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of the apostle and archbishop of Rome, Hippolytus, and hiero 382 martyr, and of Annianus, the most holy monk, who composed an 11th Paschal cycle of 532 years, together with accurate scholia, and of Maximus, the most holy monk and philosopher, martyr and confessor and great doctor of the church. A decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered, as the holy book of the divine Gospels says, when Joseph, along with the virgin, having reached Bethlehem, the city of David, because they were of the house and lineage of David, was registered. Then, the days of the ineffable conception having been fulfilled for the Theotokos, she miraculously bore her firstborn son and swaddled him and laid him in the nearby manger in the God-receiving cave, because there was no room for them in the inn. For this census in Judea, Quirinius was sent out as supervisor by the senatorial council in this mundane year, making a registration of property and inhabitants. For this, says the divine Luke, was the first registration, made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5500 1st year of the divine incarnation, with the 5500th having been completed and

the 5501st having begun. The good shepherd first called shepherds through angels to the sight and hearing of the ineffable mysteries. The same one, by a guiding star, drew Magi to be his escort and to worship him. On the 8th day they circumcised the Lord and on the 40th they brought him up to Jerusalem according to the law of Moses, when Simeon, standing by, took the creator in his arms. Anna, the prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, was present, giving thanks to the one who became an infant for our sake. 383 YEARS OF THE WORLD 5501 Sextus the Pythagorean philosopher flourished. A certain Judas the Galilean, from Gamala, urged the Jews to revolt against the Romans on account of the registration, about whom Gamaliel also spoke in the Acts of the Apostles. Herod died, having lived 70 years, of which he reigned unlawfully over the Jews for 37 years. For in his time the prophecy of the patriarch Jacob was fulfilled, saying: A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a leader from his loins, until he comes for whom it is reserved, that is, the Christ. Until him, the rule from Judah was represented through both kings and high priests, of whom the kings were admittedly descended from Judah, and the high priests themselves also, on their mother's side, were from Judah, since Aaron married the daughter of Amminadab, a ruler of the sons of Judah, in Egypt, and thus those of Judah and Levi were kinsmen. Therefore the angel also said to the Theotokos: And behold, Elizabeth your kinswoman. This man, being an Idumaean Arab, was the first foreigner to rule the Jews. The same man appointed the first foreign high priest for the Jews, Ananelus, according to Josephus. The same man first placed the priestly vestment under his own seal. 384 The remaining years of Herod the foreigner; of the world, 5501. Herod the most bloodthirsty, in addition to the many murders of his relatives, kills the infants in Bethlehem, having learned from the magi of the birth of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. Herod, being divinely smitten, also killed a third legitimate son, believing him to be plotting. The same man, afflicted with dropsy, vomited forth worms from his mouth and thus died, lamenting terribly. The same man lived 70 years and reigned over the Jews for 37 years.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5505 5th year of the divine incarnation When Herod died, according to

the divine Matthew, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying: Arise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel. It was then the 5th year of the age of our Savior according to the flesh. The second foreigner to reign over the Jews was Archelaus, son of Herod, for 9 years. And of the

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ἀποστόλου καὶ ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ῥώμης Ἱππολύτου καὶ ἱερο 382 μάρτυρος, Ἀννιανοῦ τε τοῦ ὁσιωτάτου μοναχοῦ τοῦ συντάξαντος κύκλον ιαʹ πασχουάλια φλβʹ ἐτῶν ἅμα σχολίοις ἀκριβέσι, καὶ Μαξίμου τοῦ ἁγιωτά του μοναχοῦ καὶ φιλοσόφου μάρτυρος καὶ ὁμολογητοῦ καὶ μεγάλου διδα σκάλου τῆς ἐκκλησίας. Ἐξῆλθε δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην, ὡς ἡ τῶν θείων εὐαγγελίων ἱερὰ βίβλος φησίν, ἡνίκα καὶ Ἰωσὴφ σὺν τῇ παρθένῳ τὴν Βηθλεὲμ πόλιν ∆αβὶδ καταλαβών, διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς ∆αβίδ, ἀπεγράφη. τότε τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς ἀπορρήτου συλλήψεως πλησθεισῶν τῇ θεομήτορι, ἔτεκεν ὑπερφυῶς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσε καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ παρατυχούσῃ κατὰ τὸ θεοδόχον σπήλαιον τῇ φάτνῃ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τόπον ἐν τῷ καταλύματι. Ταύτης τῆς κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἀπογραφῆς ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς Κυρίνιος ἐπιμελητὴς ἐξεπέμφθη κατὰ τόδε τὸ κοσμικὸν ἔτος, οὐσιῶν καὶ οἰκητόρων ἀναγραφὰς ποιούμενος. αὕτη γάρ, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος Λουκᾶς, ἡ ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο ἡγεμονεύοντος Συρίας Κυρινίου.

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ἀρξαμένου τοῦ εφαʹ Ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς ποιμένας πρώτους δι' ἀγγέλων εἰς θέαν καὶ ἀκοὴν προσ εκαλέσατο τῶν ἀπορρήτων. ὁ αὐτὸς δι' ἀστέρος ὁδηγοῦ μάγους εἰς δο ρυφορίαν καὶ προσκύνησιν ἐπεσπάσατο. τῇ ηʹ ἡμέρᾳ περιέτεμον τὸν κύριον καὶ τῇ μʹ ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸν νόμον Μωυσέως, ἡνίκα καὶ Συμεὼν παραστὰς ἐνηγκαλίσατο τὸν πλαστουργόν. Ἄννα προ φῆτις θυγάτηρ Φανουὴλ συμπαρῆν ἀνθομολογουμένη τῷ δι' ἡμᾶς νηπιά σαντι. 383 ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΑ Σέξτος Πυθαγορικὸς φιλόσοφος ἤκμαζεν. Ἰούδας τις Γαλιλαῖος κατὰ Ῥωμαίων ἀποστατεῖν Ἰουδαίους προέτρεπε διὰ τὴν ἀπογραφήν, ὁ ἐκ Γαμαλᾶς, περὶ οὗ καὶ Γαμαλιὴλ ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι τῶν ἀποστόλων εἶπεν. Ἡρώδης τέθνηκεν οʹ ζήσας ἔτη, ἐξ ὧν ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰουδαίων λζʹ ἔτη παρανόμως. ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ἡ πρόρρησις τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἰακὼβ ἐπληρώθη λέγουσα· οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα καὶ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐ τοῦ, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ὃ ἀπόκειται, ἤτοι ὁ Χριστός. Ἕως αὐτοῦ ἡ ἐξ Ἰούδα ἀρχὴ διά τε βασιλέων καὶ ἀρχιερέων παρεστάθη, ὧν οἱ μὲν βασιλεῖς ὁμολογουμένως ἐξ Ἰούδα κατήγοντο, οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ αὐτοὶ κατὰ τὸ μητρῷον ἐξ Ἰούδα, ἐπείπερ Ἀαρὼν τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ Ἀμιναδὰβ ἄρχοντος υἱῶν Ἰούδα ἔγημεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καθ' ὃ καὶ συγγενεῖς ὑπῆρχον οἱ ἐξ Ἰούδα καὶ Λευί. διὸ καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῇ θεοτόκῳ ἔφη· καὶ ἰδοὺ Ἐλισάβετ ἡ συγγενής σου. Οὗτος πρῶτος ἀλλόφυλος ἦρξεν Ἰουδαίων Ἄραψ Ἰδουμαῖος ὤν. Ὁ αὐτὸς πρῶτον ἀλλόφυλον Ἰουδαίοις ἀρχιερέα κατέστησε τὸν Ἀνάνηλον, ὡς Ἰώσηππος. Ὁ αὐτὸς πρῶτος τὴν ἱερατικὴν στολὴν ὑπὸ τὴν ἰδίαν σφραγῖδα ἔθετο. 384 Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα Ἡρώδου τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου τοῦ κόσμου ἔτη εφαʹ Ἡρώδης ὁ μιαιφονώτατος πρὸς ταῖς πολλαῖς τῶν συγγενῶν φονοκτο νίαις κατὰ τὴν Βηθλεὲμ ἀναιρεῖ νήπια, τὴν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σω τῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ παρὰ τῶν μάγων πυθόμενος γέννησιν. Ἡρώδης θεηλάτως πληγεὶς καὶ τρίτον υἱὸν ἐπιβουλεύοντα νομίσας γνή σιον ἀνεῖλεν. ὁ αὐτὸς ὕδρωπι συσχεθεὶς σκώληκας ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος ἐξέβρασε καὶ οὕτως δεινῶς ὀδυρόμενος τέθνηκεν. ὁ αὐτὸς οʹ ἔτη ἔζησε καὶ λζʹ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσε τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

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Ματθαῖον τὸν θεσπέσιον, ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου κατ' ὄναρ φαίνεται τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ λέγων· ἐγερθεὶς παρά λαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ. ἦν δ' ἄρα εʹ ἔτος τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἡλικίας κατὰ σάρκα. Ἰουδαίων δεύτερος ἀλλόφυλος ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀρχέλαος υἱὸς Ἡρώδου ἔτη θʹ. τοῦ δὲ