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26 Feb 2017

A Farmer Of Paradise

Λαχάνοις ἡμᾶς δεξιοῦσαι, σοφῶς τὸ ἀπερίεργον ἐπιδεικνὺς τῆς διαίτης, καὶ τὰς τοῦ Κυρίου πηγὰς ἀποβρύων, καὶ ὅπως εἶ τοῦ παραδείσου γεωργὸς ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν δώρων δεικνύς.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΝΗ', Πατριμῳ Μοναζοντι

Source: Migne PG 78.220b
With herbs you received us, wisely displaying the frugality of your fare, and also the nourishing founts of the Lord, and thus showing how you are quite the farmer of paradise to bring forth such gifts.

Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 58 To Patrimus the Monk,

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