The Real Christ and the countless fake ones
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The video 'The Real Christ and the countless fake ones' was recorded by Fr Seraphim (Aldea) at Iona Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints of Iona), on the Isle of Iona.
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May God bless us all!
Im in iraq it's hard for me but I live by grace of god , Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us we are sinner's
May Christ shield and protect you, dear one. May He be your fortress and may His Holy Mother keep you in Her embrace.
May God bless and protect you brother from Tennessee USA.
@@mullmonastery Amen Father Amen
I was a Christian for 57 years before becoming Orthodox, three years ago. One of the unusual effects of becoming Orthodox is the feeling that I don't really know Jesus any more, at least, not how i used to think I did before. How much of my relationship with Christ was real, how much was pious delusion? I don't know, it's hard to tell.
My dear one, it is almost irrelevant if you ever knew Him, because He obviously knew you and loved you enough to keep knocking at the doors of your heart until you finally heard Him. There must have been something of Him in you, otherwise you would not have recognised Him. Be glad and rejoice in who you are today, do not allow the past to take away this joy. And please remember us in your prayers.
@@mullmonastery Thank you! ❤️
I've heard people say that submission to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church can be difficult, especially for protestant converts such as myself. It wasn't hard for me. It was a great relief.
Same here.
This teaching is exactly why our family left protestant church for the Orthodox. I cannot express the exhaustion we felt going from church to church trying to discern...does this one teach the correct truths about Christ? It was so refreshing, TRULY, to come into a church where I could find unaltered truth taught. At the same time, it deeply saddens my heart to see also that many Orthodox people...especially those from birth (who have known nothing else) approach their faith with great apathy. They have held onto the truth but they have lost their first love of Christ. This is why I pray for the church....there are so many ways we can separate ourselves from Christ. Lord have mercy on us all!
You are so right about us cradle Orthodox. I’m 55 and only in the last 4 years have I learned what it is to be Orthodox. I thank God for the guidance of Fr. Seraphim and my new parish priest and for our catechumens, whom I’ve watched enter Orthodoxy with the Faith and Love and zeal I should have had all my life.
Thank you for giving voice to this message, Fr. I’ve been listening to your videos for a few years and two weeks ago became an Orthodox catechumen, glory to God. These videos have been a great help on journey so far, thank you.
God bless you!!!
Glory be to God for finding a way to use us as He guides you on your path, dear one. Please keep us in your prayers and may we all be saved in His Holy Name.
I thank you so much Father for your precious love and concern for the state of the Church. I pray the Lord continues to strengthen you and grant you His Grace as you cry out to Him on our behalf. Lord, please, please have mercy.
Glory be to God on high. Everything you said is true. I ache for the world , as for myself and hope that we never have to hear those dreaded words, "I know you not". Please pray for me and all the world that He may have mercy on us all.
May no one hear those words, dear one. May those dreaded words never again come out of Christ's mouth. May they exist solely as a warning to the horror that may be, but may that horror never come into being. Let us pray for each other, and may Christ save us for this mutual sacrifice of love.
I, too, am terrified by that very same thing, Father. I honestly worry about it often, so much that it may not be very healthy. I honestly thought I was kind of alone in being scared of this. Thank you sincerely for this.
May God bless you, and may the Catholic and Orthodox churches achieve the unity for which Jesus prayed.
Phenomenal message! Thank you so much.❤🙏🏻 Peace of Christ be with you all. 🕊
Glory be to God for all good things, dear one. Thank you for your prayers, may Christ bless us all.
Yes, only the teachings of Christ are fresh and original. I just wish I could know Christ. I feel sometimes I may be one of those who succumbs to banal worldly truths and is unaware and unwilling to admit that Christ is the Truth. Please pray for me.
I’m definitely going to need to listen to this video regularly. This is a question I had in my heart and mind for many years. As I am waking up to the true interpretations of the bible, I do believe that there are lots of complex theories out there that do lead us astray. Your guidance is always driven by common sense and clarity driven by the essence of love. Thank you Fr Seraphim
Father, you have spoken from your heart absolutely everything that the Holy Spirit has had on my heart since I’ve come to Christ 3 years ago in a “non denominational/Pentecostal” church. Father Seraphim Aldea, I do not know exactly how the Orthodox Church works, but I know that I need to confess my sin against THE church and I would like to do it here and now if that’s okay. Father, forgive me for I have blasphemed against the Orthodox Church, I have been a victim of the spirit of self righteousness, I have believed the teachings of these exact churches you are talking about and I have slandered the Catholic Church specifically in my own heart, I have been a part of the chaos and disorder of these churches, I have accepted “communion” but never the Holy Eucharist in my heart nor in my soul but I yearn to do so now that I can see clearly, I have looked down upon the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church but in hindsight I can see that I had a disobedient spirit that did not want me to be closer to Christ and the true church. “In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”
Psalms 18:6 NKJV
I find myself drawing close to the Orthodox Church and I thank you for your videos, father. All the way from Pasco, WA in the USA. Shalom ❤️✝️🙏🏼
father, your passion on this is palpable. may the lord illumine us all. ❤❤❤
thank you very much for your work helps me on my way day by day step by step in this pilgrimage I call my life eternal given by the lord jesus-christ be the holy spirit guide us the hart of jesus christ born of the virgin mary thank you greetings from xxx leitis andreas francois ciao bello from brabant holland netherlands helmond thank you very much be guided by the love to god and humantea
As a protestant who wants to get deeper in faith. Thank you for this word.
NoSoul.. YOU ARE ON A WONDERFUL JOURNEY. !!
Glory to God! ☦📿💝📿☦
So well stated. Thank you. Truely, the most horrific of words... Jesus Christ saying unto you "Depart, I do not know you".
BE KNOWN BY HIM . Staying strong in FAITH & TRUST in His L❤️🔥VE !
Thank you Father. Excellent message. Next year God willing I'd love to come on a pilgrimage to your monastery. Love and blessings from South Africa 🙏🏼
It serves me my brother and friend in Christ Jesus.
It’s so much easier to teach tolerance and relatives truth ie nonsense than to teach Christ as the only way and Truth. Although we do not judge anyone ourselves , relaying the message that it is only in accepting and living with Christ that you will have eternal life and not condemnation is NOT an easily accepted doctrine at all… Thank God for real churches that speak the truth in courage and faith without seeking the approval of everyone !
That 'Christ is the Way, Truth and Life' should be the central message of His Church, dear one. All else flows from this and is only good if it is founded on this foundation. Even good things can become evil if they replace Christ in the life of His people.
Thank you Fr. Seraphim, again and again , from the depths of my darkened but hopeful heart! This, and your last podcast have been such a blessing, and for me so very timely and necessary. Asking your continued prayers for each and every one of us truly struggling for Truth and Love. ❤
Father God will not be mocked anymore
I give him all the glory to bring his judgment with no mercy
You have a blessed day father you guys stay safe 🙏🕎
May Christ have immense patience with us all, may He wait for all of us to grow spiritually and may He judge everyone with unspeakable love and mercy, dear one.
Thank you we need this! 😊@@mullmonastery
@@mullmonastery Wowwwwwww!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for always focusing on Christ.
Amen! Amen! Amen! ESSENTIAL words to hear..
Wonderful! Thank you!
Amen ❤
Satan is the father of despair. The Truth is that full surrender to Jesus means a heart with no fear. Fear is a message from Heaven that we havent given Jesus kingship of our heart.
Our Fathers have spoken the same things of God Who is Christ for the last two thousand years; and have not shape-shifted over the past five centuries ☦️⚓❤️
Thank you Father. I converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1977, from the Western Roman Church. Since then I have gone to a couple weddings in the Catholic Church. I truly had no idea where i was, it was very foreign to me. God Bless the Eastern Orthodox Church and may she be protected by the likes of Kryill who have created deep division.
So true that social justice is not,more important then truth of salvation
Many thanks for this difficult but necessary message. The increasing apostasy of the many mainstream denominations (not to mention others) is the source of bottomless grief that, as you say, heightens our fear for ourselves. God have mercy, Christ have mercy on all and for all, and may we cleave in our hearts to the one Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
You answered my question I emailed I was baptized yesterday and yes this is the power of God I don't know if you read my email thank you Christ I searched a long time thank you so much God have mercy on me please pray for me I love you everyone these questions raised and I found orthodoxy I love you so much pray for everyone I love you, you have answered my question father even if you did not read my email Christ has risen Lord have mercy on all of us
pookie, (which is MOST ASSUREDLY NOT YOUR NEW ORTHODOX NAME! 💝💝) GLORY TO GOD, 0:19 newly-illumined one!
Such wonderful news..
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Thank you for covering such an important topic!
Please keep us in your prayers, dear one.
Where there is light there can be no darkness
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Dear Father Seraphim, This is going to be a bit long. Thank you so much for your words. This exact video is what was needed in my life. You put into words what I couldn't. In the past few months, I was found by our Great Shepard. In the past few weeks, I became alianeted from my past self. I don't even rocegnize my past self in some pictures and the things I did. I see the error in my old ways, and became a stranger to my addictions. Currently, I'm in the process of looking for a church that you just described. Where I can put our Lord Jesus Christ number one in my life learn about him and know him. Currently, I'm attending a local Roman Catholic Church, and what weirded me out that they don't publicly preach. I also did dip my feet in the occult, didn't get really far, but still, it's a big mistake. When I talked to the parish priest, he told me that I might need an exorcism. I said ok, and when I wanted to talk about what I did in the occult, he turned me to another priest because he's more spiritual. Mind that this talk was nearing the end of public consulting hours. The other priest I got to talk to for two times did put huge emphasis on that. "The girls are pretty, about your age, and you should get to know them."
You might have just saved me from a false Church.
May I borrow some of your words and questions to confirm?
Thank you father, what an important and powerful message. Thank you so much.
Glory be to God for all good things, dear one. He always finds ways to speak in the world, we just need the humility of mind and openness of heart to hear His words. Please keep us in your prayers.
Here in the US we have a lot of churches like this. Almost every protestant denomination has at least one church like you describe, and then there is at least one other of the same tradition that tries to have some basis in the teachings of the early church, and tries to stick by those principles.
Sadly, what we don't have in my area, and what we need, is an Orthodox Church.
Thank you Father, the world needs to hear many more Holy Sermons likes this and the one you posted previous to this one.✝️
God’s continuing Blessings and Strength always.
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Excellent and very strong talk. Thank you Father.
I am getting ready to go to Tokyo for the summer. So goodbye from me for a little while ❤️.
Travel safely, dear one. Thank you for all the little signs of love and support - we are quiet about them, but we do give glory to God for them. May your guardian angel work overtime to keep you safe and joyous.
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Thank you.
Thank you for the clarification, father. I hope I can grow in understanding of what you have said.
May we all grow together, dear one. We can all learn from each other, we can carry each other through our difficult moments - all we need is the humility to hear, the love not to judge and the faith that Christ can cover all, heal all, forgive all.
@@mullmonastery each of these three things are being increased in me, in spite of myself. It seems my strength to maintain my pride is finally too old and weakened! Which I am grateful for.
Jesus is the builder of His Church
THANK YOU! AMEN!!!
Father I believe this teaching is truly from God, may He be gloried in the highest. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. May the Lord bless you, your people, your teachings and this teaching.
Thank you, Fr. Seraphim.
Thank you for providing a frame of reference on what church to look out for. I pray and ask God and Christ every day to know if I truthfully know Christ and if He knows me every day.
One obvious thing to look out for is the rainbow flag.
The sole vocation of the Church as an institution is to preserve a complete, unaltered understanding of Christ and to pass it on from generation to generation by giving witness to this Truth, teaching it and helping people to receive it by administering the Sacraments to them. All else ends in the grave.
This is the right message
Wonderful advice. Praise the Lord. 🙏🙏
Much love,Fr.!I m so sorry!🥺🙏🫶I so love the glass Icon of the Crucifixion!🥹💔Hugs!
It is a beautiful icon of the Mother of God witnessing the Crucifixion of Her Son. Romanian peasants four centuries ago had a stronger instinct to focus on love and sacrifice than most of us have today. May we all be blessed, dear one.
@mullmonastery Thank You so much,Dear Fr.!God bless!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤Amen! Thank you father!
Well said.
Beautiful video! God bless you sir for speaking the Truth
Amazing word father, is there a specific prayer we can say for those who departed from Orthodoxy?
We’re doing the best we can to plant seeds a little at a time. I call it bread crumbing, because if you try to shove the whole loaf of truth to someone they’ll choke (probably). If you know a way to perpetuate someone’s eagerness towards seeking Christ then I am all ears brother, but as far as I’m concerned you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink. Ultimately it’s up to them to choose to accept Him at the end of the day, yes?
It helped.
Yeah that pretty much describes the denomination that im part of in Scotland.
Thank you for these amazing videos!
But how do we come to realise our delusion? How do we "test" whether we know what is The True Christ? The Orthodox claim they have the truth but so do the Catholics?
I feel drawn to the Orthodox church, sadly, there are no orthodox churches near me, the closest is at least 3 hours away by car (I don't have a car)... then there is the problem of which Orthodox church, Russian, or Greek (the only 2 here). There are Catholic churches near me, but I don't agree with some of their beliefs, ie: purgatory. I just started going to an Anglican church, but their communion is not the same as Orthodox or Catholic... I really don't know what to do. Does anyone have any ideas for me?
Both Russian and Greek Orthodox are "merely" different jurisdictions inside of the Eastern Orthodox Church... Of course there are some differences and "local customs", but in the basic level they are essentially the same. In this sense, it does not really matter which one you choose to inquire.
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I feel like i abandoned Christ as well, i dont care to pray, pray became u important to me, i dont ready Bible scriptures, like the spirtual habits and So as life is slovely dying or meaby I should Say being eated by everything else, empty phone screening, resting, lasyness etc.
Can I actually do smthg??????
Wish I could help you, but I'm just like you right now...
You wrote this comment. This proves that your heart is alive and that your instincts are right. Christ alone can renew life in you, but you need to be open to His presence. What is your name, so we may pray for you?
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So if a church avoids teaching the salvific message of Christ (or waters it down), then I suppose it's not wrong to think that particular church has been infiltrated by the enemy, even if unwittingly. After all, what better tactic for the devil to use than to steer people away from the most important (salvific) message into other ones that seem important to human reasoning but which, in the end, don't save your soul?
Thank you for your hard work in Christ.
What is the picture behind you? I thought it was an icon but the images are strange somehow. Can you please explain this to me.
Glory be to God for all good things, dear one. It is indeed an icon of the Mother of God, specific to the churches and monasteries in the North - West of Romania (an area called Maramures). Unlike icons painted on wood boards, these ones are painted on glass, with a completely different technique. They are some of my favourite icons and we have a lot of the at our Monastery on Iona.
How can I be forgiven for the depth of my sins that I am only now realizing. I am a repeat offender. The only success I have had is to see my own sins so clearly.
How can one become Orthodox in Sweden?
John 21:5So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
16He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 18Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me...☦️☦️☦️ Eyxaristo Pater I needed to hear this
Matthew 5 to 7.
Father, I highly recommend you make a video addressing protestantism. I believe you are one of the few who could do it lovingly. Many of the people in my life are deluded by the many "truths" you talked about, but I am not great at teaching. Thank you
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