Armenian Manuscript (Armenien 128)

of the righteous one, and they return. 12 The third original: "երրորդ" - likely an error in the manuscript for "ninth" step is the throne of the Lord and the Seraphim; and I make [the soul] bow down before the throne of the Divinity original: "ածութե". At that moment, the soul of the righteous one hears the voice of God which says: "Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord." And He gives him to drink of the dew of immortality; and they bring a robe of light and clothe him. But He does not give [it] yet, but the Lord says: "That crown and your garment is yours; when your soul and your body are in joy, at that time I will adorn you with that glory." 13 "Now, rest from your labors and from your toils; and then I will take you into the fourth enclosure, and there I will give you rest opposite the garden, [the] garden. And there he is always illuminated and rejoices, and he blesses God with the bodies of the souls of the holy martyrs; he exults and dances there with the angels, [in] eternal joy." Q Saint Gregory says: If the soul of the righteous one is bright like light, why does it not bow before the throne? A The angel says: God is invisible and unapproachable light; and where the Cherubim and Seraphim are, the ministers of the glory of the Divinity original: "ածութե", and with unceasing voice they say: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Hosts," and the Divinity original: "ածութի" sits upon the four-faced throne, and around