Just seeing his face and hearing his voice bring me a great comfort, although I lead a sinful life. What a grace filled Elder he is! God is glorious among His Saints.
He established the Monastery 5 minutes from my house and I never visited until after he departed from this life. I was living in terrible sin, just 5 minutes from a place he must have visited frequently. I could have had his blessing if I had woken up sooner. This might be my biggest regret in life.
don't worry, he loves you and is in the kingdom praying for you, at any time you can pray to Saint Elder Ephraim and he will hear your words and it shall touch his heart, you can still communicate with him even though he is no longer on the earth with us.
If all those poor souls who are depressed knew how this little prayer chase away depression, they may would be freed in a matter of months. And if not freed so soon, it would surely support them with relief.
I REALLY wish we had more footages of Elder Ephraim released/liberated to us all. As someone stated before just seeing his face and hearing his voice brings a great comfort.
@@otelders ☦️ ✝️ΑΜΗΝ amen amen!✝️dear Fathers,please pray for us too We are in hospital, personally i am in bed more than 10months. My heart is broken,i m in a public hospital,and they forced me not to walk. They dont care about my health,i feel so sad from this behaviour. Please pray for me,✝️thank you My name is Angelika.
I just found this channel, and Glory be to God for the many Orthodox resources available to us during this horrible pandemic. Oh how I needed to hear Father Ephraim's words today.
Hvala na ovom biseru i predivnom starcu Jefremu.Njegove pouke su mi mnogo znacile posle smrti oca.Sacuvao si me predivni starce.Posto u petak imam intervenciju molim za tvoj blagoslov i molitve od tako ciste duse Gospodu da sve bude kako treba..Neka bude volja Bozja.Amin
Thank you Fr. Ephraim for these wise words your message becomes clear and saves many souls. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me! Most Holy Mother of God, help me! This prayer will become a sacrifice for salvation. Amen. God bless you Fr. Ephraim ☦️🙏🏼😇
The holy man of God from the past he was modestly referring to in this video was probably his Spiritual Father for many decades, Saint Joseph the Hesychast.
What a blessing. Please do not ever delete this video! I got to meet Elder Ephraim in person not too long before he departed and it’s so good to be able to see him again like this through video.
Дивни старац! Да човек не може довољно да се нагледа његовог светог лика, наслуша његових речи.... Wonderful Geronta! One cannot have enough of his blessed face and hear enough of his holy words... Εφχαριστω!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ ... Έχω διαβάσει πολλά για τον Πατέρα Εφραίμ και τον Πατέρα Ιωσήφ ... σπουδαίους ασκητές της εποχής μας ... ζωντανοί άγιοι ... αναφέρω στις προσευχές ...
I'm so glad I have a book of his words to help guide me, I know for sure that I will never reach those heights, but he is an absolute inspiration to me and pray for him to help with Saint Paisios.
Kírie Iisú Jristé Eléison me (Señor Jesús Cristo Perdona me). Panagía Theotóke Boithíse me (Virgen Madre de Dios ayúdame) Panagía Theotóke sóse me (Virgen madre de Dios sálva me). Gracias a los padres ortodoxos por guiarnos en ser salvados.
Than you for posting this vedeo it incourages us and gives us hope in this terible fears of covid 19 . May Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Have Mercy on us.Amen
/*Άγιος Συμεών ο Νέος Θεολόγος*/Επειδή ο Λόγος του Θεού μια φορά σαρκώθηκε από την Παρθένο και γεννήθηκε από αυτήν σωματικά, ανέκφραστα και υπέρ λόγον και δεν είναι δυνατόν να σαρκωθεί πάλι ή να γεννηθεί σωματικά από τον καθένα από μας, τι προνοεί; Μας μεταδίδει για τροφή εκείνη την άχραντη σάρκα που προσέλαβε από την πανάχραντη Θεοτόκο, κατά την σωματική Του γέννηση. Αν την μεταλαμβάνουμε άξια, έχουμε μέσα μας όλον τον σαρκωθέντα Θεό και Κύριό μας Ιησού Χριστό, αυτόν τον Υιό του Θεού και Υιό της Παρθένου τον καθήμενο στα δεξιά του Θεού, ο οποίος λέει: «εκείνος που τρώγει την σάρκα μου και πίνει το αίμα μου μένει μέσα μου και εγώ μέσα του» (κατά Ιωάννη 6:56), χωρίς όμως να προέρχεται ή να γεννιέται σωματικά από εμάς, αλλά ούτε και να μας αποχωρίζεται ποτέ. Διότι εμείς δεν τον αισθανόμαστε σαν σάρκα, αν και βρίσκεται μέσα μας όπως ακριβώς ένα βρέφος, αλλά υπάρχει ασωμάτως σε σώμα, αναμιγνυόμενος ανέκφραστα με την φύση μας και την ουσία μας και θεοποιώντας μας, επειδή γίναμε σύσσωμοι και μ’ αυτόν δηλαδή σάρκα από την σάρκα του και οστούν από τα οστά του. Αυτό είναι το μεγαλύτερο και φρικτότερο μυστήριο της ανέκφραστης οικονομίας και συγκαταβάσεως Του, που δίσταζα να το γράψω και έτρεμα να το επιχειρήσω. ☦
We can imagine it like a ladder where steps 8-10 were excellent and anything less than 8 was supposed to lead to hell. But God's mercy was greater than they expected.
Right... Or also like a grade in a test, if we consider our lives as giving exams to pass to heaven. So the Saints try to pray and beg God to lower the passing grade to heaven, so that more people are saved. Saint Paisios did something similar and said that God lowered in our times the high honours or excellence grade from 10 to 7, but the grade just to pass to heaven, which we call the base or passing grade, He couldn't lower, because He is not only Love but Fair too and lowering that would mean He would contradict Himself as that would conflict with His own Holy and Saving orders
Kind of a metaphor. It's like a grade. 7 out if 10 in order to "pass". Now it's 3/10 as in you can repent by doing way less than the old fathers had to.
We can imagine it like a ladder where steps 8-10 were excellent and anything less than 8 were supposed to lead to hell. But God's mercy was greater than they expected.
@@otelders Thank you very much. Looked into the ladder of divine decent, but there are 33 steps, so thats not what he was talking about. I just dont want to fall short at the first 3 steps.
I know nobody is going to read this comment but coming back here a year later I found a passage of the Bible that resembles the story Elder Ephraim is talking about so I just had to come back and comment. Read Genesis 18:23-33 (Abraham talking to the Lord)
Read the other comments. At least they said that it is most likely just a metaphor being like a grade or criteria by which we are received into the Kingdom if we pass it. In the past days the grade out of ten was seven, but now it has been lovered to just three thanks to God and the intercessions of the Saints.
He was a monk and what you call an abbott. On Mt. Aphos some monks live away from actual monasteries in very small communities with their Elder as their teacher. Father Ephraim spent his youth in such a community. His Elder was Saint Joseph the Hesychast, as it was already said.
Thank you all. Recently got interested in these monks as the desert Fathers were mentioned in one of my Catholic magazines. It was mentioned how the surrounding communities relied on their prayers and that they have worked miracles. I wanted to know more abt these mysterious souls. And then this channel miraculously entered my main feed.
English subtitles: facebook.com/otElders/videos/416204632678164/
Just seeing his face and hearing his voice bring me a great comfort, although I lead a sinful life. What a grace filled Elder he is! God is glorious among His Saints.
He established the Monastery 5 minutes from my house and I never visited until after he departed from this life. I was living in terrible sin, just 5 minutes from a place he must have visited frequently. I could have had his blessing if I had woken up sooner.
This might be my biggest regret in life.
I am a convert to orthodoxy at his first women monastery tor st cosmas.
Well a confession on that be ideal
@@andrew-su7be ya that’s the same one I live near
don't worry, he loves you and is in the kingdom praying for you, at any time you can pray to Saint Elder Ephraim and he will hear your words and it shall touch his heart, you can still communicate with him even though he is no longer on the earth with us.
He will hear your prayers when you visit.
If all those poor souls who are depressed knew how this little prayer chase away depression, they may would be freed in a matter of months. And if not freed so soon, it would surely support them with relief.
solutions are so simple
Nonsense. This silly little mantra doesn't do anything.
Lord jesus christ son of God have mercy on me ☦️
May his memory be eternal.
What a beautiful soul 😢 a true servant of Christ.
Lord have mercy on us all 🙏
I REALLY wish we had more footages of Elder Ephraim released/liberated to us all. As someone stated before just seeing his face and hearing his voice brings a great comfort.
How amazing God bless all Orthodox people saying this powerful prayer !
Beautiful! St. Ephraim of Arizona, pray for us!
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me. Most Holy Theotokos save us.
I love him so much! Just hearing his voice brings Joy and comfort.
Beautiful soul, true Saint filled with wisdom and simple teachings of the gift of the Jesus Prayer. May everyone use it and find true healing...
More edifying than a million other videos combined.
What a Holy man. You can feel it in his manners and words. What lovely encouragements. May he find the blessings of God to go beyond his dreams.
He is an Angel 🥰🤗😇
Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ ελέησον ημάς!
WOW The joy I felt hearing this was insane. Glory be to GOD
Amen.
Thank You Father. May your Memory be Eternal.
He has left us a wonderful legacy. May his memory be eternal 🙏🙏🙏
It wasn't a great day today but this made it worth it right before bed.
Glory be to God! Thank you so much for translation and sharing! This was the encouragement I needed! May God save you!!!
Glory to God for all things!
@@otelders ☦️
✝️ΑΜΗΝ amen amen!✝️dear Fathers,please pray for us too
We are in hospital, personally i am in bed more than 10months.
My heart is broken,i m in a public hospital,and they forced me not to walk.
They dont care about my health,i feel so sad from this behaviour.
Please pray for me,✝️thank you
My name is Angelika.
@@ΆγγελοςΧΡΙΣΤΟΎ yes I will keep you in my prayers! May the Mother of God shelter you with her ompohorion! May Gods peace and mercy be upon you!!!
@@justjamessing10 ✝️Lord Jesus Christ ✝️ our God,
have mercy ,amen. Thank you ☦️
@@ΆγγελοςΧΡΙΣΤΟΎ amen
When you believe in Jesus, he helps take the load off your shoulders. Truly it gives you peace.
He is living now in heaven, God rest his Soul.
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, Most Holy Mother of God help me!
May your soul be resting in peace Father Ephraim bless your loving soul 🙏🏼☦️❤️
I just found this channel, and Glory be to God for the many Orthodox resources available to us during this horrible pandemic. Oh how I needed to hear Father Ephraim's words today.
Glory to God for all things!
Hvala na ovom biseru i predivnom starcu Jefremu.Njegove pouke su mi mnogo znacile posle smrti oca.Sacuvao si me predivni starce.Posto u petak imam intervenciju molim za tvoj blagoslov i molitve od tako ciste duse Gospodu da sve bude kako treba..Neka bude volja Bozja.Amin
He has left us so many examples and help.... I am ashamed I am not taking advantage of them.
ΜΕΓΑΛΟΣ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΣ. ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΝΙΚΑ. ΥΠΕΡΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΣΩΣΟΝ ΗΜΑΣ.
Thank you Fr. Ephraim for these wise words your message becomes clear and saves many souls.
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me!
Most Holy Mother of God, help me!
This prayer will become a sacrifice for salvation.
Amen. God bless you Fr. Ephraim ☦️🙏🏼😇
Our loving God is merciful beyond measure! I wanna spend eternity at His feet, kissing them.. 🙏
Thank you for going to the trouble of translating it’s so appreciated. In doing so you are aiding the salvation of some
Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, miluește-mă!🙏🙏🙏
Preasfântă Născătoare de Dumnezeu, ajută-mă!🙏🙏🙏
Părintele Efrem de Arizona un atlet al lui Hristos!🙏🙏🙏
So/ Beautiful!!!!/ Thank/ You!! /JUST /WHAT/ WE/ NEED/ These/ difficult/ days....
Thank you much , I'm so grateful to see this video of Elder Ephraim with Subtitles!
Την ευχη σου να εχουμε Αγιε Πατερα.
The holy man of God from the past he was modestly referring to in this video was probably his Spiritual Father for many decades, Saint Joseph the Hesychast.
Άγιε μας Γέροντα πρέσβευε υπέρ ημών των αμαρτωλών.....πολυ μας λείπεις σ'αυτούς τους δύσκολους καιρούς...
Multumim sf părinte ptr sfaturi
What a blessing. Please do not ever delete this video! I got to meet Elder Ephraim in person not too long before he departed and it’s so good to be able to see him again like this through video.
Kyrie Iesu Xriste eleison me 🙏☦️🕯️✨🌟💫🥀🌹.
Memory eternal ☦️🕯️🙏
❤️უფალო იესო ქრისტე ძეო ღმრთისაო შემიწყალე მე ცოდვილი!
ღვთისმშობელო ქალწულო დედაო ღრმთისა შემიწყალე მე ცოდვილი!❤️
He was so charismatic. Ηταν τοσο χαρισματικος
....σας ευχαριστούμε θερμότατα
για το τρισευλογημενο video.Μας δώσατε ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΧΑΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΥΝΑΜΗ...ΑΓΙΟΣ!!!!!!!
Thankbyou SO much for translation! God bless!
Дивни старац! Да човек не може довољно да се нагледа његовог светог лика, наслуша његових речи.... Wonderful Geronta! One cannot have enough of his blessed face and hear enough of his holy words... Εφχαριστω!
I've never heard of these 10 steps. I am confused as to what they are. Amazing, incredible footage! Fr. Ephraim of Arizona, pray to God for us!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ ... Έχω διαβάσει πολλά για τον Πατέρα Εφραίμ και τον Πατέρα Ιωσήφ ... σπουδαίους ασκητές της εποχής μας ... ζωντανοί άγιοι ... αναφέρω στις προσευχές ...
ΔΟΞΑ ΣΟΙ ΚΥΡΙΕ!
A Truly Wise and Holy Man if I can achieve even a fraction of his ascetic zeal then I will consider it an achievement Memory Eternal! Geronda Ephraim.
Δυναμη ο γεροντας..Δοξα Θεου..
I'm so glad I have a book of his words to help guide me, I know for sure that I will never reach those heights, but he is an absolute inspiration to me and pray for him to help with Saint Paisios.
May our Triune Sovereign God be with you, Fr. Ephraim and all of us also. Amen 🙏🏽
Kírie Iisú Jristé Eléison me (Señor Jesús Cristo Perdona me). Panagía Theotóke Boithíse me (Virgen Madre de Dios ayúdame) Panagía Theotóke sóse me (Virgen madre de Dios sálva me).
Gracias a los padres ortodoxos por guiarnos en ser salvados.
St Ephraim, pray for us!
Than you for posting this vedeo it incourages us and gives us hope in this terible fears of covid 19 .
May Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Have Mercy on us.Amen
Trust in the Lord and read Book of Revelation very carefully. Especially the letters to 7 churches. Lord says have no fear.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on Alexandar, a sinner.
🙏🌺☦️🌺🙏 Memory Eternal
👼 ХРИСТОС ☦︎ ВАСКРСЕ 👼
Saint Efrem help us!please
So helpful to see this! I miss him.
Respect pentru postare! ♥️
How can you not love him? Πρεσβεύβε υπέρ ημων Γερον Εφραίμ. Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ ελέησον με τον αμαρτωλό
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
God bless him
Geronda, pray for me, a wretch and a sinner! ☦
Πρέσβευε υπέρ ημών!!!!
Lord Jesus Christ îs un innaf to save any Man ..His sacrific
Şükürler olsun tüm güzeliklerine sevgisine …
#amenbrother
Ruhsal tecrübeler Ruhsal babalardan öğrenilir.. 😍😍😍😍😍❤️🔥
/*Άγιος Συμεών ο Νέος Θεολόγος*/Επειδή ο Λόγος του Θεού μια φορά σαρκώθηκε από την Παρθένο και γεννήθηκε από αυτήν σωματικά, ανέκφραστα και υπέρ λόγον και δεν είναι δυνατόν να σαρκωθεί πάλι ή να γεννηθεί σωματικά από τον καθένα από μας, τι προνοεί; Μας μεταδίδει για τροφή εκείνη την άχραντη σάρκα που προσέλαβε από την πανάχραντη Θεοτόκο, κατά την σωματική Του γέννηση. Αν την μεταλαμβάνουμε άξια, έχουμε μέσα μας όλον τον σαρκωθέντα Θεό και Κύριό μας Ιησού Χριστό, αυτόν τον Υιό του Θεού και Υιό της Παρθένου τον καθήμενο στα δεξιά του Θεού, ο οποίος λέει: «εκείνος που τρώγει την σάρκα μου και πίνει το αίμα μου μένει μέσα μου και εγώ μέσα του» (κατά Ιωάννη 6:56), χωρίς όμως να προέρχεται ή να γεννιέται σωματικά από εμάς, αλλά ούτε και να μας αποχωρίζεται ποτέ. Διότι εμείς δεν τον αισθανόμαστε σαν σάρκα, αν και βρίσκεται μέσα μας όπως ακριβώς ένα βρέφος, αλλά υπάρχει ασωμάτως σε σώμα, αναμιγνυόμενος ανέκφραστα με την φύση μας και την ουσία μας και θεοποιώντας μας, επειδή γίναμε σύσσωμοι και μ’ αυτόν δηλαδή σάρκα από την σάρκα του και οστούν από τα οστά του. Αυτό είναι το μεγαλύτερο και φρικτότερο μυστήριο της ανέκφραστης οικονομίας και συγκαταβάσεως Του, που δίσταζα να το γράψω και έτρεμα να το επιχειρήσω. ☦
maens is straight bugging! praise the lord!
amen
True
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Are subtitrare in limba romana. Vedeti aici cum sa o porniti: ua-cam.com/video/if7eELuaYtI/v-deo.html
otac nas..
he is tryng to explain tht we shud always remember Jesus and Mother Mary .. we should always recite their name and seek for blessing ..
What are the 7 steps? Thank you for the beautiful video on + Geronda.
We can imagine it like a ladder where steps 8-10 were excellent and anything less than 8 was supposed to lead to hell. But God's mercy was greater than they expected.
❤️☦️❤️
If I say Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me and Most Holy Theotokos save me exactly is it accepted
What are these steps he’s referring to? I thought at first The Ladder of Divine Ascent, but then I immediately realized “no, that has over 20 steps”.
Keep reading the comments. It’s down there.
After you have fallen into making a way to big prayer rule and becoming neglected to Prayer how do you Learn to Love prayer again?
If the prayer is step 3, what is step 1 and 2?
Forgive me, but what steps is Geronda Ephraim referring to?
He talks about a ladder to Heaven... those standing on the top of the ladder go to Heaven, the others go to hell...
Right... Or also like a grade in a test, if we consider our lives as giving exams to pass to heaven. So the Saints try to pray and beg God to lower the passing grade to heaven, so that more people are saved. Saint Paisios did something similar and said that God lowered in our times the high honours or excellence grade from 10 to 7, but the grade just to pass to heaven, which we call the base or passing grade, He couldn't lower, because He is not only Love but Fair too and lowering that would mean He would contradict Himself as that would conflict with His own Holy and Saving orders
... and what are these steps?
What are the levels that he speaks of? Is there more information on that?
Kind of a metaphor. It's like a grade. 7 out if 10 in order to "pass". Now it's 3/10 as in you can repent by doing way less than the old fathers had to.
LeҲ that makes sense... wasn’t sure if it was related to steps in the ladder of assent or something more literal.
What steps are those he's reffering to?
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The lovely Ephraim. It was a real treasure from God to be able to surround yourself next to him.
Saint!?!!
What is step 7 or 2 and 3?
what are the first three steps?
We can imagine it like a ladder where steps 8-10 were excellent and anything less than 8 were supposed to lead to hell. But God's mercy was greater than they expected.
@@otelders
Thank you very much. Looked into the ladder of divine decent, but there are 33 steps, so thats not what he was talking about. I just dont want to fall short at the first 3 steps.
Is this real speed?
Yep looks like normal speed. The elder was speaking in Greek that its a fast pace language in general, and also he looks like a fast talker
Can someone explain what the steps mean
And what being at step number 3 means?
He probably talks about a ladder to Heaven... those standing on the top of the ladder go to Heaven, the others go to hell...
Aghios Aghios Aghios
What were the other steps?
I guess we'll never know..
I know nobody is going to read this comment but coming back here a year later I found a passage of the Bible that resembles the story Elder Ephraim is talking about so I just had to come back and comment. Read Genesis 18:23-33 (Abraham talking to the Lord)
Read the other comments. At least they said that it is most likely just a metaphor being like a grade or criteria by which we are received into the Kingdom if we pass it. In the past days the grade out of ten was seven, but now it has been lovered to just three thanks to God and the intercessions of the Saints.
Is he in the desert father category? I'm Catholic. So i don't know. What do priests like him do? Orthodoxy is a little bit alien but soothing to me.
He was a disciple of Saint Joseph the Hesychast
He was a monk and what you call an abbott. On Mt. Aphos some monks live away from actual monasteries in very small communities with their Elder as their teacher. Father Ephraim spent his youth in such a community. His Elder was Saint Joseph the Hesychast, as it was already said.
Here it is a detailed biography of the Elder: www.stanthonysmonastery.org/about-monastery/our-monastery/geronda-ephraim.html
Thank you all. Recently got interested in these monks as the desert Fathers were mentioned in one of my Catholic magazines. It was mentioned how the surrounding communities relied on their prayers and that they have worked miracles. I wanted to know more abt these mysterious souls. And then this channel miraculously entered my main feed.
If it is alien to you then you do not understand your own faith enough
Is he a saint ?
Not officially canonized by the Church yet.
Δεν καταλαβαινω, Κυριε Ιησου Χριστε ελεησον με, Παναγια Θεοτοκε ...... με.
Παναγια Θεοτοκε βοηθει μoi / Παναγία θεοτόκε σώσον με
@@otelders Ευχαριστω, αυτο εστι - "βοηθει"
He appears to be a very strange nervous man. I honestly don’t get it.
The video recording is not excellent, it appears to be fast-forwarded. See also: ua-cam.com/video/bJKBjo0Lw_k/v-deo.html
People will believe anything but the truth ... follow the money....