(60) <On succeeding to the throne, AD 518, Emperor Justin issues decrees ordering all those exiled by Anastasius to be recalled and for the Council of Chalcedon to be inserted in the sacred diptychs.> (61) At this juncture Archbishop John of Jerusalem persuaded our sainted father Sabas to proceed to Caesarea and Scythopolis with some other superiors of the desert in order to publish the letter of the emperor and insert the four councils in the sacred diptychs in both cities. Reaching Caesarea, they were met by the sainted John of Choziba, who had been appointed bishop there. After fulfilling their instructions there, they went to Scythopolis, where all the citizens together with the most holy metropolitan Theodosius came out to meet them at the apostolic shrine of Saint Thomas. They made their entry with psalms, the liturgy was celebrated in the ancient church, the imperial letter was read out, and the four councils were inserted in the sacred diptychs.
(transl. Price)
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For the identification of the "Ancient Church" with the church of Saint Basilius of Cyr. Scyth., Vita Euth. 16 and with the archaeological remains of the "Andreas Church" at Tel Iẓtaba, see Di Segni.