A young man who used to attend my Bible studies for many years is now a priest on Mount Athos. I miss him so much. He was such a godly boy. We used to discuss the Bible for long hours. We never discussed anything else apart from God and his kingdom.
Not anymore. Greece accepted same s&x marriage. Greece has changed church calendar from Julian to gregorian. Russia is the last fortress for the Holy Orthodoxy 🙏💖🕊️
I remember thinking as a teenager, maybe 50 years ago, that it was the prayers of the monks and nuns that held the world and everything together under God. May God continually bless them all as they pray for us. Grace and Peace to all of you. Thank you.
This mini-doc is such a blessing and beautifully done at that! Accessible modern testimonies to the glory of the faith are much needed! Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit unto ages, and may He grant you all many years.
I've been studying Eastern Orthodoxy for over ten years and I'm fascinated by Mount Athos! I have dozens of books about the Holy Mountain and the spiritual elders from there. I've been Roman Catholic my entire life but am determined to visit Athos. This spiritual travelogue is fantastic, it touched my iron heart. God bless you, from Detroit.
I Am A Recent Convert to Byzantine Rite Eastern Orthodoxy From Latin Rite Roman Catholicism. I Would Love To Vist This Holy Mountain If God Almighty Allows Me To Do So.
I grew up protestant, converted to Catholocism, during 2020 went to a Byzantine Ruthenian catholic church (eastern rite Catholic) for a year. After a year, I journeyed home to the Orthodox church. Thanks and praise be to God. It is a journey and may God bless yours!
@@nickkerinklio8239why are you assuming i was orthodox? At that time, i had NEVER heard of orthodoxy before UNTIL the byzantine eastern rite church. The priest kept saying the word orthodox, taught us the Orthodox saints, i looked Orthodox up, realized it was an ancient faith, dug deep and learned about a historic schism, learned that the ssints of the byzantine church were ORTHODOX.... went to an Orthodox church, stayed for coffee hour and became Orthodox. I'm new to Orthodoxy.
As a female I cannot go, but this is the next best ... Beautiful recording and food for my soul, thank you, and wonderful to "visit" St Paisios again, as I was blessed to visit in person in 2003.
@@gireesh369 thank you gireesh xxx God is closer than breath to all of us ... We just need to remind ourselves and each other. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy upon Gireesh.
Hristos a înviat.!!! Doamne Iisuse Hristoase al meu, mântuiește țara noastră România de război, pe noi robii tăi și toată lumea ta pentru rugăciunile Sfinților Români din toate timpurile și de pretutindeni.!!!
This video captivated me from the very beginning....the Greek / American translator was spot on, very well done Sir ! St. Paisios captured my heart 25 years ago and I must say he's one of my favorite Saints. I was blessed to be given a cross with the Saint's relics embedded in wax and placed within the cross. This video was extremely touching for me. God bless !
The last time I was in the holy mountain was in September 2022. For a month and a half I stayed at Vatopedy, then for two weeks I toured the entire Mountain, mostly on foot, visiting 17 monasteries out of 20. It was a unique experience. Now I try to do what the monks do in the holy mountain Athos.
Hey man ,I am really interested to go there and stay for 2 weeks to live like without my pc,internet,cooked food and temptation of sin our western world brings .. do you think 2 weeks isn't enough to explore well or I should stay 3 weeks ? i dont think i can get longer off from work
Very very beautiful video. It reminded me again of my trip to mount athos over a year. I did go to church with my parents since I was 6 years old, but it was on mount athos, where with 22 years , I realized for the first time what orthodoxy really is. I stayed just 3 days but it changed my life, it changed something in my heart. I thank God that I could experience it and that you guys could too. Thank you for sharing your journy in such a beatiful movie. I am also glad that you visited St. Paisios, a saint very dear to me. May this journy be the starting point of an even closer relation to God.
May God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, grant you all things needful unto salvation. Please remember your place in the Church that The Lord anointed and gathered is still worshipping and empowered for our life, especially in these times when martyrdom will be in every city around the world. Ask for anointing for help next time you attend church, or if you can't get there, ask them to come to you. The Orthodox Church continues to feed and clothe us in Holy garments as we use the armour of God to struggle and fight against the deception and wickedness of these days, Christ's Saints as our allies and who are not complete without us, neither we, them. Hebrews 11. Orthodox Christian Faith unchanged and active in Christ by The Holy Spirit since 33AD. Peace be with you xxx
Dear Peter, May Saints Sophrony of Essex, Seraphim of Sarov, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia, Ephrem of Arizona, Gabriel of Georgia and Paisios of Souroti and Athos help you
Thank you my brothers in Christ for making and sharing this beautiful and informative documentary! It was incredibly powerful … brought me to tears.🤍 Glory to Jesus Christ!🙏☦️
Thank you for sharing the joy and wonder of your Pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain: Holy Monasteries, Holy Churches, Holy Services, Holy Monks, Holy Icons, Holy Relics, Holy Saints…Heaven on Earth! Your pilgrimage to Mt. Athos and its recording is indeed a great blessing! The Documentary touched my heart and refreshed my soul as it captured the timeless Spirit of this sacred place and eternal land that echoes a God-like, Christ centered, and Spirit filled existence of this Heavenly Garden. God, through the Prayers of the Holy Panagia, Bless You in your Journey of planting His Garden here in America.
What a beautiful and well made documentary. God willing, I will visit the Holy Mountain in my lifetime and meet the Saints of today, and celebrate liturgy with the Holy Fathers.
Glory to Jesus Christ! What a beautiful work this was by these dear souls and the creative endeavor of a very beloved man. May God be glorified in all of it, and may the grace of God which covers the Holy Mountain like a canopy be experienced even if but a little bit by those who watch this video. Beautiful work that will bless many. ❤
Amazing video. It was great to see St. Paisios's tomb as well as the place where St Joseph the Hesychast's spent last years of his life. Next time visit monastery Hilandar too!
Jesus Christ is Lord. Sometimes when the wind is blowing I can smell the fresh air of Mt. Athos. Do you remember the air there? In another lifetime, I was there as a man worshipping Christ. Now in this lifetime as a woman, I am living faraway from there however it is often on my mind as my spiritual earthly home. I am a painter and Jesus is my focus. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. It is good that women are not allowed there as too much drama may occur. You have created a beautiful homage to an amazing spiritual center of the world where Jesus is deeply honored.
We are grateful to God that you found this documentary beautiful. A good number of Orthodox parishes are becoming more capable of welcoming inquirers and helping them get orientated to services, as it can seem overwhelming. Part of visiting for the first time is simply walking in the door and being present for a service :) Please let us know if we can help at all in finding a community near you.
@@annunciationlancaster thank you. I think i can find a service near me. there are a few orthodox churches in the county that i live in. does it matter what type? greek orthodox? romanian? russian? antioch? coptic? each have their cultural differences and probably liturgical differences as well i assume. its a lot to take in
@@maddssmithy Coptic, Syrian, and Ethiopian/Eritrean communities are not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church. For your first experiences, a moderator of this account recommends you seek to visit a Greek Orthodox Church under the GOARCH (Greek Orthodox Church in America), an OCA parish (Orthodox Church of America), or a community under the Antiochian Orthodox Church of America. Romanian and Russian Orthodox communities can be very nice to visit as well, but they are often smaller and very ethnically driven, which can be a greater shock for a visitor. Any Greek Orthodox Church which labels themselves under the "Genuine Orthodox Church" or the HOCNA are schismatic communities and not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church.
@@annunciationlancaster wow, that's a lot. thank you for the information. I had no clue there were schisms in the orthodox church itself. certainly knew there were schism with the catholic church. thank you. I will look into a greek orthodox church most likely for my first visit. I think that would be the closest one to me anyways so it works out. however i think even a greek orthodox church will be a great shock. should i email the pastor and let him now that i am new? is there usually mingling before and after the service. I am only used to protestant evangelical type services. thank you for taking the time to answer these questions.
@@maddssmithy It's not necessary to email the priest but it can help. Not know where you are from or where you are going, it's hard to say how to approach it. I pray that God gives you a good experience and sends people to you to welcome you to the Church.
im greek but not religious. Paisios is indeed a special case because we have people who met him and indeed see his miracles, and every monk and priest believes him, inside and outside the mountain.
@@annunciationlancaster I'm culturally christian, like every Italian is culturally catholic . I am not practicing any faith, but the cultural impact is there. Same way as a Saudi is a Muslim even if he is not a believer
I missed the name/port from where your boat left to take you to Vatopedi. Glory to God that you were able to do this Pilgrimage. As a woman, this is sadly something I can never do.
Glory to God for this video and I pray I will make my own journey/s to the Holy Mountain with my family. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy 🙏☦️
Thank you for this incredible documentary of your journey and hearts. Well done! Bravo. 👏 Obviously, I wish there was an opportunity for females to experience the Holy Mountain. As you stated though, we are not limited by time and space. Our earnest prayers can unite us with those saints, the blessed Virgin, and God’s grace.
I don’t think a person is supposed to attend more than one Divine Liturgy daily. It is prohibited for a priest to serve more than one Liturgy a day. As laymen, we are also partaking and participating in the Divine Liturgy, it is not some show that goes on without us. And we can only receive holy communion once a day. So truly attending a second Liturgy means we are either going against the canons or we are just watching, onlookers as it is being served,which seems spiritually not beneficial. The Divine Liturgy the the Life of Christ that we partake in. How can we partake of the full cycle of the Life of Christ multiple times a day that makes no sense.
That's correct. The monks don't participate in more than one liturgy a day, nor do they commune more than once a day. It's common for larger monasteries to split up their priests and celebrate liturgies at the same time in the morning at different chapels around the monasteries for a more intimate prayer and for the closeness to the particular saints of the chapels. The monks and visitors are free to go to the chapel they wish, and the typicharist of the monastery assigns usually a chanter or three among the brotherhood for each chapel. That way every priest and deacon of the monastery grows closer in his walk with Christ as he serves the divine liturgy every single day as head celebrant.
I am planning to visit the Holy Mountain, the Vatopedi monastery, I want to talk to an elder like St. Porphyry, do you know someone, I have some problems mentally, and with faith please tell me if you know
After a little research I found one in Greece which I will not name, but it is not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is a schismatic old calendarist community. Practically speaking it is impossible to do this unless the monastery never allows a priest or any sacraments to take place. A priest must come to serve the sacraments. Many women's monasteries are conscious of the needs of their female pilgrims and will take special caution to only bless overnight male visitors whom they know well and trust, and many parts of women's monasteries are completely off limits to male visitors out of respect and protection of the nuns.
@Mika-El- : I Hope And Pray You Convert To The Holy, Eastern Orthodox Catholic Faith And Learn What Authentic, Ancient Christianity Truly Is, Then, If God Wills and Permits, You Make Your Pilgrimage To The Holy Mountain Mount Athos. I'd Love To Hear Of Your Experience Then.
Hello, the mother of Christ stepped on the mountain on the north side of the peninsula, she was amazed by the beauty of the place and asked her son to give it to her and a voice told her, it’s yours. Over the centuries lots of things happen there. A Byzantine emperes who donated a lot of money and relics to the monasteries stepped on Mount Athos and a woman’s voice was heard, what are you doing on my garden, of course she got back on boat and left. Early sixty’s Christina Onassis stepped on a rock, against the orders of her father, who was visiting the place. When she got back on yacht bearing her name stepped on it slipped and broke her leg. Various cases like that happened. The EU tried to change this of course they backed off, when various things happened. The Holy Spirit is in command of the place. Things happened to me, when I visited 55 years ago, things that will a lot to explain here. God is with me at everything I do, because I love him, If I overstep his Word he gives me a warning. We are all human and weak, and he is everywhere find him, try to find an Orthodox community near you,Orthodoxy is the only one that follows the Pentecost and his Word. Sweet lamb of God forgive as all.❤ George, Crete 🇬🇷✝️🇬🇧
As a woman I am not allowed to visit the Holy Mountain; thank you so much for sharing your experience.
Glory to Jesus Christ!!
A young man who used to attend my Bible studies for many years is now a priest on Mount Athos. I miss him so much. He was such a godly boy. We used to discuss the Bible for long hours. We never discussed anything else apart from God and his kingdom.
beautiful! Thank you for sharing your pilgrimage with us
Greece the most beautiful and Orthodox country in the world ☦️🇬🇷
Not anymore. Greece accepted same s&x marriage. Greece has changed church calendar from Julian to gregorian. Russia is the last fortress for the Holy Orthodoxy 🙏💖🕊️
@@mrsmarple2655 hahahahhahah ok hahahah
I remember thinking as a teenager, maybe 50 years ago, that it was the prayers of the monks and nuns that held the world and everything together under God. May God continually bless them all as they pray for us. Grace and Peace to all of you. Thank you.
This mini-doc is such a blessing and beautifully done at that! Accessible modern testimonies to the glory of the faith are much needed! Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit unto ages, and may He grant you all many years.
I've been studying Eastern Orthodoxy for over ten years and I'm fascinated by Mount Athos! I have dozens of books about the Holy Mountain and the spiritual elders from there. I've been Roman Catholic my entire life but am determined to visit Athos. This spiritual travelogue is fantastic, it touched my iron heart.
God bless you, from Detroit.
I Am A Recent Convert to Byzantine Rite Eastern Orthodoxy From Latin Rite Roman Catholicism. I Would Love To Vist This Holy Mountain If God Almighty Allows Me To Do So.
I grew up protestant, converted to Catholocism, during 2020 went to a Byzantine Ruthenian catholic church (eastern rite Catholic) for a year. After a year, I journeyed home to the Orthodox church. Thanks and praise be to God. It is a journey and may God bless yours!
Why Byzantine rite? I’m pretty sure the scriptures don’t speak kindly about people who remain on the fence, neither hot nor cold.
@@nickkerinklio8239 2020... every RC church was closed but the eastern catholic church we went to. RCers could go there for confession, service, etc.
@@gingerdefilippo the actual Orthodox Churches were open though
@@nickkerinklio8239why are you assuming i was orthodox? At that time, i had NEVER heard of orthodoxy before UNTIL the byzantine eastern rite church. The priest kept saying the word orthodox, taught us the Orthodox saints, i looked Orthodox up, realized it was an ancient faith, dug deep and learned about a historic schism, learned that the ssints of the byzantine church were ORTHODOX.... went to an Orthodox church, stayed for coffee hour and became Orthodox. I'm new to Orthodoxy.
As a female I cannot go, but this is the next best ... Beautiful recording and food for my soul, thank you, and wonderful to "visit" St Paisios again, as I was blessed to visit in person in 2003.
Your soul itself is mount athos, and your body is a monastery. Pray in ur own room, and God will appear 👍🏻
@@gireesh369 thank you gireesh xxx God is closer than breath to all of us ... We just need to remind ourselves and each other.
Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy upon Gireesh.
“You can’t love Christ and the world at the same time - it’s impossible…” … wow, what a great statement- how true.
Hristos a înviat.!!! Doamne Iisuse Hristoase al meu, mântuiește țara noastră România de război, pe noi robii tăi și toată lumea ta pentru rugăciunile Sfinților Români din toate timpurile și de pretutindeni.!!!
thank you! God bless!
This video captivated me from the very beginning....the Greek / American translator was spot on, very well done Sir ! St. Paisios captured my heart 25 years ago and I must say he's one of my favorite Saints. I was blessed to be given a cross with the Saint's relics embedded in wax and placed within the cross. This video was extremely touching for me. God bless !
The last time I was in the holy mountain was in September 2022. For a month and a half I stayed at Vatopedy, then for two weeks I toured the entire Mountain, mostly on foot, visiting 17 monasteries out of 20. It was a unique experience. Now I try to do what the monks do in the holy mountain Athos.
Hey man ,I am really interested to go there and stay for 2 weeks to live like without my pc,internet,cooked food and temptation of sin our western world brings .. do you think 2 weeks isn't enough to explore well or I should stay 3 weeks ? i dont think i can get longer off from work
Very very beautiful video. It reminded me again of my trip to mount athos over a year. I did go to church with my parents since I was 6 years old, but it was on mount athos, where with 22 years , I realized for the first time what orthodoxy really is. I stayed just 3 days but it changed my life, it changed something in my heart. I thank God that I could experience it and that you guys could too. Thank you for sharing your journy in such a beatiful movie. I am also glad that you visited St. Paisios, a saint very dear to me. May this journy be the starting point of an even closer relation to God.
Thank you so much, for this beautiful video, it touched my heart, from an orthodox sister in Crete Greece
Thank you, I'm going through a hard time now, I needed this. Please pray for us.
May God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, grant you all things needful unto salvation.
Please remember your place in the Church that The Lord anointed and gathered is still worshipping and empowered for our life, especially in these times when martyrdom will be in every city around the world.
Ask for anointing for help next time you attend church, or if you can't get there, ask them to come to you.
The Orthodox Church continues to feed and clothe us in Holy garments as we use the armour of God to struggle and fight against the deception and wickedness of these days, Christ's Saints as our allies and who are not complete without us, neither we, them. Hebrews 11.
Orthodox Christian Faith unchanged and active in Christ by The Holy Spirit since 33AD.
Peace be with you xxx
Dear Peter, May Saints Sophrony of Essex, Seraphim of Sarov, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia, Ephrem of Arizona, Gabriel of Georgia and Paisios of Souroti and Athos help you
That was beautiful. I was moved just watching it. God willing I will make the pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain one day.
I too wish to make this pilgrimage…I wish you happy and joyful travels brother
Thank you my brothers in Christ for making and sharing this beautiful and informative documentary! It was incredibly powerful … brought me to tears.🤍 Glory to Jesus Christ!🙏☦️
Beautiful film. Thank you
Thank you for sharing your journey with the world!
thank you very much i hope this amazing, learning video can be addressed for all beloved people
What an awesome documentary. So professional but also so completely full of the Spirit. Great job! Glory to God!
Beautiful cinematography and editing. Very well done. I think we all dream of such an experience. Glory to God.
Thank you for sharing the joy and wonder of your Pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain: Holy Monasteries, Holy Churches, Holy Services, Holy Monks, Holy Icons, Holy Relics, Holy Saints…Heaven on Earth!
Your pilgrimage to Mt. Athos and its recording is indeed a great blessing! The Documentary touched my heart and refreshed my soul as it captured the timeless Spirit of this sacred place and eternal land that echoes a God-like, Christ centered, and Spirit filled existence of this Heavenly Garden.
God, through the Prayers of the Holy Panagia, Bless You in your Journey of planting His Garden here in America.
This was really lovely and very moving. Thank you for making the video. God's grace is not limited by anything. It even flows through UA-cam.
☦️
Δόξα σοι ο Θεός ημών δόξα σοι ☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷
This video has truly been a blessing. Thank you for sharing, may the peace of our lord be with you.
What a beautiful and well made documentary. God willing, I will visit the Holy Mountain in my lifetime and meet the Saints of today, and celebrate liturgy with the Holy Fathers.
Fantastic documentary my friends..so glad it was created by my neighbors up the road
Glory to Jesus Christ! What a beautiful work this was by these dear souls and the creative endeavor of a very beloved man. May God be glorified in all of it, and may the grace of God which covers the Holy Mountain like a canopy be experienced even if but a little bit by those who watch this video. Beautiful work that will bless many. ❤
Great closing in this video, this chant really elevates the mind to heavens for a while...
Thanks.
Thank you for this beautiful record of the journey and the holy mountain. A truly blessed place.
Thank you so much for this beautiful documentary! ☦️
Such great cinematography and film work. Beautiful
Thank you! This was a wonderful film. God bless you all
Where there's struggle there's grace.Thank you.
Thank you so much for this. I could have watched several hours of this. So beautiful!
Thank you so much for this beautiful video!
Oh Lord thank you so heartfelt I was there with you thank you so
Excellent! Thank you for this 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your precious experience. It really helps me.
Thank you! Excellent video!
So beautiful. Thank you so much 🙏
Beautiful, thank you for sharing this.
Glory to God!
I visited Mt Athos twice, a completely unforgettable experience
Great video, thank you for sharing! ☦️
Beautiful-someday!!
13 truly blessed
I loved your video and commentary. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for this film, well done!
Very well done God bless you all and Thank you very much for sharing your spiritual journey!!!
That was deeply moving.
Glory to you our God glory to you🙏❤️☦️ Thank you for this beautiful video! Thank you to my spiritual father that sent this to me❤
beautifull video guys
God Bless☦
Amazing! ☦️
Amazing video. God bless ☦
Amazing video. It was great to see St. Paisios's tomb as well as the place where St Joseph the Hesychast's spent last years of his life. Next time visit monastery Hilandar too!
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO - Thanks
Thank you !
Wow this is powerful 😭
Amen.never forgett.
Have mercy on us o loving Mother of the merciful God
Hope the visit with my son ASAP.
Most precious blood of JESUS CHRIST save us all, save the world from the evil one.
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for sharing the beautiful video ☦️❤
Εσύ που είσαι Ιταλός, μια μέρα θα σου δώσει ο Θεός αυτό που ζητάς πιο πολύ από όλα. 😊
Amen!
Jesus Christ is Lord. Sometimes when the wind is blowing I can smell the fresh air of Mt. Athos. Do you remember the air there? In another lifetime, I was there as a man worshipping Christ. Now in this lifetime as a woman, I am living faraway from there however it is often on my mind as my spiritual earthly home. I am a painter and Jesus is my focus. Thank you so much for sharing your journey. It is good that women are not allowed there as too much drama may occur. You have created a beautiful homage to an amazing spiritual center of the world where Jesus is deeply honored.
Thank you for sharing☦️🌹
Glory to God my brothers and sisters in Christ ❤️🙏🏽☦️
that was very beautiful. im very interested in the orthodox church but raised protestant and I know I would be very lost if I went to a service
We are grateful to God that you found this documentary beautiful. A good number of Orthodox parishes are becoming more capable of welcoming inquirers and helping them get orientated to services, as it can seem overwhelming. Part of visiting for the first time is simply walking in the door and being present for a service :) Please let us know if we can help at all in finding a community near you.
@@annunciationlancaster thank you. I think i can find a service near me. there are a few orthodox churches in the county that i live in. does it matter what type? greek orthodox? romanian? russian? antioch? coptic? each have their cultural differences and probably liturgical differences as well i assume. its a lot to take in
@@maddssmithy Coptic, Syrian, and Ethiopian/Eritrean communities are not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church. For your first experiences, a moderator of this account recommends you seek to visit a Greek Orthodox Church under the GOARCH (Greek Orthodox Church in America), an OCA parish (Orthodox Church of America), or a community under the Antiochian Orthodox Church of America. Romanian and Russian Orthodox communities can be very nice to visit as well, but they are often smaller and very ethnically driven, which can be a greater shock for a visitor. Any Greek Orthodox Church which labels themselves under the "Genuine Orthodox Church" or the HOCNA are schismatic communities and not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church.
@@annunciationlancaster wow, that's a lot. thank you for the information. I had no clue there were schisms in the orthodox church itself. certainly knew there were schism with the catholic church. thank you. I will look into a greek orthodox church most likely for my first visit. I think that would be the closest one to me anyways so it works out. however i think even a greek orthodox church will be a great shock. should i email the pastor and let him now that i am new? is there usually mingling before and after the service. I am only used to protestant evangelical type services. thank you for taking the time to answer these questions.
@@maddssmithy It's not necessary to email the priest but it can help. Not know where you are from or where you are going, it's hard to say how to approach it. I pray that God gives you a good experience and sends people to you to welcome you to the Church.
I hope one day to visit mount athos would be so amazing
im greek but not religious. Paisios is indeed a special case because we have people who met him and indeed see his miracles, and every monk and priest believes him, inside and outside the mountain.
Thanks for the comment. What does it mean to be greek but not religious to you?
@@annunciationlancaster I'm culturally christian, like every Italian is culturally catholic . I am not practicing any faith, but the cultural impact is there. Same way as a Saudi is a Muslim even if he is not a believer
I missed the name/port from where your boat left to take you to Vatopedi.
Glory to God that you were able to do this Pilgrimage. As a woman, this is sadly something I can never do.
Ierissos
Glory to God ☦️
Glory to God ❤
Glory to God for this video and I pray I will make my own journey/s to the Holy Mountain with my family.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy 🙏☦️
Just spent 3 days here. New Skete and Agia Annis Skete....3 days is not enough...Complete disconnect from worldly filth.
Thank you for this incredible documentary of your journey and hearts. Well done! Bravo. 👏 Obviously, I wish there was an opportunity for females to experience the Holy Mountain. As you stated though, we are not limited by time and space. Our earnest prayers can unite us with those saints, the blessed Virgin, and God’s grace.
Did you not climb Athos and visit the shrine building on the top?
Long live orthodoxy!
🙏💙🙏
I don’t think a person is supposed to attend more than one Divine Liturgy daily. It is prohibited for a priest to serve more than one Liturgy a day. As laymen, we are also partaking and participating in the Divine Liturgy, it is not some show that goes on without us. And we can only receive holy communion once a day. So truly attending a second Liturgy means we are either going against the canons or we are just watching, onlookers as it is being served,which seems spiritually not beneficial. The Divine Liturgy the the Life of Christ that we partake in. How can we partake of the full cycle of the Life of Christ multiple times a day that makes no sense.
That's correct. The monks don't participate in more than one liturgy a day, nor do they commune more than once a day. It's common for larger monasteries to split up their priests and celebrate liturgies at the same time in the morning at different chapels around the monasteries for a more intimate prayer and for the closeness to the particular saints of the chapels. The monks and visitors are free to go to the chapel they wish, and the typicharist of the monastery assigns usually a chanter or three among the brotherhood for each chapel. That way every priest and deacon of the monastery grows closer in his walk with Christ as he serves the divine liturgy every single day as head celebrant.
Δόξα τω θεώ!
❤☦️
Would anyone know where the chanting is from during 25.00?
Great film, what did you shoot it on?
Sony A7iii
To the editor @ please decrease the "background music volume" 🙏🏻 it is dominating the words of the speaker.
What is the relationship like between the Holy Mountain Monks and the present Patriarch of Constantinople?
I am planning to visit the Holy Mountain, the Vatopedi monastery, I want to talk to an elder like St. Porphyry, do you know someone, I have some problems mentally, and with faith please tell me if you know
Find Fr. Paisios at Vatopedi
Thank you is older or younger
Where are you from? I'm spanish from Barcelona.
Who filmed this? I’d let to get in contact for a future project.
I'm actually curious I know female only monestaries exist but what's the most popular one where only women can go?
After a little research I found one in Greece which I will not name, but it is not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is a schismatic old calendarist community. Practically speaking it is impossible to do this unless the monastery never allows a priest or any sacraments to take place. A priest must come to serve the sacraments. Many women's monasteries are conscious of the needs of their female pilgrims and will take special caution to only bless overnight male visitors whom they know well and trust, and many parts of women's monasteries are completely off limits to male visitors out of respect and protection of the nuns.
CORRECT.
@Mika-El- : I Hope And Pray You Convert To The Holy, Eastern Orthodox Catholic Faith And Learn What Authentic, Ancient Christianity Truly Is, Then, If God Wills and Permits, You Make Your Pilgrimage To The Holy Mountain Mount Athos. I'd Love To Hear Of Your Experience Then.
☦️☦️☦️
Why are women banned when it’s the Virgin Mary garden?
Hello, the mother of Christ stepped on the mountain on the north side of the peninsula, she was amazed by the beauty of the place and asked her son to give it to her and a voice told her, it’s yours. Over the centuries lots of things happen there. A Byzantine emperes who donated a lot of money and relics to the monasteries stepped on Mount Athos and a woman’s voice was heard, what are you doing on my garden, of course she got back on boat and left. Early sixty’s Christina Onassis stepped on a rock, against the orders of her father, who was visiting the place. When she got back on yacht bearing her name stepped on it slipped and broke her leg. Various cases like that happened. The EU tried to change this of course they backed off, when various things happened. The Holy Spirit is in command of the place. Things happened to me, when I visited 55 years ago, things that will a lot to explain here.
God is with me at everything I do, because I love him, If I overstep his Word he gives me a warning. We are all human and weak, and he is everywhere find him, try to find an Orthodox community near you,Orthodoxy is the only one that follows the Pentecost and his Word. Sweet lamb of God forgive as all.❤ George, Crete 🇬🇷✝️🇬🇧
To maintain the peace and harmony
Why where Jewish people not allowed to say the name of good and only the rabbi?