And
subsequently,
in
compliance
with
the
precepts
of
the
gospel,
he
devoted
himself
to
the
service
of
God
the
lover
of
men.
Thenceforward
he
was
divested
of
princely
passions,
and
taking
the
exalted
cross
went
after
the
all-sustaining
Crucified.
And
in
obedience
to
the
commands
of
[faith],
joined
the
crusading
legion
of
Christ,
and
soon
entered
the
monastic
order.
He
experienced
many
kinds
of
hardships,
in
keeping
with
the
precepts
of
the
gospel.
He
subjected
himself
to
all
types
of
spiritual
discipline-
solitude,
mountain-dwelling,
hunger,
thirst,
and
living
on
herbs,
in
dark
cells,
clad
in
sackcloth,
with
the
floor
as
his
bed.
Often,
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
he
would
end
in
standing
vigil,
a
night's
pleasant
rest
and
much
needed
sleep.
And
he
did
all
this
not
a
few
times.
And
having
found
a
few
persons,
he
caused
them
to
adhere
to
him
making
them
pupils
in
the
same
evangelical
exercise.
And
thus,
bearing
with
a
courageous
will
all
the
temptations
that
came
upon
him,
and
growing
in
radiance,
became
known
and
beloved
of
God
and
men.
