89 Mobility, immobility and sainthood Example 1: Πρώτως οὖν τῇ πόλει εἰσελαύνειν μέλλων, ἄγνωστος ὢν τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ πρὸς ἀγνοοῦντας τὴν εἴσοδον ποιούμενος, ἠρυθρία μὲν καὶ δι’ αἰδοῦς εἶχε τὴν τοῦ ὄχλου συνάντησιν ὡς ἐν ἕξει τῆς μονίας ἤδη γενόμενο, […]. Ὡς δ’ ὁ μὲν λαὸς πολὺς ἦν συγκεχυμένος περὶ αὐτόν, ἐκεῖνος δὲ ὡς ἀήθης βαρέως τὴν ὄχλησιν ἔφερεν, ἑαυτῷ μὲν τὴν ἡσυχίαν, τῷ λαῷ δὲ τὸ ἐκ πίστεως περιποιούμενος ὠφέλιμον, τὸν Θεοδώρου τοῦ ὁσίου τάφον κατασπασάμενος, καὶ ὥσπερ εὐλογίας τῆς παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπαισθόμενος, μικρὸν τῆς πόλεως ἐξελθὼν, ἐν στύλῳ ἑαυτὸν ὡς ὁ μέγας Συμεὼν ἀναβιβάζει μετάρσιον, ὡς ἂν καὶ Θεῷ πλησιεστέρως ὑψωθεὶς ὀπτάνοιτο καὶ τοῖς φοιτῶσιν ἐκεῖθεν τὰς νουθεσίας προσάγοιτο.291 Thus, when he was about to enter the city, thinking that he would be unknown and making his entrance among people unfamiliar with him, Euthymius at first blushed with shame and was embarrassed to encounter crowds of people, since he had been so long in isolation. [… Euthymius enters city, and, since his fame had spread, many people come out to meet him and want to touch him] But as the mass of people was thronging around him in confusion, he found it hard to bear the pressure of the crowd since he was not used to it. So, in order to procure hesychia for himself and the benefit of faith for the mass of people, Euthymius kissed the tomb of the blessed Theodore and, as if perceiving his blessing, went a little way out of the city and climbed up high on a column like the great Symeon, so that he might be seen as being elevated closer to God and might provide advice from there to those who visited him.292 Example 2: […] καὶ πρὸς βραχὺ τάξας ἐν τοῖς ἀναχωρητικοῖς αὐτοῦ κελλίοις ἔξω κατοικεῖν· ἔρως γὰρ ἡμᾶς εἶχε τῆς ἡσυχίας τέως διάπυρος (κἂν φιλοδοξίᾳ νικηθέντες τοὺς θορύβους καὶ τὰς ἐν ἄστει διατριβὰς μετὰ ταῦτα προετιμήσαμεν) […].293 291 Life of Euthymius the Younger 23.2-3. 292 Translation by Talbot in Alexakis (2016), pp. 67-69. 293 Life of Euthymius the Younger 34. 2
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