O ye faithful, let us all laud the divine Paul, the bright luminary that shone at the virtues' lofty height; and let us joyously cry aloud: O Christ, Thou art the rejoicing of all the Saints.

Paul of Thebes

Reading from the Synaxarion:

Saint Paul, first among hermits, was born about 227 in the Thebaid of
Egypt. In 250 he fled into the wilderness because of the persecution
raging at that time under Decius. Having lived a solitary life in a
certain cave for ninety-one years, he reposed in 341, at the age of 114,
and was buried by Anthony the Great, who had been directed thither by
God several days before the Saint's repose.

Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert
fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have
borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light,
shining upon the world. O Paul, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God,
to save our souls.

Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
O ye faithful, let us all laud the divine Paul, the bright luminary
that shone at the virtues' lofty height; and let us joyously cry
aloud: O Christ, Thou art the rejoicing of all the Saints.