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Intercede for Me Holy Apostle Thomas
My Dearest Thomas, You followed Christ You disregarded the world You hid His teachings in your inner room. You were illumined by the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 6, 20241 min read

Brotherhood of the Broken and Brave
The path to God, vocation, prayer, and the righteous life is not always a straight one. More often than not, it isn't. That is why we...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 4, 20241 min read

A Cave-Dwelling Calabrian Spiritual Father
Lead me on the path to the caves where contemplation thrives on the breath of the Spirit and illumination is fed by the fire of the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 11, 20241 min read

Theotokos, Intercede for a Sisterhood
My dearest Mary, Theotokos, I bow before your splendor and glory. As a sign of your bodily assumption into Heaven and your love for my...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 31, 20241 min read


Living Between the Earthly and Heavenly (Homily)
On Sunday, August 11, Fr. Thomas spoke about the meaning of the ecclesiastical time between the Transfiguration and the Dormition...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 11, 20241 min read


Transfiguration, Uncreated Light, and Hesychastic Prayer (Homily)
"On the Mountain You were Transfigured, O Christ God, and Your disciples beheld Your glory as far as they could see it; so that when they...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Demons Prefer Swine, Fight them with Faith, Sacraments, Prayer (Homily)
On this Sunday, when the two demoniacs recognized Jesus and the Gergesenes asked Him to leave their city because they were afraid, we are...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 28, 20241 min read

The Unforgiveable Sin
Do you blaspheme the Holy Spirit? You better know the answer to that question because Christ made clear that it is the unforgiveable sin....
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 22, 20242 min read


Talk: Tongues of Fire - How do we Listen to the Holy Spirit
In this presentation, Fr. Thomas explains what it means to listen to the Holy Spirit. By elucidating the Feast of Pentecost from Acts...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 17, 20241 min read


Helping People is Dangerous
Loving Giving Taking the load off Hand in hand Step by step... They reject. And along the way... You protect a safe image. Compassion?...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 2, 20241 min read

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