Isaac the Recluse
Venerable
Commemorated February 14
Saint Isaac the Recluse was a monk during the early years of the Monastery of the Kiev Caves. He was deluded by a false vision but later recovered. St. Isaac passed away in the 12th century. Commemorated on February 14.
Troparion · General Menaion Tone 8
In thee, O father, was manifestly preserved what is in the image of God, for having taken up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thine own example hast taught that the flesh is to be despised as transient, but that particular care should be bestowed on the soul, as a thing immortal; wherefore, together with the angels, rejoiceth also thine, O holy Isaac, spirit.
Kontakion · General Menaion Tone 2
Having divinely armed thyself with the purity of thy soul and unceasing prayers firmly grasping as a spear, thou, our father Isaac, hast pierced the armies of the demon; supplicate unceasingly for us all.