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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Modestus of Jerusalem''' was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 632 to 634. He is commemorated on [[December 18]].

==Life==
He was born in Cappadocian Sebasteia (Asia Minor). His parents died when he was five months old. Brought up a Christian, he was strongly attracted to a strict [[monasticism|monastic]] life and accepted a monastic [[tonsure]]. He began an [[ascetic]] life at [[Mount Sinai]]. Later, he became the [[abbot]] of the Monastery of St. Theodosius Coenobiarchus, which is east of Bethlehem, in Palestine.

In 614, Syria and Palestine were invaded by the forces of the Persian king Chosroes II. The invading force killed tens of thousands of Christians and destroyed most of the churches. Many Christians were taken captive, including Patr. Zacharias and the True Cross and taken to Persia. While Patr. Zacharias was captive, Abbot Modestus governed the patriarchate as [[locum tenens]] until his return to Jerusalem fourteen years later.

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 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 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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before=[[Zacharias of Jerusalem|Zacharias]]|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]]|
years=632-634|
after=[[Sophronius I of Jerusalem|Sophronius I]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=103579 OCA:St Modestus the Archbishop of Jerusalem]
*[http://12121.hostinguk.com/modestossaint.htm Saint Modestos Day]
*[http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/m.html Modestus of Jerusalem, patriarch]
*[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]

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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 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.
+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 [[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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