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'''Eustochius of Jerusalem''' was the [[patriarch]] of Jerusalem from 552 to 564. He was patriarch during the time of the Christological disputes during the reign of emperor [[Justinian]].
After the death of Patr. Peter of Jerusalem in 544, a group of [[Origen|Origenist]] [[monks]] in Jerusalem elected [[Marcarius Macarius II of Jerusalem|Marcarius II]], an Origenist, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. However, emperor Justinian, who was staunchly Orthodox, favored Eustochius, who was Oeconomus of the Church of Alexandria although he lived in Constantinople. In 552, Justinian ordered Macarius dethroned and appointed Eustochius to replace him.
At the [[Fifth Ecumenical Council]] of 553 in Constantinople, Eustochius did not attend but was represented by three legates: [[Bishop]]s Stephanus of Raphia, Georgius of Tiberias, and Damasus of Sozusa or Sozytana <ref>Mansi, ix. 173 c.</ref>. At the council, not only were the "Three Chapters" associated with [[Monophysitism]] condemned, but also Origenism. Eustochius then called later in 553 a local council in Jerusalem during which all the bishops of Palestine, except for Alexander of Abila, confirmed the Fifth Council's verdicts. Yet, despite these efforts by Eustochius, opposition rose against the verdicts of the Constantinople Council among the [[monastery|monasteries]], opposition led by the monks of the New Lavra, one of the monasteries founded by [[Sabbas the Sanctified|St. Sabbas]].
