Table Of ContentLIFE 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)
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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 .
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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(
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Description:2. LIFE OF ST ANTONY. BY ST ATHANASIUS. VITA S. ANTONI by. ST.
ATHANASIUS. (WRITTEN BETWEEN 356 AND 362). NICENE AND POST-
NICENE
