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Commemoration of the Joy of All Who Sorrow Icon
Please pray for the monastery on this feast of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow." This icon was glorified by...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Nativity of the Holy Theotokos as a Feast of Spiritual Renewal
Her whole life was sanctified by the grace of the Holy Spirit because she attended to God and fostered an awareness of Him. This post...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 21, 20243 min read
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Celebrating Sunday of Orthodoxy
On Sunday March 24, Orthodox Christians from across Tennessee and Alabama joined together on the property of the Joy of All Who Sorrow...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Help Us Finish the Workshop!
Donate Today! We need your help raising $17,500 to finish this 16 x 36 building and install a walkway from the chapel. This 600 sq. ft....

Abbot Mark Kerr
May 17, 20231 min read
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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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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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...

Abbot Mark Kerr
Aug 10, 20211 min read
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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...

Abbot Mark Kerr
May 26, 20215 min read
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Feast of the Annunciation
The feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary comes nine months before Christmas on March 25. It is the celebration of the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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