The Spiritual Meadow by John Moschos Moschos and Stylite Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Figures ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Who was John Moschos? (c.550 – 619) ........................................................................................................ 5 An Introduction to Spiritual Meadow ........................................................................................................... 6 Moschos’ Prologue – To his beloved in Christ Sophronius Sophista ............................................................ 8 1. The life of the holy old man John and the Cave of Sapsa ......................................................................... 9 2. The life of an old man who fed lions in his own cave ............................................................................. 11 3. The life of Conon, a presbyter of the monastery of Pentoucla .............................................................. 12 4. A story told by Abba Leontius ................................................................................................................. 14 5. Abba Polychronius’ story about three monks......................................................................................... 15 6. Another one of Polychronius’ stories ..................................................................................................... 16 7. The life and death of an old man who refused to be the leader of the Monastery of the Towers ....... 17 8. The life of Abba Myrogenes (who had dropsy) ....................................................................................... 18 9. The wonderful charity of an elder .......................................................................................................... 19 10. The life of Barnabus (the anchorite) ..................................................................................................... 20 11. The life of Abba Hagiodulus .................................................................................................................. 21 12. A saying of Abba Olympius ................................................................................................................... 22 13. The life of Abba Mark (the anchorite) .................................................................................................. 23 14. The brother who was attacked by the spirit of fornication and became leprous ............................... 24 15. A miraculous deed of Abba Conon ....................................................................................................... 25 16. A story which Abba Nicholas told about himself and his companions ................................................. 26 17. The elder who received Communion three times a week .................................................................... 27 18. The life of another elder who slept among lions .................................................................................. 27 19. A story that Abba Elias told about himself............................................................................................ 28 20. The conversion of a certain soldier through a miracle God performed (and his profitable life) ......... 29 21. The deaths of an anchorite (and his murderer) .................................................................................... 30 22. The life of Conon (another elder) ......................................................................................................... 31 23. The life of the monk Theodulus ............................................................................................................ 31 24 – The life of an old man living in the cells of Cuziba .............................................................................. 32 25 – The brother of the monastery of Cuziba, who memorized the words of the Eucharist .................... 33 26 – The life of brother Theophanes, his marvellous vision, and his communion with heretics .............. 34 27 – The presbyter of the village of Mardandos ......................................................................................... 35 28 –Abba Julian the Stylite’s wondrous deed ............................................................................................. 36 29 – A miracle of the most holy Eucharist .................................................................................................. 37 30 – The Life of Isodore, a monk from Melitene (another miracle of the holy Eucharist) ........................ 38 31 – The conversion of Mary (the prostitute) ............................................................................................. 39 32 – The conversion and life of Babylas (the actor) and his two concubines ............................................ 40 33 – The life of the holy bishop Theodotus (of Antioch) ............................................................................ 41 34 – The life of the godly Alexander (Patriarch of Antioch) ....................................................................... 41 35 – The life of Elias, archbishop of Jerusalem, and of Flavian, patriarch of Antioch ............................... 42 Glossary of Terms........................................................................................................................................ 43 Map of Locations......................................................................................................................................... 47 Glossary of Locations .................................................................................................................................. 48 Glossary of People ...................................................................................................................................... 53 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................ 56 Table of Figures Figure 1 - John Moschos Icon ........................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2 - St. John the Baptist icon................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 3 - Saint Ignatius of Antioch icon ..................................................................................................... 11 Figure 4 - St. John baptizes Christ icon ....................................................................................................... 12 Figure 5 - Coptic icon of Pachomius the Great, the founder of Christian Cenobitic monasticism ............ 14 Figure 6 - Image of Ascension from the Rabbula Gospels .......................................................................... 15 Figure 7 - The Epitaphios: the Burial of Christ Icon..................................................................................... 16 Figure 8 - St. Anthony the Great icon ......................................................................................................... 17 Figure 9 - Image - Jesus heals a man with dropsy ....................................................................................... 18 Figure 10 - Last Supper Icon ........................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 11 - The Ladder of Divine Ascent ..................................................................................................... 20 Figure 12 - A Resurrection icon ................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 13 - Veneration of the Holy Cross icon ............................................................................................ 22 Figure 14 - Tormented anchorite icon ........................................................................................................ 23 Figure 15 - The Healing of 10 lepers icon .................................................................................................... 24 Figure 16 - Virgin Mary of Sorrows: Seven Swords Icon ............................................................................. 25 Figure 17 - St. Gerasimos of Jordon icon .................................................................................................... 26 Figure 18 - Icon of the conversion of Holy Paul (by Todor Mitrovic) .......................................................... 29 Figure 19 - Beheading of John the Baptist icon .......................................................................................... 30 Figure 20 - Multiplication of the loaves icon .............................................................................................. 31 Figure 21 – Icon of Simon of Cyrene carrying Christ's cross ....................................................................... 32 Figure 22 - A Eucharist icon ......................................................................................................................... 33 Figure 23 - Saint Luke the New Stylite, of Chalcedon (10th century) ......................................................... 36 Figure 24 - 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