CONCERNING THE SAME ELDER
Abba Cyprian, whose surname was Cuculas and whose monastery is outside the gate of Caesarea, told us this when we went to see him: When that savage and horrendous plague ravaged this city, I shut myself in my cell and prayed for the clemency of God to have mercy on us, to turn aside the wrath which threatened us. A voice came to me, saying: ‘Abba Zachaios has obtained this favour’.