Letter 266: Theodore Studite, Letter 266; Greek heading: Ἄνθῳ τέκνῳ.
Your little letter, beloved child, is to me a very great cause for gladness; for it is enough for me that you signify that you are alive and in good health, serving the most holy archbishop and father. So continue to fare well, dearest child, both in body and in spirit, that I, the humble one, may rejoice to hear it. Pray unforgettingly for my salvation, as a beloved son, as a flower of virtues [a play on the recipient's name, Anthos, which means "flower"], as one who has loved purity from the beginning. May you be saved.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τὸ
μικρὸν ἐπιστολίδιόν σου, τέκνον ἠγαπημένον, μέγιστόν μοι εἰς ἀποδοχῆς λόγον·
ἀρκεῖ γάρ μοι τὸ σημαίνειν σε ὅτι ζῇς καὶ ὑγιαίνεις, ὑπηρετῶν τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ
ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ καὶ πατρί. ἔτι οὖν ἔρρωσο, φίλτατον τέκνον, καὶ σώματι καὶ πνεύματι,
ἵνα ἀκούων χαίρω ὁ ταπεινός. προσεύχου ἀνεπιλήστως τὴν σωτηρίαν μου ὡς υἱὸς
ἀγαπητός, ὡς ἄνθος ἀρετῶν, ὡς ἠγαπηκὼς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς τὴν ἁγνείαν. σωθείης.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern theodore studite workflow v1.
Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://greekdownloads3.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/epistulae2.pdf
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