The Healing of Chrestē
A certain widow named Chrestē was being distressed by a wild spirit, terribly cutting herself, though she was of noble birth.
She intended to travel toward the sunrise the following day; having heard about those who had been healed by Jesus, she resolved to go during that night.
The holy Longinus appeared to her, standing outside of his head.
When she asked, "Who has come here?" the holy Longinus said to her, "Do you wish to be healed?"
She replied, "Yes, Lord, this is my desire." The holy man said to her, "Go to Jerusalem, find the house of Lucius the governor, and seek the head of Longinus the centurion. Bring it to my body, and you shall be saved.
For I am Longinus, the one who tends the sheep by the roadside, and I have not found rest in the place where I was buried until now; but do this, and you shall be healed in the name of Jesus Christ.
Not only will you be healed, but I will also recruit your son, for I am the one speaking to you from outside of the head."
Upon hearing these things, the woman arranged and organized her affairs with her friends. She set out on the road, and having reached the monument, she cried out with a great voice, saying, "Lord, who is in this place, just as you revealed to me in the vision, I am coming, so help me!"
Immediately the place was shaken, and a voice came to her, saying, "Go, for the Christ is the one helping you." Having heard this voice, she traveled her entire way in joy.
When she arrived in Jerusalem, she learned from the people of the city where the house of the governor was, where they were seeking the head of the holy Longinus.
And the governor gave her a sum of honor consisting of two hundred silver denarii.
Having received this, the woman prayed and glorified God for the completion, as though she were being made worthy of the grace of God.
After receiving the head of the honored Longinus along with her son Christos, she prepared to depart in the evening.
And behold, three angels appeared to her, whose glory she was unable to behold; they held white candles in their hands and went before her, singing a hymn to God throughout the entire night.
When the dawn was breaking, they rested in the place where they had arrived to take their food.
After three days, she brought the head of the honored Longinus to his village, having traveled there with her son Christos, and she sent it to the place where he was lying at the sixth hour of the night.
Thus they arrived at the house which the Christ-loving ones had built, a place worthy of the martyr, and immediately the door opened automatically for them, and they saw the tomb...
Greek
23 Γυνὴ δέ τις χήρα ὀνόματι Χρηστὴ ὠχλεῖτο ὑπὸ πνεύμα τος ἀγρίου, δεινῶς ἑαυτὴν κατακόπτουσα, οὖσα τῶν εὐγενῶν. Ἐνεθυμεῖτο δὲ τῇ ἐπαύριον πορευθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ· ἀκού σασα δὲ περὶ τῶν ἰαθέντων παρὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ ἐβούλετο πορευθῆναι. Ἐφάνη δὲ αὐτῇ ὁ ἅγιος Λογγῖνος ἐκτὸς τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ. <Καὶ> λεγούσῃ «Τίς ἥκει ὧδε;» εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἅγιος Λογγῖνος· «Θέλεις ἰαθῆναι;» Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ναί, κύριε, αὐτὸ εὔχομαι.» Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν ὁ ἅγιος· «Πορεύ θητι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ κατάμαθε τὴν οἰκίαν Λουκίου τοῦ ἐπάρχου, καὶ ζήτησον τὴν κεφαλὴν Λογγίνου τοῦ ἑκατοντάρχου, καὶ διακόμισον αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸ σῶμά μου, καὶ σωθήσῃ· ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Λογγῖνος, ὁ νέμων τὰ πρόβατα παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ οὐκ ἀναπέπαυμαι ἐν ᾗ ἐτάφην ταφῇ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν· ἀλλὰ τοῦτο ποί ησον καὶ ἰαθήσῃ ἐπ' ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Οὐ μόνον δὲ σὺ ἰαθήσῃ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν υἱόν σου στρατεύσω, ὅτι εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἐκτὸς τῆς κεφαλῆς ὁ λαλῶν σοι.» 24 Ἀκούσασα δὲ ταῦτα ἡ γυνή, διαναστᾶσα καὶ συνταξαμέ νη οἷς εἶχεν φίλοις, ἐπορεύετο ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ ἐλθοῦσα ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, λέγουσα· «Κύριε, ὁ ἐν τῷ τό πῳ τούτῳ, καθὼς σὺ εἴρηκάς μοι ἐν τῇ ὁράσει, πορεύομαι καὶ βοήθησόν μοι.» Καὶ εὐθέως ἐσείσθη ὁ τόπος καὶ φωνὴ ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτὴν λέγουσα· «Πορεύου, ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν ὁ βοηθῶν σοι.» Ἡ δὲ ἀκούσασα τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης ἐπορεύετο ἐν χαρᾷ ὅλην τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς· ἐλθοῦσα δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐμάνθανεν παρὰ τῶν τῆς πόλεως τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ ἐπάρχου, τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ἁγίου Λογγίνου. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν ὁ ἔπαρχος τιμῆς ἀργυρίου τὸν ἀριθμὸν διακοσίων δηναρίων. Καὶ λαβοῦσα αὐτήν, ἡ γυνὴ ἦν εὐχομένη καὶ δοξάζουσα τὸν θεὸν τοῦ τελεί ως καταξιωθῆναι τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ. 25 Λαβοῦσα δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ τιμίου Λογγίνου μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς Χρηστίονος, ἡτοιμάζετο τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν τῇ ἑσπέρᾳ. Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐφάνησαν αὐτῇ τρεῖς ἄγγελοι, ὧν τὴν δόξαν βλέπειν οὐκ ἠδύνατο, καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν κηροὶ λευκοί, καὶ προπο ρευόμενοι ὕμνουν τὸν θεὸν δι' ὅλης τῆς νυκτός. Ἡνίκα δὲ ἀνέ βαινεν ὁ ὄρθρος, ἀνεπαύοντο εἰς ὃν ἔφθασαν τόπον τοῦ μεταλα βεῖν τροφῆς. ∆ιὰ δὲ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἤνεγκεν τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ τιμίου Λογγίνου ἐν τῇ κώμῃ αὐτοῦ, ἀποδημήσασα 6 μετὰ τοῦ υἱ οῦ αὐτῆς Χρηστίονος, καὶ ἀπῄει εἰς τὸν τόπον οὗ κατέκειτο, ὥ ρας οὔσης ἕκτης τῆς νυκτός. Ἔφθασαν οὖν εἰς ὃν οἰκοδόμησαν οἶκον οἱ φιλόχριστοι ἄξιον τοῦ μάρτυρος, καὶ εὐθέως ἡ θύρα αὐτομάτως ἠνοίγη αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ μνημεῖον εἶδον μὲν
About this text
Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homilia ii in sanctum Longinum centurionem (Greek).
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 93 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.