Ecclesiastical Chronicle, Volume 3 (1877) - Page 20

In this time was known a wise Persian named Pharhad, who has a book of exhortation in Syriac, and twenty-two letters according to the letters of the alphabet.

11. After Papas, Simeon Barsaboë, his disciple.

It is remembered that this Simeon, while Papas was still alive, was ordained by the bishops who had separated from Papas. Simeon, however, was a righteous and glorious man, a lover of the poor and a lover of strangers. And he ordained that prayers should be held in two choirs in the church services, as it was in the West, just as Ignatius the Fiery, disciple of John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee, had taught. And he commanded, moreover, that the ministers and readers should not sing the Psalms of David from a book in their places, but from the heart.

In this time, a harsh persecution from the Persians, by way of King Shapur, son of Hormizd, was stirred up against the Christians. And the Catholicos was seized...

In his time, a wise Persian became known, by the name of Pharhad, whose book of exhortation exists in Syriac, as well as twenty-two letters arranged according to the letters of the alphabet.

11. After Papas, Simeon Barsaboë, his disciple.

They report that this Simeon, while Papas was still alive, was ordained by the bishops who had departed from him. Simeon, however, was a just and venerable man, solicitous of the poor and a lover of pilgrims. He himself instituted that prayers should be performed in two choirs in the Eastern churches, just as it had been instituted in the West from the times of Ignatius the Fiery, disciple of John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee. He decreed, furthermore, that the clergy should recite the Davidic psalms in the offices not from a book, but from memory.

In his time, a sharp persecution was set in motion against the Christians by the Persian King Shapur, son of Hormizd. The Catholicos himself was seized, and with him the bishops...