Our Venerable Fathers Isaac, Dalmatus and Faustus
Venerable Isaac is celebrated again
separately on May 30. At first, St. Dalmatus was an officer during
the reign of Emperor Theodosius the Great whom the emperor held in
great esteem. When the spirit awakened in him, he despised all
earthly things, resigned his rank and took his only son Faust and,
with him, went to the community of St. Isaac in the outskirts of
Constantinople where they both were tonsured as monks. Dalmatus was
completely devoted to a god-pleasing life for which the elder Isaac
rejoiced. When Isaac approached the hour of death, he appointed
Dalmatus as abbot in his place. Later, this community was named after
him - the so-called Dalmatus. Dalmatus devoted himself to fasting, at
times for forty days. By fasting he conquered the invisible demonic
power. He participated in the Third Ecumenical Council [Ephesus 431
A.D.] and fought against the Nestorian heresy. Pleasing God, he died
peacefully in the fifth century. His son Faust supported his father
in everything and, after a God-pleasing life, died peacefully in this
Dalmatus community.
Respectfully Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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