Resurrection of the Youth
As the door opened, a light shone throughout the house. The youth entered the tomb with myrrh and aromatics and placed his head with the body. After he exited the tomb, the area was immediately secured. They returned home, rejoicing and glorifying God.
On the second night, the holy Longinus appeared to the pious woman, expressing his gratitude for the return of his head and promising that she would be healed from that day. He asked if her son would serve in the heavenly or earthly army, and she requested that he enlist her son in the heavenly army.
The next day, the youth went to the vineyard to tend to the vine. While working until the fifth hour, the holy Longinus appeared to him, asking if he was willing to serve in the name of Christ. The youth, seeing him as lightning, asked who he was, and Longinus replied that he was the one who had received his head through the youth's mother and now desired to offer the youth to God. The youth responded, 'If this is true, let it be done to me according to your word,' and immediately gave up his spirit.
The mother of the deceased, following her usual routine, had taken some food and was on her way to visit her son in the vineyard. When she arrived, she found him dead. Overcome with grief, she fell to the ground, becoming fainthearted and tearing her tunic, and lay there as if lifeless.
An angel came and strengthened her, asking why she was weeping. She replied that her only son had perished, the fruit of her womb plucked before its time. The angel reassured her, saying that her son was not lost, but was in the care of Jesus Christ. The angel instructed her to go to the village, gather some pious men, and have them carry her son's body to bury it in the tomb where the most faithful Longinus lies, and that after three days she would see her son in the heavenly army.
Greek
ἀνεῳγ μένον, καὶ φῶς ἔλαμψεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι κυκλόθεν. Εἰσελθὼν δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ σὺν μύροις καὶ ἀρώμασιν παρέθηκεν τῷ σώματι τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ συμβιωθεῖσα γέγονεν καθὼς πρὸ τοῦ ἀποτμηθῆναι. Ἐξελθόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, παραχρῆμα ἠσφαλίσθη ὁ τόπος αὐτομάτως. Αὐτοὶ δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, χαίροντες καὶ δοξάζοντες τὸν θεόν. 26 Ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ νυκτί, ἐφάνη τῇ Χρηστῇ ὁ ἅγιος Λογ γῖνος, λέγων· «Ἀναπέπαυμαι νῦν, ὅτι παρέσχες μοι τὴν κεφα λήν, καὶ σὺ ἰαθήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. Ἐρωτῶ δὲ τοῦτο· τὸν υἱόν σου στρατεύσω ἐν τῇ ἐπουρανίῳ στρατιᾷ, ἢ ἐν τῇ ἐπι γείῳ;» Ἡ δὲ μετὰ φόβου ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπεν· «∆έομαί σου, ἐν τῇ ἐπουρανίῳ στρατιᾷ αὐτὸν στράτευσον.» Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦ τα, ἀπέστη ἀπ' αὐτῆς. Ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ νεανίσκος ἐπορεύθη ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι πρὸς ἐπιμέλειαν τῆς ἀμπέλου. Ἐρ γαζομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ μέχρις ὥρας πέμπτης, ἐφάνη αὐτῷ ὁ ἅγιος Λογγῖνος καὶ εἶπεν· «Νεανίσκε Χρηστίων, θέλεις στρατεύσα σθαι κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς Χριστόν;» Ὁ δὲ ἀναβλέψας εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὡς ἀστραπὴν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· «Τίς εἶ, κύριε, ὁ στρατεῦ σαί με βουλόμενος;» Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ἐγώ εἰμι Λογγῖνος, ὁ διὰ τῆς μητρός σου δωρηθεὶς τὴν κεφαλήν, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ αὐτὴ ἐκόμισέν μου τὴν κεφαλήν, οὕτως κἀγὼ βούλομαί σε τῷ θεῷ προσκομίσαι.» Καὶ ὁ Χρηστίων εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· «Εἰ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει, γένοιτό μοι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.» Καὶ παραχρῆ μα ἀπέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα ὁ νεανίσκος. 27 Ἡ δὲ τούτου μήτηρ, κατὰ τὴν συνειθισμένην ὥραν ταῖς διελθούσαις ἡμέραις λαβοῦσα τὴν τοῦ ἀρίστου τροφήν, ἐπορεύ ετο πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ ἀμπελῶνι· καὶ ἐλθοῦσα εὗρεν αὐτὸν τετελευτηκότα. Θεασαμένη δὲ τοῦτο, ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσ ωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· ὀλιγοψυχήσασα δὲ καὶ τὸν χιτῶνα διαρρή ξασα, ἔκειτο ὡσεὶ νεκρά. Καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ ἄγγελος ἐνίσχυσεν αὐ τήν· εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ· «Τί κλαίεις;» Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· «Ἀπώλετο ὁ υἱός μου, ὁ μονογενὴς ὑπάρχων μοι, ἐτρυγήθη ὁ καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας μου ἄωρος.» Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος· «Μὴ πλα νῶ, γυνή, μηδὲ κλαῖε ἐπὶ τούτῳ· αὐτὸς γὰρ οὐκ ἐτρυγήθη, οὐ δὲ ἀπώλετο, ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Πορεύθητι οὖν ἐν τῇ κώμῃ, καὶ κάλεσον ἄνδρας εὐλαβεῖς, καὶ ἐλθόντες βαστάσουσιν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ υἱοῦ σου· καὶ θάψωσιν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ἐν ᾧ κατάκειται ὁ πιστότατος Λογγῖνος, καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας τὸν υἱόν σου ἐν τῇ στρατιᾷ τῇ ἐπουρανίᾳ βλέπεις.» 28 Ταῦτα δὲ εἰπὼν ὁ ἄγγελος ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο· αὐτὴ δὲ ἀναστᾶσα ἀπήρχετο ἐν
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Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homilia ii in sanctum Longinum centurionem (Greek).
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- Copy-text PG 93 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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