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succeeded him, a most holy and virtuous man. But the impious Dioscorus succeeded Cyril, being not at all skilled in teaching, but a certain savage and fierce man, and especially so towards the relatives of Cyril, so that he even consecrated their house, though it was a very high, three-storied building. 98 Year of the world 5940. Year of the divine incarnation 440. Emperor of the Romans, Theodosius, for 42 years. 40th year. King of the Persians, Isdigerdes, for 17 years. 13th year. Bishop of Rome, Leo, for 21 years. 6th year. Bishop of Constantinople, Flavian, for 2 years. 1st year. Bishop of Jerusalem, Juvenal, for 38 years. 10th year. Bishop of Alexandria, Dioscorus, for 5 years. 1st year. Bishop of Antioch, Domnus, for 8 years. 7th year. In this year, Chrysaphius the eunuch, who held power in the palace and over Emperor Theodosius, being envious of Flavian's ordination, suggested to the emperor, who was guileless and staying in Chalcedon, that he should instruct the patriarch to send the eulogiae for his ordination. But Flavian sent pure loaves as eulogiae. But Chrysaphius, rejecting these, declared that the emperor was seeking golden eulogiae. But the bishop replied that he did not have money to send, "unless I am to use some of the sacred vessels." Therefore, from this no small grief arose between them, with Pulcheria not knowing of these things. And these things in Constantinople. But in Alexandria, Dioscorus, right from the start, plundered Cyril's relatives and pillaged their property, and he deposed without cause his nephew Athanasius, who was a presbyter, confiscating his property completely. He did these things in opposition to the orthodox faith of Cyril, being a heretic and holding the views of Origen from his tender youth. He also bore a grudge against Flavian, because he had offered some small assistance to the relatives of the blessed Cyril. But Chrysaphius, being impious and unable to bear seeing the concord of the churches, made an effort to disturb it, and he tried every means to expel Flavian from the episcopate, wishing to appoint a certain archimandrite Eutyches, who shared his views, to the episcopate. And since he had no power while Pulcheria was in control of affairs, he first subtly approached Eudocia, who was inexperienced, and incited her to envy against her own mother and suggested to her that she slander her before the emperor in order for her to get the praepositus, since Pulcheria controlled the administration of affairs and of necessity had the praepositus. But the emperor, being annoyed by his 99 wife, sent word to her, saying: "Let this not grieve you; for it is not possible for you to have a praepositus; nor will I set aside my sister, who administers things well and with experience and piety." But Chrysaphius, having failed in this, turned to another scheme and suggested to Eudocia that she pester the emperor to allow the patriarch to ordain her a deaconess, as she had chosen to live as a virgin. And as Eudocia pestered him for a long time, she persuaded the frivolous emperor. And when the blessed Flavian was urged by the emperor to do this, he was greatly grieved, foreseeing the scandals that were going to arise from this. And he promised the emperor, but he wrote to Pulcheria, begging her not to receive her into her presence, "so that I am not forced," he said, "to do something that grieves you." But she, understanding from what was written what was being planned, sent the praepositus to Eudocia, and going out to the Hebdomon, she lived in quiet retirement. Because of this, the emperor and Eudocia were greatly grieved against Flavian, as having revealed the secret. And with Pulcheria living in retirement, and Eudocia directing the empire, something like this happened. A certain Paulinus, a magister, was loved by Eudocia as being most learned and most handsome, with whom she often met privately. Therefore, on the day of the holy Theophany, someone brought to the emperor an apple both large and marvelous. And the emperor, marveling at this, sent it to Eudocia, and she sent it to Paulinus; and Paulinus

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διεδέξατο, ἀνὴρ ἱερώτατος καὶ ἐνάρετος. Κύριλλον δὲ ∆ιόσκορος ὁ δυσσεβὴς διεδέξατο, μηδ' ὅλως ὢν διδασκαλικός, ἄγριος δὲ καὶ ἀνήμερός τις, ἐξαιρέτως δὲ ἐν τοῖς συγγενέσι Κυρίλλου γενόμενος, ὡς καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτῶν καίπερ οὖσαν ἐν ὕψει πολλῶ ἐπάνω τρίστεγον οἶκον καθιερῶσαι. 98 Κόσμου ἔτη ε Ϡμʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υμʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. μʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ἰσδιγέρδης ἔτη ιζʹ. ιγʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Λέων ἔτη καʹ. ϛʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Φλαβιανὸς ἔτη βʹ. αʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰουβενάλιος ἔτη ληʹ. ιʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος ∆ιόσκορος ἔτη εʹ. αʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ∆όμνος ἔτη ηʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Χρυσάφιος εὐνοῦχος τοῦ τε παλατίου καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Θεοδοσίου κρατῶν, τῇ Φλαβιανοῦ χειροτονίᾳ φθονήσας, ὑπέθετο τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀκάκῳ ὄντι καὶ εἰς Χαλκηδόνα διάγοντι δηλῶσαι τῷ πατριάρχῃ ἀποστεῖλαι τὰς ὑπὲρ τῆς χειροτονίας εὐλογίας. ὁ δὲ Φλαβιανὸς καθαροὺς ἄρτους ἀπέστειλεν εὐλογίας. ὁ δὲ Χρυσάφιος ἀποστρέψας ταύτας ἐδήλωσε χρυσᾶς εὐλογίας ζητεῖν τὸν βασιλέα. ὁ δὲ ἐπίσκοπος ἀντεδήλου μὴ ἔχειν χρήματα ἀποστεῖλαι, εἰ μή τισι χρήσομαι τῶν ἱερῶν σκευῶν. γίνεται οὖν ἐκ τούτου οὐ μικρὰ λύπη ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, Πουλχερίας ταῦτα μὴ εἰδυίας. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει. ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ δὲ ∆ιόσκορος εὐθὺς ἐκ προοιμίων τοὺς συγγενεῖς Κυρίλλου πορθεῖ καὶ τὰ τούτων ληΐζεται, τὸν δὲ ἀδελφιδοῦν αὐτοῦ Ἀθανάσιον πρεσβύτερον ὄντα καθεῖλεν ἀναιτίως, δημεύσας αὐτὸν ἐσχάτως. ταῦτα ἐποίει ἐναντιούμενος τῇ ὀρθῇ πίστει Κυρίλλου αἱρετικὸς ὢν καὶ ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀνύχων τὰ Ὠριγένους φρονῶν. ἐνεῖχε δὲ καὶ Φλαβιανῷ, διότι μικρὰν ἐπικουρίαν παρέσχε τοῖς συγγενέσι τοῦ μακαρίου Κυρίλλου. ὁ δὲ Χρυσάφιος δυσσεβὴς ὢν καὶ μὴ φέρων ὁρᾷν τὴν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν ὁμόνοιαν σπουδὴν ποιεῖται ταύτας ταράξαι, καὶ παντοῖος γίνεται εἰς τὸ Φλαβιανὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἐξεῶσαι, βουλόμενος Εὐτύχην τινὰ ἀρχιμανδρίτην ὁμόφρονα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν προχειρίσασθαι. καὶ ἐπειδὴ Πουλχερίας κρατούσης τῶν πραγμάτων οὐδὲν ἴσχυσεν, πρῶτον ὑπεισέρχεται τῇ Εὐδοκίᾳ ἀπείρῳ οὔσῃ, καὶ εἰς φθόνον αὐτὴν ἐρεθίζει κατὰ τῆς ἰδίας μητρὸς καὶ ὑποτίθεται αὐτῇ λοιδορῆσαι αὐτὴν παρὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ πρὸς τὸ λαβεῖν αὐτὴν τὸν πραιπόσιτον, ἐπειδὴ ἡ Πουλχερία τὴν διοίκησιν τῶν πραγμάτων ἐκράτει καὶ ἀναγκαίως εἶχε τὸν πραιπόσιτον. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὑπὸ τῆς 99 γυναικὸς ἐνοχλούμενος διαπέμπεται αὐτῇ λέγων· "μή σε τοῦτο λυπήσῃ· πραιπόσιτον γὰρ ἔχειν σε οὐκ ἔστι δυνατόν· οὐδὲ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀδελφὴν καλῶς διοικοῦσαν καὶ ἐμπείρως καὶ εὐσεβῶς ἐγὼ παραστέλλω." τούτου δὲ ἀποτυχὼν ὁ Χρυσάφιος ἐφ' ἑτέραν μετέρχεται συσκευὴν καὶ ὑποτίθεται τῇ Εὐδοκίᾳ ὀχλῆσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἐπιτρέψαι τῷ πατριάρχῃ χειροτονῆσαι αὐτὴν διάκονον ὡς παρθενεύειν ᾑρημένην. καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖον τῆς Εὐδοκίας ὀχλούσης, ἔπεισε τὴν κουφότητα τοῦ βασιλέως. καὶ τοῦτο προτραπεὶς ὁ μακάριος Φλαβιανὸς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ποιῆσαι ἐλυπήθη σφόδρα προβλέπων τὰ μέλλοντα ἐκ τούτου ἀναφυῆναι σκάνδαλα. καὶ τῷ μὲν βασιλεῖ ὑπέσχετο, τῇ δὲ Πουλχερίᾳ ἔγραψε παρακαλῶν αὐτὴν μὴ δεχθῆναι εἰς πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, "ἵνα μὴ ἀναγκασθῶ," φησίν, "τῶν λυπούντων σε πρᾶξαί τι." ἡ δὲ ἐκ τῶν γραφέντων νοήσασα τὸ μελετώμενον τὸν μὲν πραιπόσιτον τῇ Εὐδοκίᾳ ἀπέστειλεν, εἰς δὲ τὸ Ἕβδομον ἐξελθοῦσα ἡσύχαζεν. ἐκ τούτου ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἡ Εὐδοκία σφόδρα κατὰ Φλαβιανοῦ ἐλυπήθησαν ὡς τὸ μυστήριον ἐκκαλύψαντος. τῆς δὲ Πουλχερίας ἡσυχαζούσης, καὶ Εὐδοκίας τὴν βασιλείαν ἰθυνούσης, συνηνέχθη τι τοιοῦτον. Παυλῖνός τις μάγιστρος ἠγαπᾶτο παρὰ τῆς Εὐδοκίας ὡς λογιώτατος καὶ ὡραιότατος, ᾧ τινι συχνῶς ἰδίως συνετύγχανεν. τῇ οὖν ἡμέρᾳ τῶν ἁγίων θεοφανίων προσήγαγέ τις τῷ βασιλεῖ μῆλον μέγα τε καὶ θαυμαστόν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοῦτο θαυμάσας ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸ τῇ Εὐδοκίᾳ, κἀκείνη ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸ τῷ Παυλίνῳ· ὁ δὲ Παυλῖνος