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Hello Father, I’m a friend from across the pond and I wish to become a monk and serve God for the rest of my life. This is a decision I’ve made, I’d like to join your monastery. I am a Coptic Orthodox Christian from Delaware.
@@hharpoBy that logic the brother shouldn’t refer to his biological dad as his father either . You know what the brother means when saying this . Mathew 23:9 refers to the godhead father , Only the one true God Is our father God, but reflect on verse 8 also. “Do not be called rabbi , for one is your teacher “, are we to literally call no one rabbi? Of course not , but we must not view any person as our ultimate teacher , the one true God Jesus Christ . Again brother do not be hasty to point out others apparent “mistakes “ but first reflect on the plank in your own eye . God bless
@@sneediusrexiusthat’s absurd. All things are possible through God and He wants as many children in His kingdom as possible. Unless you got the shot with the specific desire to separate yourself from Christ and you hold that desire in your heart until death, you are not damned. Do not spread fear and try to make people think they are dammed because they made a mistake, that is the exact work of the devil.
Please pray for my mother, my brother, my brothers wife, and my father. I preach the gospel to them, and they don’t seem to want it. Please pray for them, so they so they can turn to orthodoxy.
Instead of preaching to them, let them see with their own eyes the change in you. Be patient, forgiving, humble, generous, serve them at every opportunity, be the first to say sorry after a disagreement, desire their happiness before your own, work hard; when they begin to glimpse these things, perhaps they will believe your words. Simply love them. When Christ is present in you, It will no longer be your words alone. God bless you.
Thank you, Father Spyridon. I am a born-again believer in Jesus of a Protestant persuasion, but I really enjoy listening to you and recognize that you speak the truth. You are helping me to draw closer to the Lord. Thank you and God bless you, sir!
Blessings to you both.. MANY of us have come from that world to the Orthodox Church. I am delighted that you are listening to this Orthodox priest and teacher. ☦📿💝📿☦
Jesus didn't preach denominations.... in fact, I can't quote the verse but either He or (I believe) Paul preached AGAINST them.... Lots of pharisitical doctrines out here, better just seek a relationship with Jesus Himself, and allow Him to tell you where to go and what to do. Ignore (sometimes) well meaning humans, even in these comments. Go to God directly
I think I am saying this for everyone who watches and listens to your videos: We love you, Father. May God grant you great health and many days! ❤️🇷🇴🙏🏼☦️
@@laurencescrenci1460 I am an ex cradle Catholic. The problem with the Catholic Church is that it separated itself and it teaches all kinds of heretical ideas. It used forgeries (Donation of Constantine, pseudo-Isidor, Symmachian forgeries, etc.) to support its supremacist claims. The Catholic Church conducted Inquisitions for hundreds of years, burned people, forced them to convert, established relations with n@zis (Reichsconcordat), Pachamama....the list goes on and on. Now the pope wants to bless gays and trans, baptize them, etc. Where and when does it stop?!
Hi father, thank you for these videos, I'm trying to learn more about orthodoxy and strengthen my faith and you are very helpful. I'm a 19 year old romanian girl and I just lost my father to suicide two weeks ago. I am lost, unsure about my own life and goals and my mind is foggy. I was wondering if you could give advice on how to handle grief. Thanks again.
Find a Church, a monastery - find someone there, a priest, monk - become baptized, chrismated....your journey begins with a single step. May God comfort you in your grief and confusion. ☦️
I am so sorry to hear of your loss Anna, especially under these circumstances. You need to give yourself time and space to allow your grief to reveal itself. The shock of such a death does not always affect us immediately, or else the effects are only apparent with time. Try not to make any big decisions in your life for a while, we can easily make mistakes when we are experiencing such intense loss. If you find anger or other such feelings appearing, don’t fall into guilt or other complications, just accept what you are feeling for now. None of us follows the exact same pattern in grief, so don’t feel you have to follow any particular pattern of reaction. In the midst of your pain, pray for your father. I know there will be those who only condemn the one who takes his own life, and it is a terrible sin, but trust in God’s mercy and have hope that God finds cause to save him. Your prayers will bring comfort and relief. Ask your priest to pray too, complete as many of the 40 days that are left, and then keep praying for him for the rest of your life. This way his situation will be helped, and you, while you are still on earth, may find comfort in being able to do something practical for him. If you are able, perform an act of charity on his behalf. Suicide can attract all kinds of darkness, it affects us mentally, emotionally and spiritually. But if you put your hope in God’s mercy, you can prevent despair from taking hold of you. Make your confession and receive Holy Communion - this will bring you strength. By posting your comment here there will be many praying for you, God bless and hold you.
Father Spyridon- please pray for my little brothers (Mario) soul which departed earlier today. He was Jesus’ age 33. It’s hurting us bad knowing we will never see him again, it would comfort us greatly knowing many prayers for his soul reach our lord to have mercy on his soul and put it to rest. Thank you and glory to God!
I am so sorry to hear about Mario, you and he are in my prayers. Be certain, there is much you can do for him. Pray every day, if you can, make an act of charity in his name, if he was Orthodox, ask his priest to serve a commemoration, and you can use the Trisagion for the Departed. All of these will bring Mario comfort. Do not lose hope, place your trust in God’s mercy. God bless you.
I find myself lacking many of the qualities of a good Christian. It's easy for me to lose hope. But I must say your videos are very inspiring. Something about the truth so simply spoken and in your gentle manner whilst being surrounded by nature that the Lord created really resonates.
Hello, brothers and sisters. Thank you, Father Spyridon. I began watching your videos this year, and before discovering your channel, I couldn't find someone who could discuss the challenges of life and how to overcome them with Christ's guidance. Although I am not Orthodox, I truly admire the way you speak about Christ. May peace be upon all of you.
I was raised in the Pentecostal church ever since I was a baby. In my teenage years (around 16) I decided to stop following Christ and went out into the world. Very recently (a week ago) I made the decision to reconcile myself with Christ, repent, and accept him as my savior yet again. I am currently going to a Pentecostal church but I found your teachings and messages in the videos you make to be very informative and strengthening for my soul. I thank you, Father Spyridon, for allowing yourself to be used by God's Holy Spirit and I pray that he continues to use you! 🙏
Yes, this is not only comforting, but it’s very informative. However, for me, I have a hard time using the title father. Unless I look at it as a spiritual father, and not as the fold. I just started listening to his videos today. God bless he’s coming soon.
If dear God needed Holy Teotokos to come to us,so how much we need Her to help us in our spiritual journey , after all she is the first human been who Lowe Him for first time in the word and she obeyed God from children hood more than anyone . Thanks Fr. Spyridon
Amen. Jesus did ratify a new covenant, that involved the "Jews" no longer being the exclusive and primary stewards of God's laws and precepts, due to their repeated rebellion against God the Father, and their rejection of their Messiah. Instead, God would now steward His laws and precepts through all races of people who obeyed Him, and accepted the Messiah Jesus, under the New Covenant, which gave all believers circumcised hearts, made them priests, and made their bodies Temples. Israel still exist, but is no longer based on race, but rather on faith.
Father Spyridon, thank you for the wonderful teachings and wisdom as always! I’ve currently bought your book-journey to Mt. Athos and I am currently reading it. Your spiritual journey to joining the Orthodox Church is amazing! And thank you for writing ✍️ it.
Father, brother, I really appreciate your sharing the wisdom and knowledge of God that He has given you by His grace. It is very refreshing, encouraging and strengthening. I see Christ in your gentle nature and your words. Thank you, and may our Lord Jesus Christ continue to bless you with more of His life.
Matthew 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Father Spyridon, thank you.. on this (gregorian calendar) Feast Day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. I always forward your videos. Such firm and gentle teachings. Just like a kind father talking to us, which you are. I won't be able to give a short synopsis of your words as i forward them. I can only encourage friends to watch for themselves. ☦📿💝☦📿☦
Father i am from Greece i am Orthodox Christian tell me how can i push myself to pray more often also are horror games or horror movies sinful? thank you for your time and for the helpful content you provide us God bless you and your family.
I am not Fr Spyridon, but I struggle to see any Orthodox clergyman condoning horror games or movies. Anything that stirs the senses towards sinful thoughts and desires is evil, horror games and movies increase our sense of morbidity and nihilism and decreases our distain towards violence and sadism, even senseless violence through entertainment is problematic as it influences our thoughts and emotions. There is no holiness to be found in this. Avoid this poison of the mind. ☦️
I would say it depends brother, if the horror games are satanic then it's obvious we shouldn't play it. If you feel convicted when you watch one or play one then it would be best not to do so. Romans 14:23 - But he who is uncertain [about eating a particular thing] is condemned if he eats, because he is not acting from faith. Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful]. So if you doubt and think it may be sin then run from it, it is sin unto you.
Don't push yourself, you will fail. What worked for me was starting by saying the 3 last Psalms (148,149,150) every day: great Psalms of praise. Make a sacrifice of praise every morning! And tell your spiritual father your intentions and get his blessing. You will find then that you will want to pray more and you will recoil from darkness and things not of God's creation more and more........ so no need to ask the question about horror movies, over time you will lose your taste for them. Greetings from Orthodox Romania!
o my lord and savior Jesus Christ, son of my father god, I pray you'll have mercy on me a sinner and welcome me back into your arms thank you for your words father
20 years ago I was very foolish: I've allowed the devil to torture me for 20 to 40 years and then kill me. How can I break the contract. I pray to God daily now and started visiting churches to pray and cry. The devil was after me since I was born, my live was always pain and suffering like I've never belonged to the herd, I've never tasted the promised life (psalm 23). How can I fully approach a new life due repentance with hellish pain not being taken away from me. After all, it was my choice but I repent. If I were an angel without knowing, can it be forgiven too, is there hope? or do I need to suffer until the end? It breaks my body and spirit. 20 years are over now, thus I had the chance to remember the deal, but I won't give in. There's no way to escape but with God, but what do I need to do, and how to do it right?
I struggle with the thought that there is no afterlife, a part of me is pulled to think that this life is it and it makes me sad because I'm yet so young and want to live for very long, I love life even with all of its struggles and hardships, whatever ones I've yet had
I know this guy! They were playing guitars about how Jesus just left Chicago and was bound for New Orleans. Only he had on a turned around baseball cap and the other guys name was Billy Something.
"He became one of us to reveal perfect humanity" Christ was sinless, punished in the most heinous of ways by a people who were aware that he was sinless.
the encounter with Christ that converts the humans heart, according to Paul , Paul and Jesus is the gospel via knowing God's Word: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Rom 1:16) How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? *_So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God._* (Rom 10:15-17) Peter confirms this: "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *_by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever_* For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: *_but the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you._* (1Pt1:22-25) The Lord said, "IF you continue in my Word *_THEN_* you are my disciple indeed and you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32) bc the Word of God is " able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: _*That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works*_. (2Tim3:15-17)
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Thanks for this video again and again it helps me, i still have questions on praying to saints beceause they still need to be judged right? If anyone could help it would be nice. Pray for me and God bless✝️
I decided against praying to saints, and instead ask God for the virtue of and ability to please him and reach him as his many known and unknown saints.
Considering how many people from different backgrounds are posting here I'll start off with a basic introduction then work from there. I am Eastern Orthodox Christian just like Fr. Spyridon here is, we are part of the church that goes directly back to Christ. So my answer is coming from the same perspective. Those who have moved on from this world have already been judged. The Saints are in heaven praying for our souls constantly with the angels. In the book of Revelation they intercede offering up incense to the Lord which is the prayers of those on Earth (Ch. 5 and 8 if I recall correctly). In the book of Tobit the archangel Raphael says he is one of the angels that intercedes for us. If I also recall, Revelation also shows Mary interceding for us. We don't pray to the saints, only God. We ask the saints to pray for us. Now the question is why do we do this? Answer we love those the Lord loves and as the Bible states, the prayers of the righteous avail much. Do you ask people to pray for you? Do you pray for others? That's intercession, you are praying for someone else's soul or asking someone to pray for yours. People who reject intercession by that logic reject praying for others or asking others to pray for them. How wonderful to have people praying for you and asking them to pray for you.
You are absolutely in the right to pray for others and ask them to pray for you. Where it gets questionable is invoking those who have died, declared saints or otherwise, to do so, and is thought by some to be a form of necromancy, a forbidden practice.@@florida5236
. Hi Michelle! When I venerate an Icon of a saint, my prayer is too thank God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, for giving us the saint who helped keep his words for us. I understand your reluctance, I do not believe it is a Dogma that we must ' pray to ' saints, I have prayed to God for the gifts given to saints. I think that 'worship' is inherent in our understanding of prayer, so I assume I do not know the ' proper way ' to ' pray to ' a saint. It should not be a reason to avoid the Church, i humbly recommend avoiding these things you are not comfortable with, and when you feel ready, discuss with the priest. I still am not ready... Love to you! Michael
Hello I was just wondering your opinion on other denominations of christ, and what you think of them and will become of them because a lot of other orthodoxy’s like to bash on protestants even the heavily devoted ones
I don’t know about other denominations, but I know that orthodoxy is the apostolic church, the historical expression of Christianity. I can see this through simple historical facts as well as continuity in the church fathers. So I don’t worry about other denominations, because orthodoxy is authentic.
@@natcampo3 You will never get a definitive standard answer. Some will say protestants are doomed, others will say they are uncertain and that protestants can have glimpses of divinity, but not God's "full message" brought about via Orthodoxy. Basically, everyone views their denomination as the definitive way to serve God. Orthodoxy is no different in this regard and believes you _CANNOT_ have a *truly genuine* relationship with God outside it, only a glimpse of what it's like.
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Id love to buy it, sadly im from South America
@@raneys1 In Search of Holy Russia is a great opening into Orthodox spirituality
I knew you'd do this topic next. 😊 🍃 🤍 🍃 God bless!
Hello Father, I’m a friend from across the pond and I wish to become a monk and serve God for the rest of my life. This is a decision I’ve made, I’d like to join your monastery. I am a Coptic Orthodox Christian from Delaware.
Just bought ancient path and orthodoxy and the kingdom of satan happy thanks giving today and everyday ❤️
I have suffered the loss of all things and count it as rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him. The whole world becomes rubbish!
Leave to the world what belongs to the world and follow Christ! He is our only way to salvation. God bless you! ✝️☦️
Very much so!!!!
HOW? PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW.
DO I STOP EATING?
STOP SLEEPING?
WHAT EXACTLY DO I GIVE UP?
I need specific instructions on HOW to give up and WHAT to give up. Will someone who ACTUALLY KNOWS THE ANSWER please respond?🙏
Platitudes are so..EASY!!!
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.
Thank you for your words Father.
Amen
Amen
“What is bitter to the body may be sweet to the spirit” wow no truer words! Thank you Father Spyridon.
im a Catholic Christian but i cant stop watching your videos father, thank you
Matthew 23:9
@@hharpo fr
@@hharpoBy that logic the brother shouldn’t refer to his biological dad as his father either . You know what the brother means when saying this . Mathew 23:9 refers to the godhead father , Only the one true God Is our father God, but reflect on verse 8 also. “Do not be called rabbi , for one is your teacher “, are we to literally call no one rabbi? Of course not , but we must not view any person as our ultimate teacher , the one true God Jesus Christ . Again brother do not be hasty to point out others apparent “mistakes “ but first reflect on the plank in your own eye . God bless
Anyone who took THE SHOT cannot go to heaven. Aka mark. Same with nose poke.
@@sneediusrexiusthat’s absurd. All things are possible through God and He wants as many children in His kingdom as possible. Unless you got the shot with the specific desire to separate yourself from Christ and you hold that desire in your heart until death, you are not damned. Do not spread fear and try to make people think they are dammed because they made a mistake, that is the exact work of the devil.
Please pray for my mother, my brother, my brothers wife, and my father. I preach the gospel to them, and they don’t seem to want it. Please pray for them, so they so they can turn to orthodoxy.
Instead of preaching to them, let them see with their own eyes the change in you. Be patient, forgiving, humble, generous, serve them at every opportunity, be the first to say sorry after a disagreement, desire their happiness before your own, work hard; when they begin to glimpse these things, perhaps they will believe your words. Simply love them. When Christ is present in you, It will no longer be your words alone. God bless you.
Good advice sir
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR thank you father
Amen
I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. Please pray for me father
May the Orthodox Christian faith be blessed by God in its spreading and be truly lived in faith
May the works of the enemy perish
Amen
Interestingly the orthodox church on both sides of the Russian/Ukrainian conflict have backed their nation's armies against each other!!!
Thank you, Father Spyridon. I am a born-again believer in Jesus of a Protestant persuasion, but I really enjoy listening to you and recognize that you speak the truth. You are helping me to draw closer to the Lord. Thank you and God bless you, sir!
I'm actually Baptist and I find your videos highly informative and helpful. Glad I found your channel, keep them coming!
I am also an Evangelical Christian. So blessed to have found this channel.
Once a Baptist, now an Orthodox Christian. Come home my brother ☦️
Blessings to you both.. MANY of us have come from that world to the Orthodox Church. I am delighted that you are listening to this Orthodox priest and teacher. ☦📿💝📿☦
Jesus didn't preach denominations.... in fact, I can't quote the verse but either He or (I believe) Paul preached AGAINST them....
Lots of pharisitical doctrines out here, better just seek a relationship with Jesus Himself, and allow Him to tell you where to go and what to do.
Ignore (sometimes) well meaning humans, even in these comments.
Go to God directly
Orthodox Christianity is not a denomination, but the Church established by Christ and passed down to His disciples to this very day.
Recently discovered this channel. Thank you father Spyridon! Greetings from Russia!
I think I am saying this for everyone who watches and listens to your videos: We love you, Father. May God grant you great health and many days! ❤️🇷🇴🙏🏼☦️
Doamne ajuta!
I'm a Roman Catholic, your videos are very good, here in Brazil I always follow you. God bless you
You should check the nearest Orthodox Church and attend a liturgy.
yes I know this "information"@@GigiGhiba
@@pero33403 There isn't one in my city, I would have to travel 100 km to find an Orthodox church
@@pero33403 bruh what do people have against catholics why cant we just all worship god he doesn't even care about denominations
@@laurencescrenci1460 I am an ex cradle Catholic. The problem with the Catholic Church is that it separated itself and it teaches all kinds of heretical ideas. It used forgeries (Donation of Constantine, pseudo-Isidor, Symmachian forgeries, etc.) to support its supremacist claims. The Catholic Church conducted Inquisitions for hundreds of years, burned people, forced them to convert, established relations with n@zis (Reichsconcordat), Pachamama....the list goes on and on. Now the pope wants to bless gays and trans, baptize them, etc. Where and when does it stop?!
Am decis sa ma apropii de dumnezeu din cauza ta, Tată Spyridon, îți mulțumesc pentru că mai ghidad spre adevăr, Dumnezeu
Felicitări frate ☦️
@@sirsadio5357 îți mulțumesc frate 🙏☦
Parinte*
(Nu se zice "Tata" unui preot, unui duhovnic. Zic asta doar ca sa stii pe viitor. 👍
Si mult suces alaturi de Cel de Sus!)
@@iceblu4713 Îmi pare rău, îți mulțumesc pentru informație
@@averagegymbro. Nicio problema! N-ai pentru ce❤
Hi father, thank you for these videos, I'm trying to learn more about orthodoxy and strengthen my faith and you are very helpful. I'm a 19 year old romanian girl and I just lost my father to suicide two weeks ago. I am lost, unsure about my own life and goals and my mind is foggy. I was wondering if you could give advice on how to handle grief. Thanks again.
Find a Church, a monastery - find someone there, a priest, monk - become baptized, chrismated....your journey begins with a single step. May God comfort you in your grief and confusion. ☦️
@@MJS2376 Thank you so much. God bless!
I am so sorry to hear of your loss Anna, especially under these circumstances.
You need to give yourself time and space to allow your grief to reveal itself. The shock of such a death does not always affect us immediately, or else the effects are only apparent with time.
Try not to make any big decisions in your life for a while, we can easily make mistakes when we are experiencing such intense loss.
If you find anger or other such feelings appearing, don’t fall into guilt or other complications, just accept what you are feeling for now. None of us follows the exact same pattern in grief, so don’t feel you have to follow any particular pattern of reaction.
In the midst of your pain, pray for your father. I know there will be those who only condemn the one who takes his own life, and it is a terrible sin, but trust in God’s mercy and have hope that God finds cause to save him. Your prayers will bring comfort and relief. Ask your priest to pray too, complete as many of the 40 days that are left, and then keep praying for him for the rest of your life. This way his situation will be helped, and you, while you are still on earth, may find comfort in being able to do something practical for him. If you are able, perform an act of charity on his behalf.
Suicide can attract all kinds of darkness, it affects us mentally, emotionally and spiritually. But if you put your hope in God’s mercy, you can prevent despair from taking hold of you.
Make your confession and receive Holy Communion - this will bring you strength.
By posting your comment here there will be many praying for you, God bless and hold you.
Thank you so much for your advice Father, thank you for showing me there's a way out of this situation. I will pray and have patience.
Dumnezeu sa il ierte si sa iti vindece sufletul ranit🙏🏻
Father Spyridon- please pray for my little brothers (Mario) soul which departed earlier today. He was Jesus’ age 33. It’s hurting us bad knowing we will never see him again, it would comfort us greatly knowing many prayers for his soul reach our lord to have mercy on his soul and put it to rest. Thank you and glory to God!
I am so sorry to hear about Mario, you and he are in my prayers.
Be certain, there is much you can do for him. Pray every day, if you can, make an act of charity in his name, if he was Orthodox, ask his priest to serve a commemoration, and you can use the Trisagion for the Departed. All of these will bring Mario comfort.
Do not lose hope, place your trust in God’s mercy.
God bless you.
I find myself lacking many of the qualities of a good Christian. It's easy for me to lose hope. But I must say your videos are very inspiring. Something about the truth so simply spoken and in your gentle manner whilst being surrounded by nature that the Lord created really resonates.
@@GigiGhiba No. Do you recommend them?
We all fall short. Don’t dwell on your sins, look forward to God!
I find this to be more helpful in this day and time. Less of the world and more of his word.❤
Hello, brothers and sisters. Thank you, Father Spyridon. I began watching your videos this year, and before discovering your channel, I couldn't find someone who could discuss the challenges of life and how to overcome them with Christ's guidance. Although I am not Orthodox, I truly admire the way you speak about Christ. May peace be upon all of you.
The algorhythms have buried this video Fr. Don't think many people will find it.
Mentioned the "J" word.
Would be grateful if anyone seeing this prays for me to work harder to fight against my flesh. Thank you!
I was raised in the Pentecostal church ever since I was a baby. In my teenage years (around 16) I decided to stop following Christ and went out into the world. Very recently (a week ago) I made the decision to reconcile myself with Christ, repent, and accept him as my savior yet again. I am currently going to a Pentecostal church but I found your teachings and messages in the videos you make to be very informative and strengthening for my soul. I thank you, Father Spyridon, for allowing yourself to be used by God's Holy Spirit and I pray that he continues to use you! 🙏
Yes, this is not only comforting, but it’s very informative. However, for me, I have a hard time using the title father. Unless I look at it as a spiritual father, and not as the fold. I just started listening to his videos today. God bless he’s coming soon.
If dear God needed Holy Teotokos to come to us,so how much we need Her to help us in our spiritual journey , after all she is the first human been who Lowe Him for first time in the word and she obeyed God from children hood more than anyone . Thanks Fr. Spyridon
I am weak and life is a struggle. Please Pray for me Father.!
Exactly how I'm feeling lately. You are not alone. Lord have mercy.
The creator of heaven and earth Jesus Christ is with you pray and read your Bible! Isaiah 41:10 Don’t fear , I’m with you..
FINALLY! A positive, encouraging meditation! I had begun to avoid UA-cam, as every video religious and secular was getting depressing,
You speak Truth that is relevant to all Christians ✝️
Amen. Jesus did ratify a new covenant, that involved the "Jews" no longer being the exclusive and primary stewards of God's laws and precepts, due to their repeated rebellion against God the Father, and their rejection of their Messiah. Instead, God would now steward His laws and precepts through all races of people who obeyed Him, and accepted the Messiah Jesus, under the New Covenant, which gave all believers circumcised hearts, made them priests, and made their bodies Temples. Israel still exist, but is no longer based on race, but rather on faith.
An 👌 excellent SINGING 🐦 🕊️ BIRD background 😁! Yet again!
Thank you Father
Amin
I pray christ lets us all into his heavenly kingdom. My prayers goes to everyone who is struggling with something. 🙏
Something we need to hear this day and age 👍 thanks again 🙏
Father Spyridon, thank you for the wonderful teachings and wisdom as always! I’ve currently bought your book-journey to Mt. Athos and I am currently reading it. Your spiritual journey to joining the Orthodox Church is amazing! And thank you for writing ✍️ it.
What is bitter to body is sweet to spirit
Thankyou Father...with tender love, I listen....we are all brothers and sisters. I 🙏 pray that you are filled more, and more with holy spirit.
I love your videos the way you spread the word of god you helped me so much thank you
Father, brother, I really appreciate your sharing the wisdom and knowledge of God that He has given you by His grace. It is very refreshing, encouraging and strengthening. I see Christ in your gentle nature and your words. Thank you, and may our Lord Jesus Christ continue to bless you with more of His life.
Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Father Spyridon, thank you.. on this (gregorian calendar) Feast Day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. I always forward your videos. Such firm and gentle teachings.
Just like a kind father talking to us, which you are. I won't be able to give a short synopsis of your words as i forward them. I can only encourage friends to watch for themselves. ☦📿💝☦📿☦
I found God but lost everything 🙏
If you have God you have everything!
Striving towards The One Truth of Eastern Orthodoxy! ☦️💙
9:32 "We can only imitate Christ by refusing to love everything that perishes."
Amen to 7:32... We are sinners.. hard to overcome weakness...
HalleluYAH And keep on teaching thee word from thee Word, Rev. Spyridon.
Thank you Father Spyridon.
PROFOUND WORDS!!!
Thank you father Spyridon for another LOUD AND CLEAR wake up call!!!
The unworthy from Las Vegas.
Father i am from Greece i am Orthodox Christian tell me how can i push myself to pray more often also are horror games or horror movies sinful? thank you for your time and for the helpful content you provide us God bless you and your family.
Love Greece. One of the best nations in the world. Christos Anesti! 🇬🇷 ☦️
Αληθώς Ανέστη (Christ is risen)@@feiningerjones738
I am not Fr Spyridon, but I struggle to see any Orthodox clergyman condoning horror games or movies. Anything that stirs the senses towards sinful thoughts and desires is evil, horror games and movies increase our sense of morbidity and nihilism and decreases our distain towards violence and sadism, even senseless violence through entertainment is problematic as it influences our thoughts and emotions. There is no holiness to be found in this. Avoid this poison of the mind. ☦️
I would say it depends brother, if the horror games are satanic then it's obvious we shouldn't play it. If you feel convicted when you watch one or play one then it would be best not to do so. Romans 14:23 - But he who is uncertain [about eating a particular thing] is condemned if he eats, because he is not acting from faith. Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful]. So if you doubt and think it may be sin then run from it, it is sin unto you.
Don't push yourself, you will fail. What worked for me was starting by saying the 3 last Psalms (148,149,150) every day: great Psalms of praise. Make a sacrifice of praise every morning! And tell your spiritual father your intentions and get his blessing. You will find then that you will want to pray more and you will recoil from darkness and things not of God's creation more and more........ so no need to ask the question about horror movies, over time you will lose your taste for them. Greetings from Orthodox Romania!
o my lord and savior Jesus Christ, son of my father god, I pray you'll have mercy on me a sinner and welcome me back into your arms
thank you for your words father
Glory to God. Father bless. ☦️
20 years ago I was very foolish: I've allowed the devil to torture me for 20 to 40 years and then kill me. How can I break the contract. I pray to God daily now and started visiting churches to pray and cry. The devil was after me since I was born, my live was always pain and suffering like I've never belonged to the herd, I've never tasted the promised life (psalm 23).
How can I fully approach a new life due repentance with hellish pain not being taken away from me. After all, it was my choice but I repent.
If I were an angel without knowing, can it be forgiven too, is there hope? or do I need to suffer until the end? It breaks my body and spirit.
20 years are over now, thus I had the chance to remember the deal, but I won't give in. There's no way to escape but with God, but what do I need to do, and how to do it right?
Go to a priest and become a member of the Church. The Church is the ark of salvation. ☦️
@@MJS2376thanks. I will do.
I struggle with the thought that there is no afterlife, a part of me is pulled to think that this life is it and it makes me sad because I'm yet so young and want to live for very long, I love life even with all of its struggles and hardships, whatever ones I've yet had
Such precious teaching. Thank you and may God bless you, Father Spyridon.
Amen, we love you father Spyridon ❤
Amen 🙏 all glory be to our lord Jesus Christ
Amen 🙏
Amen Father...
Praise be ✝️☦️
Amen
I converted to the Russian Orthodox Faith about 2 months ago. I found these such videos helpful and informative. To God be the Glory.
Peace!
Thank you Abba
I know this guy! They were playing guitars about how Jesus just left Chicago and was bound for New Orleans. Only he had on a turned around baseball cap and the other guys name was Billy Something.
Thankyou for this video
God bless you father ☦️☦️🇧🇷
thank you for this video father Spyridon
Happy Thanksgiving
Amen❤❤❤
"He became one of us to reveal perfect humanity" Christ was sinless, punished in the most heinous of ways by a people who were aware that he was sinless.
As usal Fther spot on and thank you so very much and a Happy Thanksgiving to you
Very serene and well spoken. Thank you for sharing this.
Amen.
God Bless you
God bless you.
Amen Lord.
Hello Father thank you for making these videos
I humbly request for you to upload audios on spotify or apple podcasts
Such an amazing video thank you so much
Beautiful, Father. God, may I be open and receptive to His seed of Love and may it bear fruit.
Father May God bless u ❤
A beautiful teaching
Merry Christmas a King is Born been learning from your videos biblical truths Thankyou Father spyridon
Jesus Simplified: The GOLDEN RULE..🌲🏞
Let the weak say: “I am strong, because of what the Lord has done for us”. Let us not make it a “sentimental journey”. 🕊
Thank u father spyridon
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Joy amidst sufferings, true fear of God and a will to truth concerning what we perceive and our perceptions themselves are needed now more than ever.
Well said. Have a blessed week my friend.
Thank God I’m Orthodox
the encounter with Christ that converts the humans heart, according to Paul , Paul and Jesus is the gospel via knowing God's Word:
"I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Rom 1:16)
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? *_So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God._* (Rom 10:15-17)
Peter confirms this:
"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, *_by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever_*
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: *_but the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you._* (1Pt1:22-25)
The Lord said, "IF you continue in my Word *_THEN_* you are my disciple indeed and you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32) bc the Word of God is " able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
_*That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works*_. (2Tim3:15-17)
Goat❤
Could you make a video on the important of mass/divine liturgy?
Благодарим Вас!
Может кто-то подскажет канал, на котором можно слушать православные молитвы на английском языке: перед сном, утреннее правило и т.д. Хотелось бы слышать молитвы на чистом английском языке.
Спаси Господи!
Thanks for this video again and again it helps me, i still have questions on praying to saints beceause they still need to be judged right? If anyone could help it would be nice. Pray for me and God bless✝️
I decided against praying to saints, and instead ask God for the virtue of and ability to please him and reach him as his many known and unknown saints.
Considering how many people from different backgrounds are posting here I'll start off with a basic introduction then work from there. I am Eastern Orthodox Christian just like Fr. Spyridon here is, we are part of the church that goes directly back to Christ. So my answer is coming from the same perspective.
Those who have moved on from this world have already been judged. The Saints are in heaven praying for our souls constantly with the angels. In the book of Revelation they intercede offering up incense to the Lord which is the prayers of those on Earth (Ch. 5 and 8 if I recall correctly). In the book of Tobit the archangel Raphael says he is one of the angels that intercedes for us. If I also recall, Revelation also shows Mary interceding for us.
We don't pray to the saints, only God. We ask the saints to pray for us. Now the question is why do we do this? Answer we love those the Lord loves and as the Bible states, the prayers of the righteous avail much. Do you ask people to pray for you? Do you pray for others? That's intercession, you are praying for someone else's soul or asking someone to pray for yours. People who reject intercession by that logic reject praying for others or asking others to pray for them. How wonderful to have people praying for you and asking them to pray for you.
Thank you a lot for the awnser. God bless✝️
You are absolutely in the right to pray for others and ask them to pray for you. Where it gets questionable is invoking those who have died, declared saints or otherwise, to do so, and is thought by some to be a form of necromancy, a forbidden practice.@@florida5236
. Hi Michelle! When I venerate an Icon of a saint, my prayer is too thank God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, for giving us the saint who helped keep his words for us.
I understand your reluctance, I do not believe it is a Dogma that we must ' pray to ' saints, I have prayed to God for the gifts given to saints.
I think that 'worship' is inherent in our understanding of prayer, so I assume I do not know the ' proper way ' to ' pray to ' a saint.
It should not be a reason to avoid the Church, i humbly recommend avoiding these things you are not comfortable with, and when you feel ready, discuss with the priest. I still am not ready...
Love to you!
Michael
Man, orthodoxy es really powerful.
What do you think about biotechnology, specifically gene editing, and astral projection?
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Father can you make a video on your opinion on Nietzsche and other anti christian philosophers please
I only wish that l was free of sin
Спаси Господи!..
Hello fellow dawg
Hello I was just wondering your opinion on other denominations of christ, and what you think of them and will become of them because a lot of other orthodoxy’s like to bash on protestants even the heavily devoted ones
Herecy, esp protestantism. Please go through old videos. Name is similar to this: why orthodoxy.
I don’t know about other denominations, but I know that orthodoxy is the apostolic church, the historical expression of Christianity. I can see this through simple historical facts as well as continuity in the church fathers. So I don’t worry about other denominations, because orthodoxy is authentic.
@@HubertofLiege what do you believe happens to protestants that have a genuine relationship with god and strive to be better through him
@@natcampo3 You will never get a definitive standard answer. Some will say protestants are doomed, others will say they are uncertain and that protestants can have glimpses of divinity, but not God's "full message" brought about via Orthodoxy. Basically, everyone views their denomination as the definitive way to serve God. Orthodoxy is no different in this regard and believes you _CANNOT_ have a *truly genuine* relationship with God outside it, only a glimpse of what it's like.
Father Spyridon, what do you think about st gabriel of georgia?
I keep his portrait on the wall before me at my desk.