LIFE OF ST ANTONY BY ST ATHANASIUS VITA S. ANTONI by SUIS A.NTASHTA (WRITTEN BETWEEN 356 AND 362) NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS FO N AEHIHCTTRSUIHRCHC EMULOV.VI ST. ATHANASIUS SELECT WORKS AND LETTERS P. SCHAFF and H. WACE (pp. 188-221) 2 Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ King of Kings and Lord of lords Icon designed by Dr. Yousef Nassief and Dr. Bedour Latif H.H. Pope Shenouda III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark LIFE OF ST ANTONY BY ST ATHANASIUS net t: iyrn wo, t rnne oA hfyirto ltuaoaoFhsr e evedfnhnioTalc dna tnes ot eht sknom ni ngier osftrap yb ruo rehta Fgnomaeht ,stniaS ,suisanahtA pohsiB fo .airdnaxelA suisanahtA )1( eht .st rnagpie rnnoeifrht e erpohbotthsib You evah deretne nopu a elbon yrlavir htiw eht sknomfo tpygE yb nrouiotyan irmerhettieed ot lauqe ro ssaprus mehtni ruoy gniniart ni eht yaw fo .eutriv roF yb siht emit erehtera seir egtnsoamna o,muoy dna eht eman fo k nsoemviceiclebrup .noitingocer htiW ,nosaer ,erofereht lla nem lliw evorppasiht ,noitanimr edtnead ni rewsna ot ruoy sreyarp doG lliw evigsti .tnemlif lwuofN ecnis uoy deksa em ot evig uoy na tnuoccafo ewh onhra e olltufhs iew rda n,aef i flyo asw'ynot ndAesse lebht nageb eht ,enilpicsid ohw dna tahw rennam fo nam ehsaw suoiverp ot ,siht woh eh desolc sih ,efil dna rehtehw ehtsgniht dlot fo mih era ,eurt taht uoy osla yam gnirb sevlesruoyot etati m,imih I yr ey vldiedtapee rcrcu ao,ytsehe brof ot emosla d.np A lnfeoohisse c t cyasa neiao r tngfnooAitcello cee rreahbt I wonk taht ,uoy nehw uoy evah ,draeh trapa morf ruoy noitarimda fo eht ,nam lliw eb lufhsiw ot etalume sih ;noitanimreted gniees taht rof sknom eht efil fo ynotnA sia tneiciffus nrettap fo .enilpicsid eroferehW od ton esufer ecnederc ot tahw uoy evah draeh morf esoht ohw thguorb sgnidit fo ;mih tub kniht rehtar taht yeht evah dlot uoy ylnoa wef ,sgniht rof ta lla stneve yeht ylecracs nac evah nevig .liat eyd n natirop mtiae r o gfssoecnatsmucric (1) ni tceffe emas eht ot tnemetats eht erapmoC Vit. Pachom6.3 . 6 dnA esuaceb I ta ruoy tseuqer evah dellac ot dnim a wef t , sludmdeloni nc abehsanhhasaacs tussmam uIc rnlialccenti a ,rette lod t otncelge nontoi tesseouhqt ohw lias mor f:erehrof y lt l d enyl nr, b u lireaeleeodbwihhllhvcliewaatacoshthatstop ni noitroporp ot sih .stirem nO tnuocca fo siht I saw,suorised nehw I deviecer ruoy ,rettel ot dnes rof niatrec fo eht,sknom , mhi thyilwtneuq eer rftoeo ntbmeo rw oeyhwlwlaice pesseoht taht fi I dlu oncrael yna h sselrifated I thgi mdnes meht ot.uoy tuB ecnis eht nosaes rof gnilias saw gnimoc ot na dne dnaeht reirrac-rettel ,tnegru I denetsah ot etirw ot ruoy yteip tahwI , gn sdt nemyena ,ieinmah fwvshaiwI loamtseenhalskwbyam ot nrael morf ,mih rof I saw sih tnadnetta rof a gnol ,emitdna deruop retaw no sih sdnah )2( ; l u n fgs ifdntloninleieiahmbotp ,hturt taht on eno dluohs eveilebsid hguorht gniraeh oot,hcum ron no eht rehto dnah yb gniraeh oot elttil dluohs esipsedeht .nam Birth and beginnings of St Antony 1. ynotnA uoy tsum wonk saw yb tnecsed na :naitpygEsih ,h tellabeawred isdester nns eyoe sf wlcrdeodiaosnmposaagofp dna sa yeht erew snaitsirhC eh osla saw deraer ni ehtemas .htiaF nI ycnafni eh saw thguorb pu htiw sih ,stneragpniwonk thguon esle tub meht dna sih .emoh tuB nehw eh sawnworg dna devirra ta ,doohyob dna saw gnicnavda ni ,sraey ehdluoc ton erudne ot nrael ,srettel ton gnirac ot etaicossa htiwrehto eav i ol,tboc a fJnoetti r sw ti si,as aewris esd ilh lta u;bsyob 2:3 sgniK 2 )2( 7 nialp nam ta emoh )3( . htiW sih stnerap eh desu ot dnettaeht ,s e'r sdedurhnoo taHLsiaen adl ishacw e hel dri onnreehdwlo did eh esipsed ;meht tub saw htob tneidebo ot sih rehtafdna rehtom dna evitnetta ot tahw saw ,daer gnipeek ni sihtraeh tahw saw elbatiforp ni tahw eh .draeh dnA hguoht sa adlihc thg u, oeprcu bn eee tuhnali rfdefida do emtlob snustoinrhetrap rdoef isr u a,orveiorr aurfxounl sa wsiht aecr ue orfsuosaoetlp ;mih tub saw tnetnoc ylpmis htiw tahw eh dnuof ronthguos .rehtr ugfnihtyna .2 retfA eht htaed fo sih rehtaf dna rehtom eh saw tfelenola htiw eno elt t:irletsis sih ega saw tu onbeaethgie ro ,ytnewtdna no mih eht erac htob fo emoh dna retsis .detser woN ti sawton gontidro cgcna i do,ngsatne r shafitpo ha eerhdet tsfhat nxoims motsuc otni eht s'droL ,esuoH eh denummoc htiw flesmihdna detcelfer sa eh deklaw woh ehtseltsopA )4( tfe lllad edwnoallof eht ;ruoivaS dna woh yeht ni ehtstcA )5( dlos riehtsnoissessop dna thguorb dna dial meht ta eht 'seltsopA teef rofnoitubirtsid ot eht ,ydeen dna tahw dna woh taerg a epoh saw dial purof meht ninevaeh )6( . gnirednoP revo eseht sgniht eh deretneeht ,hcruhc dna ti deneppah eht lepsoG saw gnieb ,daer dnaeh draeh eht droL gniyas ot eht hcirnam )7( , fI' uoht tsdluoweb ,tcefrep og dna lles taht uoht tsah dna evig ot eht ;roopdna emoc wollof eM dna uoht tlahs evah erusaert ni '.nevaeh ,ynotnA sa hguoht doG dah tup mih ni dnim fo eht ,stniaSdna yletaid ett,mnutme oni w d u ne adonegseacoeairhc bshaeshatp s i fhsonoissess oep hetv adg n,ahcru hec hmtorf 72:52 siseneG )3( 5:1L1u4k:e2 0; M atthew (4) (5) 5-53:4 stcA 5:1 naissoloC )6( 19:21 Matthew (7) 8 srehtaferof ot eht yeht--sregalliv erew eerht derdnuh serca )8( , evitcudorp dna yrev riaf taht-- yeht dluohs eb on erom agolc eelhba v sotam awth st ee lhr dlt.narAet s si disfnhlaes mniohpu ,dlos dna gnivah tog rehtegot hcum yenom eh evag ti oteht .ek ass'rets is sir horfevew oehlt t gianlivres e,rroop His early ascetic life yd n areigsohnLtir a,ehhcr ueo hh tntc tsnin e aiaedh.gwn3aA lep seohGt )9( yd'a ol,tenuw sh oo, scrr euro'ho of tiemtxbonna ,regnol tub tnew tuo dna evag esoht sgniht osla ot eht.roop g ndievtatHimm oscih retsis ot nwonk dn alu f,hstniiagfrivdna tup reh otni a tnevnoc ot eb thguorb ,pu eh htrofecnehdetoved fle semdiihstuo sih esuoh oetnilpicsi d, gnikat deeh otflesmih dna gniniart flesmih htiw .ecneitap roF ereht erew ton teyos ynam seiretsanom ni ,tpygE dna on knom ta lla wenk foeht tnatsid ;tresed tub lla ohw dehsiw ot evig deeh otsevlesmeht desitcar pe hetnilpicsi dni edutilo sraen rieht nwo .egallivwoN er esh atnweh tni ee hgttax lenlnai vdl ona moh w ddaehveihlt si hnte ed saerhhet f,aynot n. Aphutu os yimho rtfim r feeaofhil ,nam detatimi mih ni .yteip dnA ta tsrif eh nageb ot edibani secalp tuo edis eht :egalliv neht fi eh draeh fo a doognam ,erehwyna ekil eht tnedurp ,eeb eh tnew htrof dna thguos,mih dk ec r na ool rbetnisu ctiten a nh hwdlnu;o aaemdhpeinshaeh ,denrute rgnivah tog morf eht doog nam sa ti erew seilppusrof sih yenruoj ni eht yaw fo .eutriv oS gnillewd ereht ta ,tsrifeh sre h e tsfd naiooeor fhbhtu teattoosetnorp rsduiephmrifnoc nA )8( eht saw ynotnA taht detaluclac neeb sah ti :dnal fo erusaem naitpygE na si ereh aruora . .dnal elitref fo serca 002 tuoba fo renwo (9) 43:6 wehttaM 9 eris esd ilh lpae e oktt u;bklofsn isk i fheocnarbmem eer h otrton dna ygrene rof gnitcefrep sih .enilpicsid eH ,dekrow,revewoh , de grh on a',hih e swvtshsed aiiilnthw hdaem ihlit hotnae (10) ', dna trap eh tneps no daerb dna trap eh evag ot eht .ydeendnA eh s atwnatsno cni ,r egynairwpo ntkaht a nam thguo ot yarpni ylgni staeerccneus (11) . roF eh dah nevig hcus deeh ot tahwsaw daer taht enon fo eht sgniht taht erew nettirw llef morf mihot eht ,dnuorg tub edherebm e,mlelra dsndarawre tsfiahyromem .sko or bom fidhevres 4. s ughnTi t,cfuldenso mcyinhotnA saw devoleb yb .llaeH y tf ilo r etde nesecdihm tnot in,ciomhedesgomej htbewiuhssiv dna denrael ylhguoroht erehw hcae dessaprus mih ni laezdna .enilpicsid eH devresbo eh tssensuoicarg fo ;eno ehtgnisaecnu reyarp fo ;rehtona eh koot egdelwonk fo s'rehtonamodeerf morf regna d n;as sse'nrdenhitko-ng aneihvol evag deeh oteno sa eh ,dehctaw ot rehtona sa eh ;deiduts eno eh derimda rofsih ,ecnarudne rehtona rof sih gnitsaf dna gnipeels no eht;dnuorg eht ssenkeem fo eno dna eht gnireffus-gnol fo rehtona eh dehctaw htiw ,erac elihw eh koot eton fo eht yteipsdrawot tsirhC dna eht lautum evol hci hdwetamin a.lla suhT ,dellifeh denruter ot sih nwo ecalp fo ,enilpicsid dna htrofecnehdluow evirts ot etinu eht seitilauq fo ,hcae dna saw regae ot wohsni s eref e m egoe hdhasha h.tatsoetflhinuoo l Wtfaerlhietvsmih ;yrlavi revas siht ,ylno taht eh dluohs ton eb dnoces ot mehtni rehgih .sgniht dnA siht eh did os sa ot truh eht sgnileeffo ,ydobon tub edam meht eciojer revo .mih oS lla yeht fotaht ega ldlnia veh tdoo gnem yn cieasm oiehth wn,is anwehyweht l ldoa etc,stu r so si stnefah aaahowtwhmats (10) sn a2inol0a1s:s3ehT )11( wehtt asMn a;i7n:o6la7s2s:e5hT1 10