Вавила, священномуч., епископ-патр. Антиохийский

Vavila, holy martyr, bishop-patr. Antioch, according to Eusebius, who occupied this see until the death of Bishop. Зебина, при Гордиане, в 238 г. (Ц. И.6:29). The same church historian briefly speaks about him: “like Alexander (Bishop of Jerusalem), he died in Antioch. the prison of Babylon,” during the persecution of Decius, in 251 (Ts. ist. 6, 39). Сохранились отрывки его муч. acts - deeds and martyrdom, compiled by Metaphrastus. According to Metaphrastus, St. V. suffered (he was beheaded with a sword under Numerian 283 - 284) as punishment for not allowing this wicked king to enter the Christian church and inspect it: taken into custody, St. He courageously confessed the faith of Christ before the king, denounced pagan wickedness (his confession is set forth in Metaphrastus); Along with him, three youths from his disciples suffered (their names: Urvan, Prilydian and Epollonius). Относительно времени мучен. death of St. V. Metaphrastus agrees with the historian Nicephorus, who also dates it to the reign of Numerian (Cer. I., book 6, chapter 33); according to Nicephorus St. В. был распят на кресте, по Метафрасту же усечён мечом. Eusebius, indeed, talks about one similar case that occurred in the bishopric of St. V., this incident was not with Numerian, but with the emperor. Philip (244–249), successor of Gordian. In addition, speaking about this incident, Eusebius reports that “the emperor, as they say, willingly listened to the bishop (who prevented him from entering the Christian church during the Easter all-night vigil) and proved the sincere reverence of his heart, filled with the fear of God, by deeds” (Tser. ist. 6, 34). It is possible that there was another similar incident under Numerian, which was reported according to legend, or on the basis of ancient torments. acts, the historian Nicephorus, and then this became the property of later hagiographical tales about St. Vavile, which Metaphrastus used. Pam. 4 Sep. Memory of the holy martyr. Wow. glorified by St. Chrysostom in Laudatory Conversations on the day of his memory (Creations of St. I. Chrysostom in Russian translation, published by Petersburg Acad., vol. 2, 568 et seq.). Metaphrasto's Life of St. Wow. to the Slavs translation is in Thu.-Min. M. Macarius (ed. Archeogr. com. Sept.), abbreviated in Min. V. and in Prol. Based mainly on Metaphrastus, it is also presented in Dim. Growth., in its Chet-Min.