Having become inflamed with spiritual desire and rejected the rebellions of the world, you clung to the One God with love, and seeking Him with all your heart, you went into the inner desert, dwelling by the waters: where you remained in tears and labors for many years, in patience You walked through the life of many angels, in the instruction of the Divine mind: and you gathered a multitude of monks, wise, whom you did not leave, visiting Anthony, our reverend father, praying to the Most Holy Trinity to deliver from all kinds of evils and save our souls.