The Lord pulled his father out of hell | A vision of Elder Ephraim of Arizona
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2022
- In this recording, Elder Ephraim of Arizona talks about his biological father and how the Lord pulled him out of hell through the prayers of the Church. Elder Ephraim has built eighteen Orthodox Christian monasteries in North America and fell asleep in the Lord on December 7, 2019.
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Memory eternal to all our departed loved ones.🙏
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So blasphemy can not be forgiven.
@@teddyefstratiou3271 In this case it was forgiven through the prayers of the Church.
@@otelders Please do a video for Saint Serf, Saint Mungo and Saint Thaney to encourage people who were molested as children and how people get healing from trauma of Childhood thank You 🤗🤗🤗
Someone here asked you to stop doing the "sneak peaks", as they called it. I want to put in a vote to keep them. I like them! Thank you for all your effort.
He is a Saint! I was in Arizona when he fell asleep ➕ even a few days, his body was warm to the touch!!
What a blessing that you were able to be there!
This takes the whole "rescuing your father from the belly of the whale" motif to its ultimate extreme. Powerful testimony
@Pano Kosouros
Your name sounds so Greek. Kirie Eleison !
As a Jordan Peterson listener, I am glad seeing this kind of comment here.
Truthfully, this takes the journey of father rescuing from the depths, beyond phsycological meaning. It cuts deeper, into the intimaticies of spirit.
Δόξα τω Θεώ! A Holy man, may he intercede for us !
Lord have mercy! And I have forgotten to pray for those I know who have departed this life. Our Judge is merciful, after all.
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I have papers with names of many reposed people clipped to my prayer corner.
@@FaithfulComforter Yes, it's necessary, isn't it? I write them down and still forget to pray for them!🤦♂️
@@Alex462047 tape it or clip them at the prayer corner where they are visible
Doamne ajuta, multumim pentru traducere. Il iubim pe Parintele nostru drag Efrem❤
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Πρεσβεύβε υπέρ ημών Άγιε Εφραίμ. ☦️🙏
I love Elder Ephraim❤️🙏
Thank you for the teaching Father.🙏🙏🙏
Father remember us on your prayer
Multumim mult ! Il rugam pe dragul Sfint Efrem sa mijloceasca pentru lume.
Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Thank you from ❤️for your testimony and also your teaching for all of us Believers in Almighty God ✝️
Can you all pray for me, I suffer all the time with blasphemous thoughts Iam terrified and I dont want to be remain unforgiven, I hope I can repent I want to, this life is too hard
I am tormented endlessly by passions of the flesh. The only road is a humble one, come to God as the sinner you are and pray that He will guide you to full confession.
Confession isn't only mercilessly accusing yourself in front of the priest, it is a whole state of awareness, a way of living. Keep asking God for this, knowing that you are a wretched sinner. It's the only way for recidivists like us.
Brother, may God help you and bring you to full confession and repentance.
blashemous thoughts are not comming from you, but you do have responsibility not to keep them in your mind lest they enter in your heart
A good practice is to immediately distract yourself from them and to pray the Jesus prayer. It does work over time.
Remember, brother. Thoughts are just thoughts. They have no power unless you listen to them. We all suffer from these pesky flies that buzz around us but confess them and keep praying, going to confession/liturgy, etc. Our actions are who make us who we are not our thoughts
I listen each night to a part of the UA-cam narration of The Way of the Pilgrim - in the background is an inconspicuous chanting of the Jesus prayer. This story, seemingly too simple to be important, grows in its depth and meaning and finally answer many deep questions - it can help you sleep, repent, and bring protective prayer into your soul and mental habits.
Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me - a sinner.
Sfinte Ephraim,
Roaga te si pentru noi toti!
Tare mult ne ajutați cu aceste postari! Va mulțumim din suflet!
Everyday around 137000 people dies in the world and around 50000000 people dies every year.
Let us try our best to live with God.
We are strangers to this world Time goes very fast We spent very short time in this world. One orthodox Saint said when you die you will feel that your whole life was just like a one night dream.
Let us share what we know so we could benefit from each other .
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Спасибо.
Ευχαριστώ πολύ
Doamne ajuta!!!Parinte Efrem roaga te pentru noi pacatosii!!Amin
Câți ani ai?
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable. No one but God ALONE knows who are the truly saved. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me and the whole world.
Actually it was forgivable. Read the lives of the Saints. God told me that it was forgivable.
There are Saints in the Old Testament who were called up to Heaven personally. We CAN know if someone is saved if God reveals it to us.
The Church knows many Saints.
When elder Ephraims says - "She brought him and he was praying day and night. However, I knew he had not confessed"- Does he mean his father was praying day and night or his mother?
his father was actually praying; some people actually like in the protestants confuse the sacrament of Confession with prayer. Confession is Confession; you must go to the priest and confess, no other way. I know a real miracle where some guy committed a sin and did not confess but died. God gave him a chance to raise him from death and confess. My grand father loved St. George and used to give alms in St. George's name and at old age, my grand father fell and hit his head on the floor, was clinically dead. My grand father told us while he was in that state, a young man asked me "why did you come here without confessing and taking the Holy Communion?" , ordered him to go back and confess and take The Holy Communion. After he wake up he actually confessed and took Holy Communion and lived another 8 very holy days at home. Spiritual life is more real than this temporary life but we are so confused we reversed it. We make the temporary world (almost a bubble) like something real and the real spiritual world like secondary.
@@BegoMekerTube2127 beautiful. Thank you
Where is this saints church located at in Arizona? I am in Arizona.
Address: 4784 N. St. Joseph's Way, Florence, AZ 85132
Telephone: +1-520-868-3188
Please can you identify hell in the orthodox definition? Because it can mean hades (the place of the dead) or gahannam .. And in scripture we know that who ever goes to gahannam can never get out (eternal seperation from God).
Thank you 🙏
If someone has committed or agreed internally with the most horrible unimaginable blasphemy but wants to repent, will he be forgiven if he wants to repent especially if that someone suffers from blasphemous thoughts.
Blasphemous thoughts are not ours, are of the enemy. So we cannot be condemned for something which is not ours...
Great Saints where suffering from this mental warfare. Ask and you shall receive
The lord will aid you for he is merciful, all you need to do is ask for his help. That desire that you feel to repent and confess your sins is the lord working within you to try and help you achieve salvation. All you need to do is recognize it.
Hell is eternal🔥 if your placed there thats your resting place forever! ain't no getting out and there's no parole! never heard such things. do orthodox believe in purgatory then? because thats how it sounds like
No. When we die, our soul waits in Paradise/Hades until our Judgement at the General Resurrection. Thereon we either enter the Kingdom of Heaven or are tormented in Gehennah/Hell.
Hell is indeed eternal. But you must understand Hell properly dear friend in order to avoid being prideful and falling into spiritual delusion and away from the true church.
At the general resurrection, when the soul is again join with the body, we either enter the Kingdom of Heaven, or we suffer in Hell/Gehenna. Which is Eternal.
The Orthodox know from the experience of many holy people and saints that souls in Hades Sheol can be prayed out and into
Paradise, since they have not yet been judged.
See how simple the issue is now that you understand it? Now please repent and come to the Orthodox faith, time is very very short. God guide you
When we die, our soul "rests" in either a state of Paradise/bliss, or in Hades- a place of torment. This is the state in which the Elder's father was in- in Hades, in anxiety over knowledge of what would happen next. He had not been judged yet, since the judgement happens at the second coming of Christ and the general resurrection. But in death, the soul already knows where it is headed, even if it has not been judged yet.
Souls cannot exist Hades because they have no body with which to repent/ confess.
But Hell is a different thing. We are told we will be judged in body and soul.
So what happens to people who sometimes curse at god for what happened tp them in there lives do they get hell too
Mere words,mostly people curse without really meaning it. And those who really mean it with full hatred already have tons of other sins on their souls so...it's silly to think that a couple of shallow words will damn you for all time. But it doesn't mean that one shouldn't repent for them none the less.
Our church say that cursing is a "prayer to demons"! We must fight against that sin like against every other sin by confesing it to our priest, fell sorry for it and try not to do it anymore, ofcourse with help of God, without Whom nothing g good is possible, and with his help nothing is impossible!!!
@@fatherandsontrainingyou5232 I didn't say not to confess,my point was not every sin is the same nor does every person have the same understanding of things,blowing it out of proportion doesn't help anyone.
Only God knows, and nobody should judgw another person ever, cause nobody knows exactly what it is in other souls, and what kind of. Fight they go through.. I understand that blesswd People and teachers of our church, like st. Ephraim with great love want to teach us how to save our souls.. Eksera also say that "little sins" are very dangerous cause we seem to ignore them and they slowly took over our nature and Will and make our salvation hard..i
I mean Elders not Eksera 😀
Wow, I guess when Jesus gave the example of hell with Lazarus and the rich man saying "between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us"... it was a false representation. It was not to communicate "once your dead, your place is fixed". Seem like the great chasm can actually be crossed.
No. You misunderstand.
Elder Ephraim of Arizona’s father was in Purgatory, therefore saved by the mercy of God. He was serving the sentence for having offended God. The prayers and liturgies of Elder Ephraim released him from Purgatory. We Catholics pray for the poor souls in Purgatory, they are many and often forgotten. According to Holy Scripture we cannot communicate with the lost souls in hell.
Orthodox don't believe in purgatory. That is a Catholic innovation.
@@marieegypt7091 It is written in Holy Scripture, St. Paul described it in 1 Corinthians 3:15, the soul is saved but it is cleansed to be able to enter Heaven. The Catholic Church gave this place the name of Purgatory, where souls are purified from venial sins which were not confessed before death. We can only thank God for His endless mercy to us sinners. God bless you, dear sister in Christ.
@@yvonneagnes222 I know I was Catholic. I don't understand your need to come to Orthodox Christians and teach us about Catholicism. As I said we don't believe in purgatory.
@@yvonneagnes222 1 Corinthians 3:15 doesn't have anything to do with Purgatory, you pulled it out of context. The word Purgatory isn't mentioned even once in the Bible, it was simply made up by the Catholic church.
@@yvonneagnes222 It says, "in that day," that is, the day of the last judgment, so it cannot be purgatory. Chrysostom and other Greek fathers, knowing the language of the New Testament, explain that "saved" here means to continue existing, eternally, yet through fire-- that is, suffering torment.
Câteodată mă uit la oameni din punct de vedere duhovnicesc, și mă surprinde faptul că deși sunt oameni buni, fiindcă nu sunt ortodocși, din cauza patimilor ( tutun, desfrânare, etc) merg în iad. Nu îți vine să crezi. Și apoi îmi aduc aminte cum că judecățile noastre, nu sunt ca și judecățile Lui Dumnezeu. Sunt așa de multe lucruri de spus, dar înfiorător lucru e faptul că odată ajunși în iad, nu ne mai putem ruga nici lui Dumnezeu nici la Maica Domnului și nici la Sfinți. Doar Sfânta Biserică și cei care trăiesc se mai pot ruga pentru tine. Dar dacă în viață ești ateu și nu e nimeni ca să mijlocească pentru tine cu rugăciunea, ce faci???
I don't know but I pray for many atheists and unbelievers and my priest pointed out that since God is beyond our sense of linear time, He may have heard my "current" prayers and interceded "before" my loved ones passed. That is enough hope for me to continue praying for them. I do know that whatever happens, God is the definition of good and mercy.
I am Byzantine Catholic and I like listening to these Elders give their spiritual wisdom, however I have one problem with this video. The orthodox don't believe in purgatory [which, there are references to it in the Bible]. I believe that the Lord didn't pull his father out of hell, but he was in purgatory instead. No one can leave hell. Ever. The Bible and Jesus has said that once you are in hell, you are there forever. Matthew 25:41 is one reference of everlasting hell. Additionally, when Lazarus was comforted by Abraham and the rich man was in hell, Abraham told the rich man he cannot have Lazarus cross over to give him some water. No one can cross over. In Luke 25-26, it says, “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great CHASM has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ But, there is a place similar to hell, to spiritually purge yourself before going to heaven, since no one can enter heaven without being spotless. Heaven is a place for Holy Souls only. We all need to be purged in purgatory before entering heaven, if you die in God's grace. You can't get out of hell - ever. The references to hell in the Bible are about weeping and gnashing of teeth [and the rich man's agony in a place of fire] is hell. God gave us the intellect and spiritual communion with him to connect these dots to understand there is a purgatory. This video just proves Orthodoxy to be wrong on this topic, for me.
Thats not entirely true because there exists a judgement before the final judgement. Souls judged at the final judgement may no longer be benefited from the prayers of the living, whereas they can before the end of this era. In other words it is the prayers and the offerings of the living that are able to help and free a person from (temporary hell), not fire itself. What is happening right now, the souls of those condemned are in a place of torment without body, and likewise those judged for their rightfulness are experiencing the joys of paradise, again bodiless. They may be helped and benefitted by the prayers of the faithful. After the final judgement however both the condemned and the righteous will be resurrected both body and soul, to be judged according to their deeds. This time however their resting place will remain final for eternity. There is no purgatory, but the souls of those who have passed away are judged accordingly, and remain in their respective places until the final judgement. The difference is they are without body now and can be helped by the prayers of the helpful. After the final judgement a souls resting place is final and eternal.
@@antibioticslogic3198 nobody denies judgement. We all will be judged, but that doesn’t disqualify purgatory, based on the reasons described above. Judgement and purgatory are two dogmas that exist side by side.
This is heavy prelest that you are experiencing here. I hope since the year has passed that you wrote this that you have repented and come to the Orthodox church.
@@Skd92gYou are suffering from pride and spiritual prelest. I hope you have come into communion with Rome via Holy Unia.
It amazes me how many such stories one hears from Orthodoxy's holiest men and women. And yet, they are more willing to believe that one was delivered from hell, than to allow for such a thing as Purgatory. Hell being a permanent place of damnation, as attested by all of the Fathers... this they will flout, in order to avoid the so-called "heresy" of Purgatory. But they will none the less tell such stories for centuries with the greatest enthusiasm and conviction, describing Purgatory with such verisimilitude, one would naturally conclude it was their own doctrine. So, why so much animosity over Purgatory??? "It's not heresy when we do it!" Smh... come on, guys.
Hell is indeed eternal, and Purgatory is false heretical teaching. But you must understand Hell properly dear friend in order to avoid being prideful and falling into spiritual delusion and away from the true church.
At the general resurrection, when the soul is again join with the body, we either enter the Kingdom of Heaven, or we suffer in Hell/Gehenna. Which is Eternal.
The Orthodox know from the experience of many holy people and saints that souls in Hades Sheol can be prayed out and into
Paradise, since they have not yet been judged.
See how simple the issue is now that you understand it? Now please repent and come to the Orthodox faith, time is very very short. God guide you
When we die, our soul "rests" in either a state of Paradise/bliss, or in Hades- a place of torment. This is the state in which the Elder's father was in- in Hades, in anxiety over knowledge of what would happen next. He had not been judged yet, since the judgement happens at the second coming of Christ and the general resurrection. But in death, the soul already knows where it is headed, even if it has not been judged yet.
Souls cannot exist Hades because they have no body with which to repent/ confess.
But Hell is a different thing. We are told we will be judged in body and soul.
@@Skd92g Really.... lol... tell me about Toll Houses.
@@Monaghan3000 toll houses are very real and have nothing to do with purgatory. Please actually educate yourself on these things from an Orthodox perspective before damning your soul to eternal hellfire.
@@Skd92g I have. For over a decade. You need to educate yourself on what Purgatory is. That might have worked on someone else, but not me. You are either ignorant or a liar. Which is it?
Mare părere de rău! Că nu e tradus și românește!
E tradus, vedeti aici cum sa alegeti limba romana: ua-cam.com/video/if7eELuaYtI/v-deo.html
@@otelders Vă mulțumesc frumos! Doamne ajută!
False Teaching. Hell is Eternal. JESUS has the keys. Lazaruse's prayers couldn't get the rich man out of hell and neither can anyone elses.
Where is it written in the Bible that Lazarus prayed for the rich man so as to free him from hell? It is the contrary, the rich man asked to speak to Lazarus and to the prophet to warn his brothers.
@@gabri3l875 My point is that departed souls have ZERO power to free another soul from hell. So it's pointless for people to be praying to "saints" to free their loved one's from hell.
@@dustindustindontworry-jz8dh no it's not. Of course it depends if the soul you're praying to is a Holy one.
Hell is eternal. You must learn to understand Hell properly dear friend.
When we die, our soul “rests” in either a state of Paradise/bliss, or in Hades- a place of torment. This is the state in which the Elder’s father was in- in Hades, in anxiety over knowledge of what would happen next. He had not been judged yet, since the judgement happens at the second coming of Christ and the general resurrection. But in death, the soul already knows where it is headed, even if it has not been judged yet.
Souls cannot exist Hades because they have no body with which to repent/confess.
But Hell is a different thing. We are told we will be judged in body and soul.
At the general resurrection, when the soul is again join with the body, we either enter the Kingdom of Heaven, or we suffer in Hell/Gehenna. Which is Eternal.
The Orthodox know from the experience of many holy people and saints that souls in Hades/Sheol can be prayed out and into Paradise, since they have not yet been judged.
See how simple the issue is now that you understand it? Now please repent and come to the Orthodox faith, time is very very short. God guide you
Hmmm. It seems God in these rotten days is doing a lot of mistakes. There were times when it was safe listening to Orthodox people. Now, you have to go back to the Holy Bible everytime someone who claims Orthodoxy speak about death! But hey such a teaching is very Eastern and Not Western at all!!
Fr E. Embodies all the superstition that is characteristic of the heretical Roman Catholic Church. His behavior isn’t holy it is bizarre!!!!
This man was a false elder.