St. Isaac the Great studied at Constantinople and got married. His wife died early and after her death Isaac became a monk. He began to reform the Armenian Church. He ended the practice of married bishops, enforced Byzantine canon law, encouraged monasticism, built churches and schools, and fought Persian paganism. He helped to promote the translation of the Bible and the works of the Greek and Syrian doctors into Armenian, and was responsible for establishing a national liturgy and the beginnings of Armenian literature. He was driven into retirement in 428 when the Persians conquered part of his territory but returned at an advanced age to rule again from his See at Ashtishat, where he died in the year 439. He was the founder of the Armenian Church.
St. Isaac the Great please pray for us to have the mental and physical zeal to do great things for God in our daily life like you did.
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