The Priest And The Lamp

Ἀπτει λὺχνον ὁ Θεὸς ἱερέα, καὶ τίθησιν ἐπί λυχνίας τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φωτοφόρου καθέδρας, ἱν’ ἐξαστράπτῃ φωτισμὸν τῃ Ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ δογμάτων καὶ πράξειον σκότους ἐπηλλαγμένων· ὅπως ὁρῶντες οἱ λαοὶ τὰς ἀκτῖνας τῆς ζωτικῆς λαμπηδόνος, πρὸς ἐκείνας εὐθύνωνται, καὶ τὸν Παρέρα τῶν φώτων δοξάζωσιν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή  ΛΒ', Δοσιθεῳ Source: Migne PG 78.201c

God lights the priestly lamp and places it on the lamp stand, there to sit and emit his light, so that enlightenment might flash forth in the Church, teaching and action cutting through the darkness. Thus the people gazing at the life giving rays emitted shall be guided correctly, and they shall know the Father of Lights. 1 Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 32 to Dositheos 1 James 1.17