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O Christ, You Have Ascended in Glory
You are with us now and always, and constantly show us the path to Heaven. Help us not be afraid! Remind us that in our creation is the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 3, 20191 min read
Release Your Spirit
"Release your spirit, give freedom to it, and it will flow towards that from which it was taken - towards God." - St. Theophan the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 31, 20191 min read
Inward Presentation of Divine Reality
"Our spirit, as we have seen, is closed and stifled by many coverings. But by its nature, the human spirit is a spectator of the divine...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 29, 20191 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 4
"Sometimes one is permitted to feel in a palpable way an invisible power which acts amidst the visible powers and phenomena, but which is...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 27, 20192 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 3
"Sometimes the other world itself, and particularly its order and main principles, is vividly portrayed in some striking manner in the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 24, 20191 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 2
"Sometimes the Lord wishes to send somebody from the other world: either in reality or in dreams, in their own appearance or under some...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 22, 20191 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 1
"The merciful Lord reveals to the consciousness of the converting sinner His divine world, in which our spirit is appointed to dwell....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 20, 20191 min read
Are you preparing yourself?
The days and weeks after Pascha (Easter) are ripe with opportunity to open yourself to God in a new and more complete way. Look to the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 17, 20191 min read
Awakening Can Come in Two Ways
God will sometimes grant a person external manifestations of the Divine Order, which are quite often visions that are revealed while...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 15, 20191 min read
Fear Can Accompany Awakening
"It is remarkable that this grace-given awakening is always accompanied by a startling and by some kind of fright. This startling and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 13, 20191 min read

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