The Lord Did Not Simply Curse the Fig Tree
by St. Isidore of Pelusium The Lord did not simply curse the fig tree ( a known symbol of the Jewish people) but to show to the ungrateful Judeans that He has the strength necessary to punish.
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Just as the Fishermen Hide the Hook in the Bait
-St. Isidore of Pelusium (Letter to Timothy the Reader, PG, 78:252) Just as the fishermen hide the hook with bait and covertly hook the fish, similarly, the crafty allies of the heresies cover their evil teachings and corrupt understanding with…
Saint Isidore of Pelusium Commemorated on February 4
Isidore was an Egyptian by birth and the son of a prominent family and kinsman of the Alexandrian Patriarchs Theophilus and Cyril. Having studied all the secular disciplines, he renounced worldly riches and glories and devoted himself completely to the…