Anthos 1 was a monk in the Stoudite monastery; he was the addressee of two letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) and is mentioned in four others. In winter 815/816 he was one of two attendants with Theodoros 15's brother Ioseph 3, then in exile (the other was Epiphanios 48); Theodoros 15 hoped that they would be duly rewarded ἐπὶ τῇ ὑπηρεσίᾳ τῆς ὁσιότητός σου (p. 193, lines 35-36): Theod. Stud., Ep. 72, pp. 192-193 (addressed to Ioseph 3; ἐμονώθης σχεδόν, ἔχων τὸν καλόν μου Ἄνθον καὶ Ἐπιφάνιον: p. 193, lines 34-35). In spring 816 Theodoros 15 wrote a third letter to Ioseph 3 in exile sending greetings to Anthos 1 and Athanasios 19 (οἱ συναποθνῄσκοντές σοι πιστοὶ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν: p. 194, lines 32-33), especially to Anthos 1, if he was\n still with him: Theod. Stud., Ep. 73, pp. 193-194. In late 816 or early 817 Anthos 1 received a letter from Theodoros 15; Anthos 1 had written to Theodoros 15, who sent this reply; Anthos 1 was in good health and still serving Ioseph 3 (ὑπηρετῶν τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ καὶ πατρί: p. 394, line 4); he is addressed as τέκνον ἠγαπημένον (p. 394, line 2) and φίλτατον τέκνον (p. 394, line 5) and described as ἄνθος ἀρετῶν (p. 394, line 7): Theod. Stud., Ep. 266, p. 394 (addressed Ἄνθῳ τέκνῳ; for the date, see Fatouros, p. 310*).

Anthos 1 was the addressee of another letter in spring 818; Theodoros 15 addressed him as τέκνον ἠγαπημένον ... ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ σου πατρὸς (p. 477, lines 13-14) and praised him for devoting himself to spiritual matters from boyhood (τὴν ἐκ παιδὸς ἐπιμέλειάν σου τῆς ψυχῆς: p. 477, lines 3-4), and for ignoring frivolities in favour of serious thoughts; he was a close associate of Ioseph 3 (τὸ συνεῖναί σε τῷ ἐμῷ μόνῳ ἀδελφῷ καὶ σοῦ πατρί: p. 477, lines 6-7) and was specially chosen to attend on him (ἐκ πάντων εἰλῆφθαι αὐτῷ εἰς συγκακοπάθησιν εἴτουν ὑπηρεσίαν: p. 477, lines 7-8): Theod. Stud., Ep. 335, p. 477 (addressed Ἄνθῳ τέκνῳ). In another letter to Ioseph 3 in 818 Theodoros 15 again sent greetings to Anthos 1 (τὸν ἱερὸν Ἄνθον: p. 490, lines 29-30): Theod. Stud., Ep. 355, pp. 489-490.

His death is recorded (with that of Dionysios 6) in a letter written by Theodoros 15 between 821 and 826 (a catechetical letter to his disciples); Anthos 1 fell seriously ill and endured the sufferings of Job; his flesh fell away, his bones showed, he was in great pain with open wounds and was afflicted with diarrhoea; only his breathing remained; finally he died patiently; he was in middle age but had lived a saintly life from boyhood (Ἄνθος, ὁ ἐκ παιδὸς ὁσιωθεὶς μέχρι μεσηλικιότητος καθ' ὑποταγήν: p. 649, line 18); he was a long time attendant on Ioseph 3 and had also experienced prison: Theod. Stud., Ep. 457, pp.648-650.

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