Letter 503: The affairs of the city that have been placed in your hands, Hedid and Dorotheos, are not your private possession.

To Polychronia: Just as in the case of cities the advantage of their position draws the advantage of the seasons, so too in the case of souls the good will toward virtue hunts down the divine alliance. To Primus the Monk:...

KG.– ΠΟΛΥΧΡΟΝΙΑ. D "Ωσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν πόλεων ἡ εὐκαιρία τῆς θέσεως τὴν εὐκαιρίαν τῶν ὡρῶν ἐπισπᾶται, οὕτω κᾴπὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡ εὔνοια ἡ πρὸς τὴν ἀρετὴν τὴν θείαν συμμα χίαν θηρᾶται. ΣΠΔ΄. – ΠΡΙΜΟ ΜΟΝΑΖΟΝΤΙ. Ὁ στέφανον ἐπαγγελλόμενος τὴν ἀρετὴν ἀσκοῦντι, δύο χαρίζεται δωρεάς · μίαν μὲν τὴν πρᾶξιν, ἑτέραν δὲ τὴν ἀμοιβήν. Ἐμοὶ γὰρ καὶ ὁ ἄθλος αὐτὸς, εἰ καὶ ἐπίπονός ἐστι, τοῦ ἐπάθλου οὐχ ἧττον δωρεά εἶναι δοκεῖ, εἶγε ἡ μὲν ἀρετὴ ὑπόθεσις ἐστι τοῦ στεφάνου, ὁ δὲ στέφανος οὐ δίδοται ἄνευ ἀρετῆς.