Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Prayer, Pain During the Nativity Fast
In a talk about the upcoming Nativity Fast, Fr. Thomas speaks of the challenge of dealing with personal pain and the need for prayer in...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Nativity of the Theotokos
On this feast of the birth of the Mother of God, we are reminded to seek Mary's help, protection, and comfort each and every day. For...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Resisting True Prayer
"True Prayer to the true God is contact with the Divine Spirit which prays in us. The Spirit gives us to know God. The Spirit draws our...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- May 15
- 1 min
Podcast: Journey to God & the Jesus Prayer
In this foundational podcast, Fr. Thomas Colyandro is interviewed by Reader Joshua on the joys and struggles of the prayerful life,...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Apr 25
- 8 min
Paschal Encyclical of Patriarch +Porfirije
By the Grace of God, Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Patriarch Porfirije on Ukraine
On March 6, 2022, during the Sunday of Forgiveness Vespers, in the temple of St. Sava in Vracar, His Holiness, Serbian Patriarch...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Jan 31
- 3 min
How Generous is God?
God is generous beyond our imagination: not only in the sense of creating the universe, giving us life, and offering us the gift of...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Dec 25, 2021
- 2 min
Bishop Longin's Nativity Greeting
Peace of God! Christ is Born! Truly He is Born! Our Savior, the dayspring from the East, has visited us from on high, and we, who were...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Death, Faith, and Pure Light
God – the eternal light – is both the source and the summit of all existence. This is not only the key to understanding the meaning of...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
God is Faithful to Us
As persons and as a Church we have been challenged during these last two years to reach deep within ourselves to truly know, understand,...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
People are What They Do with Silence
No matter how hard we may try, it is impossible to avoid silence altogether. Aside from the natural silences that come with sleep,...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Finishing the Chapel
The newest acquisitions for the Chapel of St. Mardarije are an artophorion for the reserved Holy Gifts, made in the metal workshop of St....
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
Patriarch: Praying is Perfection, Loving God is Life
"...there is nothing more perfect than the prayer that a person addresses to God for the good of his neighbors and the salvation of the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Feed My Sheep
Are you lost? Do you doubt? Do not despair. God has a plan for you! Today, we celebrate the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul who demonstrate...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Pentecost - Trinity Sunday
Pentecost (also called Trinity Sunday) comes 50 days after Pascha. It is one of the great feasts of the Church and commemorates the Holy...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Patriarch Porfirije: The Essence of Church as an Assembly is Liturgy
(Before you read, will you help us build up Joy of All Who Sorrow monastery? (Click here.) Christ is Risen! Your Eminences and Graces...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
Easter Greeting from Bishop Longin
We celebrate the death of death, the destruction of hell, the beginning of eternal life. And leaping for joy, we celebrate the Cause, the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
On Theophany the Trinity is Revealed!
"When John immersed Christ in the waters of the Jordan, the voice of God the Father from heaven was heard: 'This is my beloved Son, in...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Peace of God! Christ is Born!
“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
First Public Vespers and Akathist
The monastery held its first ever public vespers and prayed the akathist for the commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of...
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