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Isidore was Egyptian by birth and from a prominent Alexandrian family, which included Alexandrian Patriarchs [[Theophilus of Alexandria|Theophilus]] and [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]]. He studied all the secular disciplines, but as a youth withdrew from the world, renouncing his riches and earthly glory, so that he might devote himself entirely to the spiritual life. For a short time he taught rhetoric in Pelusium in Egypt; but soon his love for the things of God led him to flee to the desert as a solitary. After a year of [[asceticism|ascetical]] life, he returned to Pelusium, where he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood. After a few years he retired to a [[monastery]] where he spent the rest of his life, eventually becoming [[abbot]]. From the monastery he wrote thousands of epistles full of divine grace and wisdom; of these more than two thousand still survive.

"To live without speaking is better than to speak without living. For the former who lives rightly does good even by his silence, but the latter does no good even when he speaks. When words and life correspond to one another they are together the whole of divine philosophy."

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:O God of our Fathers,

:Take not away Your mercy from us

:Guide our lives in peace.

:The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father,

:For you took up the Cross and followed Christ.

:Alt luceafăr aflându-te pe tine Biserica, întru sine, şi luminându-se cu strălucirile cuvintelor tale, strigă către tine: Bucură-te, preafericite, de Dumnezeu înţelepţite Isidore

*''[[The Prologue of Ohrid]]'', by St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]]

*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100422 St. Isidore of Pelusium] ([[OCA]] site)

*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08185c.htm St. Isidore of Pelusium] from the Catholic Encyclopedia

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