Отрывок из Жития 3 (Vita C) о кончине преподобного Феодора Студита 126

And that this is not empty praise, but pure truth, if anyone who seeks more diligently wants to know, he will find the shining truth, for in the life of our blessed father Hilarion of Dalmatia, who was a child, offspring and zealous student who preserved the image of his teacher - like our father Gregory, called Dekapolitus, a citizen of the highest city of the firstborn (cf. Heb. 12:23), it is written like this: “Once upon a time, [when] Saint Hilarion was in the garden, working and singing the psalms of David, [he] heard a certain sweet voice and felt a strong fragrance. Surprised by this, he thought where it could come from; and [then] he looked up and saw many countless ranks [of angels], clothed in white robes, and shining not only with their faces, but also with their robes and with their whole appearance, and in the air giving honor with hymns. As soon as the blessed one saw this, he fell prostrate on the ground in amazement and lay there for a long time; and hears someone from above telling him that this is the soul of Theodore, abbot of the Studite monastery, who, having suffered a lot for the holy icons to the point of bleeding and even courageously enduring [all] temptations to the end, has now fallen asleep. Some of the monks, observing that he lay on the ground for a long time, quickly returned and notified the great Gregory [about this]. [St. Gregory], having comprehended in spirit that he had seen some divine vision, then remained silent, but the next day he called him in private and asked why he was lying in the garden yesterday; [St. Hilarion], despising human glory, tried to conceal it. [But] the blameworthy [St. Gregory], told about everything he saw. He, remembering the day and hour, learned that this [vision] happened [during] the death of our holy father and confessor Theodore.” Map of places associated with the life of the Rev. Theodora Studita The translation of an excerpt from Life 3 was carried out for this edition by P.K. Dobrotsvetov and M.E.S. Nam. – Ed.