St. Anthony and St. Paul

[short]Brilliant in color and detail.[/short][long] After his parents’ repose, St. Anthony became a hermit in a desert near the Red Sea. In his entire monastic life, he only went only twice to Alexandria: once to give encouragement to martyrs, seeking martyrdom himself, and the second time to refute the Arian heresy. At age 90, a vision was sent to him to seek out St. Paul the first hermit. ​After his parents’ demise, St. Paul had a dispute with his brother regarding their share in the inheritance and sought the courts in order to settle this matter. On his way to court, he saw a rich dead man being carried to his grave, taking no possessions with him. St. Paul took this as a lesson for himself; thus, he gave left his inheritance to his brother and fled to the desert – there living for 90 years not seeing anyone until St. Anthony’s visit. During their visit with each other, God appointed a raven with a whole loaf of bread rather than the usual half a loaf that St. Paul used to receive.