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Personal Information

Death:

Death place: Sergius died in the monastery of Qlwfyte. See factoid page

Sex:

Sergius was male. See factoid page

Sanctity:

Sergius was a saint. See factoid page

Sergius was a recluse. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Sergius was a monk. See factoid page

Mental State:

Sergius wept violently about what he said was his unworthiness to serve Christ See factoid page

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

Physical Trait:

Sergius was ill and frail towards the end of his life. See factoid page

Sergius had long hair that marked his ascetic profession and wore a habit that marked him as an anchorite. See factoid page

Relationships

John of Ephesus commemorated Sergius. See factoid page

Simeon was a monastic authority over Sergius. See factoid page

Sergius had enmity for Anonymi 3686. See factoid page

Anonymous 3698 studied under Sergius. See factoid page

Abraham and Anonymous 3689 had enmity for Sergius. See factoid page

Events

After twenty years, Sergius received permission from Simeon to leave the monastery and shut himself up in a certain place close to the village. See factoid page

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Before Sergius shut himself away, he contended with Jews in the village by upbraiding them and burning down their synagogue with the help of twenty disciples. See factoid page

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Members of the church of Amida defended the Jews and prefered accusation against Sergius and Anonymi 3698. See factoid page

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Sergius and Anonymi 3698 put out the fire and built a martyr's chapel on the site of the synagogue. Anonymi 3686 burned down the huts in response and Sergius rebuilt them. See factoid page

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Sergius and Anonymi 3698 tore down the synagogue that Anonymi 3686 rebuilt two more times before Sergius secluded himself in an enclosure. See factoid page

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Over the next forty years Sergius grew ill and frail in his enclosure. See factoid page

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John of Ephesus visited Sergius in his later years and received a blessing from him as he wept over what he stated was his unworthiness to serve Christ. Sergius continued to receive visitors in his old age, despite his illness. See factoid page

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The supporters of the synod of Chalcedon used troops to expell people from their homes, and to arrest, imprison, plunder, torture, and kill those who did not support the synod. The persecutors then turned their attention to Sergius, first using honeyed words and then threats when he refused to leave his enclosure. Sergius anathemized the persecutors as they pulled him out of his enclosure and expelled him from the community. See factoid page

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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

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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

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Sergius received a blessing from Maro and then set out to visit the churh in Amida. Sergius walked into the church in Amida, carrying a cross, and planted his cross on the chancel steps before seizing the preacher, Bishop Abraham, by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Sergius mounted the steps and addressed the crowd: "Cursed are the renegades; cursed are the persecutors; cursed is the synod of Chaledon, and whosoever assents to it. Cursed is every soul that receives the oblation from you and assents to your opinion unless he repents." The crowd, a mixture of believers and synod supporters, responded with praise and anger. See factoid page

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Abraham calmed the angry mob and sent them away by telling them that he would examine Sergius inside the church. Once inside, Abraham and Anonymi 3689 beat Sergius severely before shaving off his hair, which marked his ascetic profession, and putting him in irons in order to transport him to the monastery of 'Tryz. See factoid page

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Sergius was confined on the third floor in the middle of the monastery of 'Tryz and tortured. After some time, Sergius managed to escape by slipping out of his irons and jumping from the third-floor window. Sergius returned to Simeon and received permission to build a monastery in the settlement of Qlwfyte. See factoid page

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Shortly after Sergius established the monastery of Qlwfyte, his adversaries came to pull it down. Sergius told his enemies that he would rebuild it each time it was destroyed, so they finally left him alone. Sergius rebuilt the monastery of Qlwfyte and invited Simeon to stay with him. Sergius died after Simeon's arrival. See factoid page

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Sergius, who was the disciple of Simeon was also a monk and a recluse, who lived an aescetic life in an enclosure. In order to avoid idleness, Simeon and Sergius taught young boys and infants from their enclosure through a window. See factoid page

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