Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 30, 20151 minMeditating on the Feast St. Marcellus of Tangier (St. Marcellus the Centurion)The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Marcellus of Tangier (or St. Marcellus the Centurion) who refused to participate in the...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 27, 20151 minMeditating on the Feast of St. Claudia Procles (Pontius Pilate's Wife)The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St. Claudia Procles of Judea, who was Pontius Pilate's wife. We know of her only from the...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 27, 20151 minMeditating on the Feast of the Holy, Glorious, Right-Victorious, Great-Martyr Demetrius of ThessalonDemetrius came from a noble family of the Roman province of Macedonia. Through this noble ancestry and through his own ability and virtue...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 25, 20151 minMeditating on the Icon of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who SorrowOn October 24, the Church commemorates the icon of the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow (of Moscow). This icon depicts the Theotokos...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 18, 20151 minMeditating on the Feast of the Holy, Glorious, Apostle and Evangelist Luke (Founder of Iconography)The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle and Evangelist Luke is the author of the Gospel of Luke, the companion of the Apostle Paul...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroOct 12, 20151 minMeditating on the Feast of St. Symeon the New TheologianSt. Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) is one of three saints of the Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian (the...