St. Anton is one of the 13 Syrian monks who traveled from Mesopotamia to the kingdom of Georgia to preach the Gospel of Christ. Wherever he traveled, he carried an icon of the Savior "Not Made By Hands." Because he loved solitude, he went off on his own once the group reached Georgia. He settled in a remote mountainous area called Kakheti, where deer visited him every evening and nourished him with their milk.
