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For eight months the war between Constantine and Licinius was underway, as war broke out throughout Bithynia, the scoundrel is captured alive in Chrysopolis, and is sent to Thessalonica to be guarded, having however previously fought and been defeated in the city of Philip. But when he was sent to Thessalonica and there again was about to stir up a revolution by hiring barbarians, the emperor orders him to be beheaded by the sword; and thus affairs finally enjoyed perfect calm. Then Constantine appoints his own sons as Caesars, and establishes churches in various places for the conversion of the gentiles in honor of God.

In the 20th year of the reign of Constantine, the city having been completed was founded astrologically by Valens the astronomer, on the 8th day of its dedication, by order of the emperor Constantine, in the month of May on the 11th, the 2nd day, the 3rd indiction, in the year from the creation of the world #22εωληʹ. The whole summation contains 620 years. In this year also Crispus, the son of Constantine, a Christian, fell asleep; and Helena the mother of the emperor, having been crowned, goes to Jerusalem because of a vision, and having uncovered the holy places 1.498 and found the precious cross, she restored everything, and having built churches in them she adorned them splendidly. In these times the church of Hagia Sophia and of Hagia Eirene and of the Holy Apostles and of Saint Mocius and of Saint Agathonicus and of the Archstrategos in Anaplus and Sosthenion, where the Christ-loving emperor wondrously both heard and saw divine oracles, he built. And he ordered the idolatrous temples of the Hellenes to be torn down and churches to be built, and their revenues to be given to them. During the reign of this emperor many of the nations accepted Christianity, from both the Celts and the western Galatians; but also the inner Indians, and the Iberians and Armenians, beginning from Tiridates. For then the great Gregory of great Armenia was cast out of that dreadful pit and comes to king Tiridates, and all of Armenia is converted to the faith of Christ. and the Persians likewise under bishop Simeon. But also Uthaxad, a eunuch, tutor of Sapor, was martyred.

This great emperor, being reproached by Greek philosophers for innovating in religion, presented one of their philosophers to dispute with Alexander the bishop concerning the faith. But Alexander was a divine man, but inexperienced in speeches. So when he saw the philosopher being verbose, he said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ our true God to be silent and not to 1.499 speak." And at the same time with the word he was muzzled and became speechless. Then there was such a great earthquake in Campania that 13 cities fell, and such an eclipse of the sun that stars appeared in the daytime. Then also every kind of serpent appeared in Melitene; who, having fought, killed each other, so that the land stank. And the Jews who were again rebelling about the building of the temple, Constantine the Great punished and scattered. And the blessed Helena, having returned from Jerusalem, and having commanded her son and emperor many things concerning the faith in Christ, died at the age of 80, and was buried in the church of the Holy Apostles. Therefore, the blessed one, adorned with all virtues, also had Christ-imitating humility towards all, but especially towards the monks. For gathering virgins and having them recline on couches, she herself served them, setting out dishes and offering cups and pouring water on their hands, she fulfilled the work of a servant-girl. And thus she also instructed her ever-memorable son to have a mind free from pride, to take care for virtue and an exact way of life, and to serve the Lord with fear and trembling; who, keeping her commandments exactly, bore fruit a hundredfold. In the 20th year

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ὀκτὼ μησὶ τοῦ πολέμου μεταξὺ Κωνσταντίνου καὶ Λικινίου ἱσταμένου, ὡς πόλεμος κατὰ τὴν Βιθυνίαν ἐκροτήθη, ζῶν ὁ ἀλιτήριος συλλαμβάνεται ἐν Χρυ σοπόλει, καὶ εἰς Θεσσαλονίκην ἐκπέμπεται φρουρεῖσθαι, πρότε ρον μέντοι ἔν τε τῇ Φιλίππου πόλει πολεμήσας καὶ ἡττηθείς. ὡς δὲ ἐν Θεσσαλυνίκῃ ἐπέμφθη καὶ πάλιν ἐκεῖσε νεωτερίζειν ἔμελλε βαρβάρους μισθούμενος, τοῦτον διὰ ξίφους ἀποτμηθῆναι ὁ βα σιλεὺς κελεύει· καὶ οὕτω λοιπὸν τελείας ἀπήλαυσε γαλήνης τὰ πράγματα. τότε καθιστᾷ Κωνσταντῖνος τοὺς ἰδίους παῖδας Καί σαρας, καὶ κυριακὰς πρὸς ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τόπους εἰς τιμὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ποιεῖ.

Τῷ κʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Κωνσταντίνου πληρωθείσης τῆς πόλεως ἐθεματίσθη ὑπὸ Οὐάλεντος ἀστρονόμου, ἐν τῇ ηʹ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν ἐγκαινίων αὐτῆς, ἐκ προστάξεως τοῦ βασιλέως Κων σταντίνου, μηνὶ Μαΐῳ ιαʹ, ἡμέρᾳ βʹ, ἰνδίκτῳ γʹ, ἔτει ἀπὸ κτί σεως κόσμου #22εωληʹ. περιέχει δὲ τὸ ὅλον συμπέρασμα ἔτη χʹ. τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει καὶ Κρίσπος ὁ υἱὸς Κωνσταντίνου Χριστιανὸς ἐκοι μήθη· καὶ Ἑλένη ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ βασιλέως στεφθεῖσα δι' ὀπτασίας εἰς τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπέρχεται, καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους τόπους φανερώ 1.498 σασα καὶ τὸν τίμιον σταυρὸν εὑροῦσα πάντα ἀνέστησε, καὶ ναοὺς οἰκοδομήσασα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιφανῶς τούτους ἐκαλλώπισεν. ἐν τού τοις τοῖς καιροῖς τὸν ναὸν τῆς ἁγίας σοφίας καὶ τῆς ἁγίας Εἰρή νης καὶ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Μωκίου καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀγαθονίκου καὶ τοῦ ἀρχιστρατήγου ἐν τῷ Ἀνάπλῳ καὶ Σωσθενίῳ, ἔνθα καὶ θείας ὀμφὰς θαυμαστῶς ἤκουσέ τε καὶ ἐθεά σατο ὁ φιλόχριστος βασιλεύς, ᾠκοδόμησε. τοὺς δὲ τῶν Ἑλλή νων εἰδωλικοὺς ναοὺς προσέταξε καταλύεσθαι καὶ ἐκκλησίας οἰκο δομεῖσθαι, καὶ τὰς τούτων προσόδους αὐταῖς δωρεῖσθαι. ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ βασιλέως πολλὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὸν χριστιανισμὸν προσε δέξαντο, ἀπό τε Κελτῶν καὶ Γαλατῶν τῶν ἑσπερίων· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἰνδοὶ οἱ ἐνδοτέρω, Ἰβῆρές τε καὶ Ἀρμένιοι ἀρχὴν ἐκ Τηριδάτουλαβόντες. τότε γὰρ ὁ μέγας Γρηγόριος ὁ τῆς μεγάλης Ἀρμενίας ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ λάκκου ἐκείνου ἐκβέβληται καὶ κατὰ τὸν βασιλέα Τηριδάτην γίνεται, καὶ ἡ πᾶσα Ἀρμενία εἰς τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ πίστιν μετατίθεται. καὶ Πέρσαι ὁμοίως ἐπὶ Σιμεὼν ἐπισκόπου. ἀλλὰ καὶ Οὐθαξὰδ εὐνοῦχος παιδαγωγὸς Σαπώρου ἐμαρτύρησεν.

Οὗτος ὁ μέγας βασιλεὺς ὑπὸ φιλοσόφων Ἑλλήνων ὀνειδιζό μενος ὡς νεωτερίζων τὴν θρησκείαν, ἕνα τῶν φιλοσόφων αὐτῶν παρέστησε διαλεχθῆναι Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ περὶ τῆς πί στεως. ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος θεῖος μὲν ἦν ἀνήρ, λόγων δὲ ἄπειρος. ὡς οὖν εἶδε τὸν φιλόσοφον γλωσσαλγοῦντα, ἔφη "ἐπιτάττω σοι ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν σιωπᾶν καὶ μὴ 1.499 φθέγγεσθαι." καὶ ἅμα τῷ λόγῳ ἐφιμώθη καὶ γέγονεν ἄλαλος. τότε σεισμὸς γέγονε τηλικοῦτος ἐν Καμπανίᾳ ὡς ιγʹ πόλεις πεσεῖν, καὶ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις τοιαύτη ὡς ἀστέρας φανῆναι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ. τότε καὶ ὄφεων παντοῖον γένος ἐπὶ τὴν Μελιτηνὴν φανῆναι· οἳ καὶ μαχεσάμενοι κατέκτειναν ἑαυτούς, ὡς καὶ τὴν χώραν ἐποζέσαι. καὶ Ἰουδαίους περὶ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ πάλιν στασιάζοντας Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ μέγας τιμωρησάμενος διεσκόρπισεν. Ἡ δὲ μακαρία Ἑλένη ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπανελθοῦσα, καὶ πολλὰ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτῆς καὶ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως ἐντειλαμένη, ἐτελεύτησεν ἐτῶν πʹ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων. πάσαις τοίνυν ἡ μακαρία ἀρεταῖς κεκοσμη μένη εἶχε καὶ τὴν χριστομίμητον ταπεινοφροσύνην πρὸς πάντας μέν, ἐξαιρέτως δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μονάζοντας. συνάγουσα γὰρ παρ θένους καὶ ἐπὶ στιβάδων κατακλίνουσα αὐτὴ δι' ἑαυτῆς καθυπ ούργει, ὄψα παρατιθεῖσα καὶ κύλικας ὀρέγουσα καὶ ὕδωρ ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐπιχέουσα, θεραπαίνης ἔργον ἐπλήρου. οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὸν ἀείμνηστον υἱὸν αὐτῆς ἐξεπαίδευσεν ἄτυφον ἔχειν φρόνη μα, ἀρετῆς καὶ πολιτείας ἀκριβοῦς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, δουλεύειν δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου· ὃς φυλάττων ἀκριβῶς τὰς αὐτῆς ἐντολὰς ἐκαρποφόρει ἑκατονταπλασίως. Τῷ κʹ ἔτει