They used to say of Mark the Egyptian that he remained for thirty years never coming out of his cell. The priest was in the habit of coming and celebrating the holy Eucharist for him.
Abba Macarius the Egyptian once came from Scete to the Mount of Nitria for the Eucharist of Abba Pambo.
The elder [Matoes] used to say: “I have faith in God that I do not have much to answer for on account of the ordination, since I do not offer the Eucharist.
Abba Macarius once visited Abba Antony then came back to Scete when he had spoken with him. The fathers came to meet him and, as they were speaking, the elder said to them: “I told Abba Antony that we do not have the Eucharist in our place.”
