Cyril of Scythopolis, Life of Euthymius 47.68.3-47.68.11
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Καισαρέων

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Cyril of Scythopolis, Life of Euthymius 47.68.3-47.68.11. This passage was written ca. ca. 544-558 C.E. possibly in Palestine. Cyril from Scythopolis (ca. 525-559 C.E.) was a monk who wrote detailed hagiographies of seven roughly contemporary or slightly earlier monks. His works are essential historical sources for Palestinian monasticism, theology, and political relationships during roughly the first half of the 6th century. He wrote one of his two major works about the Armenian Euthymius, at whose monastery in Jericho he served from 544 to 555 C.E. This passage recounts the succession of abbots at the monastery including one Stephen, who invested the estate from his brother Procopius at Caesarea into the monastery.

Ὁ μὲν οὖν μακαρίτης Ἡλίας ὁ καλὸς τῆς Εὐθυμίου ἀγέλης ποιμὴν ἐπὶ τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ χρόνους τὴν μονὴν κυβερνήσας καὶ πλεῖστα κατορθώματα ἐν αὐτῆι διαπραξάμενος ἐτελεύτησεν. Συμεωνίου δέ τινος Ἀπαμέως ἐπὶ τρεῖς χρόνους τῆς αὐτῆς μονῆς κρατήσαντος καὶ ἐν Χριστῶι τελειωθέντος Στέφανός τις Ἄραψ τῶι γένει τὴν ἡγουμενίαν διεδέξατο γνήσιον ἀδελφὸν ἔχων Προκόπιον μὲν ὀνομαζόμενον, τῆς δὲ Καισαρέων ἐκκλησίας πρεσβύτερον, οὗτινος τελευτήσαντος πᾶσαν ὁ Στέφανος τὴν γονικὴν περιουσίαν τῶι μοναστηρίωι προσεκύρωσεν.

[Ed. Schwatrz 1939]

The blessed Elias, the good shepherd of Euthymius’ flock, died after governing the monastery for 38 years and performing very many good deeds in it. After one Symeonios of Apamea had ruled the same monastery for three years and died in Christ, one Stephanos, an Arab by race, succeeded as Superior; he had a blood-brother named Procopius, priest of the church at Caesarea, at whose death Stephanos made over all the family property to the monastery.

[Adapted from Price and Binns 1990]

Works Cited

[...] 47 68.3-11
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[Apamea]

[Elias

Procopius, priest at Caesarea

St. Euthymius

Stephen the Arab

Symeonius of Apamea]

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