§ 178. Феотим Скифский.

Theotimus (from 390) Bishop Tom, in Little Scythia, one of the active preachers of the faith, among the Hun-Slavic hordes, an enlightened associate of St. Chrysostom 1245. His own very extensive diocese, stretching between the Black Sea and the Danube to Thrace (in present-day northeastern Bulgaria), required quite a lot of work from him. On the other (left) bank of the Danube the Huns then roamed, together with the conquered Slavic tribes in 1246. Theotimus, extended the power of faith and love to the wild hordes; traveled through the country occupied by them, and through prayer defeated their ferocity; He tried to soften those accustomed to robbery with charitable love, treating and caressing them with gifts. The power of the miracles he performed in the name of the Lord Jesus so amazed the rude tribes that they called him the god of the Romans 1247. When in 399 St. Chrysostom considered the case of the Ephesian Bishop Antoninus at the Council, and was present at the Council along with some: “Theotimus from Scythia and Thrace” 1248. In 402, when Epiphanius urgently demanded from Chrysostom and others to carry out a Conciliar condemnation of Origen in his writings, Theotimus replied: “No, Epiphanius, I do not want to insult the one who rested blessedly, and without a Conciliar reasoning I do not dare to encroach on such a blasphemous act in order to condemn, which our predecessors did not reject.” Then he read some passages from the works of Origen and, having proved that they agree with the truth and are useful for the Church, he added: “those who condemn these books do not notice that they also condemn what is written in these books 1249. Socrates and Sozomen write that Theotim led a strict life, wore poor clothes, and ate food only when forced to do so by hunger. According to Sozomen, Theotimus “ruled the church of Tom and the rest of Scythia, both during the entire time when Chrysostom was in the episcopal see, and after”: but probably after Chrysostom he was not long an educator of nomadic tribes 1250. According to historians, Theotimus was a Christian philosopher both in life and in education. Blzh. Jerome wrote in 392: “Theotimus, Bishop Tom of Scythia, published short and beautiful treatises in conversations, following the examples of ancient eloquence, and as I hear, he writes other works” 1251. Leontius, who lived not long after Theotimus, copied short passages from two works of Theotimus of Scythia - from the work “on the teaching of the Savior”, and from the other - “against idols” 1252. St. Damascene included in his parallels several passages from the last work and from three other works of Theotimus: “on Genesis,” from the interpretation of the words: “if you bring your gift to the altar,” and from the word: about fasting 1253. Unfortunately, none of the works of the blj. Theotima, it has not reached us in its entirety. Tomy is the place of exile of Ovidieva, the main city of Scythia Minor. According to Pliny’s description, the country, which was owned by the “Scythian farmers” (arotyres), stretched from the mouth of the Danube to Thrace and, washed by Tiras, contained “the most beautiful cities - Istropol, Tomy, Kalatis, Dionysiopolis, formerly called Krona.” (lib. 4. p. 11). Strabo (7, 6) and Ptolemy (3, 10) also place Odyssos, Apollonia and Mesemvria (hitherto known by this name) here. The see of a Christian bishop was only in Toms. Under Diocletian, the bishop of Scythia was Evangelik (vitae Patr. p. 218. Prologue March 7); at Licinia, Bishop Tom died of Theogenes (Minea on January 3, in the martyrologies of Rabanus and Bede he is called Titus); in Nicene Universe. Bishop Tom was present at the cathedral, but his name is unknown. (Eusebius in the life of Constantine 3, 7); the confessor of Bretanio, Bishop Tom, argued with Valens the Arian (Sozom. 6, 21. Theodoret 4, 35); on 2 Omni. The cathedral was attended by Bishop Terenty of Tomsk (Sozom. 7, 9. Nikephoros 12, 13. Ingef. Consilii Const. Lex. Theodosii Μ. Ausonio c. ad 3. Kal. August, Fakund lib. 4. p. 34. T. 10. M. Bib. Patr.). He was followed by Theothilus, who in 392 was already known to Jerome both as a bishop and as a writer (Catal. Illust. vir. 131). The venerable defender of Nestor says without reason that Ulfilas was a bishop in Tomi (Defense of Nestor p. 199). The Goths, a nomadic people, carried idols in their tents, just as they also had a Christian church on the move. On the left side of Duvan, opposite Little Scythia, there was Great Scythia, where, according to Nestor, numerous Slavs lived for a long time. tribes of Tivertsi and Ulichs. Laurel. years. page 7. Supraslskaya years. p. 168. seq. defense of Nestor p. 258. 259. About the participation of the slavs. tribes in the campaigns of the Huns, see Safarik p. 256. 257. § 15. No. 5. § 8. No. 13, 8. Reserves of Priscus, about the Veneds at the Danube, map of Pevtingerov (161–423), in Safarik pp. 220–28. No. 8. 9. § 8. Sl. about Zlatoust deputy 134. 180. Sozomen 7, 28. 8, 14. Socrates 6, 12. Palladium about the life of Chrysostom p. 123. Socrates 6, 12. Sozomen 8, 14. The successor of Theotimus, Timothy, signed the definition of the Council of 431. Memory of St. Theotima in the Roman martyr. 20 Apr. Acta Sanct. ad April. Printing places Mayom in Coll. vet. avct. 7, 99. 107. Parallela r. 640. 675. 694. 785. You might be interested in: