Event Factoid: Ephraim appealed to the king and queen, revealing that
John was
causing division by ordaining priests around the empire.Theodora, convinced
that John had been laying sick in the palace,
dismissed the charges.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 537.