They Shall Not
Be Forgotten
This is an act of worship before it is anything else. The prayer cards, the saints, the marriage books, the studies — all of it is offered to God first, and to whoever He brings here second.
Why This Exists at All
I have built businesses before. I know how to make money. That is not what this is.
For a long time I built things and sold them and built again. I was good at it. And somewhere inside that cycle, a question kept returning that I could not answer: how do I give my work — actually give it — to God? Not just pray before bed. Not just go to church on Sunday. I mean the way a monk gives his life when he is tonsured. Everything.
I started a new business. It began to grow. And I made a decision I had been circling for years: I was going to stop building things to sell and start building something to give directly to God. That was the whole of it. Everything else followed from that one choice.
The day I decided — before I had done anything yet — was the best business day I had ever had. Months of revenue arrived at once. Then the offers to buy the business. I sat with it. I prayed over it. And I came to believe the timing was not coincidental. I had made a decision before God, for God, and the world decided to give me every reason to change my mind at exactly that moment. I thanked the people who reached out. I turned them down. I deleted the website, I ended the business. I could have sold it, or left it running passively, but that felt like not putting 100% faith and trust in God to provide.
What followed was not a season of peace and confirmation. What followed was one of the hardest periods of my life. My wife and I both felt the weight of it. The ground became uncertain. Things moved slowly. Looking back, I now recognize what it was: the dark night of the soul, which many of the saints describe as the thing that often follows a real act of faith. It does not last forever. And it did not.
This website — these prayer cards, these articles — is what came after. I want to be honest that I do not always feel like I am doing enough, or doing it well, or doing it right. I am just trying my best. That is the truest way I know to describe it.
I had decided to stop building things to sell, and to start building something to give directly to God. That was the whole of it. Everything else followed from that one decision.
I am a husband. I make prayer cards by hand. I research forgotten saints from every apostolic tradition — Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, and all those whose lineage traces back to the Apostles. I am not a monk — but I am trying to live like one from where I am standing.
What Happens Here
Everything on this site exists to do one of three things — and honestly, all three are the same thing looked at from different angles.
Preserving the Saints
I research the lives of holy people from every apostolic tradition — Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, and all those whose lineage traces back to the Apostles. If a disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ began your tradition, then every holy person who followed in that tradition deserves to be remembered. Holy people, regardless of which hand they made the sign of the cross with, deserve to be venerated.
I search especially for the obscure, the forgotten, the ones who exist as a single paragraph in an old document or a footnote in a martyrology — people who may not have had a prayer offered to them in centuries. I hope this work outlasts me. I hope it remains as a place where people can find saints they need, saints who might otherwise be lost entirely.
Making Prayer Cards by Hand
Every card is made to order, one at a time. While I work — printing, cutting, laminating — I pray the Jesus Prayer for the person who ordered the card and the person who will receive it. I ask the saint on the card, by name, to intercede for them. The person receiving the card never knows prayers were said for them while it was made. That unknowing is part of what makes it beautiful.
The monks of Mount Athos make prayer ropes — every knot a prayer, the work and the prayer the same thing. This is my version of that, from where I am standing.
Free Marriage Resources
This site makes available a collection of Christian marriage resources — all free to read online, no purchase or email address required. There should be no barrier between a person and a God-filled marriage. Not money, not anything.
The hope is simple: someone reads it free, sees what it does for their marriage, and then wants to give a physical copy to someone they love — a newly engaged couple, a friend going through a hard season, a family member they want to see flourish. Read it free. If it helps, pass it on.
Made One at a Time.
Prayed Over, Every One.
Nothing here sits in a warehouse. There is no batch printing, no assembly line, no anonymous production facility. When an order comes in, I make that order. I print it, cut it, finish it by hand, and I pray while I do it.
I care especially about saints who are rarely seen outside their own tradition — Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopian, Ukrainian, Armenian, and others whose names are unfamiliar to most people. That is by design. Holy is holy. Whether they are venerated in a small village church in Lebanon or a monastery in Ethiopia, their witness belongs to the whole Church. Getting their cards into homes and prayer corners and wallets is the mission.
Museum-quality archival paper. Industrial double lamination. And genuine prayer at every step. Not because it makes for a good marketing line — because it is what the work actually is.
The Bigger Dream
I want to say this honestly, because I think honesty is more compelling than polished mission statements. This is where I am trying to go. I am not there yet.
Dignified Retirement for Eastern Clergy
The priests and deacons who have spent their lives serving Eastern Catholic and Orthodox communities in America deserve to retire with dignity, peace of mind, and financial stability. Many of them do not have that. Individual parishes are stretched thin trying to care for retired clergy. The system is underfunded and it relies too heavily on guilt-based appeals. I believe there is a better way.
A Self-Sustaining Model, Not a Charity
The idea is not to ask people to give money out of obligation. The idea is to build a system where the faithful are already receiving genuine value — prayer cards, devotional goods, marriage resources, pilgrimages, subscriptions — and where a portion of every transaction flows into a fund that cares for the clergy who shaped those same faithful throughout their lives. Reciprocal care. Not charity.
Why It Has to Be Self-Sustaining
Donation models fail over time because they run on guilt, and guilt fades. People give generously once, twice, and then the appeal becomes background noise. This model is built differently — around things people genuinely want, transactions that deliver real value on their own terms. Nobody is being asked to sacrifice. They are being invited to participate. That distinction is the whole reason this can work where everything else has fallen short.
The Picture of Success
A priest who spent forty years hearing confessions, burying the dead, baptizing children, and sitting with the dying — he should not spend his final years anxious about money. He should rest. He should be honored. He should know that the people he gave his life to are giving something back. That is what this is working toward. That is what success looks like.
Explore the Work
Whether you came for the saints, the marriage books, or something you cannot quite name yet — you are welcome here. Stay as long as you like.
Made prayerfully in Austin, Texas, by one person trying his best.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.