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Hey man, i love your videos they realy help me to grow my faith. I have a question, have you ever had visions and dreems about god. And if so plese make a video telling us what was it like.😊❤
to whoever reads this: i'm going through a very hard time in my life right now, i feel like i don't have a purpose to be living but i am reminded through these videos. i'm a protestant christian and i dont know how my parents will feel as i move closer to orthodoxy. i'd appreciate a prayer for my struggles and my journey to Orthodoxy, it'd mean a lot to me, and to whoever reads this God bless 🙏☦
Pray to the Lord, he will guide you along your path and stand beside you. You do have a purpose my friend and always will have, live for God, for our savior Jesus Christ and he will help you and lift you up. Keep going do not stop. Go to an Orthodox church and keep learning about Orthodoxy. Do not be afraid He is always with you and He will guide you. May God bless you and your family I wish the best for you and keep going don’t quit.☦️❤️
I know the same feeling. Catechumen now. No matter what have a prayer time morning and night. You may be confused right now but know it is God who is leading you not yourself.
Theophany actually made me cry with how beautiful it was. Seeing this foretaste of the Coming Age makes me realize that no matter how bad things will be getting: Christ will be triumphant in His eternal glory.
Dear Fr. Spyridon, I implore you to pray for myself and family who have under spritual attack and oppression for a year. I believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Today is the day of my deliverance through the intercession of Our Lady, the Blessed Mother who shall crush the head of the serpent on my behalf. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner. My name is Aurelia. Bless you. Thank you. Amen.
I felt Fr. Spyridon's intercession all day long. Raised Catholic, baptised at two months, first communion at age seven, confirmation at 14. Yet, I never understood how God could send the dead to purgatory for hundreds of years when all sin was paid for at the Cross. Through these teachings, I remembered Luke 23:42-43 and for this first time I understood. 42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” 43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Today. At the moment of death for a believer in Christ. I now understand the season of suffering. Had I not suffered, I would not have found this channel. Because of these simple, humble and short teachings (for those of us weaned from milk, but needing to unlearn falsehoods and then begin to take on true spiritual meat), these teachings infused with the holy spirit of Almighty God, I am now determined to become Orthodox. God is good. And his word says He disciplines those He loves. He loves me. Bless you Father. Bless you. One hundredfold in this lifetime.
know your true value and preciousness even if people would not acknowledge. be careful. wishing you the best, peace, health, wellbeing, blessings and all good
Father spyridon what a wonderful message to the society we live in we must All be grateful in what we have and don’t take the lord blessings for granted we must have humility to serve him before our own selves. Glory to god amen❤️🙏🏾
Thank you, dear Fr Spyridon, for your sweet & faithful homily. We look forward to them every week. God is so good to us through His beloved Son, and through faithful teaching & teachers! ☦God bless you.
Has anyone else bought some jingle bells to begin their morning and evening prayers with? I’ve grown to love Father Spyridons use of the bells at the beginning and the end, particularly with the resurrection iconography. Feels like the bells are somehow.. celebrating the resurrection ❤🙏🏻
They are and Father Spyridon is the best of them but don't fall for their typical anti-Catholic remarks. The Orthodox Church in and of itself is a house divided with no unity or universality.
After all we are all brothers and sisters in Christ whom follow our father in heaven. This is what Christ meant when he called us to love our fellow family in christ
To anyone reading this comment: Please pray for me a most unworthy sinner, I have been struggling with an addiction for years now and keep giving in. Please please pray to the lord that he may have mercy on my soul.
Father, you are a topmost example of humility in our Lord, and I am eternally grateful for your presence and words. Thank you for the endless mercy and grace you bestow upon the world, and for allowing us to see our Lord Christ through you.
I don't usually comment here with all of those who idolize you and orthodoxy itself, but this is one of your most poetic and pertinent homilies. THANK YOU! ❤
Thanks for reminding. if I follow Jesus, I will be mocked, humiliated. And it's tough to take. Trolls are classic examples, of those attacking me. They do me good, Give me a little tiny taste of Christ's Passion, which helps me towards humility, shouldering my Cross, in following Him. In Gratitude. A sinner
Humility. It's true meaning has been lost. Or has it been discarded? The world and the Church are both plagued by this problem. And I look to myself and see that lack of humility is keeping me, a sheep of the Good Shepherd, from following the Lord at his heels, where I belong... Thank you, Fr. Spyridon, for this reminder and this illumination.
I agree, no politics, no modern stuff, just the Church Fathers and Christ. Some videos, even Orthodox, wil be out of date in five years, but these teachings remain.
I know Christ is my saviour. I am a terrible sinner. Daily I repent and fall again. Can anybody here tell me if I need to actually go through baptism?. I was baptised as a child but obviously fell from grace. God bless you all.
The Church baptises only once. But the tears we shed over our sins are as a continuous baptism through out our life. However, there is the question of whether you were baptised by the Church (Orthodox) or by one if the Christian groups that refer to themselves as denominations.
Dear Father Spyridon, thank you for writing. I was baptised into the church of England.So I assume this is a denomination. Does this mean mybaptism was invalid?. I live in Japan, there is a Greek Orthodox church in Kyoto. Thank you once again.
John 3:3,6 Born from above. An absolute necessity and comes solely by the sovereign work ot the third person of the Trinity The eternal person of the HOLY SPIRIT.
Hi guys, could you please pray for me? I have a very hard time. Because I believe God wants me to trust Him and not be afraid. And then I feel like I'm led to do something, which I feel like is a sin, but I'm not sure about it. And basically I'm struggling with faith. I want to do God's will and I don't want to sin. And everytime when I surrender myself to God, I feel like that I'm being led by Him. And sometimes I'm led into things, which I think are sins, but I have thoughts that says Trust me, and I started praying to God and asking in the name of Jesus Christ that I want to do only good and I dont want to have anything with evil, if He will guide me and protect me from comitting sins. But then I end up doing some things which I'm not sure if they are sins. Please pray for me, for mercy, for clarity, for discernment, for help and for my salvation. Please. I love you all my brothers and sisters in Christ
PS. I know that God cannot lead me into sin. I meant that I was afraid that I'm getting decieved, by evil and that its not God, whos leading me. Anyways please please pray for me.❤❤
You sound like you’re in a confused place, I’m sorry to hear that. One way to calm down is to relinquish this trust in your discernment, speak to your Father Confessor. Simply exposing this jumble of thoughts to your priest will help him discern the root of your problem, but also reduce the demonic influence which flourishes when we keep things secret. Peace to your heart.
Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers to fight. He is my sword and my shield, my fortress in whom I take refuge from the storm. It is through he and his might where I gain my strength. He protects me from the harsh winds, he lights up the abyss so that I do not walk in darkness, His might is my shield, his will is my guidance. I cannot thank the Lord enough, for without his grace I could do nothing. With him I do not fear, for he is the Lord. I will not speak, hear, nor see no evil, for you are with me. Your sword and your shield is my comfort. The strength of you Lord is greater than the mountains, his will, larger than oceans. He is the one God, my Lord in whom I trust. I am not worthy of his love, yet he loves me. I am not worthy of his grace, yet he blesses me. I am not worthy of his forgiveness, yet he hugs me when I turn away. I do not understand. I do not ask the Lord to take away the pain, for I suffer for the Lord. I do not ask him to mend my wounds, for I bleed for the Lord. The Lord is my father. He is my shepherd, he is my general. He guides me through difficult paths. My feet bleed on the rocks, yet the Lord takes away the pain. My flesh burns in the fire, yet through him, he is the one who leads me. He lights up the dark waters, he quenches the flames, he offers his hand when I fall. His love is greater than mountains. He leads me unto the path of righteousness, and straightens me out when I stumble. Oh God, why do you bother to continue to help someone like me? I am an outcast, I am worthless. “Do not be ashamed, my son, For I will help you. Lean on my shoulder, for I will comfort you. Lend me your hand, for I will walk with you. Give me your body, for I will grant you strength.” Grant me your strength Lord, light up the dark waters of the abyss. You are a spring of living waters, you quench my thirst. You alone are my GOD.
Father Spyridon, please pray for me. I keep falling into lustful temptations and becoming more judgemental because of things im noticing. Quick question, Is Corneliu Zelea Codreanu an actual Saint in the Orthodox church?
It takes time to overcome this passion, I have also been at war with the demon of lust. It gets better, but you must confess weekly and partake of the mysteries weekly.
Like Revelation say. its a war. it takes time, its not easy to defeat this. I recently came back to the Catholic Church after being a protestant for 6 years. and since I have been to confession and partaking in the Holy Eucharist, something is changing in me and I feel like lust is almost gone, but I still have to run away and close my eyes from things that could trigger me or open the door again.
Discernment is a spiritual gift of the Holy Spirit. To receive God’s grace we must repent, pray, love our neighbour and receive Holy Communion. But we myst also avoid placing trust in our own judgement. We must take such questions to our confessor and pray for him. God bless you.
Please pray for me. I struggle with lust so much. I watch videos I shouldn't watch, I do things I shouldn't do nor even think about. I know that they bring nothing else but death and I still do them. I constantly keep failing The Lord in the last few months. I need help. I feel the devil fighting harder than ever. Please pray for me.
I will make my next video about repentance to examine what the Fathers say is needed. God bless you in your struggle. If you fall, get back up, don’t fall into despair, but don’t ignore your conscience when it calls you to resist.
Father Spyridon, I need your help. My employer is a toxic workplace and I’m having issues navigating it and staying level headed. Gossipers, favoritism, bullying, you name it. I pray continually throughout the work day but some days are so hard. I slipped up and said something rude to a coworker who has been covertly picking on me. I shouldn’t have and repented for it, but my mind is so easily influenced by emotions. Any guidance to help me push through would be immensely appreciated. Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner.
Do you work for a chemical company? I have read about the toxicity of those environments. The workers getting sick all through their lives. I'd get out and breathe some clean air.
Father, one favor. Please mind that non-english speakers also are watching your videos. I hope you consider vocabularies and speech speed, so that foreigners of bad english also could understand. Thank you for your videos.
Father, i have some questions. What do you think are the most important and biggest differences between Catholic church and Orthodoxy, why do you think the Orthodoxy is the true church, and what would you say if someone is Catholic or Protestant, but still goes to church, reads the bible, and truly believes and lives for Christ?
I have not been baptized because my parents don't go to church and are afraid of forcing it on my younger siblings☹️ my parents are different denominations (Cathlic and Non Trinitarian) I don't know what to do because I want to be baptised but ill only be allowed to go when im on my own or when im over the age to drive myself to church alone.
What a shame they are preventing you from choosing to express your beliefs fully. Isn’t this prevention the same as the forcing they say kindly say they are wanting to avoid? This refusal is quite shocking!
@ well the thing is they are not from America and me and my siblings were born here, they tell me that they are afraid of churches especially since they don't go to any in this country. At the end of the day following Christ is what matters the most right?
@@Shambles456 No, the most important thing is being united to Christ through baptism and having His life in you through Holy Communion. It is a modern protestant idea to imagine “following Christ” is all that matters. How will you know how to do this? Relying on your own judgement leads to heresy. You must try to communicate to your parents how important this is, but avoid confrontation. God bless you.
Hello father can you explain hebrews 6 6 and if apostasy can be forgiven and do you believe in the explaination of Saint John Chrysostom.... im really scared that i can not be saved
St Cyprian wrote a text called “De Lapsis” (The Lapsed) in which he explained why those who denied Christ under torture or persecution should be received back into the Church. He explains that we must trust in the mercy of God. Never lose hope.
@FatherSpyridonROCOR thank you for this awnser but is it also for people that got never persecuted. for so many people live in countrys where they dont get persecuted but fall away and many of them want forgiveness and search for it. so is there a chance of forgiveness for people that never got persecuted?
@@luca-wl1wu there is always hope. We all fall, we all sin, and need reconciliation with God. Read the parable of the Prodigal Son, take this message to heart. God sees off afar, He waits patiently for us to return, and rejoices with open arms when we cone back to Him. I will examine in my next video exactly what this return entails. God bless you.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR God bless you to father for this letter of hope, im a 14 year old and i really heard many explaination with much and even without hope of repentance and I got always this feeling of hopelessness and this what if thoughts like: (what if there is no forgiveness for me anymore)
I was baptized as an infant, but some in my current church urged me to get baptized again because they claim you have to be aware when it happens. Should I do it again out of humility, or would that be disrespectful of the first time? What do you think, brother Spyridon?
The first things we must remember are: the Church has always baptised infants, the New Testament records whole families being baptised; second, the Church only baptises once. However, caveats must be applied here. If you were baptised outside the Orthodox Church, we would baptise you.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I believe it was a catholic church baptism. The current church is evangelist (though I am not really bent on any denomination, they are simply in my opinion a good church). When I pray on it I feel like the father tells me that baptism should be only once.
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Thank you for everything you do Father.
God bless you Father.
Father, please pray for me. I have just found Christ in my life, and struggling with worldly temptations. Thank you for these videos, Father Spyridon.
I just finished “ Behind The Veil” . It was a blessing. Powerful message.
Hey man, i love your videos they realy help me to grow my faith. I have a question, have you ever had visions and dreems about god. And if so plese make a video telling us what was it like.😊❤
to whoever reads this: i'm going through a very hard time in my life right now, i feel like i don't have a purpose to be living but i am reminded through these videos. i'm a protestant christian and i dont know how my parents will feel as i move closer to orthodoxy. i'd appreciate a prayer for my struggles and my journey to Orthodoxy, it'd mean a lot to me, and to whoever reads this God bless 🙏☦
I will pray and light a candle for you. Do not be afraid.
Praying
Pray to the Lord, he will guide you along your path and stand beside you. You do have a purpose my friend and always will have, live for God, for our savior Jesus Christ and he will help you and lift you up. Keep going do not stop. Go to an Orthodox church and keep learning about Orthodoxy. Do not be afraid He is always with you and He will guide you. May God bless you and your family I wish the best for you and keep going don’t quit.☦️❤️
Gods got you 😊
I know the same feeling. Catechumen now. No matter what have a prayer time morning and night. You may be confused right now but know it is God who is leading you not yourself.
Lord Jesus Christ,Son of God,have mercy on me a sinner.
Thank you for your words Father.
Amen🙏❤️☦️
You know its freezing outside when father spyridon has a jacket on, god bless all of you ❤
I love Father Spyridon!
Theophany actually made me cry with how beautiful it was. Seeing this foretaste of the Coming Age makes me realize that no matter how bad things will be getting: Christ will be triumphant in His eternal glory.
Dear Fr. Spyridon, I implore you to pray for myself and family who have under spritual attack and oppression for a year. I believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Today is the day of my deliverance through the intercession of Our Lady, the Blessed Mother who shall crush the head of the serpent on my behalf. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner. My name is Aurelia. Bless you. Thank you. Amen.
Thank you Father ☦️🙌🏻
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. ☦️
God bless you, Father. thank you for your words of faith. Amen.
It is the focus on repentance, humility, and God's will that has drawn me to study Orthodoxy. Thank you for your genuine help, Father Spyridon.
Father, i had a dream about meeting you. I felt peace, joy and happiness. Thank you for making these videos. May God bless you Father
Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you again dear Father Spyridon for the words of Truth. Amen
I felt Fr. Spyridon's intercession all day long. Raised Catholic, baptised at two months, first communion at age seven, confirmation at 14. Yet, I never understood how God could send the dead to purgatory for hundreds of years when all sin was paid for at the Cross.
Through these teachings, I remembered Luke 23:42-43 and for this first time I understood.
42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Today. At the moment of death for a believer in Christ. I now understand the season of suffering. Had I not suffered, I would not have found this channel. Because of these simple, humble and short teachings (for those of us weaned from milk, but needing to unlearn falsehoods and then begin to take on true spiritual meat), these teachings infused with the holy spirit of Almighty God, I am now determined to become Orthodox.
God is good. And his word says He disciplines those He loves. He loves me.
Bless you Father. Bless you. One hundredfold in this lifetime.
i'm the blade of grass listening attentively in the foreground
Christ forever King
Jesus is Lord
im in Iraq
Thats awesome,youre a follower of Jesus in that area,hope you tell your neighbors,much love brother
@steveelam2310 Thanks brother lord have mercy on us all
God loves you brother
know your true value and preciousness even if people would not acknowledge. be careful. wishing you the best, peace, health, wellbeing, blessings and all good
@@Hewakurdo AMEN the followers of Jesus are everywhere brother
Father spyridon what a wonderful message to the society we live in we must All be grateful in what we have and don’t take the lord blessings for granted we must have humility to serve him before our own selves. Glory to god amen❤️🙏🏾
Thank you Father for these videos ❤️ they help me get closer to God one at a time . God bless
Thank you for spreading the word. My friends and I appreciate you a lot.
Your words inspire me every time I watch your videos. Bless you Father.
Thank you Father Spyridon for your wise words.
Thank you, dear Fr Spyridon, for your sweet & faithful homily. We look forward to them every week. God is so good to us through His beloved Son, and through faithful teaching & teachers!
☦God bless you.
All praise and glory to the King of Kings, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! ☦
Ameeeeeen🎉
Amin.
Thank You...❤
Has anyone else bought some jingle bells to begin their morning and evening prayers with? I’ve grown to love Father Spyridons use of the bells at the beginning and the end, particularly with the resurrection iconography. Feels like the bells are somehow.. celebrating the resurrection ❤🙏🏻
Amen 🙏
Amen!!!
Amen
So glad to see a popular orthodox priest that follows the original , Julian calendar!
Or…the Orthodox calendar as some of us call it.
Hallelujah!
Thank you Father
Thank you, Father bless ~
im a catholic but gotta say you orthodox really are great
Roman catholicism is heresy, since 1054.
They are and Father Spyridon is the best of them but don't fall for their typical anti-Catholic remarks. The Orthodox Church in and of itself is a house divided with no unity or universality.
Roman catholicism is heresy, since 1054.
@@EsotericPenguin Roman catholicism is heresy, since 1054.
After all we are all brothers and sisters in Christ whom follow our father in heaven. This is what Christ meant when he called us to love our fellow family in christ
Amen! Praise and thanks be to God almighty, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit! Thanks so much for sharing this! God bless! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Father
Please pray for me father, I love your videos, trying to find my way back to the good Shepard and carry my cross for him ❤️
Slava Bogu
Амінь
Been watching your videos for days. So blessed 🙏
Father got the fit. Bless you! ✝️
Your words are a song to my heart. May God constantly bless you father
Love you Jesus❤
God bless you all!❤
God Bless Amen🙏❤️☦️
Amen 🙏 all glory be to our lord Jesus Christ
CHRIST IS BORN! ⭐
GLORIFY HIM ! ❤
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Orthodox Christians ☀🇷🇺🇷🇸🇲🇰🇬🇪🇵🇸🇧🇾🙏✝🕊🦾
Thank You Jesus. Thank You Lord. Amen!! While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!🙏❤💕
To anyone reading this comment:
Please pray for me a most unworthy sinner, I have been struggling with an addiction for years now and keep giving in. Please please pray to the lord that he may have mercy on my soul.
Put your faith in the Light
Father, you are a topmost example of humility in our Lord, and I am eternally grateful for your presence and words. Thank you for the endless mercy and grace you bestow upon the world, and for allowing us to see our Lord Christ through you.
All glory to Jesus Christ son of God❤
I hope to one day be able to meet Father Spyridon.
who let bro cook. father does not miss. glory to God.
So beautiful ✝️
Thank you Father Spyridon
Father Spyridon I wish to meet you one day
Looking great Father Spyridon!! Much love to all! God is good!!❤❤
I don't usually comment here with all of those who idolize you and orthodoxy itself, but this is one of your most poetic and pertinent homilies. THANK YOU! ❤
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Thank you Father Spyridon 💞
Beautiful
Thanks for reminding. if I follow Jesus, I will be mocked, humiliated. And it's tough to take. Trolls are classic examples, of those attacking me. They do me good, Give me a little tiny taste of Christ's Passion, which helps me towards humility, shouldering my Cross, in following Him. In Gratitude. A sinner
John 15: 18-20
thank you!❤
Glory to God! ☦️☦️☦️
Humility. It's true meaning has been lost. Or has it been discarded? The world and the Church are both plagued by this problem. And I look to myself and see that lack of humility is keeping me, a sheep of the Good Shepherd, from following the Lord at his heels, where I belong... Thank you, Fr. Spyridon, for this reminder and this illumination.
Call him father for he is a spiritual teacher 👍
I genuinely get excited when a Fr. Spyridon videos drops. This is my favorite YT channel by far. God bless yall ☦️❤️😁
I agree, no politics, no modern stuff, just the Church Fathers and Christ. Some videos, even Orthodox, wil be out of date in five years, but these teachings remain.
@@lukelucas9264 Spot on. This is food for the soul, not tittle tattle for worldy minds.
Lord Jesus Christ have Mercy on me a Sinner
Dear father hope you're doing well. Take care, god bless and Amen 🙏 ❤️🩹
Glad I found your channel. Where I live at there is only one Orthodox church 20 miles away 😢
I live 45 miles from my church, as do many of my friends - 20 miles is nothing, neither is 45!
I know Christ is my saviour. I am a terrible sinner. Daily I repent and fall again. Can anybody here tell me if I need to actually go through baptism?. I was baptised as a child but obviously fell from grace. God bless you all.
The Church baptises only once. But the tears we shed over our sins are as a continuous baptism through out our life.
However, there is the question of whether you were baptised by the Church (Orthodox) or by one if the Christian groups that refer to themselves as denominations.
Dear Father Spyridon, thank you for writing. I was baptised into the church of England.So I assume this is a denomination. Does this mean mybaptism was invalid?. I live in Japan, there is a Greek Orthodox church in Kyoto. Thank you once again.
Sin will always be with you. But you must not do it with pride or on purpose
God called you to follow Him not to be perfect
I wish to hear the word from you heart.
Aman!!,🙌👏👏👏🕊️
Always a good Pep talk. thx
christ is king
+++ You never gave up! This is reason why you have won. You did every time right!
i really enjoy praying to God and also i really enjoy trying to make someone repent, let Gods Spirit dwell in yall
Amen Brother
Father*
nice!
Father looking fly with that jacket on. 😎
Long has it been since I’ve heard and seen you, forgive me, that now I have made the effort instead of earlier.
Please pray for me, I am currently on a battle to overcome lust.
Please pray for me
I am a sinner. I repent
John 3:3,6 Born from above. An absolute necessity and comes solely by the sovereign work ot the third person of the Trinity The eternal person of the HOLY SPIRIT.
Excellent video
Hi guys, could you please pray for me? I have a very hard time. Because I believe God wants me to trust Him and not be afraid. And then I feel like I'm led to do something, which I feel like is a sin, but I'm not sure about it. And basically I'm struggling with faith. I want to do God's will and I don't want to sin. And everytime when I surrender myself to God, I feel like that I'm being led by Him. And sometimes I'm led into things, which I think are sins, but I have thoughts that says Trust me, and I started praying to God and asking in the name of Jesus Christ that I want to do only good and I dont want to have anything with evil, if He will guide me and protect me from comitting sins. But then I end up doing some things which I'm not sure if they are sins. Please pray for me, for mercy, for clarity, for discernment, for help and for my salvation. Please. I love you all my brothers and sisters in Christ
PS. I know that God cannot lead me into sin. I meant that I was afraid that I'm getting decieved, by evil and that its not God, whos leading me. Anyways please please pray for me.❤❤
You sound like you’re in a confused place, I’m sorry to hear that.
One way to calm down is to relinquish this trust in your discernment, speak to your Father Confessor. Simply exposing this jumble of thoughts to your priest will help him discern the root of your problem, but also reduce the demonic influence which flourishes when we keep things secret. Peace to your heart.
💛💙💜💛❤
Father looking drippy today
Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers to fight. He is my sword and my shield, my fortress in whom I take refuge from the storm. It is through he and his might where I gain my strength. He protects me from the harsh winds, he lights up the abyss so that I do not walk in darkness, His might is my shield, his will is my guidance.
I cannot thank the Lord enough, for without his grace I could do nothing.
With him I do not fear, for he is the Lord.
I will not speak, hear, nor see no evil, for you are with me. Your sword and your shield is my comfort. The strength of you Lord is greater than the mountains, his will, larger than oceans. He is the one God, my Lord in whom I trust. I am not worthy of his love, yet he loves me. I am not worthy of his grace, yet he blesses me. I am not worthy of his forgiveness, yet he hugs me when I turn away. I do not understand.
I do not ask the Lord to take away the pain, for I suffer for the Lord. I do not ask him to mend my wounds, for I bleed for the Lord.
The Lord is my father. He is my shepherd, he is my general. He guides me through difficult paths. My feet bleed on the rocks, yet the Lord takes away the pain. My flesh burns in the fire, yet through him, he is the one who leads me. He lights up the dark waters, he quenches the flames, he offers his hand when I fall. His love is greater than mountains. He leads me unto the path of righteousness, and straightens me out when I stumble. Oh God, why do you bother to continue to help someone like me? I am an outcast, I am worthless. “Do not be ashamed, my son, For I will help you. Lean on my shoulder, for I will comfort you. Lend me your hand, for I will walk with you. Give me your body, for I will grant you strength.”
Grant me your strength Lord, light up the dark waters of the abyss. You are a spring of living waters, you quench my thirst. You alone are my GOD.
Father Spyridon, please pray for me. I keep falling into lustful temptations and becoming more judgemental because of things im noticing. Quick question, Is Corneliu Zelea Codreanu an actual Saint in the Orthodox church?
Not yet, but many Romanians pray for him, and that usually how sainthood works. I pray to him often. Pray for us Codreanu 🙏
It takes time to overcome this passion, I have also been at war with the demon of lust. It gets better, but you must confess weekly and partake of the mysteries weekly.
Like Revelation say. its a war. it takes time, its not easy to defeat this.
I recently came back to the Catholic Church after being a protestant for 6 years.
and since I have been to confession and partaking in the Holy Eucharist, something is changing in me and I feel like lust is almost gone, but I still have to run away and close my eyes from things that could trigger me or open the door again.
Thank you, father. (m^_^m)
You bear it well.
Father , how do we discern between God's protection, God's punishment and consequences of our own action?
Discernment is a spiritual gift of the Holy Spirit.
To receive God’s grace we must repent, pray, love our neighbour and receive Holy Communion.
But we myst also avoid placing trust in our own judgement. We must take such questions to our confessor and pray for him.
God bless you.
Please pray for me. I struggle with lust so much. I watch videos I shouldn't watch, I do things I shouldn't do nor even think about. I know that they bring nothing else but death and I still do them. I constantly keep failing The Lord in the last few months. I need help. I feel the devil fighting harder than ever. Please pray for me.
I will make my next video about repentance to examine what the Fathers say is needed. God bless you in your struggle.
If you fall, get back up, don’t fall into despair, but don’t ignore your conscience when it calls you to resist.
Thank you father.
Father Spyridon, I need your help. My employer is a toxic workplace and I’m having issues navigating it and staying level headed. Gossipers, favoritism, bullying, you name it. I pray continually throughout the work day but some days are so hard. I slipped up and said something rude to a coworker who has been covertly picking on me. I shouldn’t have and repented for it, but my mind is so easily influenced by emotions. Any guidance to help me push through would be immensely appreciated. Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner.
Do you work for a chemical company? I have read about the toxicity of those environments. The workers getting sick all through their lives. I'd get out and breathe some clean air.
Father, one favor. Please mind that non-english speakers also are watching your videos. I hope you consider vocabularies and speech speed, so that foreigners of bad english also could understand. Thank you for your videos.
Father, i have some questions. What do you think are the most important and biggest differences between Catholic church and Orthodoxy, why do you think the Orthodoxy is the true church, and what would you say if someone is Catholic or Protestant, but still goes to church, reads the bible, and truly believes and lives for Christ?
@traviswilson36 what even is anathema?
I have not been baptized because my parents don't go to church and are afraid of forcing it on my younger siblings☹️ my parents are different denominations (Cathlic and Non Trinitarian) I don't know what to do because I want to be baptised but ill only be allowed to go when im on my own or when im over the age to drive myself to church alone.
What a shame they are preventing you from choosing to express your beliefs fully. Isn’t this prevention the same as the forcing they say kindly say they are wanting to avoid? This refusal is quite shocking!
@ well the thing is they are not from America and me and my siblings were born here, they tell me that they are afraid of churches especially since they don't go to any in this country. At the end of the day following Christ is what matters the most right?
@@Shambles456 No, the most important thing is being united to Christ through baptism and having His life in you through Holy Communion.
It is a modern protestant idea to imagine “following Christ” is all that matters. How will you know how to do this? Relying on your own judgement leads to heresy.
You must try to communicate to your parents how important this is, but avoid confrontation.
God bless you.
@ Thank you father I understand it now, God Bless you too
The music you play in the background is nice but you stop playing. Thank you for your videos
Hello father can you explain hebrews 6 6 and if apostasy can be forgiven and do you believe in the explaination of Saint John Chrysostom....
im really scared that i can not be saved
St Cyprian wrote a text called “De Lapsis” (The Lapsed) in which he explained why those who denied Christ under torture or persecution should be received back into the Church. He explains that we must trust in the mercy of God. Never lose hope.
@FatherSpyridonROCOR thank you for this awnser but is it also for people that got never persecuted. for so many people live in countrys where they dont get persecuted but fall away and many of them want forgiveness and search for it. so is there a chance of forgiveness for people that never got persecuted?
@@luca-wl1wu there is always hope. We all fall, we all sin, and need reconciliation with God. Read the parable of the Prodigal Son, take this message to heart. God sees off afar, He waits patiently for us to return, and rejoices with open arms when we cone back to Him. I will examine in my next video exactly what this return entails. God bless you.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR God bless you to father for this letter of hope, im a 14 year old and i really heard many explaination with much and even without hope of repentance and I got always this feeling of hopelessness and this what if thoughts like: (what if there is no forgiveness for me anymore)
I was baptized as an infant, but some in my current church urged me to get baptized again because they claim you have to be aware when it happens. Should I do it again out of humility, or would that be disrespectful of the first time? What do you think, brother Spyridon?
The first things we must remember are: the Church has always baptised infants, the New Testament records whole families being baptised; second, the Church only baptises once.
However, caveats must be applied here. If you were baptised outside the Orthodox Church, we would baptise you.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I believe it was a catholic church baptism. The current church is evangelist (though I am not really bent on any denomination, they are simply in my opinion a good church). When I pray on it I feel like the father tells me that baptism should be only once.