SPEAR Factoids about Exile

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event: The community was forced to leave a second time, this time to the the convent at Thella d Thuthe in Gumtha. See factoid page

event: After leaving Thella, John returned to his former convent in the city of Callinicius. See factoid page

event: Theodosius and the rest of the bishops were sent into exile. Along with three hundred clergy and saint Zura, they travelled to a fortress called Dereus in Thrace. They were supported in the court by Empress Theodora. See factoid page

event: The persecution reached Mare, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia and he chose exile over the synod of Chalcedon. He went into exile in Petra with Sergius, Stephen, and Thomas. See factoid page

event: The community was expelled from the convent at Thella d Thuthe , so they returned to the monastery of the Poplars. See factoid page

event: After John spent some time in the convent, supporters of the council of Chalcedon expelled all the monks and bishops. See factoid page

event: Under persecution, suffering Christians would go to Constantinople, but nowhere, not even in Thrace, could they find anyone willing to ordain priests. See factoid page

event: Elijah of Dara was sent into exile for 15 years. See factoid page

event: After 10 years of persecution because of the council of Chalcedon, bishops were afraid to ordain more priests and encourage more persecution. See factoid page

event: Anthimus chose to exile himself from Constantinople when he learned that Severus and Theodosius had been exiled because of their opposition to the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: King Kawad's invasion was devastating and drove many away from the Convent of John Urtaya. The white-haired man fled from Amida. See factoid page

event: John, unafraid of persecution, challenged the bishops and volunteered to perform ordinations. See factoid page

event: Theodora allowed John to stay in a great mansion. Here John set up altars to encourage exiled Christians. See factoid page

event: John went into exile with thirty loyal monks See factoid page

event: Mishael had chosen many years of self-imposed exile rather than commune with the synod of Chalcedon before being reinstated by Justinian. See factoid page

event: Ephraim began to persecute the community, so that they were divided over the territories of Edessa, Samosata, Izla, Melitene, Perrhe, and ʿArab. See factoid page

event: Followers of the Council of Chalcedon expelled Christians from Alexandria and Mare from his desert cell. On account of the persecution,Mare resolved to travel to Constantinople to err his grievacnes with the king and queen. See factoid page

event: After building many monasteries in exile,the community returned to their convents in Amida. See factoid page

event: The monks of the Convent of John Urtaya who were in exile during the first persecution were allowed to return to their convent and inter Symy's bones there in 530 See factoid page

event: For a third time, the community was forced to leave their convent, travelling to Izla, ʿArab, and Dara. See factoid page

event: The persecution was renewed through the descent of Ephraim and all of the convents were expelled in 536. See factoid page

event: Abba and Anonymi 3677 went into exile and took up residence in the Convent of the Poplars. See factoid page

event: Abba and Anonymi 3677 were expelled from the Convent of the Poplars and took up residence in the Convent of Nut in the village of 'Bdhyr. See factoid page

event: After three years of residing in the Convent of Nut, Abba and his monks went to live in the Monastery of the Huts. See factoid page

event: Abba continued to be persecuted and fled to the court of Empress Theodora. See factoid page

event: Sergius gained distinction in exile during the persecutions and embraced asceticism and abstinence. See factoid page

event: Between A.D. 521 and 526 the community was forced to leave their monastery by the defenders of the corrupt synod of Chalcedon. The community was so large, that the monastery of Mar Mama in the village of Hzyn in Ṭyšf could not hold them. See factoid page

event: A group exiled of monks welcome everyone in the village of Hzyn. See factoid page

event: Because of the persecution of John, Thomas and his followers departed from Armenia. Travelling to the district of Claudias, Thomas build two monasteries on a mountain overlooking the Euphrates. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora took ten disciples and traveled to Constantinople in order to protest the treatment of the non-Chalcedonians to the emperor See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon persecution forced the conversion of monastics as Abbi's monastery and drove him out of the monastery. See factoid page

event: After ten years of service in the monastery, the Chalcedonian persecution forced Susan and the nuns to choose between conforming or going into exile. See factoid page

event: A great religious persecution took place and many holy men and women were expelled from their convents See factoid page

event: Theodosius died in Constantinople while still in exile, nine months after the death of Justinian . Sources give different dates for Theodosius' death. See factoid page

event: The majority of the nuns in Susan's convent conformed, but some chose exile. See factoid page

event: On 1 January A. D. 448 1 Kānun II A. Gr. 759 Hiba left Edessa . The dates of Hiba's exile from Edessa and reinstatement are confused here. See factoid page

event: Sergius set out to visit Maro the stylite, whom the synod supporters left alone until a certain bishop visited him and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to the Chalcedonian heresy. See factoid page

event: Susan chose to go into exile into the desert beyond Alexandria. See factoid page

event: Of the women who had submitted to the judgments of the Council of Chalcedon, five nuns rejected it and followed Susan into exile. See factoid page

event: Mare sent Stephen to the Royal City to ask for relief from their distress in Petra. Stephen appealed to Theodora. She appealed to her husband Justinian. He appealed to his uncle, Justin I who stated that Mare could come to Alexandria. See factoid page

event: Before his ordination as bishop, Eunomius had been driven from Amida along with other non-Chalcedonian clergy. He took refuge in Constantinople. See factoid page

event: Sergius was ordained in Constantinople and passed the three years that he was patriarch of Antioch in exile in Constantinople. See factoid page

event: Susan heard of a place beyond the House of Mars Menas and directed her steps there. See factoid page

event: Sergius was greatly distressed by the treatment of believers by the persecutors and wept unceasingly in the presence of Maro, who had given him refuge. See factoid page

event: Paul succeeded Sergius as the non-Chalcedonian patriarch of Antioch and spent his patriarchate in exile. See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon , John was expelled from Gaza, and traveled into Alexandria, finally settling in the Ennaton. See factoid page

event: Thomas visited Severus and other exiled bishops in Egypt. See factoid page

event: Sometime after 451 Addai was deposed by those attempting to enforce the heresy of the Council of Chalcedon. He exhorted the brothers to remember the poor, and retreated to his exile in the mountains east of Anzetene. See factoid page

mental: Sergius was greatly distressed by the treatment of believers by the persecutors and wept unceasingly in the presence of Maro, who had given him refuge. See factoid page

event: A tower was erected in Mars Menas for protection, in which the women who followed Susan dwelt and made a living from the labor of their hands. See factoid page

event: Euphemia's persecutors imprisoned her for thirty days, then exiled her because her imprisonment caused unrest in the community. See factoid page

event: There was a cave outside the tower in the desert near Mendis, where Anonymous 3663 once dwelt and to which Susan travelled. See factoid page

event: Euphemia and her daughter went into exile and were persecuted for five years. See factoid page

event: Sometime in the early 520s Anonymi 3108 and Anonymi 3105 in Isauria suffered persecution and expulsion at the hands of Stephen. Anonymi 3108 went into exile. See factoid page

event: Sometime in the early 520s Stephen sent Anonymi 3746 to bring back Anonymi 3108 who had fled. See factoid page

event: After 4 November A. D. 519 4 Teshri II A. Gr. 831 , Bishop Pawlā refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon . When Patricius threatened to remove him from Edessa he fled to the House of Baptism . Fearing the command of Emperor Justin , Patricius removed Bishop Pawlā to Seleucia . See factoid page

event: In 520/1 A. Gr. 832 , the Emperor Justin returned Bishop Pawlā to his episcopal see in Edessa hoping that he would accept the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: Pawlā refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon and on 27 July 27 A. D. 522 27 Tammuz A. Gr. 833 Emperor Justin deposed him and exiled him to Euchata . See factoid page

event: In 24 December A. D. 522 24 Kānun I A. Gr. 834 Bishop Asclepius drove off the monks of the east because they would not accept the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: Susan found the cave in the desert near the village of Mendis and went into it without telling anyone. She went without food and water for several days. See factoid page

event: Stephen delivered the order to come to Alexandria to Mare and his men as well as to Isidore, Bishop of Kenneshrin, also in exile. See factoid page

event: Abbi became a monk in a community in the village of Ḥzyn. See factoid page

event: After ten days, people of the village were moved by the sisters' weeping and distress and discovered that Susan had been living in the hermit's cave. See factoid page

event: Anonymi 3695 went to fetch Anonymi 3662, who immediately came to the cave to retrieve Susan. Susan did not respond to their entreaties, since demons had visited her the day before disguised as the sisters in an attempt to dislodge her from the hermitage. See factoid page

event: Mare and his men found an old man who sold utensils for a living in the village of Mendis. He lived in a community of other religious exiles. Stephen and Thomas asked the man to lead them to the exiles. See factoid page

event: Maro and and his ten disciples had been Susan's neighbors in a monastery in Palestine before they were driven out of their monastery by the Chalcedonian persecution. They made their way to Susan and Anonymi 3662. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora left the city for a camp in Thrace called Dercus where he dwelt together with Theodosius, Patriarch of Alexandria . See factoid page

event: Severus was forced to flee Antioch because of his opposition to the Council of Chalcedon. He went first to Alexandria and then further into the desert. There he maintained his ascetic lifestyle. See factoid page

event: The monks serving under Abraham accused him of embezzling monastery funds in order to support his family. Abraham was innocent, but left the monastery to live in the city and lived the rest of his days longing for his former monastic existence. See factoid page

event: When Timothy had endured his exile from Alexandria, Epiphanius left his bishopric in Magydum and came to Alexandria, embracing communion with Timothy. See factoid page

event: At beginning of the reign of Justinian,the community was allowed to return to their destroyed monastery. And they began to restore their convents. See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon , John and the other bishops of Thella were exiled. See factoid page

event: Justin introduced the impious synod of Chalcedon. Those who did not assent, lived under persecution and exile. This began in the year 518 (830 Alexander). See factoid page

event: Theodosius was forced to flee Alexandria because of his opposition to the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

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