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Year 417 of the divine incarnation. Roman emperor Theodosius, 42 years. 17th year. Persian king Vararanes, 20 years. 10th year. Bishop of Rome, Celestine, 10 years. 1st year. Bishop of Constantinople, Atticus, 20 years. 17th year. Bishop of Jerusalem, Praylius, 20 years. 7th year. Bishop of Alexandria, Cyril, 32 years. 10th year. Bishop of Antioch, John, 18 years. 2nd year. 18th year. 11th year. 2nd year. 18th year. 8th year. 11th year. 3rd year. In this year, when Isdigerdes died, Vararanes, his son, succeeded to the kingdom and also to the persecution of the pious and sent ambassadors to Theodosius demanding the fugitives. But Theodosius, the emperor of the Romans, did not consent to betray them. From this, the truce being broken, a terrible war was assembled. And Theodosius sent Ardaburius as general with a Roman force, while Vararanes sent Narsaeus as general with a Persian force, and having many myriads of Saracens as assistance. And Ardaburius, having occupied Persia and sacked the so-called province of Arzanene, came to 86 Mesopotamia, likewise the general of the Persians also occupied Mesopotamia near the Euphrates; and thinking that the Roman force was coming against them, being struck with cowardice by God, they threw themselves armed into the river; and so about 10 myriads were destroyed by drowning. But the Romans, having intercepted the rest of them, killed them all, and the myriad of those among them called the Immortals, and their generals, with Christ exacting justice on the Persians, for the many pious whom they had unjustly killed. Year 5919 of the world. Year 419 of the divine incarnation. Roman emperor Theodosius, 42 years. 19th year. Persian king Vararanes, 20 years. 12th year. Bishop of Rome, Celestine, 10 years. 3rd year. Bishop of Constantinople, Atticus, 20 years. 19th year. Bishop of Jerusalem, Praylius, 20 years. 9th year. Bishop of Alexandria, Cyril, 32 years. 12th year. Bishop of Antioch, John, 18 years. 4th year. In this year the relics of the prophet Zacharias were found in a certain village in the district of Eleutheropolis, and likewise those of Stephen the protomartyr in the village of Caphargamala, where Gamaliel, the teacher of Paul the apostle, with Abibus, his son, buried the body of the protomartyr after attending to it. 20th year. 13th year. 4th year. 20th year. 10th year. 13th year. 5th year. In this year, Theodosius the pious, in imitation of the blessed Pulcheria, sent much money to the archbishop of Jerusalem for distribution to those in need, and a golden, jeweled cross to be fixed at the holy Cranium. And the archbishop sent in return the relics of the right hand of the protomartyr Stephen by the hands of the holy Passarion. And when he arrived at Chalcedon, the blessed Pulcheria saw in a vision that same night 87 Saint Stephen saying to her: "Behold, your prayer has been heard, and your request has been granted, and I have come to Chalcedon." And she arose, and taking her brother, went out to meet the holy relics, and having taken them to the palace, she built a glorious house for the holy protomartyr and deposited the holy relics there. Bishop of Constantinople, Sisinnius, for 2 years. 21st year. 14th year. 5th year. 1st year. 11th year. 14th year. 6th year. In this year, Theodosius the emperor, moved by great goodness, although he had decisively defeated the Persians, out of pity for the Christians dwelling in Persia, embraced peace and sent as ambassadors both Helion the patrician, whom he held in very great honor, and Anatolius, the general of the East, to make peace. And Vararanes, recognizing his defeat, received the embassy, and so the persecution against the Christians ceased. But the emperor Theodosius, giving thanks to God for such benefactions, did not cease to honor him with hymns, having as companions in hymnody his own sisters, who practiced virginity throughout their lives. In the same year Sisinnius, the bishop of Constantinople,

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θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υιζʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. ιζʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτη κʹ. ιʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Κελεστῖνος ἔτη ιʹ. αʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀττικὸς ἔτη κʹ. ιζʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πραΰλιος ἔτη κʹ. ζʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λβʹ. ιʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιηʹ. βʹ. ιηʹ. ιαʹ. βʹ. ιηʹ. ηʹ. ιαʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τοῦ Ἰσδιγέρδου θανόντος, Οὐαραράνης, ὁ τούτου παῖς, σὺν τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας διωγμὸν διεδέξατο καὶ πρὸς Θεοδόσιον πρέσβεις ἔπεμψε τοὺς φυγάδας ἐξαιτούμενος. Θεοδόσιος δέ, ὁ τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλεύς, οὐ κατεδέξατο τούτους προδοῦναι. ἐκ τούτου ἀρθεισῶν τῶν σπονδῶν πόλεμος δεινὸς συνεκροτήθη. καὶ ὁ μὲν Θεοδόσιος ἀποστέλλει Ἀρδαβούριον στρατηγὸν μετὰ δυνάμεως Ῥωμαϊκῆς, Οὐαραράνης δὲ ἀποστέλλει Ναρσαῖον στρατηγὸν σὺν δυνάμει Περσικῇ, καὶ πολλὰς μυριάδας Σαρακηνῶν πρὸς βοήθειαν ἔχων. ὁ δὲ Ἀρδαβούριος καταλαβὼν τὴν Περσίδα καὶ πορθήσας τὴν λεγομένην Ἀρζανηνὴν ἐπαρχίαν ἐπὶ 86 τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν ἔρχεται, ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ τῶν Περσῶν στρατηγὸς κατέλαβε τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πλησίον τοῦ Εὐφράτου· καὶ νομίσαντες τὴν Ῥωμαίων δύναμιν ἐπέρχεσθαι αὐτοῖς, ἐκ θεοῦ δειλανθέντες εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν ἑαυτοὺς ἔνοπλοι ἔρριπτον· καὶ οὕτω περὶ τὰς ιʹ μυριάδας πνιγέντες διεφθάρησαν. οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι τοὺς λοιποὺς μεσολαβήσαντες πάντας αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν μυριάδα τῶν παρ' αὐτοῖς λεγομένων Ἀθανάτων ἀνεῖλον καὶ τοὺς στρατηγοὺς αὐτῶν, τοῦ Χριστοῦ δίκην εἰσπραξαμένου τοὺς Πέρσας, ἀνθ' ὧν πολλοὺς τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἀπέκτειναν ἀδίκως. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠιθʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υιθʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. ιθʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτη κʹ. ιβʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Κελεστῖνος ἔτη ιʹ. γʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀττικὸς ἔτη κʹ. ιθʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πραΰλιος ἔτη κʹ. θʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λβʹ. ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιηʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τοῦ προφήτου Ζαχαρίου τὰ λείψανα εὑρέθησαν ἐν κώμῃ τινὶ κατὰ τὴν περιοικίδα Ἐλευθεροπόλεως, ὁμοίως καὶ Στεφάνου τοῦ πρωτομάρτυρος ἐν κώμῃ Καπαργαμάλα, ἐν ᾗ Γαμαλιήλ, ὁ διδάσκαλος Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου, σὺν Ἀβίβῳ, τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, ἔθαψαν κηδεύσαντες τὸ σῶμα τοῦ πρωτομάρτυρος. κʹ. ιγʹ. δʹ. κʹ. ιʹ. ιγʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδόσιος ὁ εὐσεβὴς κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς μακαρίας Πουλχερίας πολλὰ χρήματα τῷ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἱεροσολύμων ἀπέστειλεν εἰς διάδοσιν τῶν χρείαν ἐχόντων, καὶ σταυρὸν χρυσοῦν διάλιθον πρὸς τὸ παγῆναι ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ κρανίῳ. ὁ δὲ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος ἀντίδωρον ἀποστέλλει λείψανα τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς τοῦ πρωτομάρτυρος Στεφάνου διὰ τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις Πασσαρίωνος. τούτου δὲ εἰς Χαλκηδόνα φθάσαντος, θεωρεῖ ἡ μακαρία Πουλχερία αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτὶ ἐν ὁράματι τὸν 87 ἅγιον Στέφανον λέγοντα αὐτῇ· "ἰδού, ἡ προσευχή σου εἰσηκούσθη, καὶ ἡ αἰτησίς σου γέγονεν, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Χαλκηδόνα." ἡ δὲ ἀναστᾶσα καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῆς λαβοῦσα ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἁγίων λειψάνων, καὶ ταῦτα εἰς τὸ παλάτιον λαβοῦσα κτίζει οἶκον ἔνδοξον τῷ ἁγίῳ πρωτομάρτυρι κἀκεῖ τὰ ἅγια κατέθετο λείψανα. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Σισίννιος ἔτη βʹ. καʹ. ιδʹ. εʹ. αʹ. ιαʹ. ιδʹ. ϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀγαθότητι πολλῇ κινούμενος Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεύς, καίπερ νικήσας κατὰ κράτος τοὺς Πέρσας, φειδοῖ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Περσίδι Χριστιανῶν εἰρήνην ἀσπάζεται καὶ ἀποστέλλει πρεσβευτὰς Ἡλίωνά τε τὸν πατρίκιον, ὃν πάνυ διὰ τιμῆς ἦγεν, καὶ Ἀνατόλιον, τὸν τῆς ἀνατολῆς στρατηγόν, εἰρήνην σπείσασθαι. Οὐαραράνης δὲ γνοὺς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἧτταν δέχεται τὴν πρεσβείαν, καὶ οὕτως ὁ κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐπαύσατο διωγμός. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἐπὶ ταῖς τοιαύταις εὐεργεσίαις τὸν θεὸν εὐχαριστῶν γεραίρειν τοῖς ὕμνοις οὐκ ἐπαύετο, κοινωνοὺς ἔχων τῆς ὑμνῳδίας τὰς ἰδίας ἀδελφὰς διὰ βίου τὴν παρθενίαν ἀσκούσας. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Σισίννιος, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως,