Event Factoid: Stephen saw
that Thomas
was residing in Monastery
of John Urtaya and decided to join him, as did another
monk who served under Mare, named Zota. All three men
dwelled in the Monastery
of John Urtaya for two years.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints I,Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up, p: 197-198.