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accepting his own faith and the confession of the fathers in Nicaea and of the 150 in Constantinople and the things done in Ephesus. Then the divine Cyril, having accepted, writes a letter to John and to the Easterners, of which the beginning is: "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad." And both sides, agreeing to the same confession, were united for peace and concord, the holy churches on either side. And at this time, Nonnus the God-bearer was shepherding the church of the Edessenes, he who had dedicated the first of the actresses of Antioch to God and, instead of the prostitute Margarita, presented her as the holy Pelagia to Christ. This man, therefore, rejoicing among the saints at the concord of the saints, writes to Archbishop John words of admonition and teaching, among which was this: "Cleanse the church, O man of God, from the 92 Nestorian tares and their terribleness." But divine justice pursued the impious and blasphemous Nestorius in his exile; for having fallen into a putrefaction of all his members, and especially of his foul tongue, he was destroyed by death, his recall from Oasis to another place having been anticipated. Year of the world 5626. Year of the divine incarnation 426. Emperor of the Romans Theodosius, 42 years. 26. Emperor of the Persians Vararanes, 20 years. 19. Bishop of Rome Celestine, 10 years. 10. Bishop of Const. Maximian, 2 years. 1. Bishop of Jerusalem Praulius, 20 years. 16. Bishop of Alexandria Cyril, 32 years. 19. Bishop of Antioch John, 18 years. 11. In this year Valentinian, the son of Galla Placidia and Constantius, came from Rome to Constantinople and married as his wife the daughter of the emperor Theodosius, Eudoxia, who was born to him by Eudocia, and he returned to Rome. In the same year Hesychius, the presbyter of Jerusalem, died. and the blessed Melania, the granddaughter of the great one, fell asleep in asceticism, in a perfect life in Jerusalem. Bishop of Rome Xystus, 8 years. 27. 20. 1. 2. 17. 20. 12. In this year Theodosius the emperor sent his wife Eudocia to Jerusalem to offer hymns of thanksgiving to God; who donated very many things to the churches and after venerating both the holy cross and the venerable places, returned to the palace. Emperor of the Persians Isdigerdes, 17 years. Bishop of Constantinople Proclus, 12 years. 28. 1. 2. 1. 18. 21. 13. In this year a collapse occurred in the theater of Alexandria, and 502 men died at the all-night festival of the Nile games. 29. 2. 3. 2. 19. 22. 14. 30. 3. 4. 3. 20. 23. 15. In this year Proclus, the most holy bishop of Constantinople, having asked the emperor Theodosius, transferred the relic of John 93 Chrysostom from Comana to the imperial city. And in the following year, after 33 years, having paraded this publicly in a procession with the emperor and the blessed Pulcheria, he deposited it in the church of the Apostles, and thus he united those who had been separated from the church on account of his deposition. During the time of this Proclus, among the saints, great earthquakes occurred in Constantinople for four months, so that the Byzantines, being afraid, fled outside the city to the place called the Campus and were spending their days with the bishop, making supplications in prayers to God. On one day, therefore, as the earth was shaking, and all the people were crying out "Lord have mercy" earnestly, at about the third hour, suddenly, while all were watching, it happened that by divine power a certain youth was lifted into the air and heard a divine voice commanding him to announce to the bishop and to the people to make supplication thus and to say: "Holy God, holy mighty, holy immortal, have mercy on us." adding nothing else. But Proclus, among the saints, having received this declaration, permitted the people to chant in this way, and immediately the earthquake stopped. And the blessed Pulcheria and her brother, being exceedingly amazed at the miracle

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τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πίστιν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐν Νικαίᾳ πατέρων ὁμολογίαν καὶ τῶν ρνʹ τῶν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἀποδεχόμενος καὶ τὰ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πεπραγμένα. τότε ὁ θεῖος Κύριλλος ἀποδεξάμενος γράφει Ἰωάννῃ καὶ τοῖς ἀνατολικοῖς ἐπιστολήν, ἧς ἡ ἀρχή· "εὐφραινέσθωσαν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ." καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ὁμολογίᾳ συνθέμενοι ἀμφότεροι ἡνώθησαν πρὸς εἰρήνην καὶ ὁμόνοιαν αἱ παρ' ἑκατέροις ἁγίαι ἐκκλησίαι. κατὰ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν χρόνον Νόννος ὁ θεοφόρος ἐποίμαινε τὴν τῶν Ἐδεσηνῶν ἐκκλησίαν, ὁ τὴν πρώτην τῶν μιμάδων Ἀντιοχείας τῷ θεῷ ἀφιερώσας καὶ ἀντὶ Μαργαριτοῦς πόρνης ἁγίαν αὐτὴν Πελαγίαν παραστήσας τῷ Χριστῷ. οὗτος οὖν ὁ ἐν ἁγίοις ἀγαλλιώμενος ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἁγίων ὁμονοίᾳ γράφει τῷ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἰωάννῃ νουθεσίας καὶ διδασκαλίας ῥήματα, ἐν οἷς καὶ τοῦτο· "κάθαρον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ὦ ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀπὸ τῶν 92 Νεστοριανῶν ζιζανίων καὶ τῆς αὐτῶν δεινότητος." τὸν δὲ ἀσεβῆ καὶ βλάσφημον Νεστόριον ἐν τῇ ἐξορίᾳ ἡ θεία δίκη μετῆλθεν· σηπεδόνι τῶν μελῶν πάντων, μάλιστα δὲ τῆς μιαρᾶς γλώσσης περιπεσὼν διεφθάρη τῷ θανάτῳ, προλαβὼν τὴν ἀπὸ Ὀάσεως ἀνάκλησιν εἰς ἕτερον τόπον. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠκϛʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υκϛʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. κϛʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτη κʹ. ιθʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Κελεστῖνος ἔτη ιʹ. ιʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Μαξιμιανὸς ἔτη βʹ. αʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πραΰλιος ἔτη κʹ. ιϛʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λβʹ. ιθʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιηʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἦλθεν Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ἀπὸ Ῥώμης, ὁ Γάλλας Πλακιδίας καὶ Κωνσταντίου υἱός, ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει καὶ ἔγημε γυναῖκα τὴν θυγατέρα Θεοδοσίου τοῦ βασιλέως Εὐδοξίαν, τὴν ἐξ Εὐδοκίας γεννηθεῖσαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐπανῆλθεν ἐν Ῥώμῃ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Ἡσύχιος, ὁ πρεσβύτερος Ἱεροσολύμων, ἐτελεύτησεν. καὶ ἡ μακαρία Μελάνη, ἡ τῆς μεγάλης ἐγγόνη, ἐν ἀσκήσει ἐκοιμήθη ἐν βίῳ τελείῳ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ξύστος ἔτη ηʹ. κζʹ. κʹ. αʹ. βʹ. ιζʹ. κʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν γαμετὴν Εὐδοκίαν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπέστειλεν εὐχαριστηρίους ὕμνους προσάξουσαν τῷ θεῷ· ἥτις πάμπολλα ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ἐδωρήσατο καὶ προσκυνήσασα τόν τε ἅγιον σταυρὸν καὶ τοὺς σεβασμίους τόπους ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς τὰ βασίλεια. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ἰσδιγέρδης ἔτη ιζʹ. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Πρόκλος ἔτη ιβʹ. κηʹ. αʹ. βʹ. αʹ. ιηʹ. καʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει σύμπτωσις ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ ἀπέθανον ἄνδρες φοβʹ τῇ παννυχίδι τῶν Νειλώων. κθʹ. βʹ. γʹ. βʹ. ιθʹ. κβʹ. ιδʹ. λʹ. γʹ. δʹ. γʹ. κʹ. κγʹ. ιεʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Πρόκλος, ὁ ἁγιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, αἰτήσας τὸν βασιλέα Θεοδόσιον τὸ λείψανον Ἰωάννου 93 τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου ἀπὸ Κομάνων εἰς τὴν βασιλεύουσαν μετεκόμισεν. καὶ τῷ ἐχομένῳ ἔτει διὰ λγʹ ἐτῶν τοῦτο δημοσίᾳ ἐπὶ προελεύσεως πομπεύσας σὺν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τῇ μακαρίᾳ Πουλχερίᾳ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων ἀπέθετο ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ οὕτω τοὺς διὰ τὴν ἐκείνου καθαίρεσιν τῆς ἐκκλησίας χωρισθέντας ἥνωσεν. ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις Πρόκλου σεισμοὶ γεγόνασι μεγάλοι ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐπὶ τέσσαρας μῆνας, ὥστε φοβηθέντες οἱ Βυζάντιοι ἔφυγον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ Κάμπῳ καὶ ἦσαν διημερεύοντες σὺν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ἐν ταῖς πρὸς θεὸν δεήσεσι λιτανεύοντες. ἐν μιᾷ οὖν κυμαινομένης τῆς γῆς, καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ κράζοντος τὸ "κύριε ἐλέησον" ἐκτενῶς, περὶ ὥραν τρίτην ἄφνω πάντων ὁρώντων συέβη ὑπὸ θείας δυνάμεως ἀρθῆναί τινα νεανίσκον εἰς τὸν ἀέρα καὶ ἀκοῦσαι θείας φωνῆς παρεγγυώσης αὐτὸν ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τῷ λαῷ λιτανεύειν οὕτω καὶ λέγειν· "ἅγιος ὁ θεός, ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς." μηδὲν ἕτερον προστιθέντας. ὁ δὲ ἐν ἁγίοις Πρόκλος ταύτην δεξάμενος τὴν ἀπόφασιν ἐπέτρεψε τῷ λαῷ ψάλλειν οὕτῳ, καὶ εὐθέως ἔστη ὁ σεισμός. ἡ δὲ μακαρία Πουλχερία καὶ ὁ ταύτης ἀδελφὸς ὑπεραγασθέντες τῷ θαύματι