An Egyptian, the son of distinguished parents. Having studied all the worldly sciences of that time, Isidore renounced wealth and worldly fame and devoted himself to the spiritual life. He was a great and fervent defender and interpreter of the Orthodox faith. The historian Nicephorus claims that Saint Isidore wrote over 10,000 letters to various people in which he rebuked, advised, consoled, and taught them. His life motto was: “First create, then teach.” When Saint John Chrysostom was persecuted, when the entire Orthodox world was divided into two camps, for and against Chrysostom, he took his side. He wrote to Patriarch Theophilus about what a great luminary of the Church John Chrysostom was, and to desist from persecuting this holy man. He lived a long life. He died in 436.

Venerable Nicholas the Confessor. Holy New Martyr Joseph.