Agrefeny

[3] His account of his travels—called the Journey (or Voyage, Pilgrimage or Walking) of Archimandrite Agrefeny of the Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God—was written shortly after his return in the 1370s.

The Rogozhskoye manuscript dates to the 15th century and is today preserved in Moscow, Russian State Library, Rogozhin Cemetery Collection MS 253.

[6] Agrefeny visited many churches and monasteries and is a valuable source of information about their state by the late 14th century.

[7] He visited the Armenian church of Saint James, where he saw the two red stones in a box in front of the building.

[8] Agrefeny explored the monastery of Saint Sabbas, both confirming and disconfirming reports of work done through the charity of the Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (r. 1347–1354).

He saw the aedicule with six columns that was rebuilt over Sabbas' tomb by Kantakouzenos, but he does not mention the saint's relics, which had either not yet been relocated there or elsewhere kept secret from visitors.