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in the time of the 4th indiction, on the feast of holy Pentecost, Constantine the impious emperor crowned his own son Leo as emperor, through Anastasius, the falsely-named patriarch and his confederate. 427 Ruler of the Arabs, Muawiyah, 5 years. 10. 1. 17. 21. 7. In this year the Chalcidians rose up against the Black-robed Persians and 4,000 were slain by them in the territory of Emesa. And the same thing happened also in Arabia to the Qaysites at the hands of the same Persians. And when the head of Marwan arrived, embalmed with myrrh, most of the rebellions ceased. And in the same year the most holy patriarch of Antioch, Theophylactus, fell asleep on the 29th of the month Daisios. Bishop of Antioch, Theodore, 2 years. 11. 2. 18. 22. 1. In this year, those who had recently seized power killed most of the Christians, as relatives of the former rulers, having subdued them by treachery at Antipatris in Palestine. And at the same time Constantine took Theodosiopolis along with Melitene, and took the Armenians captive. And Theodore, the son of the Vicarius, hailing from Lesser Arabia, was ordained patriarch of Antioch. 12. 3. 19. 23. 2. In this year, Constantine the impious, puffed up with pride, plotting many things against the church and the orthodox faith, holding 'silentia' every day, persuaded the people to follow his own way of thinking deceitfully, preparing the way for his future complete impiety. 13. 4. 20. 24. 3. In this year Anastasius, who had unholily presided over the throne of Constantinople, died in both soul and body by a most pitiable affliction, the so-called cholera, vomiting feces through his mouth, he paid a worthy penalty for his audacity against God and his teacher. And in the same year Constantine the impious also assembled an unlawful council of 338 bishops against the holy and venerable icons in the palace of Hiereia, over which presided Theodosius of Ephesus, son of Apsimar, and Pastillas of Perge; who, having dogmatized on their own what they decided, with no one present from the catholic thrones, I mean, of Rome, and Alexandria and Antioch and Jerusalem, starting from 428 the 10th of the month of February, they continued until the 8th of August of the same 7th indiction. During which the enemies of the Theotokos came to Blachernae, Constantine ascended the ambo holding Constantine a monk, who had become bishop of Syllaion, and having acclaimed him, said in a loud voice: "Many years to Constantine, ecumenical patriarch." And on the 27th of the same month the emperor went up into the Forum with Constantine the unholy president and the rest of the bishops, and they proclaimed their heterodox heresy before all the people, anathematizing Germanus the most holy and George of Cyprus and John Chrysorrhoas of Damascus, Mansour, holy men and venerable teachers. Bishop of Constantinople, Constantine, 12 years. 14. 5. 21. 1. 4. In this year Muamed, who is also Aboulabas, died, having ruled for 5 years. And Abdallah, his brother, was at their place of blasphemy, Mecca. He wrote therefore to Abu Muslim, who was in Persia, to guard for him the place of rule, as it had been allotted to him. But he, learning that Abdallah, the son of Alim, and brother of Salim, the sole general of Syria, was securing the rule for himself and was coming to seize Persia, being opposed to the Persians and attached to those of Syria, who were also his allies, having roused the armies with him, he engages him near Nisibis, and having conquered him, Abu Muslim killed many. For the majority were Slavs and Antiochenes. And this Abdallah, having alone been saved, after a few days asked to receive a word of safe conduct from the other Abdallah, the brother of Muamed, who had seized Persia with great haste from Mecca; whom he, having imprisoned in a dilapidated little house and having ordered 429 its foundations to be dug under secretly, killed him. and being angry with Abu Muslim

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χρόνῳ τῆς δʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, τῇ ἑορτῇ τῆς ἁγίας πεντηκοστῆς, ἔστεψε Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ δυσσεβὴς βασιλεὺς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ υἱὸν Λέοντα εἰς βασιλέα δι' Ἀναστασίου, τοῦ ψευδωνύμου πατριάρχου καὶ σύμφρονος αὐτοῦ. 427 Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Μουάμεδ ἔτη εʹ. ιʹ. αʹ. ιζʹ. καʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐστασίασαν οἱ Χαλκιδεῖς τοῖς Μαυροφόροις Πέρσαις καὶ ἀνῃρέθησαν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις Ἐμέσης χιλιάδες δʹ. τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ γέγονε καὶ κατὰ τὴν Ἀραβίαν εἰς τοὺς Καϊσινοὺς ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν Περσῶν. ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ Μαρουὰμ ἐσμυρνισμένης, ἐπαύσαντο αἱ πλείους τῶν στάσεων. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐκοιμήθη ὁ ἁγιώτατος πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας Θεοφύλακτος μηνὶ ∆αισίῳ κθʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Θεόδωρος ἔτη ʹ. ιαʹ. βʹ. ιηʹ. κβʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τοὺς πλείους τῶν Χριστιανῶν ὡς συγγενεῖς τῶν προαρξάντων ἀνεῖλον οἱ προσφάτως κρατήσαντες, δόλῳ τούτους χειρωσάμενοι εἰς Ἀντιπατρίδα τῆς Παλαιστίνης. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ Κωνσταντῖνος τὴν Θεοδοσιούπολιν παρέλαβεν ἅμα τῇ Μελιτηνῇ, καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσε τοὺς Ἀρμενίους. Θεόδωρος δέ, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Βικαρίου, τῆς μικρᾶς Ἀραβίας ὁρμώμενος ἐχειροτονήθη πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας. ιβʹ. γʹ. ιθʹ. κγʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀρθεὶς τῷ φρονήματι Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ δυσσεβὴς πολλὰ κατὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως μελετῶν, σιλέντια καθ' ἑκάστην ποιῶν τὸν λαὸν ἔπειθε πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον αὐτοῦ φρόνημα δολίως ἕπεσθαι, προοδοποιῶν τὴν μέλλουσαν αὐτῷ ἔσεσθαι τελείαν ἀσέβειαν. ιγʹ. δʹ. κʹ. κδʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀναστάσιος ὁ ἀνιέρως τοῦ θρόνου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἡγησάμενος τέθνηκε σὺν τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ τῷ σώματι οἰκτίστῳ πάθει, τῷ λεγομένῳ χορδαψῷ, κόπρον διὰ στόματος ἐμέσας, ἀξίαν ἔτισε δίκην ὑπὲρ τῆς κατὰ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ διδασκάλου τόλμης. τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει καὶ Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ δυσσεβὴς κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σεπτῶν εἰκόνων παράνομον συνέδριον τληʹ ἐπισκόπων συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ τῆς Ἱερείας παλατίῳ, ὧν ἐξῆρχε Θεοδόσιος ὁ Ἐφέσου, υἱὸς Ἀψιμάρου, καὶ Παστιλλᾶς ὁ Πέργης· οἳ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς τὰ δόξαντα δογματίσαντες, μηδενὸς παρόντος ἐκ τῶν καθολικῶν θρόνων, Ῥώμης, φημί, καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Ἱεροσολύμων, ἀπὸ 428 ιʹ τοῦ Φεβρουαρίου μηνὸς ἀρξάμενοι διήρκεσαν ἕως ηʹ τοῦ Αὐγούστου τῆς αὐτῆς ζʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος. καθ' ἣν ἐν Βλαχέρναις ἐλθόντες οἱ τῆς θεοτόκου πολέμιοι, ἀνῆλθε Κωνσταντῖνος ἐν τῷ ἄμβωνι κρατῶν Κωνσταντῖνον μοναχόν, ἐπίσκοπον γενόμενον τοῦ Συλλαίου, καὶ ἐπευξάμενος ἔφη μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ· "Κωνσταντίνου οἰκουμενικοῦ πατριάρχου πολλὰ τὰ ἔτη." καὶ τῇ κζʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἀνῆλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ Φόρῳ σὺν Κωνσταντίνῳ τῷ ἀνιέρῳ προέδρῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἐπισκόποις, καὶ ἐξεφώνησαν τὴν ἑαυτῶν κακόδοξον αἵρεσιν ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἀναθεματίσαντες Γερμανὸν τὸν ἁγιώτατον καὶ Γεώργιον τὸν Κύπριον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Χρυσορρόαν ∆αμασκηνὸν τὸν Μανσούρ, ἄνδρας ἁγίους καὶ αἰδεσίμους διδασκάλους. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη ιβʹ. ιδʹ. εʹ. καʹ. αʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μουάμεδ, ὁ καὶ Ἀβουλαβᾶς, τέθνηκε κρατήσας ἔτη εʹ. ἦν δὲ Ἀβδελᾶς, ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸν τόπον τῆς βλασφημίας αὐτῶν τὸ Μάκχα. γράφει οὖν πρὸς τὸν Ἀβουμουσλὶμ ὄντα κατὰ τὴν Περσίδα φυλάξαι αὐτῷ τὸν τόπον τῆς ἀρχῆς, καθὼς ἐκληρώθη αὐτῷ. ὁ δὲ μαθὼν Ἀβδελᾶν, τὸν υἱὸν Ἀλίμ, ἀδελφὸν δὲ Σαλίμ, τὸν μονοστράτηγον Συρίας, τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτῷ περιποιούμενον καὶ ἐρχόμενον κρατῆσαι τῆς Περσίδος, ἐναντιούμενον δὲ τοῖς Πέρσαις καὶ προσκείμενον τοῖς τῆς Συρίας, οἳ καὶ συνεμάχουν αὐτῷ, διεγείρας τὰ σὺν αὐτῷ στρατόπεδα συμβάλλει αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν Νιτσίβιν καὶ νικήσας αὐτὸν ὁ Ἀβουμουσλὶμ πολλοὺς ἔκτεινεν. ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ πλείους Σκλάβοι καὶ Ἀντιοχεῖς. ὁ δὲ Ἀβδελᾶς μόνος περισωθεὶς μετ' ὀλίγας ἡμέρας ᾐτήσατο λόγον λαβεῖν παρὰ τοῦ ἄλλου Ἀβδελᾶ, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Μουάμεδ, καταλαβόντος σπουδῇ πολλῇ τὴν Περσικὴν ἐκ τοῦ Μάκχα· ὅν τινα φρουρήσας ἐν οἰκίσκῳ σαθρῷ καὶ κατορυχθῆναι 429 προστάξας τὰ θεμέλια λάθρα τοῦτον ἀπέκτεινεν. τὸν δὲ Ἀβουμουσλὶμ μηνιῶντα