Isidore of Pelusium
Venerable
Commemorated February 4
Our venerable and God-bearing Father Isidore of Pelusium was a monastic in the deserts of Egypt, making his Mount Pelusium his home and the primary locus of his ascetical efforts. He died about the year 436, and his feast day in the Church is February 4 .
Troparion
In thee, O father, that which was created according to the image of God was manifestly saved.
For accepting thy cross thou didst follow after Christ,
and praying thou didst learn to disdain the flesh,
for thou didst transcend it to take care of thine immortal soul.
Wherefore, with the angels doth thy soul rejoice, O venerable Isidore.
Kontakion
The Church, finding thee to be another morning-star, O all-glorious one,
crieth out to thee, illumined by the lightning-flashes of thy words:
Rejoice, O most blessed and divinely wise Isidore!