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During this period Modestus began the job of restoring the devastated Christian city. With the help of Patr. John the Merciful of Alexandria, Modestus set to the job of burying the murdered [[monk]]s of the [[Holy Lavra of St. Savas (Jerusalem)|Monastery of St. Sabbas the Sanctified]], [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)|Church of the Holy Sepulchre]], the Church of the Paralytic, and many others.
In 628, emperor [[Heraclius]] defeated Chosroes and compelled him to return the [[True Cross]] along with the Christian survivors and Patr. Zacharias. Patr. [[Zacharias of Jerusalem|Zacharias]] spent the remaining years of his life in peace and reposed in 632. Modestus was chosen to succeed Patr. Zacharias and was patriarch until his death in December [[September 17]], 634, at the age of 97. Patr. Modestus was buried in the [[Church on the Mount of Olives (Eleona)|Church of the Eleona]] on the Mount of Olives.
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*[http://www.orthodox.net/menaion-december/18-st-modestus-patriarch-of-jerusalem.html St Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem]
*[http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/mad/articles/OvadiahJerusalem.html The Churches of Jerusalem]
==External link==
*[http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/antiochus_strategos_capture.htm The Capture of Jerusalem]
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