After these things there was brought to pass the spectacle prayed for and longed for by us all: festivals of dedication in the cities, and consecrations of the newly built houses of prayer, gatherings of bishops to one place, comings together of those from far-off foreign lands, kindly greetings of peoples toward peoples, the union of the members of Christ's body coming together into one harmony.
Thus there came together, in accordance with a prophetic prediction that mystically foreshadowed what was to come, bone to bone and joint to joint, and all that the oracular word truly held forth beforehand in riddles.
And one was the power of the divine Spirit passing through all the members, and one the soul of all, and the same eagerness of faith, and from all a single hymn of theology; yea, and the perfect ceremonies of the presiding clergy, and the sacred rites of those who had been consecrated, and the godly ordinances of the Church—here with psalmody and the rest of the readings of the words handed down to us from God, there with the divine and mystic ministries being performed; and the ineffable symbols of the Saviour's Passion were present.
And all together, every kind of age, of male and female nature, with the whole strength of their understanding, through prayers and thanksgivings, with rejoicing mind and soul, gave honour to God, the Author of their good things. And every one of the rulers present moved them with panegyric discourses, each according to the ability that was his, making the festival divine.