Church History 6.9.2

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: At an Easter vigil when the lamp oil ran out, Narcissus had water brought to him.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:251

κατὰ τὴν μεγάλην ποτὲ τοῦ πάσχα διανυκτέρευσιν τοὔλαιόν φασι τοῖς διακόνοις ἐπιλιπεῖν. ἐφʼ ᾧ τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος δεινῆς ἀθυμίας διαλαβούσης τὸν Νάρκισσον τοῖς τὰ φῶτα παρασκευάζουσιν ἐπιτάξαι ὕδωρ ἀνιμήσαντας ὡς αὐτὸν κομιεῖσθαι.

English · Claude translation

Once, during the great all-night vigil of the Pascha, they say, the oil failed the deacons. When deep dismay seized the whole multitude, Narcissus ordered those who prepared the lamps to draw water and bring it to him.

About this passage

Source: Dindorf 4:251 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Topics: Church office, Prayer

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/9/2/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/9/2/).

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