Antiochus Strategos part 20

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The remains of the church of St. George, who was said to have been born there, are still to be seen: they have been...

Antiochus Strategos part 5

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I know that it may seem very bold on my part to write this book when there are so many holy priests capable of...

Antiochus Strategos part 6

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There before the cross they laid him. Then they began earnestly to implore God, the Maker of all things, to bring them consolation and...

War with the Scyths part 13

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The Comans returned, fully prepared for war with the Scythians, but not finding them and learning that they had come over the passes, occupied...

Antiochus Strategos part 7

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Next he began to inquire how he could put these ideas into effect so that he could despise and renounce the fleeting pleasures of...

War with the Scyths part 14

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Overcome by this unforeseen disaster, the father beat his breast for three days and nights with a sling-stone and then died. The interval of...

Antiochus Strategos part 8

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It would be cruel, and unchristian, he said, to deprive them of his protection and to leave them at the mercy of others. Then...

War with the Scyths part 15

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Thereupon, as he knew they set out on foraging expeditions at daybreak, he sent for Taticius (he has often been mentioned in this history)...

Antiochus Strategos part 9

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As the sickness increased, his weary limbs grew cold and stiff, and in this way he breathed his last. As soon as the two...

War with the Scyths part 16

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However Tzachas thought Methymna was beneath consideration, but sailed direct to Chios and took that also at first assault. On receipt of this news...

A Night in the Monastery

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John of Damascus part 8

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