὁ Νύσης καὶ Πελάγιος Λαοδικείας, Εὐλόγιός τε Ἐδέσης καὶ Ἀμφιλόχιος Ἰκονίου ἐν ταύτῃ διέλαμπον σὺν τῷ μεγάλῳ Γρηγορίῳ καὶ τοῖς προρρηθεῖσιν. ἡ δὲ ἁγία σύνοδος Ἄρειόν τε καὶ Εὐσέβιον τὸν Νικομηδείας, Εὐζώϊόν τε καὶ Ἀκάκιον, Θεόγνιν καὶ Εὐφρόνιον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀνεθεμάτισεν, πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ Μακεδόνιον τὸν πνευματομάχον, Εὐδόξιόν τε καὶ Ἀέτιον καὶ Εὐνόμιον ἀπεκήρυξεν. Μελέτιος δὲ ὁ μέγας μετὰ τὸ πληρωθῆναι τὴν σύνοδον ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐκοιμήθη. τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ σῶμα διεκομίσθη εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ ἐτέθη πλησίον τῆς θήκης τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Βαβυλᾶ. ἐχειροτονήθη δὲ Φλαβιανὸς Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος, ζῶντος καὶ Παυλίνου, καίπερ ὅρκων δεδομένων, ὅτι οὐ καταδέξεται ἐπισκόπου χειροτονίαν Φλαβιανός. πάλιν οὖν ταραχὴ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν Ἀντιοχείας εἶχεν, τῶν μὲν Παυλίνῳ, τῶν δὲ Φλαβιανῷ ὑπεικόντων. τότε καὶ Παύλου τοῦ ὁμολογητοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολιν ἤγαγε καὶ ἀπέθετο εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἣν ᾠκοδόμησε Μακεδόνιος ἐπιβουλεύων Παύλῳ. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Νεκτάριος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ζʹ. γʹ. εʹ. αʹ. ιθʹ. ϛʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδόσιος Αὔγουστος Ὀνώριον, υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸν γεννηθέντα ἐκ Πλακίλλης τῆς εὐσεβεστάτης, ἐπιφανέστατον καὶ ὕπατον ἀνέδειξεν. εὐτρεπίσθη δὲ πολεμεῖν τῷ τυράννῳ Μαξίμῳ. καὶ πολεμοῦντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια μέρη, φήμης ψευδοῦς ἐξελθούσης, ὅτι νενίκηκε Μάξιμος, οἱ Ἀρειανοὶ ἀνασυρθέντες τὴν οἰκίαν Νεκταρίου ἐνέπρησαν, τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ηʹ. δʹ. ϛʹ. βʹ. κʹ. ζʹ. ιδʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐπεκτίσθη ἐν τῇ Ταυριανῇ λεγομένῃ πύλῃ προσθήκη εἰς πλάτος τῆς γεφύρας καὶ ἐπεστεγάσθη· ἐπεκτίσθη δὲ καὶ μικρὰ βασιλικὴ ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ πλησίον τῆς μεγάλης. ἐν δὲ Παλαιστίνῃ, Ἐμμαοὺς κώμῃ, παιδίον ἐγεννήθη τέλειον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ, καὶ ἄνω διῃρημένον, ὡς εἶχε δύο στήθη, δύο κεφαλάς, καὶ ἕκαστον τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἔχον. τὸ ἓν ἤσθιε καὶ ἔπινεν, καὶ τὸ ἕτερον οὐκ ἤσθιεν· τὸ ἓν ἐκάθευδεν, καὶ τὸ ἕτερον ἐγρηγόρει· ἔστι δὲ ὅτε καὶ συνέπαιζον πρὸς ἄλληλα, καὶ ἔκλαιον ἀμφότερα, καὶ ἔκλαιον ἀμφότερα, καὶ ἔτυπτον ἄλληλα. ἔζησαν δὲ μικρὸν πρὸς ἔτη δύο. καὶ τὸ μὲν ἓν ἀπέθανεν, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον ἔζησεν ἡμέρας τέσσαρας, καὶ ἀπέθανε καὶ αὐτό. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἔστησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος τὸν κίονα τοῦ Ταύρου. θʹ. εʹ. ζʹ. γʹ. καʹ. ηʹ.