Best memory: talking to a friendly St. Bernard dog named 'Olaf' as his head filled my entire lap, very calming as I was lonely, wandering the neighborhood for someone to talk to every day as a little kid. But it was a safe, beautiful place to be lonely and I learned to entertain myself by observing nature. This was the best place to be while my parents yelled at each other for years before finally getting a divorce in 1972...repeat of the same, on again, off again marriage, for many years. June 3, 2022
Hi DogCat Party! Thank you for replying. I’m so sorry about your parents and the things you went through. I know what it’s like to feel alone and it can weigh you down. This dog sounds like a great buddy to be around and that’s adorable his name is Olaf. I hope this video brought you great flashbacks of that dog. May God be with you!
@Giuseppe Yes, there’s Saint Savvas of Serbia, Saint Nina of Georgia, Saint Olga of Kiev, Saint Theneva of Scotland, Saint David of Whales, Saint Patrick of Ireland, etc. Let me know which saint you would like me to do next. I will also be posting post-schism Orthodox saints for others to learn about along with Old Testament saints.
@Giuseppe Thank you but Orthodox Christians celebrate All Saints in the summer after Pentecost. We also commemorate Saint Lucilla on December 13th on the Orthodox Liturgical calendar. Today is the feast day of Sts. Stachys, Andrew, Amplias, Apelles, Urban, Aristobulus, and Narcissus of the 70, the holy martyr Epimachus of Alexandra, and Nicholas the new martyr of Chios.
I first learned of Saint Olav while reading Kristin Lavransdatter earlier this year. Thank you for sharing about his history, it brought fullness to both that story and my newly developing relationship with the saints.
Hello! Christ is born! Glorify Him! I’m so glad you enjoyed this video. I’m currently working on other videos of saints. I think I need to read Kristin Lavransdatter.
There is not one saint that is sinless. Every person is capable of sinning but there isn’t many articles that backs up your point about him using violence to spread Christianity.
Modern historians generally agree[ that Olaf was inclined to violence and brutality, and note that earlier scholars often neglected this side of his character because of christian bias. And don't even get me started on his godfather Olaf Tryggvasson. he used forced conversion through means such as exile, hostage taking, mutilation, torture, lies, and death for those who refused as well as destroying pagan temples. And he hit queen Sigrid of Sweden for refusing to marry him and leave her ancestors faith. And this is from christian sources btw, so they should have no motive to lie. Infact, that makes it interesting of what we -do not- know. If we know that much. @@ninapaliouras2054
This seems a bit inaccurate because there aren’t many articles and resources out there to point out the truth about these things. Times were different back then and when he encountered the faith, his heart changed. Yes, he has sinned like all of us but only God knows more about his life than we know.
Its not inaccurate because you could not find some baked articles in a few mintues. Its from the Norse Sagas (recorded by christians). Closely to the times when these people lived. I think you're just in denial of the brutality committed against the innocent pagan men, women and children. Because the ends justify the means in your eyes. I can say as a swede (and partly norwegian) we are taught zero about this at school. So Seems like a pretty major thing to miss out on, your entire ancestors faith and large part of culture almost being whiped out by foreign influence. Dumbing it down to "they peacefully converted over time". When we have christian sources from that time period, giving many examples of it not being so in many chases.@@ninapaliouras2054
Best memory: talking to a friendly St. Bernard dog named 'Olaf' as his head filled my entire lap, very calming as I was lonely, wandering the neighborhood for someone to talk to every day as a little kid. But it was a safe, beautiful place to be lonely and I learned to entertain myself by observing nature. This was the best place to be while my parents yelled at each other for years before finally getting a divorce in 1972...repeat of the same, on again, off again marriage, for many years. June 3, 2022
Hi DogCat Party! Thank you for replying. I’m so sorry about your parents and the things you went through. I know what it’s like to feel alone and it can weigh you down. This dog sounds like a great buddy to be around and that’s adorable his name is Olaf. I hope this video brought you great flashbacks of that dog. May God be with you!
@Giuseppe Yes, there’s Saint Savvas of Serbia, Saint Nina of Georgia, Saint Olga of Kiev, Saint Theneva of Scotland, Saint David of Whales, Saint Patrick of Ireland, etc. Let me know which saint you would like me to do next. I will also be posting post-schism Orthodox saints for others to learn about along with Old Testament saints.
@Giuseppe That would be Saint Anastasia the Pharmacist
@Giuseppe Thank you but Orthodox Christians celebrate All Saints in the summer after Pentecost. We also commemorate Saint Lucilla on December 13th on the Orthodox Liturgical calendar. Today is the feast day of Sts. Stachys, Andrew, Amplias, Apelles, Urban, Aristobulus, and Narcissus of the 70, the holy martyr Epimachus of Alexandra, and Nicholas the new martyr of Chios.
God bless you ☦️🙏🏻
We need more content on the life of Saint Olaf of Norway.
St. Olaf, pray for us!
Thank you! I do agree with you, we need more content on Saint Olaf. More people need to know of Western Orthodox saints.
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I first learned of Saint Olav while reading Kristin Lavransdatter earlier this year. Thank you for sharing about his history, it brought fullness to both that story and my newly developing relationship with the saints.
Hello! Christ is born! Glorify Him! I’m so glad you enjoyed this video. I’m currently working on other videos of saints. I think I need to read Kristin Lavransdatter.
Loved listening to this!
Thank you so much!
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Ah yes Saint Olaf (also known as Olaf the fat). Who tortured, lied and killed to spread christianity during the "pagan darkness"
There is not one saint that is sinless. Every person is capable of sinning but there isn’t many articles that backs up your point about him using violence to spread Christianity.
Modern historians generally agree[ that Olaf was inclined to violence and brutality, and note that earlier scholars often neglected this side of his character because of christian bias. And don't even get me started on his godfather Olaf Tryggvasson. he used forced conversion through means such as exile, hostage taking, mutilation, torture, lies, and death for those who refused as well as destroying pagan temples.
And he hit queen Sigrid of Sweden for refusing to marry him and leave her ancestors faith. And this is from christian sources btw, so they should have no motive to lie. Infact, that makes it interesting of what we -do not- know. If we know that much. @@ninapaliouras2054
This seems a bit inaccurate because there aren’t many articles and resources out there to point out the truth about these things. Times were different back then and when he encountered the faith, his heart changed. Yes, he has sinned like all of us but only God knows more about his life than we know.
Its not inaccurate because you could not find some baked articles in a few mintues. Its from the Norse Sagas (recorded by christians). Closely to the times when these people lived. I think you're just in denial of the brutality committed against the innocent pagan men, women and children. Because the ends justify the means in your eyes. I can say as a swede (and partly norwegian) we are taught zero about this at school. So
Seems like a pretty major thing to miss out on, your entire ancestors faith and large part of culture almost being whiped out by foreign influence. Dumbing it down to "they peacefully converted over time". When we have christian sources from that time period, giving many examples of it not being so in many chases.@@ninapaliouras2054
@@Surtur99 "Judge not, that you be not judged." - Matthew 7:1