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| St. Anthony the Great (Feast Day - January 17) |
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Having the stature of heaven and intelligent beings,
You are the leader of ascetics Anthony.
On the seventeenth Anthony thereupon was lifted up.
You are the leader of ascetics Anthony.
On the seventeenth Anthony thereupon was lifted up.
The 38 Beneficial Sayings of Saint Anthony the Great
Constructing an ascetic gymnastic school on earth,
Venerable Anthony, you blunted all the assaults
of the passions with the stream of your tears.
Your godly way of life was acknowledged for all
as a ladder leading up to heaven;
for by it you displayed the fruits of true piety,
and through them you heal the diseases of the passions
of those who cry to you with faith:
Venerable Anthony, you blunted all the assaults
of the passions with the stream of your tears.
Your godly way of life was acknowledged for all
as a ladder leading up to heaven;
for by it you displayed the fruits of true piety,
and through them you heal the diseases of the passions
of those who cry to you with faith:
Rejoice, radiant golden star of the East,
torchbearer and shepherd of Monastics!
torchbearer and shepherd of Monastics!
Rejoice, fairest offspring of the desert,
and unshakable bulwark of the Church!
and unshakable bulwark of the Church!
Rejoice, great guide of those who have gone astray!
Rejoice, our boast, and bright glory of the inhabited world!
(Great Vespers, Sticheron, Tone 2, by St. Theodore the Studite)