From the reigning city and the great monastery existing in it, you appeared as a sojourner, we are instructed by the providence of the Divine mind, you rushed to the sea countries, and there you settled in the desert, avoiding worldly rumors, by the power of the Holy Spirit Having armed yourself with the weapon of the cross, you drove out your enemies, completing your life with fasting and unceasing prayer, being jealous of the great fathers Anthony and Onuphrius and Paul of Thebes: with them you prayed to the Lord, Father Nicodemus, to save our souls.