Kontakia

Written about 515 to 556, in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

Sung sermons in verse for the feasts of the year.

Hymn · first written in Greek · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written probable: He came to Constantinople under Anastasius I (died 518) and died after 555 (Maas and Trypanis 1963)
Place written sure: He served at the church of the Mother of God in the Kyros quarter of Constantinople (Maas and Trypanis 1963)