Letter 37: Chrysostom sends the ill bishop Seleucus to Tranquillinus and asks for news that Eutychius failed to bring.

My lord, the most honored bishop Seleucus, was stirred from home by longing for us, and from here by love for you. That love persuaded him to brave winter, the difficult road, and a very severe illness. Praise him, then, most honored master, for the affection shown in his zeal, and give him the reward for this long hardship by showing him even now your customary love. We too have sent him into your hands as into a calm harbor, because we know your great kindliness, your genuine love, warm, unwavering, and unchangeable. If anyone comes from there and it becomes easy, please write to us also about your well-being. Eutychius has not met us at present, so we have not been able to learn any of the things that, in your earlier letter, you said he would tell us; the man appears nowhere. Knowing this, and remembering what you had previously indicated through him, if there is anything more we need to know, please tell us now, and inform us about your health. It is a very great concern to us, and we are always anxious and always desire to hear of it.

ΛΖʹ. Τραγκυλίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ. Τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν τιμιώτατον ἐπίσκοπον Σέλευκον οἴκοθεν μὲν ὁ περὶ ἡμᾶς ἀνέστησε πόθος, ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ὁ τῆς σῆς ἀγάπης ἔρως. Οὗτος αὐτὸν καὶ χειμῶνος κατατολμῆσαι, καὶ δυσκολίας ὁδοῦ, καὶ ἀῤῥωστίας χαλεπωτάτης ἀνέπεισεν. Ἐπαινέσας τοίνυν αὐτὸν, δέσποτά μου τιμιώτατε, τοῦ φίλτρου τῆς σπουδῆς, ἀπόδος αὐτῷ τὴν ἀμοιβὴν τῆς μακρᾶς ταύτης ταλαιπωρίας, τὴν εἰωθυῖαν περὶ αὐτὸν ἀγάπην καὶ νῦν ἐπιδειξάμενος. Ἐπεὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς ὡς εἰς λιμένα αὐτὸν ἀκύμαντον εἰς τὰς σὰς παρεπέμψαμεν χεῖρας, εἰδότες σου τὴν πολλὴν φιλοφροσύνην, τὴν γνησίαν ἀγάπην, τὴν θερμὴν καὶ ἀκλινῆ καὶ ἀπερίτρεπτον. Κἂν ἀφικνῆταί τις ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ῥᾴδιον γένηται, καὶ ἐπιστεῖλαι ἡμῖν παρακλήθητι τὰ περὶ τῆς ῥώσεώς σου. Εὐψύχιος γὰρ εἰς τὸ παρὸν οὐκ ἀπήντησε· διὸ οὐδὲ μαθεῖν τι δεδυνήμεθα ὧν ἔφης ἐκεῖνον ἐρεῖν πρώην ἡμῖν ἐπιστέλλων, διὰ τὸ μηδαμοῦ τὸν ἄνθρωπον φαίνεσθαι. Ταῦτ' οὖν εἰδὼς, ἐκεῖνά τε ἅπερ δι' ἐκείνου πρώην ἐδήλωσας, καὶ εἴ τι πλέον ἡμᾶς γνῶναι ἀναγκαῖον, νῦν γοῦν γνωρίσαι ἡμῖν παρακλήθητι, καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς ὑγείας σήμαινε τῆς σῆς, τῆς σφόδρα ἡμῖν περισπουδάστου, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἧς ἀεὶ μεριμνῶντες, ἀεὶ μανθάνειν ἐπιθυμοῦμεν.