 He moved to the Monastery of Beth Malke, near Antioch, not the Monastery of Mar Malke in Tur Abdin as originally believed, and became a monk.Athanasius studied philosophy and translated several Greek theological and philosophical works into Syriac, such as Porphyry's "Isagoge" in January 645.Athanasius later became a priest and moved to Nisibis, where he continued to translate Greek texts into Syriac.