Procopius the Reader ( Martyr Procopius of Caesarea (Palestinian), reader ; died in 303 , Caesarea Palestine ) is a Christian holy martyr. The memory in the Orthodox Church takes place on November 22 / December 5 . [one]
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According to his life, he was born in Jerusalem . He was made a reader in the church of Caesarea [2] , explained to the believers the Word of God, translated the Holy Scriptures into Syriac. During his life healed those possessed by the spirit of demons. By order of the governor of Palestine, Flavian was captured and, refusing to make a sacrifice to pagan gods and emperors, was beheaded.
On martyrdom, Procopius writes Eusebius of Caesarea :
... in Palestine, the first martyr is Procopius. Having not yet been imprisoned, he appeared at the pro-consular court and, at his first appearance, when he heard the order to make a sacrifice to the so-called gods, he replied that he knew only one who needed to make a sacrifice, as he himself wanted. And when he was ordered to make a libation to the four kings [3] , he uttered the following words of the poet that he did not like: Let there be one lord, the only king. [4] And having uttered them, he was beheaded. [5]
- Eusebius of Caesarea, " Book of the Palestinian Martyrs ." Chapter i
From Caesarea his body was transported to his homeland, to Jerusalem, and buried in a crypt on top of the mountain of the Evil Conference . Later, the church of Procopius the Reader was built over this crypt in memory of his martyrdom, and the crypt with burial became the crypt of the temple. The crypt and the remains of the Byzantine church have survived to this day and are located on the territory of the Orthodox monastery of St. Modest in Jerusalem. [6]
See also
- Procopius of Caesarea (Great Martyr)
Notes
- ↑ Memory of the Holy Martyr Procopius (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 17, 2010. Archived January 10, 2010.
- ↑ In some versions of life (for example, here ) it is said that Procopius was a reader of the Jerusalem Church, but it must be remembered that Caesarea Palestine was at that time the main city of Palestine and the seat of the bishop, to whom Jerusalem was also subordinated for some time.
- ↑ Four ruled the Roman Empire at that time: the eastern part of Diocletian with co-ruler Maximian Galerius , the western part of Maximian Herculius with co-ruler Constantius Chlorine
- ↑ This is probably a quote from Homer 's Iliad : “There is no good in multilateral power; may there be one sovereign, the Tsar will be one for us ... ”(see Iliad 2,204-205 (inaccessible link) )
- ↑ Eusebius Panfil , Book of the Palestinian Martyrs, Chapter I. On the Martyrs: Procopius, Alpheus and Zacchaeus
- ↑ Monastery of St. Modest
Links
- Dimitry of Rostov . Memory of the Holy Martyr Procopius
- Monastery of St. Modest. Procopius Reader Church (photo)