Some young men are like that but I’ve seen them begin to attend churches and then flake out. They don’t know how to be parishioners. And they don’t meet young women there either so they generally leave soon after coming.
A guy at my church said while the more liberal, progressive religious orders in America were losing members the old-school, conservative ones weren't. There weren't that many of them to begin with, but there are not many fewer now.
@@Nicecatholicgirl among American Catholics and probably elsewhere. There is the whole orthobro thing here and in Europe too. Religiosity seems to correlate among young men with political and social conservatism. Not so much among women because adherence to traditional religion largely correlates with low regard for women’s reproductive freedom and a backward-looking idea of femininity. Western societies are moving toward divorce of gender cultures. Pretty soon monasticism will be a far more attractive option for more men as women become unavailable to them.
I was surprised to learn this! Im so glad that Orthodox Christianity attracts more people of Finland. I dont know if it is only my feeling but it seems to me that todays moral values dissapoint many young people and not only them. Greetings from Russia!
Eastern Finland is and has been traditionally orthodox since like novgorod era and orthodoxy is officially recognized as the another 'national' church here besides lutheranism :) (protestants form the majority of finns, and orthodox are minority). There is the New Valaam monastery and Lintula convent here, very beautiful places to visit :)
Have you criticized your highly beloved president for the war and thousands of children and innocent people lost? I bet you consider him an epitome of good morals
@@kingsleynwofe1244 Keep religion and politics separate, please. And please try not to be prejudiced and project shit. You know nothing about OP. Not every Russian agrees with Putin. Try to be humble. But first and foremost, keep politics out of religion.
How is the Albanian church doing these days? Abp. Anastasios is the most respected senior bishop in Orthodoxy. May he live forever, or at least until they can find someone half as great.
@@knockoutfever4 I'm not sure brother 🤔 but before 1991 Colombia was a Roman Catholic country by constitution so i guess the Orthodox Church had biggest limitations back then and was only allowed to foreigners, there is a Greek Church in Bogotá that dates from the 50's and now they are building temples in the Amazonian Part in the south of the country
I'm Orthodox in the USA. Welcome Aboard!!!!! I used to be Protestant too. Orthodoxy encourages everyone to be at least slightly monastic each and every day. Regular fasting from animal products , hours of prayer and study daily, regular alm giving most definitely changes you life!!
@@fage5917yes of course orthodoxy had 1000 years of roots in finland but still it does not matter if one is born in orthodox family or not. One must live orthodox life and being born in orthodox family does not save anyone it might become even harder in the day of the great judgement for those who are born into orthodoxy bit did not take it seriously.
What are other Orthodox church practices that can be included in the daily lives of other Christians?Where can I read about these articles of faith? If possible, recommend websites and books.Thanks
Im from texas and have been investigating monastic life for a year now. I dont feel like i will find happiness in this world and all my years here have shown this to be more and more relevant. I already know how to sacrifice so much just to pay rent and eat a meal, perhaps the monk life would come easier than it would if i was used to comfort and abundance. I have been an inquirer at a russian orthodox church as well and have learned so much more than i did as a methodist growing up. I feel it is worth a try.
Can't believe Luther & his followers largely rejected monasticism. To God be the glory for its albeit limited existence in Finland today. I pray that more Finns return to the Lord & discern their vocation, especially young women with the Catholic Christian Brigittines.
@@nazortubequite interestingly one of those few lutheran monasteries in world actially exist in finland, google Monastic Community of Enonkoski :) its founded in 1994. Besides this we ofc have the more traditional the orthodox monastery here too (New Valamo monastery) and orthodox nunnery (Lintula convent), i dont think we have any catholics tho(?)
@@nazortube yep, even i didnt know until recently, it was suprising, but then i thought monasteries actually do make lot of sense in the context of finnish christianity :D
@@jamesmccann355 Yes. Because I do not believe that christianity can solve 2024 problems, such as the immigr. of people with less good quality of phenotype, the energy/natural resources limitation(s) problems, the environmental probelm(s), the biodiversity problem(s). A new religion perhaps.
@@jamesmccann355 Yes, it could be a bad thing. Especially for his reasons why he became a monk. He likes the “patriarchal and conservative” aspect of religion, instead of the part where he has to take responsibility and see what he has unselfishly to give, he looks for his own benefits of religion.
I'm 23 years old, I'm from Italy and I'm Roman Catholic. Lord willing, I will be joining the Dominican friars next year. Even thought we are separated, I'm still happy that many young men are choosing to commit their lives to Our Lord in a religious vocation. I hope we and our Orthodox brothers will be united again some day ❤🇻🇦☦️
yeah, so... since they aren't saying what you want them to say, then surely it has to be that the awful government-funded media is editing out parts of the conversation... sure bud. You wouldn't even have heard about them if it wasn't for this awful government-funded media's short doc... You don't make much sense, don't you?
When was Finland orthodox to begin with? I do not believe that the future of Finland lies in christianity, as well as the rest of the world. Greetings from Athens, Greece.
it never was, not even during the short lived Russian occupation; But, given how Lutheran churches are now imploding, theologically speaking, and Catholicism isn't in a very good place(and I say that as an agnostic leaning very much towards Rome!), the Orthodox striation of Christianity seems to be gaining ground.
I don’t like how secular news organizations will just label it “politics” when describing the trend of conversion. Yes, our values come into play, but to insinuate that politics plays an instrumental role in conversion to what has become a relatively non-political church is misleading. With all due respect, this piece of journalism is incomplete
Instead of just talking about it being “conservative and patriarchal,” he should have spoke more about how being an Orthodox Christian is about taking stock of yourself, acknowledging and repenting of your sins. Instead of just saying “I haven’t killed anyone, I’m a good person,” you acknowledge that you are a sinner, and there are things I do in my life keeping me from following Christ’s commandments to Love God with all my heart, and love my neighbor as myself.
I’m sure he was asked a bunch of more interesting questions which the editors chose to cut. You’ll notice that mainstream media stories about Christianity never talk about Christ
Nice. I'm an American who loves Finnish culture- even doing folk dancing😊 I am learning Finnish and have recently learned the Jesus prayer. Herra Jeesus Kristus Jumalan Poika, armadha minua synista.
I think it's awesome that vocations to the monastic life are growing in the Orthodox Church in Finland but I have to wonder what is going on in the Catholic Church. Is there something similar occurring in the Catholic Church? I'm a Roman Catholic, love my Orthodox brothers and sisters in Christ, and will continue to pray for them. Hopefully, we can all one day be united as one Church again.
Eastern Finland is and has traditionally been Orthodox Christian like idk something like ~800 years by now or so xD so not exactly returning to anything, just continuing as per usual :)
Good for all of you young men who are litrally finding refuge and spiritual peace in life through religion, Christ and his church! I am thinking myself as well commiting to a monastic life here in Serbian Orthodox Church.
As a child we always said grace at the table before eating and then........ you know the ways of the world. I introduced saying grace a few years back. Even a simple gesture of gratitude such as saying grace before eating will bring a drop of the grace of G*d into the heart. "Dripping water wears away stone". Wonderful documentary. Thank you.
Having children is completely unaffordable in West, so that's why couples are going childless and moving away from the church. Christians need to do more to help young families. Offering food and childcare assistance to Christian families would be a big help. In the US, there is a Christian eco-village where families can live in affordable homes and help each other out by sharing home grown vegetables. The West needs more of this.
Absolutely not, men should become more liberal everywhere. Liberals also have children and with much more common sense and tolerance than Christian or religious in general.
I think religious beliefs will only continue to drop amongst women. Women are becoming more and more liberal every year while men remain largely unchanged in their conservative beliefs, if not slightly more conservative. There is a growing divide between men and women that only seems to be getting worse.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️✝️✝️…Orthodoxy is not about bells and whistles, proselytizing or public attention…it’s about the soul and preparing it for Heaven and the Father’s approval. Today, too many people think this short stay on earth is it and live like this is all there is to our existence. The world pushes people to religion and many stained religions push people towards Orthodoxy. It’s not a football game where one wins while the others lose - it’s about ensuring our soul returns from what it came.
I can relate to him. Getting married and having kids sounds like a nice dream, but it's a highly unaffordable one. It's sad the West has gotten to a point where having kids is so unaffordable.
I was thinking the same today: you marry and take a mortgage for 20-30 years. After 3 years your first baby born the monthly expenses of a decent kindergarten (if u want your child to be treated well). After kindergarten the school, a private school if you want a good education for your child. That is expensive insanely. After 12 years of expensive school, the university! Another huge expense! Holy-moly! And this is just 1 child! A child is expensive😢 you have to work your ass off, and no time is left for God and spiritual life. Maybe it's better not to rush to marry, after all the meaning of life is not marriage. The meaning of life is God. God bless you.😊
highly unaffordable while m ohammuduns in Europe and the West still procreate and have 6-12 children each? God said He will provide, so follow God’s Laws and He will take good care of you.
@@PohjanKarhuI recently read the 2023 birth rate in Finland was extreme low . It won't get better with NATOLBGTQI . Still I miss Finish licorice . Its the best !
@@Mikkihiiri27 Still more than one. The other one is for nuns. Which I guess goes against the narrative of this interview that wants to focus on the divide between men and women. How typical...
I love Finns. May God convert more Finnish men and women to Orthodoxy and love each other. I wish strong faith to finnish monks, monastic doing is hard.
russia (moscow) did not give us the Orthodox faith. Orthodoxy came to Finland through Kiev and Novgorod. russia didn't exist then and moscow was a small village
You heard about Holy Rus. That started in Kiev. Ukraine didn't exist before 1918. All the saints in Kievo Lavra are Russians. Read their lifes. Nobody know so called ukranian language then
To people outside Finland. The majority of Finnish youth is atheist and will stay like that, but the ones who are actually religious are mostly Lutheran, Orthodoxy is minority.
GOD BLESS THEM AND REMEMBER THEY ARE ORTHODOXE PRAYING FOR THE HOLE WORKD AND FOR FINLAND. ORTHODOXY ATRACTS BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST AND THE RIGHT FAITH.
I chose marriage. In hindsight knowing what I now know about liberalism and it’s corrosive effects on morality and culture, given my time again I would be very enticed by the possibilities of a life completely devoted to serving God and the wonders it promises.
There are two national churches (as opposed to state churches): the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Protestant), which is the primary religion representing 65.2% of the population by the end of 2022, and the Finnish Orthodox Church, to which about 1.1% of the population belongs.Those who officially belong to one of the two national churches have part of their taxes turned over to their respective church (approximately 1-2% of income). Luckily, this keeps the churches going at a time when, in many parts of Europe, religion seems to be on a downward trajectory.
Becoming an Orthodox Christian, or even becoming a monk, not because of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, but because of the need for stability and an affinity to a conservative life-style - an affinity that tends to be gender-specific. A distinct trend in Finnish Orthodoxy and in other local Orthodox jurisdictions that should attract the interest of sociologists of religion and requires attentive and critical theological reflection. But, most importantly, the ranks of the Church hierarchy must focus on this tendency and act according to the ecclesial ethos.
Greetings! The interviews in this video were largely cut and only emphasised on the aspects of it that sounded interesting to the journalists. These monks have made a decision of faith, not conservative politics. Consider this, if they had wanted to dedicate their lives to conservative values would they have entered a monastery in which they renounce all influence in politics? Monks are not allowed to have political agendas left or right. Always keep a critical lense to what you hear or read from the news.
@@Mikkihiiri27 Greetings! This is a valid point indeed. However, I observe some converts in the Anglosphere, including Finnland, and the identity Motivation does indeed play a role. And it needs proper addressing by the ecclesial hierarchy. And, I mean, even the everyday experience shows that there are far less young women attending Orthodox services than young men.
@@smilenmarkov3840 In the Anglosphere it is true that young men are becoming part of the Church in droves, but outside of the Anglosphere women make up the majority of the laity. As for why that is the case, I don't know enough to give a true answer. I've heard rumors and anecdotes at best.
@@mcolby7214 Christ does not simply lead us. He feeds us. He gives Himself to us in order that we are saved. He is the Road. And the goal of the Rode is He, not some kind of spiritual perfection. The encounter with Him is an event which is the Church. Hence the liturgy and the hierarchy of the Church. Nothing in Christ can happen through our individual efforts or merits only. If we seek in Church things of this world, including important and valuable things for us, such as stability, identity, traditional values, etc., we are not living the Church properly. In other words, we are using our smartphone to break walnuts.
There is unfortunately only 61000 orthodox fins in the whole country, combining the Constantinople and the Moscow jurisdiction, but hopefully they will reject the Lutheran heresy and more join back into native mother Church
This is not entirely true. The Slavic Orthodox are more averse to have records of themselves whereas Finns are very accustomed to it. This has lead to them not joining the official records. Unofficial estimates of unrecorded orthodox in Finland double the numbers, even triple.
New vocations are great news. But if we’re talking of only a hundred or so this is not a huge change in trend. I’ll wait for the thousands to flood before I declare the European vocation crisis over
The title is misleading. The actual fact is revealed only at the end of the clip: "only 1 percent of Finns are Christian Orthodox." Of that 1 percent, an even smaller fraction chooses to embrace monastic life.
The modern alternative, the modern way to live doesnt interess peoples from middle class which have renunced to be bearer of the spirituality in order to choose the "material race"
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God Bless Finlandia! Lot of love from Greece 🇫🇮☦️🇬🇷
❤❤❤
This is my experience in parish life as well. The young men have returned, wanting traditional, reverent and serious forms of Christianity
Вратили се Богу и себи.
Some young men are like that but I’ve seen them begin to attend churches and then flake out. They don’t know how to be parishioners. And they don’t meet young women there either so they generally leave soon after coming.
A guy at my church said while the more liberal, progressive religious orders in America were losing members the old-school, conservative ones weren't. There weren't that many of them to begin with, but there are not many fewer now.
@@Nicecatholicgirl among American Catholics and probably elsewhere. There is the whole orthobro thing here and in Europe too. Religiosity seems to correlate among young men with political and social conservatism. Not so much among women because adherence to traditional religion largely correlates with low regard for women’s reproductive freedom and a backward-looking idea of femininity. Western societies are moving toward divorce of gender cultures. Pretty soon monasticism will be a far more attractive option for more men as women become unavailable to them.
@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 "Reproductive rights" is an odd way to say the right to murder a baby.
God bless them!
My heart is full of joy when I see something like this. Greetings from a young Orthodox Christian from Serbia 🇷🇸 God bless you all ☦️
I was surprised to learn this! Im so glad that Orthodox Christianity attracts more people of Finland. I dont know if it is only my feeling but it seems to me that todays moral values dissapoint many young people and not only them.
Greetings from Russia!
Eastern Finland is and has been traditionally orthodox since like novgorod era and orthodoxy is officially recognized as the another 'national' church here besides lutheranism :)
(protestants form the majority of finns, and orthodox are minority).
There is the New Valaam monastery and Lintula convent here, very beautiful places to visit :)
Finnish Orthodox Church is separeted from russian on
Have you criticized your highly beloved president for the war and thousands of children and innocent people lost? I bet you consider him an epitome of good morals
@@kingsleynwofe1244 what an out of place comment; take your politics concerns elsewhere!
@@kingsleynwofe1244 Keep religion and politics separate, please. And please try not to be prejudiced and project shit. You know nothing about OP. Not every Russian agrees with Putin. Try to be humble. But first and foremost, keep politics out of religion.
God give you strength. Greetings from Albania!
How is the Albanian church doing these days? Abp. Anastasios is the most respected senior bishop in Orthodoxy. May he live forever, or at least until they can find someone half as great.
@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 Bless you for saying that.
I am returning to Holy Orthodoxy here in Seattle ☦️🇺🇸
Враћаш се, а у ствари идеш напред. Добро дошао, брате наш 💒
💪☦️ I'm also in WA
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@ApolloLeRouxgooo where?
Glory to The Father and to The Son and to The Holy Spirit❤❤☦️
Amen
God be praised!!!! This gives such hope and joy.
I'm Orthodox from Colombia in South America, greetings ☦️🇨🇴
Oh, you have f. Timothy there, brother, one of the greatest bishops today...
How long has orthodoxy been in Columbia?
@@knockoutfever4
I'm not sure brother 🤔 but before 1991 Colombia was a Roman Catholic country by constitution so i guess the Orthodox Church had biggest limitations back then and was only allowed to foreigners, there is a Greek Church in Bogotá that dates from the 50's and now they are building temples in the Amazonian Part in the south of the country
I'm Orthodox in the USA. Welcome Aboard!!!!!
I used to be Protestant too.
Orthodoxy encourages everyone to be at least slightly monastic each and every day. Regular fasting from animal products , hours of prayer and study daily, regular alm giving most definitely changes you life!!
Most of them were born Orthodox. Orthodoxy has a long history in Finland and it is not a new phenomenon here.
@@fage5917yes of course orthodoxy had 1000 years of roots in finland but still it does not matter if one is born in orthodox family or not. One must live orthodox life and being born in orthodox family does not save anyone it might become even harder in the day of the great judgement for those who are born into orthodoxy bit did not take it seriously.
What are other Orthodox church practices that can be included in the daily lives of other Christians?Where can I read about these articles of faith? If possible, recommend websites and books.Thanks
What he said makes sense. How wonderful to see this video. Thank you.
A thousand blessings among the Finnish people❤️🙏☦️
Glory to the Lord! God bless them. I visited this holy place this summer. A true grace ☦️
You are always wellcome in Greece brother, we are an Orthodox nation
🇬🇷☦️
Im from texas and have been investigating monastic life for a year now. I dont feel like i will find happiness in this world and all my years here have shown this to be more and more relevant. I already know how to sacrifice so much just to pay rent and eat a meal, perhaps the monk life would come easier than it would if i was used to comfort and abundance. I have been an inquirer at a russian orthodox church as well and have learned so much more than i did as a methodist growing up. I feel it is worth a try.
God Bless you brother, definitely talk with your spiritual father about it. May the Lord have mercy on us ☦️
I guess you are familiar with the Austin's monastery. I think it is worth the visit.
Can't believe Luther & his followers largely rejected monasticism. To God be the glory for its albeit limited existence in Finland today. I pray that more Finns return to the Lord & discern their vocation, especially young women with the Catholic Christian Brigittines.
but these days u can find a lutheran franciscans or benedictines. they are few lutheran monasteries around the globe
@@nazortubequite interestingly one of those few lutheran monasteries in world actially exist in finland, google Monastic Community of Enonkoski :) its founded in 1994.
Besides this we ofc have the more traditional the orthodox monastery here too (New Valamo monastery) and orthodox nunnery (Lintula convent), i dont think we have any catholics tho(?)
@@Kanelipullla many people do not realize that protestants have monasteries too
@@nazortube yep, even i didnt know until recently, it was suprising, but then i thought monasteries actually do make lot of sense in the context of finnish christianity :D
@@nazortube I would love to know more about this. Do you know where they are?
Given the current state of affairs in the west. This is good news for a change
How?
@@tomorrowneverdies567 Do you think that this is a bad thing
@@jamesmccann355
Yes. Because I do not believe that christianity can solve 2024 problems, such as the immigr. of people with less good quality of phenotype, the energy/natural resources limitation(s) problems, the environmental probelm(s), the biodiversity problem(s).
A new religion perhaps.
@@tomorrowneverdies567in that case you know nothing about Christianity
@@jamesmccann355
Yes, it could be a bad thing. Especially for his reasons why he became a monk. He likes the “patriarchal and conservative” aspect of religion, instead of the part where he has to take responsibility and see what he has unselfishly to give, he looks for his own benefits of religion.
I'm 23 years old, I'm from Italy and I'm Roman Catholic. Lord willing, I will be joining the Dominican friars next year. Even thought we are separated, I'm still happy that many young men are choosing to commit their lives to Our Lord in a religious vocation. I hope we and our Orthodox brothers will be united again some day ❤🇻🇦☦️
We also have a significant increase in traditional priests from youths; more youths pursue to be priests at FSSP, ICKP, and SSPX.
we’re all gonna make it home brothers. 25 yo male here and Im being baptized into the church at the end of this year.
It'd be nice to see the entire interview unedited. Knowing government-funded media, there's surely a lot of good conversation missing.
Definitely. The media always have to steer it into political territory with no mention of Christ
yeah, so... since they aren't saying what you want them to say, then surely it has to be that the awful government-funded media is editing out parts of the conversation... sure bud. You wouldn't even have heard about them if it wasn't for this awful government-funded media's short doc... You don't make much sense, don't you?
Im young, finnish lutheran man but I respect orthodox people. My karelian grandmothers is orthodox christian.
Испитај вјеру твоје баке 🤗
Glory to God!
God bless them, cheers from Sweden
Make Finland Orthodox Again!
Yes
When was Finland orthodox to begin with?
I do not believe that the future of Finland lies in christianity, as well as the rest of the world.
Greetings from Athens, Greece.
it never was, not even during the short lived Russian occupation; But, given how Lutheran churches are now imploding, theologically speaking, and Catholicism isn't in a very good place(and I say that as an agnostic leaning very much towards Rome!), the Orthodox striation of Christianity seems to be gaining ground.
YES ❤❤❤❤
It never has been. We were pagan, then Catholic and then Evangelical-Lutheran after the Reformation
I don’t like how secular news organizations will just label it “politics” when describing the trend of conversion. Yes, our values come into play, but to insinuate that politics plays an instrumental role in conversion to what has become a relatively non-political church is misleading. With all due respect, this piece of journalism is incomplete
Totally agree. The "culture wars" are perpetuated by media, not the people.
Beautiful! ❤ Very uplifting video
Instead of just talking about it being “conservative and patriarchal,” he should have spoke more about how being an Orthodox Christian is about taking stock of yourself, acknowledging and repenting of your sins. Instead of just saying “I haven’t killed anyone, I’m a good person,” you acknowledge that you are a sinner, and there are things I do in my life keeping me from following Christ’s commandments to Love God with all my heart, and love my neighbor as myself.
You didn't hear the question he was asked. He was most likely answering the question which was asked.
I’m sure he was asked a bunch of more interesting questions which the editors chose to cut. You’ll notice that mainstream media stories about Christianity never talk about Christ
Nice. I'm an American who loves Finnish culture- even doing folk dancing😊 I am learning Finnish and have recently learned the Jesus prayer. Herra Jeesus Kristus Jumalan Poika, armadha minua synista.
God bless Finland and the Finnish people. 🇫🇮☦️
I think it's awesome that vocations to the monastic life are growing in the Orthodox Church in Finland but I have to wonder what is going on in the Catholic Church. Is there something similar occurring in the Catholic Church? I'm a Roman Catholic, love my Orthodox brothers and sisters in Christ, and will continue to pray for them. Hopefully, we can all one day be united as one Church again.
I hope so too, but I don’t think it will be through the Catholic Church, their leadership is corrupted currently.
Glory to God! Many are returning to Orthodoxy in the west.
Eastern Finland is and has traditionally been Orthodox Christian like idk something like ~800 years by now or so xD so not exactly returning to anything, just continuing as per usual :)
@@Kanelipullla Eastern Karelia yes maybe. The rest, only since 1809. Either way, thanks to God for all things.
@@Hallvard0 its not just eastern karelia (in russia), its traditional also within current borders of finland, in finnish north karelia too :))
@@Hallvard0 for example over 17% of municipality of Ilomantsi are Orthodox Christians in Finnish North Karelia
@@Kanelipullla Good to hear. Hälsningar från Sverige ☦
Very good. All the best for the future!
Good for all of you young men who are litrally finding refuge and spiritual peace in life through religion, Christ and his church! I am thinking myself as well commiting to a monastic life here in Serbian Orthodox Church.
As a child we always said grace at the table before eating and then........ you know the ways of the world. I introduced saying grace a few years back. Even a simple gesture of gratitude such as saying grace before eating will bring a drop of the grace of G*d into the heart. "Dripping water wears away stone". Wonderful documentary. Thank you.
🙏🏻GOD🙏🏻
There is also a trend of yougn men joining more conservative Evangelical churches in Finland, not just Orthodox.
pray for more women to become conservative in Finland as well. The West needs more children to continue the legacy of Christianity
Having children is completely unaffordable in West, so that's why couples are going childless and moving away from the church. Christians need to do more to help young families. Offering food and childcare assistance to Christian families would be a big help. In the US, there is a Christian eco-village where families can live in affordable homes and help each other out by sharing home grown vegetables. The West needs more of this.
Absolutely not, men should become more liberal everywhere. Liberals also have children and with much more common sense and tolerance than Christian or religious in general.
I think religious beliefs will only continue to drop amongst women. Women are becoming more and more liberal every year while men remain largely unchanged in their conservative beliefs, if not slightly more conservative. There is a growing divide between men and women that only seems to be getting worse.
@@bobcobb158
But with a good reason
@@bobcobb158
But with a good reason
Glory to God. Greetings from Indonesia.
God bless them and all Finland. 🙏🏼✝️
God bless my neighboring cuuntry Finland, love from Sweden 💙🤍💛
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️✝️✝️…Orthodoxy is not about bells and whistles, proselytizing or public attention…it’s about the soul and preparing it for Heaven and the Father’s approval. Today, too many people think this short stay on earth is it and live like this is all there is to our existence. The world pushes people to religion and many stained religions push people towards Orthodoxy. It’s not a football game where one wins while the others lose - it’s about ensuring our soul returns from what it came.
I can relate to him. Getting married and having kids sounds like a nice dream, but it's a highly unaffordable one. It's sad the West has gotten to a point where having kids is so unaffordable.
I was thinking the same today: you marry and take a mortgage for 20-30 years. After 3 years your first baby born the monthly expenses of a decent kindergarten (if u want your child to be treated well). After kindergarten the school, a private school if you want a good education for your child. That is expensive insanely. After 12 years of expensive school, the university! Another huge expense! Holy-moly! And this is just 1 child! A child is expensive😢 you have to work your ass off, and no time is left for God and spiritual life. Maybe it's better not to rush to marry, after all the meaning of life is not marriage. The meaning of life is God.
God bless you.😊
Not in Finland.
highly unaffordable while m ohammuduns in Europe and the West still procreate and have 6-12 children each? God said He will provide, so follow God’s Laws and He will take good care of you.
@@PohjanKarhuI recently read the 2023 birth rate in Finland was extreme low . It won't get better with NATOLBGTQI .
Still I miss Finish licorice . Its the best !
Finnish orthodox catechumen here, just saying that i will also probably be clergy in the orthodox church ☦
May the lord guide the young finns to take carry their cross and follow the fullness of the truth☦️
I'd be a proud dad if my son chose this path God is holy, pure and perfect, it is our calling to strive for these attributes as his children.
I am mexican....I am becoming a nun because there is no future in this world...the WORLD IS LITERALLY ENDING....PRAY FOR EVERYONE
Many of my family members and friends have been to Guadalupe and are wonderstruck by Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego🙏🏻.
How do you know the world is ending? Jesus himself didn't know but you do...? Strange.
@@cristinacristescu1173 She means we are in the end times.
@@MichElle-zc9tu and how does she know that? Is she god or something?
I am from a Muslim family but I always dreamt to join the church deep inside me
I pray that you'll finally have the courage to join even if it's difficult.
May the Lord JESUS himself reveal himself to you and give you ways to definitely answer his call
May God help you and lead you to Himself and His Church my brother, stay strong, I'll keep you in my prayers
Love ❤️ to all my Orthodox brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ . Greetings from here 🇵🇬. 🌴🐊✝️✝️✝️
Valamo is NOT our only Eastern Orthodox Abbey at all! There are 3 other Orthodox abbeys in Finland in operation.
Only two of which are officially recognized with the status of a monastery.
@@Mikkihiiri27 Still more than one. The other one is for nuns. Which I guess goes against the narrative of this interview that wants to focus on the divide between men and women. How typical...
I am Orthodox and I was always in love with being a monk❤
It is a big blessing ❤✝️
God bless from first Christian Apostolic nation Armenia 🇦🇲
That’s not Orthodox. That’s about as Christian and devout as Joel Olsteen
@@XaimitaBuchonita Should close the mouth when you approach the first Christian nation with the original Christians
Based Finland as always ✋✝️
"Враћамо се ономе што јесмо и ономе што треба да будемо"
I love Finns. May God convert more Finnish men and women to Orthodoxy and love each other.
I wish strong faith to finnish monks, monastic doing is hard.
I am going to this monastery next weekend to take a photograph course.
Thank God that through Russia He gave Finland true Faith and true Church so young people have spiritual place to go now in this apocalyptic time
russia (moscow) did not give us the Orthodox faith. Orthodoxy came to Finland through Kiev and Novgorod. russia didn't exist then and moscow was a small village
You heard about Holy Rus. That started in Kiev. Ukraine didn't exist before 1918. All the saints in Kievo Lavra are Russians. Read their lifes. Nobody know so called ukranian language then
Iam converting to Jesus 40 years ago. Iam still a believer. Not because of myself but God hold me in his hands.
To people outside Finland. The majority of Finnish youth is atheist and will stay like that, but the ones who are actually religious are mostly Lutheran, Orthodoxy is minority.
GOD BLESS THEM AND REMEMBER THEY ARE ORTHODOXE PRAYING FOR THE HOLE WORKD AND FOR FINLAND. ORTHODOXY ATRACTS BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST AND THE RIGHT FAITH.
Write everything in capital letters is a sign of hysterical attitude..
Thank you JESUS MY SAVIOR 🙏
Glory to God
I chose marriage. In hindsight knowing what I now know about liberalism and it’s corrosive effects on morality and culture, given my time again I would be very enticed by the possibilities of a life completely devoted to serving God and the wonders it promises.
May God, the Theotokos, the Angels and all the Saints stand by you! God bless you and yours!
Pray for us brothers
Love and respect from Georgia!
The first seed that will bear abundant fruit!
Great strong values save society
God Bless them. When the system offers little hope for most people in the world, Christians can take refuge in devoting their lives to God.
Yes! Finally good news!
Finland can show the way of preserving and defending christianity from woke leftists and Islamists.
What the world offers is dead ends. God offers eternity in light.
A very good sign
this makes me so happy to see ❤
God bless you all
God bless you from your linguistic relatives!🇭🇺🇭🇺
There are two national churches (as opposed to state churches): the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Protestant), which is the primary religion representing 65.2% of the population by the end of 2022, and the Finnish Orthodox Church, to which about 1.1% of the population belongs.Those who officially belong to one of the two national churches have part of their taxes turned over to their respective church (approximately 1-2% of income). Luckily, this keeps the churches going at a time when, in many parts of Europe, religion seems to be on a downward trajectory.
This is incredible
Such a beautiful church! My last name is Hautanen.
Buddha bless everybody.
Yes, more and more people are awakening and this is most blissful.
What about Lintula nunnery?
bless the finns
From Indian Orthodox one of the oldest church
For all of us lay people, let's remember John 17:15-21.
"The saint, or disciple, or Christian lives “in the world,” but is not to be “of the world.”
Becoming an Orthodox Christian, or even becoming a monk, not because of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, but because of the need for stability and an affinity to a conservative life-style - an affinity that tends to be gender-specific. A distinct trend in Finnish Orthodoxy and in other local Orthodox jurisdictions that should attract the interest of sociologists of religion and requires attentive and critical theological reflection. But, most importantly, the ranks of the Church hierarchy must focus on this tendency and act according to the ecclesial ethos.
Greetings! The interviews in this video were largely cut and only emphasised on the aspects of it that sounded interesting to the journalists. These monks have made a decision of faith, not conservative politics. Consider this, if they had wanted to dedicate their lives to conservative values would they have entered a monastery in which they renounce all influence in politics? Monks are not allowed to have political agendas left or right. Always keep a critical lense to what you hear or read from the news.
@@Mikkihiiri27 Greetings! This is a valid point indeed. However, I observe some converts in the Anglosphere, including Finnland, and the identity Motivation does indeed play a role. And it needs proper addressing by the ecclesial hierarchy. And, I mean, even the everyday experience shows that there are far less young women attending Orthodox services than young men.
@@smilenmarkov3840 In the Anglosphere it is true that young men are becoming part of the Church in droves, but outside of the Anglosphere women make up the majority of the laity. As for why that is the case, I don't know enough to give a true answer. I've heard rumors and anecdotes at best.
What's the difference? Christ leads us to a stable ethos life
@@mcolby7214 Christ does not simply lead us. He feeds us. He gives Himself to us in order that we are saved. He is the Road. And the goal of the Rode is He, not some kind of spiritual perfection. The encounter with Him is an event which is the Church. Hence the liturgy and the hierarchy of the Church. Nothing in Christ can happen through our individual efforts or merits only. If we seek in Church things of this world, including important and valuable things for us, such as stability, identity, traditional values, etc., we are not living the Church properly. In other words, we are using our smartphone to break walnuts.
God bless!!!
There is unfortunately only 61000 orthodox fins in the whole country, combining the Constantinople and the Moscow jurisdiction, but hopefully they will reject the Lutheran heresy and more join back into native mother Church
This is not entirely true. The Slavic Orthodox are more averse to have records of themselves whereas Finns are very accustomed to it. This has lead to them not joining the official records. Unofficial estimates of unrecorded orthodox in Finland double the numbers, even triple.
It’s not unfortunately, it’s very fortunate that most people aren’t religious.
@@Commentator488 Most people are religious
@@kalez963
Depends where, the more religious the more bad for living
Good for them! Glory to God❤
New vocations are great news. But if we’re talking of only a hundred or so this is not a huge change in trend. I’ll wait for the thousands to flood before I declare the European vocation crisis over
I never understood what internal drive in women makes them seek every opportunity to destroy their own worth.
Most Western women's minds have been highjacked. That is not sustainable. Reality will eventually hit.
Glory to God ☦️
The Monasteries are the strongholds of the Church.
Awesome ✝️
I visited the new Valamo monastery in the summer. it was very beutiful.
If only Catholicism/Orthodoxy allows men above 35 yrs old choosing a monastic life.
The monastery has many such monks who joined in their middle age. It is not age restricted in orthodoxy, at least.
Ortodoxy allows
Worst ad for convincing people to move to Finland.
The title is misleading. The actual fact is revealed only at the end of the clip: "only 1 percent of Finns are Christian Orthodox." Of that 1 percent, an even smaller fraction chooses to embrace monastic life.
They don’t commit to religion But to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The modern alternative, the modern way to live doesnt interess peoples from middle class which have renunced to be bearer of the spirituality in order to choose the "material race"
we need nuns as well, recently a famous greek influencer became a nun
many years!