The Life of the great and holy patriarch and archbishop of the great city of Rakoti (Alexandria), Abba Isaac, related by saint Abba Mēna, the most reverend archbishop of the city of Pshati, The Life of Abba Isaac
The text relates the life of Isaac: his childhood and desire for the monastic life; his embrace of that life in Scetis; his service as secretary to the Coptic Patriarch John…