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E07026: Sophronius of Jerusalem, in his Miracles of the Saints Cyrus and John, recounts how *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406) delivered a certain Theopompos from a demonic possession at their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt). Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615.
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posted on 2018-10-31, 00:00 authored by juliaSophronius of Jerusalem, The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John, 14
Summary:
There was a certain Theopompos who was gravely possessed by a demon and there was nobody who would not cry looking at him. Generally people are more despondent about those who have this kind of malady of the soul; likely because it does not concern the body, which is subject to natural diseases and to corruption due to its origin of the tree of transgression in the paradise (to xylon tes parakoes eiso paradeisou). However, the malady of the soul which is against nature. For it is a kind of alteration of the soul's incorruptible nature created by the grace of God, and a suffering resulting from a demonic machination.
Theopompos suffered from this malady for eighteen years. Since he could not stand the fury of the demon any more, he went to the shrine of the martyrs who deliver one from it. He had to come a long way on foot because he did not have money. He finally arrived at the shrine after sunset. Since he spent all his strength on walking and getting there, he went to sleep in the enclosed surroundings of the church (peribole) as he was not able to cover the remaining small distance and reach the church itself. He reserved the following day for getting inside it.
He spent the entire night sleeping in that place. The benevolent martyrs appeared to him in a dream in their own form and not in that of someone else. They called Theopompos by his name and told him that in the name of Jesus Christ they expelled the malicious spirit that possessed him. They instructed him to wake up, thank God and go back home. So he eagerly woke up and went to the shrine, singing in praise to God and the martyrs who healed him in God and proclaiming the greatness of the miracle.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
There was a certain Theopompos who was gravely possessed by a demon and there was nobody who would not cry looking at him. Generally people are more despondent about those who have this kind of malady of the soul; likely because it does not concern the body, which is subject to natural diseases and to corruption due to its origin of the tree of transgression in the paradise (to xylon tes parakoes eiso paradeisou). However, the malady of the soul which is against nature. For it is a kind of alteration of the soul's incorruptible nature created by the grace of God, and a suffering resulting from a demonic machination.
Theopompos suffered from this malady for eighteen years. Since he could not stand the fury of the demon any more, he went to the shrine of the martyrs who deliver one from it. He had to come a long way on foot because he did not have money. He finally arrived at the shrine after sunset. Since he spent all his strength on walking and getting there, he went to sleep in the enclosed surroundings of the church (peribole) as he was not able to cover the remaining small distance and reach the church itself. He reserved the following day for getting inside it.
He spent the entire night sleeping in that place. The benevolent martyrs appeared to him in a dream in their own form and not in that of someone else. They called Theopompos by his name and told him that in the name of Jesus Christ they expelled the malicious spirit that possessed him. They instructed him to wake up, thank God and go back home. So he eagerly woke up and went to the shrine, singing in praise to God and the martyrs who healed him in God and proclaiming the greatness of the miracle.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E07026Saint Name
Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John, physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt : S00406Saint Name in Source
Κῦρος καὶ ἸωάννηςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek