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21 Modern Coptic Martyrs (Video)
Great Lent provides to us a specific time to reflect more honestly and deeply on the state of our individual and collective faith....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 10, 20252 min read


The Mystical Edge
I cannot see it Hear it Smell it Taste it, or Touch it. Yet, it has never escaped my notice. An infinitely thin space, which bridges the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 7, 20251 min read


On Bloody Trees and Bright Resurrections
I fixated on the many shades set against The yellow, late afternoon sun as I was staring out the window. I hadn't planned to be there, Exactly in that moment, and I didn't know why it caught my eye. But there I was Transfixed by the Greenest of leaves Bluest of skies Grayest of clouds and Deadest of eyes Focused only on What was in front of them ... Instead of Creation. The sheer wonder of its Goodness, and Beauty The absolute Truth of its Complexity and simultaneous Simplici

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 6, 20251 min read


Ferocious Desolation
Mountains call me Deserts too And don't forget about the oceans It's their clarity, I suppose Rock Sand Water Reaching upward and outward...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 15, 20251 min read


Broken Angel
You gave me my wings before I was born And now they have seen a lot of life Broken as they are I ask and I cry - Restore my wings With...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 2, 20251 min read


Your Warmth Will Carry Me
We whisper before I sleep And embrace as I awake. We walk hand in hand along the wooded paths And sip the cool breezes bathed in the sun....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 26, 20251 min read


Remember the Unknown Martyrs
On December 29, the Church commemorates the unknown martyrs. This day of remembrance is focused on those who died for the sake of Christ...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 29, 20241 min read


Embrace the Sacrificial Journey to Eternal Life
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! "The Journey of the Magi" By TS Eliot A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away,

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 27, 20242 min read


It's Time for a New Tradition
Let us pray for one another! Now is the time to reorient ourselves to the serious task of intercessory prayer. Nativity, Theophany, and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 24, 20242 min read


The Sand of Kairos
There was an hourglass Filled with two kinds of sand The first was named Chronos. The second, Kairos. When I came into the world I...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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