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		<title>St. Isidora the Fool for Christ of Egypt (May 1)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our Venerable Mother Isidora, Fool for Christ of Egypt (+ c. 365) Commemorated May 1st [In one of the women’s monasteries of Tabenna1 in Egypt], there was a certain virgin named Isidora. For Christ’s sake, she presented herself as a fool and one who was mad, having chosen this path of ascetic struggle out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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