Seized as a result with godly desire and compunction, (Theodosius) came to Jerusalem in the reign of Marcian, dear to God, with the intention of settling as an anchorite in the desert nearby. He was welcomed at the Tower of David by Longinus, a Cappadocian elder in the community of attendants (spoudaioi) attached to the holy church of the Resurrection of Christ our God. Although Theodosius wished to withdraw to one of the monasteries of the desert, being a lover of solitude and clothed in the fear of God as in a garment, blessed Longinus did not give him permission, on account of the schism of those monks in the desert who were not in communion with the catholic Church but in the sway of the contentious spirit and heresy of Eutyches and Dioscorus. Instead, he took him and entrusted him to blessed and sainted Hicelia, who was then building the church of the Cathisma of the Mother of God.
(transl. Price)
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