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of the evangelist, which until now has been preserved by the grace of God in the most holy church of the Ephesians, and is venerated there by the fait
and the gospels seem to be in disagreement according to them. and again the same man in the same discourse has written thus. The 14th is the true Pass
to the holy churches of God, and in addition to these, Arius the impious and those with him who were striving vigorously to subvert the right and blam
each year on a certain day of March or of April the church of God will celebrate the saving Pascha. But some, acting rather ambitiously, established a
the church on the twenty-fifth of the month of March according to the Romans, and furthermore also the nativity of Saint John the forerunner and bapti
of the month of the moon. For with all these things being made clear beforehand, we will thus clearly demonstrate in what year of the world, in what y
of the first month.” And he calls it a new month, which he also calls the first, in which the blooming fruits signify the coming cessation of the old.
a consolation for celebrating Pascha well, even if a postponement should occur because of an overtaking necessity. If therefore the fourteenth day of
speaking better than Abel. Seth 205, total 435. he lived after 707, total 912. 35 Enos 190, total 625. he lived after 715, total 905. Cainan 170, tot
And while god-denial from the tribe of Cain prevailed, those of Seth first began to call upon the name of the Lord, which is an angelic hymn. For Gene
of the Lord Christ being fulfilled for never did the descendants of Canaan serve their brothers, but rather the latter served the former in Egypt, bu
offered a sacrifice. For thus says the Lord, Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad. And the apostle Paul cries out,
We do not see these things happening to Jacob, but rather he himself, falling to the ground seven times, bowed down to Esau. And thirty kings reigned
In this, the 18th year of Levi and the 101st of his own age, Jacob prophesied, and said, Judah, let your brothers praise you. Your hands will be on th
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. The 320th year of the promise. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. The 330th year of the promise. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
the sons of Israel groaned from their labors and cried out, and their cry went up to God, and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenan
you shall put upon your sons, and upon your daughters, and you shall despoil the Egyptians. But Moses answered and said, If therefore they do not beli
she cut the foreskin of her son with a stone knife, and she fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my child has stood still. and
Moses and Aaron and commanded them to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to send out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt. And after a little. Now Moses was
the marshes and brought up the frogs. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt and brought up the frogs, and the frog came up and cov
you shall break from it. And what is left of it until the morning you shall burn with fire, and thus you shall eat it. Your loins shall be girded and
on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the day of atonement you shall sound a trumpet in all your land, and you shall sanctify the fiftieth year, a
This is the Passover of the Lord, who protected the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, but delivered our houses. And
The man who is clean and is not on a long journey, 139 and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he did not
glorified, who by words and deeds foreshadowed the economy of the Lord Christ, by deeds indeed as in delivering Israel from the bondage of the Egyptia
18 years, total 362. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. When the sons of Israel returned to God, the Lord God raised up fo
judge, the son of Phyla of Haran from the tribe of Ephraim. Tola 23, total 4175. 1, 2, 3, 4. High priest of the Hebrews, Ozei. 5, 6. 150 After him tho
foreigners, and having put out his eyes, they brought him down to Gaza, and having bound him, they imprisoned him in a mill. Then, while celebrating,
you did not make known to your servant who will sit upon the throne of my lord the king. ιʹ, ιαʹ, ιβʹ, ιγʹ, ιδʹ, ιεʹ, ιϛʹ, ιζʹ, ιηʹ, ιθʹ, κʹ, καʹ, κβʹ
it is said, just as all the apostles said. And these things are about his humanity for that which is said about his divinity in this psalm is this. Y
having spoken concerning his divinity, he speaks immediately also concerning his humanity and says, You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity t
I have taken out just as the blessed Paul also did, changing the usage of Moses in Deuteronomy for his own argument as fitting, saying thus, Do not s
to the idol of Moab and to Milcom the offense, that is, the idol of the sons of Ammon, and to Astarte, the abomination of the Sidonians. 170 ιηʹ, ιθʹ,
the golden weapons, which Solomon made. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Also, Ahijah the Shilonite and Shemaiah son of Elami prophesied. 12, 13. The one dwelling in
Oziel son of Zacharias, Jehu son of Ananias, Michaias the Morasthite, son of Amale in his time false prophets Sedekias son of Chanaan, who made for h
and Manasseh. Ahaziah his son for one year. In total 664. 1. Elisha and Abdanai prophesied. Jehu slew Joram and Ahaziah and the 70 sons of Ahab and Je
And when there was a famine there, setting up a great cauldron, he made them food. And when some had gathered deadly fungi from wild vines and boiled
a command was given to the whale, and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land. Josephus relates in the ninth book of the Antiquities that Jonah, having be
Judah, and he captured Amaziah king of Judah, and broke down three cubits of the wall of Jerusalem, and having plundered Jerusalem he departed to Sama
12. In total 212. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Phul king of the Assyrians attacked Samaria. having received from Manahem the king of Israel 1000 talents of silver,
The Phrygian Sibyl. The Tiburtine Sibyl. The Erythraean Sibyl, who was mentioned before, was from a small town called Erythria, opposite Chios, who wa
the day of the festival of Mars in the field. And immediately, beginning again, he built a Circus in Rome, which he named the Hippodrome, wishing to d
he performed in the same country of the west, that is of Italy, with four-horse chariots, that is to say with the earth and the sea and fire and air.
their mother, being a priestess of Ares, was defiled, having committed fornication with a certain soldier, concerning whom they say in their myth-maki
a philosopher died in Tenedos. 215 ϛʹ. ιαʹ Ὀλυμπιάς. ζʹ, ηʹ, θʹ, ιʹ. ιβʹ Ὀλυμπιάς. ιαʹ, ιβʹ, ιγʹ. The high priest Sobnas was known, whom Eliakim son o
Hezekiah, having blocked them up. and God made the sign of Siloam through the prophet, because before he died he despaired, and prayed to drink water,
Joshua died, the people did not legally observe the Passover, except now. And Hilkiah the priest, father of Jeremiah the prophet, in the present time
king and to teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. And the king appointed for them a daily provision from the king's table and from
to the king of Babylon 70 years. And when the 70 years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the Lord. In the same fo
the wise men were being killed and they sought to kill Daniel and his friends. Then Daniel ans234wered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the chief ex
has made you lord of all you are the head of gold. And after you will arise another kingdom, inferior to you, which is the silver, and a third kingdo
it was well with him, and you should have done so. Because of this, it says. They shall not mourn for him. Woe, lord, woe, brother, nor shall they lam
In this fourth year of Matthanias, who is also Zedekiah, and the fifth year of the captivity of Eliakim, who is also Joachim, it happens to be the twe
to your decree, and they do not serve your gods and they do not worship the golden image that you set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury ordered
of bulls and as in myriads of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice be in your sight today, and be accomplished after you, for there is no shame for those w
to lead all the Jews who were in his kingdom. 44th Olympiad. 10. In this tenth year of Mattanias, also called Zedekiah, the word that came to Jeremiah
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hi259s concubines. And the gold and silver vessels were brought, which he had taken out of the temple of God in Jerusalem. And the king and his great
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in Egypt. 265 3, 4, 5. 50th Olympiad. 6, 7, 8, 9. 51st Olympiad. 10, 11, 12. Its work to be in vain. Moreover, he also killed the dragon which the Bab
to be in it, as Polyaenus the Athenian relates. 61st Olympiad. 7, 8. As third kings of the Persians, two brothers reigned, Merdios and Patizates, for
having shown one way for angels and men, he who received the earth as his dwelling and swiftly traverses the heaven, he who, being mortal, competes wi
of him was slain on a precipice, because he reproved him for the impieties of his fathers and he was buried in his own land alone, near the common ce
Bethabarin from the tribe of Simeon. This one after Jonah gave a sign to Nineveh that it would be destroyed by fresh waters and subterranean fire. whi
mounted upon a beast of burden and a young colt. He spoke this oracle hyperbolically concerning Zerubbabel but it had its proper fulfillment in the L
they did not write for themselves, but there were scribes in the temple, who wrote down the account of each prophet as if in a daily log. and whenever
to you, Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. Isaiah was from Jerusalem but he died under Manasseh, having been sawn in two, and h
of the prophet and recognizing the mysteries concerning him, transferred his relics to Alexandria, placing them gloriously in a circle, and the race o
of desolation to the end of the earth, and when it will flood, the return to Jerusalem. For the holy man dwelt there, and many gathered to him. And on
But a demon came upon him, and he was unaware that he had become a man. And his tongue was taken so that he could not speak, and understanding immedia
76th Olympiad. 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th. 77th Olympiad. 27th. Artabanus reigned as the 6th king of the Persians for 7 months. After whom, the 7th, Artax
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of Pacellus and Crassus. 26. In the consulship of Macrinus for the 3rd time and Lenatus. 27. In the consulship of Mallius and Capitolinus for the 5th
having lasted for 246 years from the first year of Cyrus until the present sixth year of Darius, the son of Arsames, whose reign became the likeness o
of books. And when he saw the books brought from Jerusalem written in golden letters, he was amazed, and having had them translated, he sent for them
Ptolemy Philopator, also called Gallus, son of Ptolemy Euergetes, also called Tryphon, for 17 years. In total, 232 years. 1st year. In the consulship
the high 337 priest, so that Seleucus might not especially think that Apollonius had died from a human plot, prayed for him to God. And having been sa
of Galba and Cotta. 35. in the consulship of Claudius and Metellus. Of Egypt, the 7th, Ptolemy the Younger, the second Euergetes, 29 years. Together 3
9. In the consulship of Octavius and Cinna. 10. In the consulship of Marius for the 7th time and Cinna for the 2nd. Sallust was born on the Kalends of
Bibulanus. 20. In the consulship of Piso and Gabinus. From here the Philadelphians count their years. 21. In the consulship of Lentulus and Marcellus.
of Caesar and the aforementioned consuls Lepidus and Plancus, that is, on the 12th of the month of Artemisius itself, the Antiochenes count their year
of senators. After the death of Gaius Julius Caesar the Roman senate chose Augustus Octavius, the relative of Caesar, and Antony, the brother-in-law o
of Alexandria itself, about 4 miles away, and having added earth and stones into the sea for such a distance, making it possible for people to walk to
having condemned her adultery. 368 The 194th Olympiad. Ind. 14. 39. In the consulship of Octavian Augustus for the 14th time and Silanus. In this, the
And on the twenty-fourth according to the moon, on the first day, Zacharias departed to his house. And it came to pass, when the days of his service w
he began to be formed in the living earth, the Theotokos, by the coming of the Holy Spirit and by the overshadowing of the power of the Most High the
377 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Now for Elizabeth the time was fulfilled for her to give birth, and
Second. We know, therefore, that on the second day of the week in the present year 380 the forerunner was born, on which day God created the firmament
Of Basil the Great. The words of Symeon to Mary have nothing varied383 or profound. For Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this
on what day of the week in the present 5507th year the second of the month of February arrived, we place the one epact of the sun, and to this we add
390 The high priests who led the Hebrews and Jews in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon. αʹ. First high priest, Jesus the son of Josedec, with Ze
of his reign, that is in the twenty-eighth of his monarchy, was born according to the flesh Christ our true God. And in the present year εφλϛʹ, the sa
on a Sabbath. But the 15th of the first lunar month, which the divine law calls the first day of Unleavened Bread, arrived on the first day of the wee
the Lord celebrated with the disciples after being baptized in the eighth year of the natural nineteen-year cycle of the moon and the 21st of the natu
in the first year of His healings, He declared these things to Herod. John the Evangelist himself also declares this very thing, from Passover to Pass
in the month of April and on the 3rd day. Indicating this third Passover, the divine evangelist John, about to narrate the miracle which the Lord perf
of the sacrifice of old commanded by Moses to be sacrificed for the later sacrifice, the customs of Israel would not have passed away, but he would ha
the Lord Jesus Christ gave up the spirit on the same preparation day at the ninth hour. And immediately there was a great earthquake throughout the wh
Ignatius the God-bearer and martyr, who became a true disciple of John the theologian, and was appointed bishop of the most holy church in Antioch by
our life, in which he offered the sheaf of the firstfruits of our dough to God and the Father, the firstfruits from the resurrection of the dead, acco
at the 10th hour of the day by John in the Jordan river, and the Jordan turned back. And the Lord said to John, Say to the Jordan, Stand still, the Lo
of death and of Hades and of corruption. For if the death of Christ bestowed this upon us, much more so did his resurrection, when he rose from the de
he preaches with a voice, crying out, Every time, therefore, has opportunity for salvation 428 through baptism, whether you say night or day or hour o
accusers of Christians, as Tertullian the Roman relates. Indiction 8. 22nd. Consulship of Laelianus and Plautus. In the fourth year of the Lord's asce
After three years he went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter. He recounts these three years, not numbering his own times for neither he nor Barnabas had
Paul himself and Barnabas, as the Acts declare. From this it is shown that the apostles also write their catholic epistles then, before their dispersi
city, but we seek the one to come. And again, For the fashion of this world passes away. And again, But godliness is profitable unto all things, havin
they preached or imagined another state of the ancients, either earlier or later than these two, but that God, having begun to make all creation, made
the resurrection of our bodies or the economy that came through Christ for the righteous people to ascend into heaven? But all, as if guided by one di
eye has not seen, nor ear heard, he says, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him. Therefore, ju
is the sense that occurs from the first reading. But since the mind of the more studious is accustomed to investigate the depths, it seeks how justice
the necessity stirring you up to labors, and it will not continue to give its strength. And yet even if the ceaselessness of the labor had some fruit,
of Aminadab 49, of Aram 50, of Joram 51, of Esrom 52, of Phares 53, of Judah 54, of Jacob 55, of Isaac 56, of Abraham 459 57, of Tharra 58, of Nachor
of Syria and he fixed the great Cherubim there to the gates of the city, and the bronze Cherubim, which Titus his son found fixed in the temple by Sol
In Rome. Two months were renamed, September as Germanicus and October as Domitianus, because in them victories against the Germans were brought to Rom
appointing also clerics. In which time also the youth, whom the apostle John entrusted to the bishop of Smyrna, and after this became a robber chief,
He established a market at Terebinthus and sold them for a horse's feed each, and he took the remaining ones to Gaza, and there he established a marke
had Marcion of Pontus as a successor. Indiction 7. 3. In the consulship of Antoninus Augustus for the second time and of his son Marcus Aurelius Verus
having given a book of our doctrines to Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Verus, the emperors, is adorned not long after with the divine crown of martyrdo
Many have given notice of such things, whom indeed I also proscribed, following the opinion of the father. But if anyone should persist in bringing on
to the creatures of God and to others leaving behind an example of scandal. But Alcibiades, being persuaded, 489 openly partook of all things, and gav
to the Roman senate to name his493 wife Augusta and to appoint his son Caesar, he objected, saying, It is enough that he has come to power under compu
of Severus Augustus for the 3rd time and Antoninus. In these times a certain Symmachus, a Samaritan, one of their wise men, not being honored by his o
at Mogontiacum, being 30 years old and his mother Mammaea, being with him, they strangled with a rope inside the tent. The 23rd emperor of the Romans
And Alexander, the bishop of the church of Jerusalem, in Caesarea of Palestine, having stood before the governor's tribunals, and having distinguished
Aurelian, 6 years. Total 5785. Indiction 4. Year 1. In the consulship of Quietus and Voudumianus. 263rd Olympiad. Indiction 5. Year 2. In the consulsh
In the consulship, Saint Menas was martyred in Cotyaeum of Phrygia Salutaris on the 15th of Athyr, 3 days before the Ides of November. Indiction 15. 1
And more were even thrown into the sea, 516 the executioners not being strong enough to suffice for such an immense multitude. Concerning this infinit
Maximinus until the ninth year of his reign. Indiction 10. Year 2. Under the consulship of Constantius Caesar for the 6th time and Maximian Iovius for
I freed your city of valor, saved from the yoke of slavery of the tyrant Maxentius furthermore, having freed the senate and the people of the Romans,
he took away their money and their possessions, and honored all the churches of Christ and all Christians. 526 At that same time, having campaigned ag
with a porphyry column. Likewise he also completed the public bath called Zeuxippos, adorning it with columns and various marbles and bronze works. In
on the 11th of Artemisios, having been deemed worthy of the baptism of salvation by Eusebius, bishop of Constantinople, having reigned 31 years and 10
by the care of pious men, among whom were three exceedingly zealous for piety. These men, for a certain need, set out for a place seventeen miles from
by God in various ways Saporis withdrew unsuccessful, having threatened death to his magi. But having learned the cause, they recognized the power of
and of Lullianus. In this year, Gallus, also known as Constantius, who was Caesar, was killed on the island of Histrus, having been summoned from Anti
of virgins and of widows and to the hospices. And for the sustenance of the aforementioned and of the poor and orphans and prisoners, he added a grain
he seized a church, with those who had already been lawfully deposed from the clergy by the holy synod running to his aid among whom was especially D
a form and entering to him into the pavilion, which was pitched near the city of Ctesiphon in a village called Rasia, to strike him with a lance. And
as he himself was occupied. And he granted a truce of three days for the war during the council concerning peace. And it was stipulated between the pa
Augustus in the month of Audynaios on the 15th day before the kalends of February. And in the same year, the usurper Procopius, having been seized by
The 5th of Gratian Augustus and Merobaudes. Indiction 6. 14. In the consulship of Valens Augustus for the 7th time and Valentinian Caesar for the 2nd.
2. 11. In the consulship of Timasius and Promotus. In the time of these consuls, the emperor Theodosius entered Rome with his son Honorius, and there
on the Nones of January. And in the same year was born Theodosius the most illustrious, son of Arcadius Augustus, in the month of Xanthicus, on the 4t
His carriage was dragged from the First Region to the Porticoes of Domninus, and the two generals, Varanes the consul and Arsacius, and Synesius the c
in the palace, a certain old man, Kyriakos, having placed a large knife in a paper, as if offering him a petition, struck him on the right side of the
he said to him that I have found a younger woman, pure, well-dressed, of delicate features, with a fine nose, as white as snow, with large eyes, charm
Of Dionysius. Indiction 13. 22nd year. In the 13th consulship of Theodosius Augustus and the 3rd of Valentinian the new Augustus. Indiction 14. 23rd y
The emperor Theodosius ordered Paulinus to be killed. And the same lady Eudocia, being grieved as if she had been insulted, for it was known everywher
The Thracian. He says that Cyrus was appointed in Constantinople as praetorian prefect and prefect of the city. and he proceeded as praetorian prefect
Of Valentinian and Marcian Augusti, in the month of Peritios, 12 days before the kalends of March, in the middle week of the fasts, in the year 763 of
On the 2nd of Gorpiaios, September, the 4th day of the week, of the 3rd indiction, at the synaxis of Saint Mamas. 4th Indiction, 9th year, in the cons
called Anthemiou, near the Borraidou. In the time of this aforementioned consul, Dengizich, son of Attila, was slain by Anagastes the stratelates of T
Setting out from the road of Isauria, he passed through the so-called Gates, and entered the palace in Constantinople with his own men, and was receiv
in the consulship of Symmachus alone. In this year, a certain senatorial woman of Rome, named Juvenalia, approached Theoderic, who had become king of
of the prefect of the city, stone-throwers. And the same Anastasius was not appeased by the deme, but, being angered, he ordered a chariot to go out a
the excubitors guarding the palace, along with the people, crowned and made him emperor for he was count of the excubitors. And he reigned for 9 year
to your kingdom, we neither received nor urged, but a certain man named Tzathius came to our palace and falling before us begged to be delivered from
in the month of Audynaios of his reign, which is the first of January according to the Romans, of the sixth indiction, he threw so much money and prov
they addressed them, saying, What do you seek to happen that you are rioting? and they shouted against the praetorian prefect John the Cappadocian and
sgaudari. And he allowed it, and the emperor himself came down from the Hippodrome and he immediately gave dismissals to those of the palace, and say
sole of the foot, and others through the gates of Antiochus and the so-called Dead Gate. And they began to cut down the demes at random, so that none
O Crucified One, save us and the city. Augustus Justinian, you win. Take away, burn the tome set forth by the bishops of the council of Chalcedon. 630
denying that he was begotten God the Word and God, and not confessing our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God and our God who was incarnate and made man
to be united to the holy church of God. We confess, therefore, to believe in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, glorifying a consubstantial T
to him. For with the composition being confessed, both the parts exist in the whole and the whole is known in the parts. For neither was the divine na
by economy and for our sake he became the son of Adam but we by nature are sons of Adam. For his father is God by nature, ours by grace. And God beca
For instance, having set aside the economy, their argument was perhaps not implausible, pretending to ask where perfection is in humanity or how our s
But the Word, being God before 648 the ages, and existing of the same nature or substance with the Father, and creator of all things, in the last days
saying this is condemned as impious, but the one who accepts this number in reference to the natures from which the one Christ was composed, confesses
describes the experience of the passions in word, from what is ours he names that which is both, calling him man, not making what is signified common
that he came as a certain man, and that the birth from a virgin was of the same Word of God incarnate, and for this reason the holy, glorious, ever-vi
containing the condemnation of heretics. If anyone does not confess Father and Son and Holy Spirit, a consubstantial Trinity, one Godhead, that is, na
Macedonius, Apollinarius, Nestorius, Eutyches, and those who hold or have held similar opinions to these, let them be anathema. If anyone defends Theo
defends or says that it, or a part of it, is orthodox, but does not anathematize it, let him be anathema. Since, therefore, such a letter was justly a
It follows the aforementioned heretics, Theodore saying in his various impiously composed treatises concerning 668 his incarnation, and Nestorius in m
it is nowhere found that the most holy bishops signed, but those who seek the truth must also pay attention to this, that often in the synods certain
of the church, in the Gospel according to John, speaking with the Jews, he says thus, Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. The slave does not r
Ascension the apostles by their own vote condemned the same Judas even after his death, and brought in another in his place. And that they put forward
what should I also say from the prophetic books, Sodom was justified by you. You have conquered the unbridled speech of the Greeks, which they made ag
Augustine of holy memory, that some ought not for this reason to separate themselves from the catholic church for if the charges brought against Caec
in deeds, such a one, as rejoicing in schisms, will render an account for himself and for those deceived or about to be deceived by him to the great G
688 In this year on the 14th of the month of November of the indiction τεʹ Justinian died, and Justin the Younger reigned as Augustus for 11 years, 8
Of the most holy church in Constantinople, Cyriacus, presbyter and oeconomus of the same church, is head for 12 years. 13th Indiction. 13. After the 1
illustris, nephew of Domniziolus who had been curator of the estates of Hormisdas, John and Tzittas, spatharioi and candidati, Athanasius, comes largi
guard of the harbor. And at the end of the month of September of the 14th indiction, it was reported that Anastasius, who had become patriarch of Anti
And on the 13th of the month of August of the same 15th indiction, on the first day, Eudocia Augusta, also called Fabia, died in the processus of Blac
The powers of heaven worship invisibly with us for behold the King of glory enters. Behold the mystical sacrifice, perfected, is escorted by a guard
came to Chalcedon, and having met with our most pious emperor and with us, and having been asked by all to discuss the matter of peace, he himself sai
The provision of the same civic loaves of bread was completely suspended. Indiction 7. 9. After the 8th consulship of Heraclius Augustus. And from the
in sanctification, meditating on your righteousness all the day long. Hallelujah. Indiction 13. 15. After the consulship of Heraclius Augustus the 14t
and that some of the brave youths, of the soldiers and of the citizens who went out with them, were captured. For if it had not happened that the sold
And the same most glorious magister, after the enemy approached the wall, did not cease urging him to take not only his pacts, but also another tribut
wall. And of one of the living men, our soldiers cut off his two hands, and having tied to his neck the head of the man who had been slain in the boat
And he sought the most glorious commerciarius in order to converse with him. And Bonos, the all-praised magister, declared to him thus: Until now I h
the ungrateful and God-fighting and arrogant and blasphemous one with a most bitter death, so that he might know that Jesus, the one born of Mary, the
For it happened that we delayed732 for a few days in the region of Zara, and then winter set in, and with so many provisions not being found in those
a memorandum made from Kavadh, also known as Siroes, the most gentle king of the Persians, to Heraclius, our most pious and God-guarded emperor. From
hi259s concubines. And the gold and silver vessels were brought, which he had taken out of the temple of God in Jerusalem. And the king and his great men and his concubines and his consorts drank wine in them, and praised the gods of gold and silver and bronze and iron and wood and stone, and they did not bless the eternal God who has the authority over their spirit. In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand came forth and wrote opposite the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king's house. And the king was watching the knuckles of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees knocked against each other. And the king cried with might to bring in magicians, Chaldeans, Gazarenes; and the king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, shall be clothed with purple, and the golden chain upon his neck, and he shall rule as third in my kingdom. And all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make the interpretation known to the king. And king Belshazzar was troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his great men were troubled. And the queen came into the house of the 260 feast, and the queen answered and said, O king, live forever; let not your thoughts trouble you, and let not your countenance be changed. There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of a holy God, and in the days of your father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar your father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, and Gazarenes, because an excellent spirit was in him, and prudence and understanding, interpreting dreams and declaring secrets and loosing bonds—Daniel, and the king gave him the name Belshazzar. Now therefore let him be called, and he will declare the interpretation to you. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king said to Daniel, Are you Daniel, one of the sons of the captivity of Judea which the king my father brought? And he said, Yes, O king. I have heard concerning you that a spirit of God is in you, and watchfulness and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you, and now the wise men, magicians, Chaldeans, and Gazarenes came in before me, that they might read this writing and make its interpretation known to me; but they were not able to report it to me. And I have heard concerning you that you are able to interpret judgments. Now therefore, if you are able to read the writing and make its interpretation known to me, you shall be clothed in purple, and the golden chain shall be upon your neck, and you shall ru261le as third in my kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be for yourself, and give the reward of your house to another; but I will read the writing to the king and make its interpretation known to you. O king, the most high God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory to Nebuchadnezzar your father. And from the greatness which he gave him, all peoples, tribes, and languages were trembling and fearing before his face. Those whom he wished, he killed; and those whom he wished, he struck; and those whom he wished, he exalted; and those whom he wished, he humbled. And when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened to be prideful, he was brought down from the throne of the kingdom, and his honor was taken from him, and he was driven out from men, and his heart was given with the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses, and they fed him grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he knew that the Most High rules the
παράκοιτοι αὐ259 τοῦ. καὶ ἠνέχθησαν τὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ
ἔπινον ἐν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ παλλακαὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ παράκοιτοι αὐτοῦ ἔπινον οἶνον, καὶ ᾔνεσαν
τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς χρυσοῦς καὶ ἀργυροῦς καὶ χαλκοῦς καὶ σιδηροῦς καὶ ξυλίνους καὶ λιθίνους, καὶ τὸν θεὸν τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ εὐλόγησαν
τὸν ἔχοντα τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτῶν. ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐξῆλθον δάκτυλοι χειρὸς ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἔγραφον κατέναντι τῆς λαμπάδος
ἐπὶ τοῦ κονιάματος τοῦ τοίχου τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐθεώρει τοὺς ἀστραγάλους τῆς χειρὸς τῆς γραφούσης. τότε
τοῦ βασιλέως ἡ μορφὴ ἠλλοιώθη, καὶ οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτοῦ συνετάρασσον αὐτόν, καὶ οἱ δεσμοὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ διελύοντο καὶ τὰ
γόνατα αὐτοῦ συνεκρούοντο. Καὶ ἐβόησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν ἰσχύϊ τοῦ εἰσαγαγεῖν μάγους, Χαλδαίους, Γαζαρηνούς· καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς
καὶ εἶπε τοῖς σοφοῖς Βαβυλῶνος, Ὃς ἂν ἀναγνῶ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτῆς γνωρίσῃ μοι, πορφύραν ἐνδύσεται, καὶ
ὁ μανιάκης ὁ χρυσοῦς ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τρίτος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου ἄρξει. καὶ εἰσεπορεύοντο πάντες οἱ σοφοὶ τοῦ βασιλέως,
καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο τὴν γραφὴν ἀναγνῶναι οὐδὲ τὴν σύγκρισιν τῷ βασιλεῖ γνωρίσαι. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαλτάσαρ ἐταράχθη, καὶ ἡ μορφὴ
αὐτοῦ ἠλλοιώθη ἐπ' αὐτῷ, καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτοῦ συνεταράσσοντο. καὶ ἡ βασίλισσα εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ 260 πότου, καὶ
ἀπεκρίθη ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ εἶπεν, Βασιλεῦ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ζῆθι· μὴ ταρασσέτωσάν σε οἱ διαλογισμοί σου, καὶ ἡ μορφή σου μὴ ἀλλοιούσθω.
ἔστιν ἀνὴρ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου, ἐν ᾧ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἅγιον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ πατρός σου γρηγόρησις καὶ σύνεσις ηὑρέθη ἐν
αὐτῷ· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ πατήρ σου ἄρχοντα ἐπαοιδῶν, μάγων, Χαλδαίων, Γαζαρηνῶν κατέστησεν αὐτόν, ὅτι πνεῦμα
περισσὸν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ φρόνησις καὶ σύνεσις, συγκρίνων ἐνύπνια καὶ ἀναγγέλλων κρυπτόμενα καὶ λύων συνδέσμους ∆ανιήλ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς
ἐπέθηκεν αὐτῷ ὄνομα Βαλτάσαρ. νῦν οὖν κληθήτω, καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν ἀναγγελεῖ σοι. τότε ∆ανιὴλ εἰσήχθη κατ' ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ ∆ανιήλ, Σὺ εἶ ∆ανιὴλ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἧς ἤγαγεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ πατήρ μου;
καὶ εἶπεν, Ναί, βασιλεῦ. Ἤκουσα περὶ σοῦ ὅτι πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐν σοὶ καὶ γρηγόρησις καὶ σύνεσις καὶ σοφία περισσὴ ηὑρέθη ἐν σοί,
καὶ νῦν εἰσῆλθον ἐνώπιόν μου οἱ σοφοί, μάγοι, Χαλδαῖοι, Γαζαρηνοί, ἵνα τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἀναγνῶσι καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτῆς
γνωρίσωσί μοι· καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ἀπαγγεῖλαί μοι. καὶ ἐγὼ ἤκουσα περὶ σοῦ ὅτι δύνασαι κρίματα συγκρῖναι. νῦν οὖν ἐὰν δυνηθῇς
τὴν γραφὴν ἀναγνῶναι καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτῆς γνωρίσαι μοι, πορφύραν ἐνδύσῃ, καὶ ὁ μανιάκης ὁ χρυσοῦς ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου,
καὶ τρίτος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου ἄρ261 ξεις. τότε ἀπεκρίθη ∆ανιὴλ καὶ εἶπεν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, Τὰ δόματά σου σοὶ ἔστω καὶ
τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς οἰκίας σου ἑτέρᾳ δός· ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν γραφὴν ἀναγνώσομαι τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν αὐτῆς γνωρίσω σοι. βασιλεῦ,
ὁ θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἔδωκεν Ναβουχοδονόσορ τῷ πατρί σου. καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης
ἧς ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ λαοί, φυλαί, γλῶσσαι ἦσαν τρέμοντες καὶ φοβούμενοι ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. οὓς ἠβούλετο αὐτὸς ἀνῄρει
καὶ οὓς ἠβούλετο αὐτὸς ἔτυπτεν καὶ οὓς ἠβούλετο αὐτὸς ὕψου καὶ οὓς ἠβούλετο αὐτὸς ἐταπείνου. καὶ ὅτε ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ
καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐκραταιώθη τοῦ ὑπερηφανεύεσθαι, κατηνέχθη ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς βασιλεία, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ ἀφῃρέθη ἀπ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ
ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐξεδιώχθη, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν θηρίων ἐδόθη καὶ μετὰ ὀνάγρων ἡ κατοικία αὐτοῦ, καὶ χόρτον ὡς βοῦν
ἐψώμιζον αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἐβάφη ἕως οὗ ἔγνω ὅτι κυριεύει ὁ ὕψιστος τῆς
