I am an Eastern Orthodox Christian from the Antiochian Church...a convert from Roman Catholicism. Abouna Lazarus' testimony touched my heart. His testimony about the Holy THEOTOKOS was especially touching because I love her so much! Thank you for the series and praise the Lord Jesus!
"I will be your Mother!" Our Blessed Mother Maria is our dear sweet Mother. Mother of Mercy! Yes dear Fr.Lazarus our Life may be dedicated to her. Thank you for your Confession of Love and Faith. And Thank you dear Film-team for all these wonderful enriching episodes. God bless You!
"I will be your Mother!" Our Blessed Mother Maria is our dear sweet Mother. Mother of Mercy! Yes dear Fr.Lazarus our Life may be dedicated to her. Thank you for your Confession of Love and Faith. And Thank you dear Film-team for all these wonderful enriching episodes. God bless You!
Father Lazarus Videos has brought me so much comfort!! In my time of sadness distressed and feeling like I'm walking through the desert alone It comforts me that he's praying for all of us..... Beautiful holy man.!! Thank you Lord For his gifts and words to us all !
Fr. Lazarus the Serbian monastery you speak of is in Melbourne Elaine. I knew the girl that died on that stretch of the road you talked about. My own father is buried there in that same cemetery. It is a beautiful monastery that if you have never been you should visit. It is so tranquil away in the country so you get that sense of isolation from the worlds distraction. I love my orthodox faith, more than anything in this world.
This part made me cry tears of pure happiness at what a moment that must of been,BLESS YOU FATHER LAZARUS HOLY MOTHER MARY OUR ONE TRUE THEOTOKOS✝️🙏🕯️ AMIN✝️
Your story brought me to tears , when my mother died i am really angry with God my foolishness , I star to drink alcohol i am going to party to forget my sadness but this is not the right things i know that then i start to pray to fasting asking God to change my life Glory to God in the Highest answer me my pray , God give me more than i deserve , Thanks God . Even God for give my Sin i am still a Sinner , i am not stop to sin , please Fr. Lazarus ElAnthony pray for me , my name is Hanna
As a child I would go to The Serbian Orthodox Monastery St Sava in Elaine quite often when Monk Gregory was there (now known as Lazarus El Anthony) with my father as we used to help deliver fire wood for the monastery most Saturdays in the winter, in the early 90s. As a child I was amazed to meet a monk that could speak in English. Finally the Serbs in Australia had a English speaking Monk! Monk Gregory was a gentlemen and we always used to have lengthy chats. I cried as a child when he had left the Serbian monastery but i understood why. I am blessed till this day to have known him. Fr Lazarus El Anthony had given me his monastic prayer rope and a collection of the lives of saints in English and a few other items. He is always in my prayers and may the Lord remember you father in his kingdom, now and for ever and until the ages of ages. The Serbian Bishop that Monk Lazarus El Anthony is referring to is Vladika Luka who is currently the Bishop for the Western European diocese. He to was a great Bishop. The čudotvorna ikona of Bogorodica that Fr Lazarus El Anthony refers to is still at the monastery which people are more than welcome to venerate and pray to. If you do go to the Serbian Monastery please bring some olive oil for the hanging vigil lamps for the Mother of God. Let that be a sacrifice to the Mother of God from your hands.
Your story brought me to tears! I am a convert also from Evangelical Protestant to Orthodox Christian. The Theotokos still seems so distant to me. I long to know her as you know her. I hope one day that I will know her love and love her the way that you do.
Virgin mary is the same in every non evangelical church. But no other church praises mother of God like the coptic oriental church. If you are catholic and claim that you only pray for saint Mary then you’re whole faith is wrong. You pray for her son and should do so more than you do to her because her son is the one worthy of all the praise and she would be happy knowing you’re praying for her son more than knowing you pray for her. Don’t get me wrong though.. Saint mary deserves praise because she is the mother of light.
@husserliana Certainly not! Christ is the centre and has always been but the seat of Peter is the only one to recognise her important role to its full extent. Read about Sr Bernadette and Lourdes and please don't forget Fatima .
So many miracles, oh how I wish I could see and hear our blessed mother and lord . I can’t watch this video enough. Fills my heart with owe and love the Devine. Thank you father. How blessed are you. Please pray for me to find that level of grace.
I have hear a lot of similar story in Eritrean, or Ethiopia, this is so beautiful, powerful, May The mother of our lord and savior bless us all. Thank you for sharing your story father Lazarus, this can change so many people’s life.Please remember us on your prayer. 🙏🏽
@maxavail thanks alot for your comment and God bless you. If you would like to share with us your ideas, videos, news, etc... but in English, you can contact us at our e-mail contactus@cycnow.com waiting for your e-mail In Christ CYC
Why make up a story like that?? If he did, he would have mentioned it. Your subjective feeling is yours alone. He told us exactly what happened. I believe each word he relates to us. God bless him for his honesty and genuine love he ha for our Bkessed Virgin-Mother.
St Catherine Laboure had same experience, for hence forth I will be your Mother. St Juan Diego of Guadalupe, the Holy Virgin said. Am I not your Mother here with you.
@40rostik Отец говорит о том, что произошло в сербском монастыре в Австралии, о том, как он сделал земной поклон перед чудотворной иконой Божией Матери и жаловался, что его мать умерла недавно, и он остался один в мире, и Богородицы, выйдя из икона как реальный человек и заговорил с ним и сказал ему, что она будет матерью с того момента. После этого случая он стал монахом. Я надеюсь, что я написала хорошо, я не говорю на русском, но я использовал Google Translate.
Islam is a religion that calls for the worship of the One and Only God, there is no god but Him and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God Islam is a religion that calls for tolerance and non-racism, and Islam talks about the Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary in the Qur’an،
drew binklesworthingtonwood In many parts in the Bible saints were bowing before other men in RESPECT like when Jacop bowing to his brother and Ibrahim bowed before 3 gusts and Zakaraia bowed before the Angel... Etc. there is now for worship and now for respect. God bless you
I would find it difficult on my own finding God without the prayers and support of my brothers and sisters in the faith. In the same way without the saints who are already with God pray and support us. Yes you can find God on your own but I know I can't without the prayers and support of those in the faith but alive or already in Heaven.
We do bow down to God yes yes, but remember he sent his Son to us to redeem us, as well as a perfect Mother spotless. Remember Eve turned away from God she slipped as our earthly Mother also slips. Mary was spotless and a Mother who covers us in her mantle of love and her prayers. A heavenly Mother, she would have to be spotless as she held our Lord in her womb.
It's called reverence and deep respect. Beside he didn't know if he was worshiping or not. He was merely mimicking at that point. But his reward for being open and follow the lead and determination to be free from sadness God rewarded him with great favour in him His own Mother.
Wow, I feel sorry for the loss of your mother Fr. Lazarus. But I am even more saddened by your loss of touch with reality. Dilution is very hard to resist, it is easy to see what we want when we want. People from all faiths have the same stories where their worldly problems are somehow solved by some supernatural being or persona. However, because of all the things we now know about the human brain it is painfully clear that all such testimony is illusory. Unfortunately this is one of our many faults as humans and it is a struggle to overcome it. If we truly want to rise above the our human condition we need to be diligent in wedding ourselves solely to the truth which is rooted in reality and not the imagination. This story could have just as easily been about Mohammed appearing to a fatherless child turned adult looking for a father figure, but it wouldn't make the story any more true. As beautiful as it is, it is only that, beautiful not real. Peace and love to you father.
+Ruiyang Zou can I just say, +Luke Hanna you both, expressing your opinions, with full respect and honour to the man, as two human beings searching for peace and freedom from the human condition, it just warms my heart. I wish all of man-kind could speak like this.
+Luke Hanna I dont think that Father Lazarus has internet my friend. But i think your message was probably directed towards the viewers any way. there are many mysteries in this world, i hope that you wont stop short of what you have learned from modern psychology and science. did you happen to watch the videos that preceded this one? father lazarus was a well educated atheist, he knows all about the illusions and pains of the human brain. Most of us westerners know of those illusions. what we don't know about is the heart. You may be convinced that there is nothing more in this world than material, so why not consider what father lazarus has said as truth? does everything need to be perfectly explained to be truth? don't close your self off to something because of skepticism, that is one of our many faults as humans and it is a struggle to overcome it.
This is real. Just because you are blind it does not mean there is no sun. Most people are blind to the spirtual world but that does not mean it does not exist.
OH NO MARY AND ALL THE SAINTS HAVE NO PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, SHOW ME IN THE BIBLE WHERE MARY BECOMES ""queen of heaven "" .NO ONE CAN SAVE THEMSELVES. ONLY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS AND REPENTANCE.
Watching from Ethiopia 😢 😔😔😔
I am an Eastern Orthodox Christian from the Antiochian Church...a convert from Roman Catholicism. Abouna Lazarus' testimony touched my heart. His testimony about the Holy THEOTOKOS was especially touching because I love her so much! Thank you for the series and praise the Lord Jesus!
I am anglican, but I found this profoundly beautiful, as I do so much about Orthodox spirituality. It hits me in the heart.
"I will be your Mother!" Our Blessed Mother Maria is our dear sweet Mother. Mother of Mercy! Yes dear Fr.Lazarus our Life may be dedicated to her.
Thank you for your Confession of Love and Faith. And Thank you dear Film-team for all these wonderful enriching episodes. God bless You!
"I will be your Mother!" Our Blessed Mother Maria is our dear sweet Mother. Mother of Mercy! Yes dear Fr.Lazarus our Life may be dedicated to her.
Thank you for your Confession of Love and Faith. And Thank you dear Film-team for all these wonderful enriching episodes. God bless You!
Truly mother Mary is blessed. She has led so many people to her son. ☦️☦️☦️
Father Lazarus Videos has brought me so much comfort!! In my time of sadness distressed and feeling like I'm walking through the desert alone It comforts me that he's praying for all of us..... Beautiful holy man.!! Thank you Lord For his gifts and words to us all !
Fr. Lazarus the Serbian monastery you speak of is in Melbourne Elaine. I knew the girl that died on that stretch of the road you talked about. My own father is buried there in that same cemetery. It is a beautiful monastery that if you have never been you should visit. It is so tranquil away in the country so you get that sense of isolation from the worlds distraction. I love my orthodox faith, more than anything in this world.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Quick question: do you know him before he became a monk??
Can you please give me the address? I would love to go.
Glory to Father Son and the Holy Spirit One God Amen
This part made me cry tears of pure happiness at what a moment that must of been,BLESS YOU FATHER LAZARUS
HOLY MOTHER MARY OUR ONE TRUE THEOTOKOS✝️🙏🕯️
AMIN✝️
Your story brought me to tears , when my mother died i am really angry with God my foolishness , I star to drink alcohol i am going to party to forget my sadness but this is not the right things i know that then i start to pray to fasting asking God to change my life Glory to God in the Highest answer me my pray , God give me more than i deserve , Thanks God . Even God for give my Sin i am still a Sinner , i am not stop to sin , please Fr. Lazarus ElAnthony pray for me , my name is Hanna
As a child I would go to The Serbian Orthodox Monastery St Sava in Elaine quite often when Monk Gregory was there (now known as Lazarus El Anthony) with my father as we used to help deliver fire wood for the monastery most Saturdays in the winter, in the early 90s.
As a child I was amazed to meet a monk that could speak in English. Finally the Serbs in Australia had a English speaking Monk! Monk Gregory was a gentlemen and we always used to have lengthy chats.
I cried as a child when he had left the Serbian monastery but i understood why. I am blessed till this day to have known him.
Fr Lazarus El Anthony had given me his monastic prayer rope and a collection of the lives of saints in English and a few other items. He is always in my prayers and may the Lord remember you father in his kingdom, now and for ever and until the ages of ages.
The Serbian Bishop that Monk Lazarus El Anthony is referring to is Vladika Luka who is currently the Bishop for the Western European diocese. He to was a great Bishop.
The čudotvorna ikona of Bogorodica that Fr Lazarus El Anthony refers to is still at the monastery which people are more than welcome to venerate and pray to. If you do go to the Serbian Monastery please bring some olive oil for the hanging vigil lamps for the Mother of God. Let that be a sacrifice to the Mother of God from your hands.
You are very lucky ,this monk is blessed men chosen by God,I'm orthodox as well...
Your story brought me to tears! I am a convert also from Evangelical Protestant to Orthodox Christian. The Theotokos still seems so distant to me. I long to know her as you know her. I hope one day that I will know her love and love her the way that you do.
There's a reason for everything.
Virgin mary is the same in every non evangelical church. But no other church praises mother of God like the coptic oriental church. If you are catholic and claim that you only pray for saint Mary then you’re whole faith is wrong. You pray for her son and should do so more than you do to her because her son is the one worthy of all the praise and she would be happy knowing you’re praying for her son more than knowing you pray for her. Don’t get me wrong though.. Saint mary deserves praise because she is the mother of light.
@husserliana Certainly not! Christ is the centre and has always been but the seat of Peter is the only one to recognise her important role to its full extent. Read about Sr Bernadette and Lourdes and please don't forget Fatima .
@@otakuwolfgamer9029 Read Catholic doctrine plz, it seems people are just writing nonsense about what Catholics believe and have no clue.
@@smathias7840 are you catholic or orthodox?
Father Lazarus videos has brought me so much comfort! In my time of need ,sadness and distress ....feeling
Love conquers everything and God is love. Heart touching testimony. Thank Lord for his mercy and love for us!
It really broke my heart hearing about how he was beaten and bullied. I am glad he is whole now.
So many miracles, oh how I wish I could see and hear our blessed mother and lord . I can’t watch this video enough. Fills my heart with owe and love the Devine. Thank you father. How blessed are you. Please pray for me to find that level of grace.
Eastern Orthodox ways of devotion are interesting and a direct way to connect with the Object of devotion.
How beautiful!!!
Yes Jesus helped us in every way, he redeemed us and gave us a spotless Mother!!!!!
This is the most beautiful testimony I have heard in as long as I can remember. I am so grateful for this monk and this video and this channel.
what breath taking true story!...thank u so much for sharing ur life experience!
I have hear a lot of similar story in Eritrean, or Ethiopia, this is so beautiful, powerful, May The mother of our lord and savior bless us all. Thank you for sharing your story father Lazarus, this can change so many people’s life.Please remember us on your prayer. 🙏🏽
The most beautiful on youtube
Again i am watching this after several years...I Love this man,...!!!
Fr Lazarus. Thanks for sharing
I found that really moving. How beautiful!
AMEN bless you Father
So beautiful just soo beautiful >:)
He really 'saw' and 'heard' Mary, when he said, "...in an instant." And the fruit of the vision is a conversion of life.
@maxavail thanks alot for your comment and God bless you. If you would like to share with us your ideas, videos, news, etc... but in English, you can contact us at our e-mail contactus@cycnow.com waiting for your e-mail In Christ CYC
how much is nice ,,
,how much is good man
When he looked to the left at the very end I have a feeling he got a glimpse of his mother Mary.
Why make up a story like that?? If he did, he would have mentioned it. Your subjective feeling is yours alone. He told us exactly what happened. I believe each word he relates to us. God bless him for his honesty and genuine love he ha for our Bkessed Virgin-Mother.
so beautiful
@8:30 she is lovely mother of love.
St Catherine Laboure had same experience, for hence forth I will be your Mother.
St Juan Diego of Guadalupe, the Holy Virgin said. Am I not your Mother here with you.
@40rostik Отец говорит о том, что произошло в сербском монастыре в Австралии, о том, как он сделал земной поклон перед чудотворной иконой Божией Матери и жаловался, что его мать умерла недавно, и он остался один в мире, и Богородицы, выйдя из икона как реальный человек и заговорил с ним и сказал ему, что она будет матерью с того момента. После этого случая он стал монахом. Я надеюсь, что я написала хорошо, я не говорю на русском, но я использовал Google Translate.
Fr..how could a protestant get lord with out the right belief.
Islam is a religion that calls for the worship of the One and Only God, there is no god but Him and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God Islam is a religion that calls for tolerance and non-racism, and Islam talks about the Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary in the Qur’an،
Why focus so much on st.mary? I thought we bow down to God and his son only?
drew binklesworthingtonwood
In many parts in the Bible saints were bowing before other men in RESPECT like when Jacop bowing to his brother and Ibrahim bowed before 3 gusts and Zakaraia bowed before the Angel... Etc. there is now for worship and now for respect. God bless you
I would find it difficult on my own finding God without the prayers and support of my brothers and sisters in the faith. In the same way without the saints who are already with God pray and support us. Yes you can find God on your own but I know I can't without the prayers and support of those in the faith but alive or already in Heaven.
We do bow down to God yes yes, but remember he sent his Son to us to redeem us, as well as a perfect Mother spotless. Remember Eve turned away from God she slipped as our earthly Mother also slips. Mary was spotless and a Mother who covers us in her mantle of love and her prayers. A heavenly Mother, she would have to be spotless as she held our Lord in her womb.
It's called reverence and deep respect. Beside he didn't know if he was worshiping or not. He was merely mimicking at that point. But his reward for being open and follow the lead and determination to be free from sadness God rewarded him with great favour in him His own Mother.
Wow, I feel sorry for the loss of your mother Fr. Lazarus. But I am even more saddened by your loss of touch with reality. Dilution is very hard to resist, it is easy to see what we want when we want. People from all faiths have the same stories where their worldly problems are somehow solved by some supernatural being or persona. However, because of all the things we now know about the human brain it is painfully clear that all such testimony is illusory. Unfortunately this is one of our many faults as humans and it is a struggle to overcome it. If we truly want to rise above the our human condition we need to be diligent in wedding ourselves solely to the truth which is rooted in reality and not the imagination. This story could have just as easily been about Mohammed appearing to a fatherless child turned adult looking for a father figure, but it wouldn't make the story any more true. As beautiful as it is, it is only that, beautiful not real. Peace and love to you father.
I really don't think that was a delusion. This is only my opinion.
+Ruiyang Zou can I just say, +Luke Hanna you both, expressing your opinions, with full respect and honour to the man, as two human beings searching for peace and freedom from the human condition, it just warms my heart. I wish all of man-kind could speak like this.
+Luke Hanna I dont think that Father Lazarus has internet my friend. But i think your message was probably directed towards the viewers any way. there are many mysteries in this world, i hope that you wont stop short of what you have learned from modern psychology and science. did you happen to watch the videos that preceded this one? father lazarus was a well educated atheist, he knows all about the illusions and pains of the human brain. Most of us westerners know of those illusions. what we don't know about is the heart. You may be convinced that there is nothing more in this world than material, so why not consider what father lazarus has said as truth? does everything need to be perfectly explained to be truth? don't close your self off to something because of skepticism, that is one of our many faults as humans and it is a struggle to overcome it.
you guys are rationalists
This is real. Just because you are blind it does not mean there is no sun. Most people are blind to the spirtual world but that does not mean it does not exist.
OH NO MARY AND ALL THE SAINTS HAVE NO PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, SHOW ME IN THE BIBLE WHERE MARY BECOMES ""queen of heaven "" .NO ONE CAN SAVE THEMSELVES. ONLY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS AND REPENTANCE.