Tomb of the Patriarch Euthymios

In 1223, Patriarch Euthymios of Jerusalem passed away at Saint Catherine’s Monastery. From his great veneration for Saint Catherine, he asked that he be buried in the basilica beneath the north aisle opposite her reliquary. A marble inscription in Greek and Arabic marks the location. Below, a transcription of the Greek, a translation of the Greek, and a translation of the Arabic.

Ἐνθᾶδε κεῖτε τὸ σώμα τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Εὐθυμίου Πατριάρχου Ἱεροσολύμων ἔτος ϚΨΛΒ μηνὶ Δεκεμβρίῳ ΙΓ ἡμέρα Δ. Ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὁσιωτάτου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Μακαρίου Ἀρχιεπισκόπου τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὅρους Σινᾶ.

Here lies the body of our father among the saints Euthymios Patriarch of Jerusalem the year 6732 [AD 1223] the month December 13, the fourth day [Wednesday]. In the time of our most righteous father Makarios Archbishop of the Holy Mount Sinai.

Here lies the body of our father among the saints Euthymios Patriarch of Jerusalem the year 6732 the month December 13, the fourth day. In the time of our most righteous father Makarios the Damascene Bishop of the Holy Mount Sinai. Our father pray for us your disciples and pray for me the writer of this text.