Caring For A Man

Ἔλεγον πάλιν περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐλθῶν ποτε πολῆσαι σκευτ' ἐν τῇ πόλει, εὗρεν ἄνθρωπον ξένον ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ ἐῥῥιμμένον ἄῥῥωστον, μή ἔχοντα τὸν ἐπιμελούμενον· καὶ ἔμεινε σὺν αὐτῷ ὁ γέρων λαβὼν ἐνοικίου κελλίον, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐργοχείρου παρεϊχε τὸ ἐνοίκιον, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἀῥῥώστου χρείαν ἀνήλισκε· καὶ ἔμεινε τετράμηνον, ἕως οὖ ἰάθη ὁ ἄῥῥωστος. Καὶ οὕτως ὁ γέρων ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ κελλίον αὐτοῦ μετ' εἰρήνης. Ἀποφθέγματα Ἀγίων Γερόντων, Παλλάδιος Γαλατίας Source: Migne PG 65.165b

Again it was said of father Agathon that one time when he came to town to sell baskets, he found a stranger struck down by sickness in the street with no one to look after him. The elder remained with him, taking a nearby room, and worked with his hands to pay the rent and spent the rest on the needs of the sick man. He remained there four months until the sick man was well again. Thus the elder went back to his cell in peace. Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia