St. John the Baptist, Pray for Us
St. John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner of Christ, pray for us that we too may become burning and shining lights (John 5:35). You...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 7, 20153 min read
Asceticism and the Response to Secularism
Christians have seemed to embrace the prevailing culture instead of converting it. That's why it's so important to have a conversion of...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 4, 20153 min read
Martyrdom as the Example for Asceticism
For the earliest Christians, the preservation of their personal belief in God, as well as the preservation of the Church itself, was so...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 2, 20153 min read
Asceticism: The Inner Mission of the Church
In a clear and compelling way, Matthew records Christ's command that we pick up our cross as He did and follow Him on a path that leads...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 20, 20155 min read
The Christian Motive for Monasticism
As Archpriest Georges Florovsky explains, Jesus modeled all of the actions and qualities that the earliest monks tried to emulate. In a...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 19, 20155 min read
Objections to Monasticism
In the middle of the fourth century, primarily male Egyptian peasants were leaving their village homes to settle in the desert where they...
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