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when peace was made. And when about two hundred bishops from various places had come to Heracleia, the impious emperor, having broken the agreements, together with Timothy, the bishop of Constantinople, mocked them, and they departed having accomplished nothing. In the 24th year, Vitalian, indignant with Anastasius on account of his perjury, inflicted many evils upon the armies of Anastasius and 1.633 the rest of the state, plundering and disarming them, and finally, as an insult, selling each soldier for a single follis. In the 25th year, the Huns called Sabirs, having crossed the Caspian Gates, overran Armenia, raiding Cappadocia and Galatia and Pontus, so as nearly to subdue Euchaita; wherefore the holy Macedonius also fled, being in great peril, and was saved in Gangra. When Anastasius learned this, he harshly ordered him to be guarded there, sending, as they say, even one to kill him. And having died in Gangra, he was laid to rest in the church of the holy martyr Callinicus, performing many healings. And as he was about to be placed in the tomb, raising his right hand he sealed himself with the cross, and so he was laid to rest. And to a certain Theodore, one of his companions, he said in a vision, "Receive this, and go, and read it to Anastasius, saying: I am departing to my fathers, whose faith I have kept, but I will not cease troubling my master, until you come and we enter into judgment." In this year very many Alexandrians, men and women and children, terribly afflicted by demons, suddenly began to bark. And in a dream someone saw a terrible figure saying that they were suffering on account of the anathemas of this synod. In the same year, the empress Ariadne died. And the vile Anastasius, having heard of a certain bishop of the so-called Oiniandoi that he debated cleverly and silenced all who held to his dogma, summoning him 1.634 said, "Be of my party, most admirable one, and 1.634 everything that you ask of us you will receive most quickly." But he said to him, "You rather be of the orthodox party, and do not, by following the opinion of the impious Severus and Eutyches and Dioscorus, inherit the eternal fire." And having said these things he seized the emperor's cloak, saying, "This garment will by no means go down with you into Hades, O emperor, but only piety toward God and the possession of virtues. Leave the church alone, which Christ redeemed with his own blood. You are ignorant and unreasonable. You understand none of the church's doctrines accurately, but rather you frighten the foolish with errors and buffooneries. Be content, being emperor, with your own rank, and do not punish the leaders of the churches." And he was shamed and remained speechless. But the wise bishop, being very poor, did not wish to receive even an obol from the emperor; so free was he and caring only for faith and piety toward God.

Between the Indians and Persians there is a fortress named Tzoudader, in which much money and pearls and precious stones were stored and were guarded by demons. Kavadh, having learned of this, sought to take it. And being hindered by the demons, he set in motion every contrivance of his magi, and then also of the Jews, and he failed in his purpose. But being persuaded that through the prayer of the Christians to God he could take possession of it, he besought a certain Christian bishop 1.635 from those in Persia concerning this, who, having performed a service and partaken of the divine mysteries, approached the place, drove out the demons there, and delivered the fortress to Kavadh without toil. At this Kavadh, being astonished, honored the bishop with the first seat, whereas until then the Manichaeans and Jews had held the first seats, and he granted permission to those who wished to be baptized. And a little before the death of Anastasius, a plot against him having been revealed, he arrested and destroyed many; among whom were also Justin and Justinian. Therefore, when he was about to destroy the men, there stood by

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γενομένης εἰρήνης. ἐλθόντων δὲ ἐπισκόπων ἐν Ἡρακλείᾳ ὡσεὶ διακοσίων ἐκ διαφόρων τόπων, ὁ ἀσεβὴς βασιλεὺς παραβὰς τὰς συνθήκας μετὰ καὶ Τι μοθέου ἐπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τούτους ἐνέπαιξαν, καὶ ἀνεχώρησαν ἄπρακτοι. Τῷ κδʹ ἔτει ὁ Βιταλιανὸς ἀγανακτήσας κατὰ Ἀναστασίου διὰ τὴν ἐπιορκίαν πολλὰ κακὰ τοῖς στρατοπέδοις Ἀναστασίου καὶ 1.633 τῇ λοιπῇ πολιτείᾳ ἐπεδείκνυτο, ἁρπάζων καὶ ἀφοπλίζων, καὶ τέλος πρὸς ὕβριν ἕκαστον στρατιώτην μιᾶς φόλλεως πιπράσκων. Τῷ κεʹ ἔτει Οὗννοι οἱ λεγόμενοι Σαβήρ, τὰς Κασπίας πύ λας περάσαντες, τὴν Ἀρμενίαν ἐξέδραμον, Καππαδοκίαν τε καὶ Γαλατίαν καὶ Πόντον ληϊζόμενοι, ὡς καὶ τὰ Εὐχάϊτα μικροῦ παραστήσασθαι· ὅθεν καὶ φυγὼν ὁ ἱερὸς Μακεδόνιος σχεδὸν κιν δυνεύων εἰς Γάγγραν διεσώθη. ὅπερ μαθὼν Ἀναστάσιος πικρῶς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ προσέταξεν φυλάττεσθαι, πέμψας, ὡς φασίν, καὶ τὸν ἀναιρήσοντα αὐτόν. τελειωθεὶς δὲ ἐν Γάγγραις κατετέθη ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Καλλινίκου, πολλὰς ἰάσεις ἐπιτελῶν. μέλλοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τίθεσθαι, ἄρας τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα κατεσφραγίσατο τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ οὕτως κατετέθη. καὶ Θεοδώρῳ δέ τινι τῶν συνόντων εἶπεν ἐν ὁράματι "ἐκλαβοῦ, καὶ ἄπελθε, καὶ ἐπανάγνωθι Ἀναστασίῳ λέγων· ἐγὼ μὲν ἀπέρχομαι πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας μου, ὧν τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα, οὐ παύσομαι δὲ ὀχλῶν τὸν δεσπότην μου, ἄχρις οὗ ἔλθῃς καὶ εἰς δίκην εἰσέλθωμεν." τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀλεξανδρεῖς πλεῖστοι, ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ παιδία, δεινῶς πληγέντες ὑπὸ δαιμόνων ἀθρόως ὑλάκτουν. καθ' ὕπνους δέ τις εἶδέ τινα φοβερὸν λέγοντα ὅτι διὰ τοὺς ἀναθεματι σμοὺς τῆς συνόδου ταύτης πάσχουσι. τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Ἀριάδνη ἡ βασιλὶς ἐτελεύτησεν. ἐπίσκοπον δέ τινα τῶν Οἰνιάνδον λεγόμε νον ἀκούσας ὁ μιαρὸς Ἀναστάσιος ὡς εὐφυῶς διαλέγεται καὶ πάντας ἐπιστομίζει τοὺς τῷ δόγματι αὐτοῦ προσανέχοντας, προσ 1.634 καλεσάμενος ἔφη "γενοῦ τῆς ἐμῆς μοίρας, θαυμασιώτατε, καὶ 1.634 πᾶν ὅπερ αἰτήσεις παρ' ἡμῶν λήψῃ τάχιστα." ὁ δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν "σὺ μᾶλλον τῆς ὀρθοδόξου μοίρας γενοῦ, καὶ μὴ τῇ δόξῃ τῶν ἀσεβῶν Σεβήρου καὶ Εὐτυχοῦς καὶ ∆ιοσκόρου ἑπόμενος κληρονο μήσῃς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον." καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἐδράξατο τῆς χλα μύδος τοῦ βασιλέως, λέγων "τοῦτο τὸ ἱμάτιον οὐδαμῶς εἰς ᾅδου συγκαταβήσεταί σοι, βασιλεῦ, ἀλλὰ μόνη ἡ θεοσέβεια καὶ ἀρε τῶν κτῆσις. ἄφες τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἣν ὁ Χριστὸς διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος ἐξηγόρασεν. ἀμαθὴς εἶ καὶ ἀσυλλόγιστος. οὐδὲν τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας δογμάτων ἀκριβῶς ἐπίστασαι, ἀλλ' ἢ πλάναις καὶ βω μολοχίαις μορμολύττῃ τοὺς ἄφρονας. ἀρκοῦ, βασιλεὺς ὤν, εἰς τὸ σὸν ἀξίωμα, καὶ τοὺς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν προστάτας μὴ κόλαζε." ὁ δὲ κατῃσχύνθη καὶ ἔμεινεν ἄφωνος. ὁ δέ γε σοφὸς ἐπίσκοπος πενέ στατος ὢν οὐκ ἠθέλησε παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως λαβεῖν ἕως ὀβολοῦ· οὕτως ἦν ἐλεύθερος καὶ μόνης τῆς εἰς θεὸν πίστεως καὶ εὐσεβείας περιποιούμενος.

Μεταξὺ Ἰνδῶν καὶ Περσῶν κάστρον ἐστὶν ὀνομαζόμενον Τζουδάδερ, ἐν ᾧ πολλὰ χρήματα καὶ μαργαρῖται καὶ λίθοι τίμιοι ἀποκείμενοι ἦσαν καὶ ὑπὸ δαιμόνων ἐφυλάττοντο. τοῦτο Καβά δης μαθὼν ἐζήτει λαβεῖν. καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν δαιμόνων κωλυόμενος κινεῖ τὴν τῶν παρ' αὐτοῦ μάγων πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν, ἔπειτα καὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ τοῦ σκοποῦ ἀποτυγχάνει. πεισθεὶς δὲ διὰ τῆς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν εὐχῆς τῶν Χριστιανῶν τούτου κυριεῦσαι, ἐπίσκο 1.635 πόν τινα Χριστιανὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Περσίδι περὶ τούτου παρεκάλε σεν, ὃς σύναξιν ἐπιτελέσας καὶ τῶν θείων μυστηρίων μεταλαβών, προσελθὼν τῷ τόπῳ τοὺς ἐκεῖσε δαίμονας ἐξεδίωξε καὶ τῷ Κα βάδῃ τὸ κάστρον ἀπόνως παρέδωκεν. ἐν τούτῳ Καβάδης κατα πλαγεὶς πρωτοκαθεδρίᾳ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἐτίμησεν, ἕως τότε Μανι χαίων καὶ Ἰουδαίων προκαθεζομένων, καὶ ἄδειαν παρέσχε τοῖς βουλομένοις βαπτίζεσθαι. Πρὸ μικροῦ δὲ τῆς τελευτῆς Ἀναστασίου, ἐπιβουλῆς αὐτῷ μηνυθείσης, συνέσχε πολλοὺς καὶ ἀπώλεσεν· ἐν οἷς καὶ Ἰουστῖνος ἦν καὶ Ἰουστινιανός. μέλλων οὖν ἐξαφανίζειν τοὺς ἄνδρας, παρέστη