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La Descripcin de Egeria del Ao Litrgico en Jerusaln: Traduccin

Basado en la traduccin reproducida en el Duchesme de Louis el Culto cristiano(Londres, !"#$

%egreso de Egeria a &onstantinopla ''

)* Al d+a siguiente, cruce el mar, llegu a &onstantinopla, dando gracias a &risto nuestro Dios -ue se dign a darme tal gracia, indigna como o so* El se

ha.+a dignado a darme, no slo el poder ir, sino tam.in el poder andar por los lugares -ue -uise, poder /ol/er por 0in a &onstantinopla*

!* &u1ndo llegue, 0ui a todas las iglesias dedicadas a la memoria de los apstoles todos los m1rtires, -ue ha mu muchas, no de2 de dar gracias a Jessnuestro Dios, -ue as+ se ha.+a dignado a conceder su misericordia en m+*

3* And i0 a0ter this am et in the .od, and am a.le to see an other places,

4ill either tell it to our a00ection in person, i0 5od deigns to permit me

this, or in an4ise, i0 ha/e another pro2ect in mind, 4ill send ou ne4s o0

it in a letter* But do ou, ladies, light o0 m ees, deign to remem.er me,

4hether am in the .od or out o0 the .od*

3* Desde este lugar, seoras, lu6 de mis o2os, mientras les mando stas

cartas a su cario, 7a esto dispuesta, en el 8om.re de &risto nuestro Dios,

para ir a E0eso, en Asia, para re6ar en memoria del santo .endito Apstol

Juan* 7 si despus si tengo 0uer6as en el el cuerpo, puedo /isitar otros

lugares, o hago cual-uiera se lo dice a su cario en la persona, si Dios se

digna para permitirme esto, o en el an4ise, si tengo otro El proecto en lamente, o le mandar noticias de ello en una carta* 9ero le hace, las damas,

la lu6 de mis o2os, se digna a recordarme, si esto en el cuerpo o 0uera del

&uerpo*

* atins*

''; * 8o4 that our a00ection ma


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personas solas pero legas tam.in, tanto los hom.res como las mu2eres, -ue

desea de empe6ar su La /igilia temprano* 7 de esa hora a himnos deamanecer son dichos salmos son cantados sensi.lemente (responduntur$,

ant+0onas en la manera -ue -uiere= la oracin es @echo despus de cada

uno de los himnos* 9ara sacerdotes, los di1conos, los mon2es en el doses o

treses lo toman en cam.io cada El d+a para decir las oraciones despus de

cada uno de los himnos o ant+0onas*

"* But 4hen da .rea


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* 8o4 at the tenth hour, 4hich the call here licinicon, or as 4e sa

lucernare, all the people assem.le at the Anastasis in the same manner, andall the candles and tapers are lit, ma


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accompaning him, and 4hen he arri/es he 0irst sas a praer, then he

.lesses the catechumens, then another praer is said and he .lesses the0aith0ul* Thereupon .oth the .ishop and the 4hole multitude 0urther proceed

.ehind the &ross, 4here all that 4as done .e0ore the &ross is repeated, and

the approach the hand o0 the .ishop .ehind the &ross as the did at the

Anastasis and .e0ore the &ross* oreo/er, there are hanging e/er4here a

/ast num.er o0 great glass chandeliers, and there are also a /ast num.er o0

cereo0ala, .e0ore the Anastasis, .e0ore the &ross and .ehind the &ross, 0orthe 4hole does not end until dar


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made 0or the third time and there is a commemoration o0 all* clero, la oracin es causada la tercera /e6 ha un La conmemoracin de

todo*

3* A0ter these three psalms and three praers are ended, loK censers are

.rought into the ca/e o0 the Anastasis so that the 4hole .asilica o0 theAnastasis is 0illed 4ith odours* And then the .ishop, standing 4ithin the

rails, ta


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"* orning er/ices*

''; * 8o4 at da.rea< .ecause it is the Lords Da e/er one proceeds to

the greater church, .uilt . &onstantine, 4hich is situated in 5olgotha

.ehind the &ross, 4here all things are done 4hich are customar e/er4hereon the Lords Da* But the custom here is that o0 all the priests 4ho ta


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4hich 4e 4ill re0er later on* antener de -ue nosotros nos re0eriremos m1s tarde*

F* But among all things it is a special 0eature that the arrange that suita.le

psalms and antiphons are said on e/er occasion, .oth those said . night, or

in the morning, as 4ell as those throughout the da, at the sith hour, theninth hour, or at lucernare, all .eing so appropriate and so reasona.le as to

.ear on the matter in hand*

F* 9ero entre todas cosas son una caracter+stica especial -ue ellos arreglan

eso salmos ant+0onas con/enientes son dichos en cada la ocasin, am.os

sos di2eron de noche, o por la maana, as+ como sos a tra/s del d+a, en laseta hora, la no/ena hora, o en lucernare, todo es tan apropia tan

ra6ona.le soportar como en el asunto en ano*

H* And the proceed to the greater church, 4hich 4as .uilt . &onstantine,

and 4hich is situated in 5olgotha, that is, .ehind the &ross, on e/er Lords

Da throughout the ear ecept on the one unda o0 9entecost, 4hen the

proceed to ion, as ou 4ill 0ind mentioned .elo4= .ut e/en then the go to

ion .e0ore the third hour, the dismissal ha/ing .een 0irst made in the greaterchurch***

CA page is missing*

H* 7 ellos a/an6an al la iglesia m1s grande, cu1l 0ue construido por

&onstantino, -ue es situado en 5lgota, eso es, detr1s de la &ru6, en cada

eor El d+a a tra/s del ao menos en el un el domingo de 9entecosts,

cuando ellos a/an6an a ion, como usted hace el halla6go mencion a.a2o=

pero an entonces ellos /an a ion antes la tercera hora, el despido ha.iendosido primer hecho en la iglesia*** m1s grande

Cuna p1gina pierde*

>ET;AL AT E99@A87

* 8ight tation at Bethlehem*

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, and the rest 4hich

0ollo4s* And since, 0or the sa


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I* And on arri/ing there, the .ishop and all 4ith him immediatel enter the

Anastasis, 4here an eceedingl great num.er o0 lights are alread .urning*

There a psalm is said, praer is made, 0irst the catechumens and then the

0aith0ul are .lessed . the .ishop= then the .ishop retires, and e/er one

returns to his lodging to ta


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3* But to return to the matter in hand: the dismissal ta


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go6osa de eso D+a*

The 9resentation ass*

''; The 0ortieth da a0ter the Epiphan is undou.tedl cele.rated here4ith the /er highest honour, 0or on that da there is a procession, in 4hich

all ta


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er/ices on undas*

"* 8o4 the se/eral das o0 the se/eral 4ee


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Pednesda and >rida*

Again, on the 0ourth 4ee


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aturda*

But on the sith 4ee


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'';* This is the custom o0 the 0ast in uadragesima: some, 4hen the

ha/e eaten a0ter the dismissal on the Lords Da, that is, a.out the 0i0th orsith hour, do not eat throughout the 4hole 4ee< until a0ter the dismissal at

the Anastasis on the a..ath= these are the 4ho or the custom here is that all 4ho are apotactitae, as the call them here,4hether men or 4omen, eat onl once a da on the da 4hen the do eat,

not onl in uadragesima, .ut throughout the 4hole ear* But i0 an o0 the

apotactitae cannot


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* And as the go 0rom Jerusalem to the La6arium, there is, a.out 0i/e

hundred paces 0rom the latter place, a church in the street on that spot 4here

ar the sister o0 La6arus met 4ith the Lord* @ere, 4hen the .ishop arri/es,

all the mon


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das 0rom the a..ath to the 0i0th 4ee


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antiphons suita.le to the da and to the place are said, interspersed 4ith

lections and praers*

"* And as the ele/enth hour approaches, the passage 0rom the 5ospel is read,

4here the children, carring .ranches and palms, met the Lord, saing=

Blessed is @e that cometh in the name o0 the Lord, and the .ishop

immediatel rises, and all the people 4ith him, and the all go on 0oot 0rom

the top o0 the ount o0 ?li/es, all the people going .e0ore him 4ith hmnsand antiphons, ans4ering one to another: Blessed is @e that cometh in the

name o0 the Lord*

#* And all the children in the neigh.ourhood, e/en those 4ho are too oung

to 4alor all, e/en those o0 ran


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praer= the catechumens and then the 0aith0ul are .lessed, and the dismissal

is made*

Tuesda in @ol Pee


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sith hours* But at the eighth hour all the people gather together at the

martrium according to custom, onl earlier than on other das, .ecause thedismissal must .e made sooner* Then, 4hen the people are gathered together,

all that should .e done is done, and the o.lation is made on that da at the

martrium, the dismissal ta


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'''; And at the 0irst cocue tomado* 7 cuando este pasa2e ha sido le+do ha tan gran un

gemiendo gimiendo de todo el las personas, 2unto con llorar, -ue su

lamentacin 9uede ser o+do -ui61s por lo -ue la ciudad*

;uel/a a Jerusaln*

De esa hora en -ue ellos /an con himnos a la ciudad el pie, alcan6ando la

puerta acerca del tiempo cuando un hom.re comien6a a ser capa6 de

reconocer otro, de all+ el derecho en por el medio de la ciudad= todo, a un

hom.re, am.os gran pe-ueo, rico po.re, todo est1 listo all+, para en esed+a especial no un alma retira De las /igilias hasta la maana* As+ el o.ispo

es acompaado de 5ethsemane a la puerta, de all+ 9or toda la ciudad a la

&ru6*

;iernes santo: Atienda a en el Amanecer*


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spalagellation

'''; A0ter this, 4hen the dismissal at the &ross has .een made, that is,

.e0ore the sun rises, the all go at once 4ith 0er/our to ion, to pra at the

column at 4hich the Lord 4as scourged* And returning thence the sit 0ora4hile in their houses, and presentl all are read*

;eneration o0 the &ross*

Then a chair is placed 0or the .ishop in 5olgotha .ehind the &ross, 4hich is

no4 standing= the .ishop dul ta


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approaching should /enture to do so again*

#* And as all the people pass . one . one, all .o4ing themsel/es, thetouch the &ross and the title, 0irst 4ith their 0oreheads and then 4ith their

ees= then the


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and praer is 4onder0ul= 0or there is none, either great or small, 4ho, on that

da during those three hours, does not lament more than can .e concei/ed,that the Lord had su00ered those things 0or us* A0ter4ards, at the .eginning

o0 the ninth hour, there is read that passage 0rom the 5ospel according to

John 4here @e ga/e up the ghost* This read, praer and the dismissal 0ollo4*

E/ening ?00ices*

)* And 4hen the dismissal .e0ore the &ross has .een made, all things are

done in the greater church, at the martrium, 4hich are customar during

this 4ee< 0rom the ninth hour OO4hen the assem.l ta


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.ishop sas a praer 0or them, and then he goes 4ith them to the greater

church, 4here, according to custom, all the people are


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* And 4hen the psalms ha/e .een said and praer has .een made, the

come do4n thence 4ith hmns to the Anastasis at the hour o0 lucernare* Thisis done throughout all the eight das*

;esper tation at ion on Easter unda*

8o4, on the Lords Da at Easter, a0ter the dismissal o0 lucernare, that is, at

the Anastasis, all the people escort the .ishop 4ith hmns to ion*

F* And, on arri/ing, hmns suita.le to the da and place are said, praer is

made, and the passage 0rom the 5ospel is read 4here the Lord, on the same

da, and in the same place 4here the church no4 stands in ion, came in to

@is disciples 4hen the doors 4ere shut* That is, 4hen one o0 @is disciples,

Thomas, 4as a.sent, and 4hen he returned and the other Apostles told him

that the had seen the Lord, he said: R Ecept shall see, 4ill not .elie/e*R

Phen this has .een read, praer is again made, the catechumens and the0aith0ul are .lessed, and e/er one returns to his house late, a.out the second

hour o0 the night*

unda a0ter Easter*

'L Again, on the ?cta/e o0 Easter, that is, on the Lords Da, all the people

go up to Eleona 4ith the .ishop immediatel a0ter the sith hour* >irst the

sit 0or a4hile in the church 4hich is there, and hmns and antiphons suita.le

to the da and to the place are said= praers suita.le to the da and to the

place are li


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e/er one returns to his house as usual, 2ust as on the Lords Da o0 Easter, at

the second hour o0 the night*

Easter to Phitsuntide*

'L 8o4, 0rom Easter to the 0i0tieth da, that is, to 9entecost, no one 0asts

here, not e/en those 4ho are apotactitae* During these das, as throughout

the 4hole ear, the customar things are done at the Anastasis 0rom the 0irstcoc


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is, to the martrium, and all things usual are done there= the priests preach

and then the .ishop, and all things that are prescri.ed are done, the o.lation.eing made, as is customar on the Lords Da, onl the same dismissal in

the martrium is hastened, in order that it ma .e made .e0ore the third hour*

tation at ion*

And 4hen the dismissal has .een made at the martrium, all the people, to aman, escort the .ishop 4ith hmns to ion, Cso that the are in ion 4hen

the third hour is 0ull come*

#* And on their arri/al there the passage 0rom the Acts o0 the Apostles is read

4here the pirit came do4n so that all tongues C4ere heard and all men

understood the things that 4ere .eing spo


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0rom the Acts o0 the Apostles 4hich tells o0 the Ascension o0 the Lord into

hea/en a0ter @is %esurrection*

H* And 4hen this is o/er, the catechumens and then the 0aith0ul are .lessed,

and the come do4n thence, it .eing alread the ninth hour, and go 4ith

hmns to that church 4hich is in Eleona, 4herein is the ca/e 4here the Lord

4as 4ont to sit and teach @is Apostles* And as it is alread past the tenth

hour 4hen the arri/e, lucernare ta


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Anastasis 0rom the 0irst coceast$lasts so long that it is midnight 4hen e/er one returns home a0ter the

dismissal has ta


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4hich ha/e said are


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das, eplaining them, 0irst literall, and then un0olding them spirituall*

The are also taught a.out the %esurrection, and liaith during those das* And this is called the catechising*

RTraditioR o0 the &reed*

#* Then 4hen 0i/e 4ee


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that is, o0 Baptism itsel0, ou cannot hear, .eing as et catechumens* But,

lest ou should thin< that anthing is done 4ithout good reason, these, 4henou ha/e .een .aptised in the 8ame o0 5od, ou shall hear in the Anastasis,

during the eight 9aschal das, a0ter the dismissal 0rom the church has .een

made* 7ou, .eing as et catechumens, cannot .e told the more secret

msteries o0 5od*R

stic &atechisings*

'L; But 4hen the das o0 Easter ha/e come, during those eight das, that

is, 0rom Easter to the ?cta/e, 4hen the dismissal 0rom the church has .een

made, the go 4ith hmns to the Anastasis* 9raer is said anon, the 0aith0ul

are .lessed, and the .ishop stands, leaning against the inner rails 4hich are

in the ca/e o0 the Anastasis, and eplains all things that are done in Baptism*

"* n that hour no catechumen approaches the Anastasis, .ut onl theneophtes and the 0aith0ul, 4ho 4ish to hear concerning the msteries, enter

there, and the doors are shut lest an catechumen should dra4 near* And

4hile the .ishop discusses and sets 0orth each point, the /oices o0 those 4hoapplaud are so loud that the can .e heard outside the church* And trul the

msteries are so un0olded that there is no one unmo/ed at the things that he

hears to .e so eplained*

#* 8o4, 0orasmuch as in that pro/ince some o0 the people


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F* But 4hat is a.o/e all things /er pleasant and admira.le here, is that the

hmns, the antiphons, and the lessons, as 4ell as the praers 4hich the.ishop sas, al4as ha/e suita.le and 0itting re0erences, .oth to the da that

is .eing cele.rated and also to the place 4here the cele.ration is ta &@Q%&@E

'L; Those are called the das o0 dedication 4hen the hol church 4hich

is in 5olgotha, and 4hich the call the martrium, 4as consecrated to 5od=

the hol church also 4hich is at the Anastasis, that is, in the place 4here the

Lord rose a0ter @is 9assion, 4as consecrated to 5od on that da* The

dedication o0 these hol churches is there0ore cele.rated 4ith the highest

honour, .ecause the &ross o0 the Lord 4as 0ound on this same da*

"* And it 4as so ordained that, 4hen the hol churches a.o/e mentioned4ere 0irst consecrated, that should .e the da 4hen the &ross o0 the Lord

had .een 0ound, in order that the 4hole cele.ration should .e made together,

4ith all re2oicing, on the sel0Osame da* oreo/er, it appears 0rom the @olcriptures that this is also the da o0 dedication, 4hen hol olomon, ha/ing

0inished the @ouse o0 5od 4hich he had .uilt, stood .e0ore the altar o0 5od

and praed, as it is 4ritten in the .oo


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sin, unless some necessit, 4hich or on the 0irst

and second das it is to the greater church, 4hich is called the martrium*

?n the third da it is to Eleona, that is, the church 4hich is on that mount

4hence the Lord ascended into hea/en a0ter @is 9assion, and in this church

is the ca/e 4herein the Lord used to teach his Apostles on the ount o0

?li/es* But on the 0ourth da * * *

CThe rest o0 the manuscript is sadl lost

Dios= el santo la iglesia tam.in -ue est1 en el Anastasis, eso es, en el

colo-ue donde el eor su.i despus de u 9asin, 0ue &onsagrado a Diosen ese d+a* La dedicacin de estas iglesias santas son por lo tanto cle.re con

el el honor m1s alto, por-ue la &ru6 del eor 0ueron Encontr en este

mismo d+a*

"* 7 tan 0ue ordenado eso, cuando las iglesias santas a mencionadas 0ueron

primero consagrado, eso de.e ser el d+a cuando el La cru6 del eor ha.+a

sido encontrada, para -ue la cele.racin entera de.e ser hecha 2unto, con

Toda alegr+a, en el d+a mismo* Adem1s, lo aparece de las Escrituras antas

-ue esto es tam.in el d+a de la dedicacin, cu1ndo alomn santo, teniendo

termin la &asa de Dios -ue l ha.+a construido, se ha.+a parado antes el

altar de Dios orado, como es escrito en Los li.ros de las &rnicas*


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'L'* De modo -ue cuando estos d+as de la dedicacin es /enida, ellos on

mantenidos durante ocho d+as* 7 las personas comien6an a reunir de todaspartes muchos d+as antes= no slo mon2es apotactitae de /arias pro/incias,

de esopotamia iria, de Egipto el The.aid (donde ha mu muchos

mon2es$, de cada el lugar la pro/incia di0erentes OO para ha ninguno

-uin no gire sus pasos a Jerusaln en ese d+a para tal regoci21ndose para

tales d+as altos OO pero personas legas tam.in en manera de -ue -uiere, tanto

los hom.res como las mu2eres, con mentes 0ieles, se renen en Jerusaln

cada La pro/incia en esos d+as, por el d+a santo*

"* 7 los o.ispos, an cu1ndo ellos han sido pocos, son presente al nmero de

cuarenta o cincuenta en Jerusaln en estos d+as, con ellos /iene muchos de

su &lero* N9ero por -u de.o decir o m1sM para -uien enM estos d+as no ha

asistido a tan solemne un .an-uete piensa -ue l ha cometido un pecado mu

gran, a menos -ue alguna necesidad, -ue mantiene una espalda de hom.re delle/ar >uera una resolucin .uena, ha entorpecidolo*

#* Ahora en estos d+as de la dedicacin el adorno de todo el las iglesias son

igual -ue en 9ascua en Epi0an+a, tam.in en cada d+a -ue la procesin eshecha al /arios Los lugares santos, como en 9ascua en Epi0an+a* 9ara en

los primeros segundos d+as -ue lo est1 a la iglesia m1s grande, &u1l es

llamado el martrium* En el tercer d+a lo est1 a Eleona, eso es, la iglesia -ue

est1 en eso el monte de ah+ el eor su.ieron en el cielo despus u 9asin,

en esta iglesia es la cue/a en donde el eor ensea.a a sus apstoles en el

onte De Aceitunas* 9ero en el cuarto d+a* * *

CEl resto del manuscrito es perdido tristemente


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