Timely parable, for sure. Good work, despite the tantrums and troubles!

Thank you Sona for this beautiful reading. God bless you 🙏✝️❤️

my buddy is Russian Orthodox, he lives in Texas, he told me prayer to the guardian angel is dangerous!!

yeah, idealizing clergy, that's a Protestant thing!!

I would agree, we're nothing without God. When I was a Protestant though, there was no emphasis on self development. That doesn't mean you stop Depending On God, it simply means you have to learn skills, especially in the workplace!! Protestants don't believe in self development, I'd argue that not developing yourself is Protestant!!

We Worship Sunday, But As Orthodox, The Sabbath Is Saturday. The seventh day being Sunday, that's Protestant, that's not Orthodox!!

I do believe in writing goals down, to feed your mind, but I don't believe in the law of attraction, that's a thousand percent wrong!! The reason I'm not against writing goals is planning is a good, structured, way of preparing, which I'm not against. When I was in Evangelicalism for fifteen years, Evangelicals are against any and all kinds of planning. They spend so much time, waiting for signs, wonders, new prophecies, circumstances, and I know, I used to be one of those, I would be so frightened to make any kind of plans, I would watch my life slipping by, and I was terrified to make any plans whatsoever!! Again, I agree with you, that I don't believe in manifesting anything, I don't believe in speaking things into existence, I don't believe in the new age, if you're constantly Reading your Bible Everyday, Use The Text Of Scripture To Build your goals. Don't be like those dirty charismatics who are practicing augury!! They'll say stupid things like, "to get in contact with God, I need to switch off the brain..." then they wait for weird, unusual things to happen, call them new prophecy, and think God is talking to them like this, "...I read in the newspaper of fires in California, I wonder if God is telling me to go to California!! Oh, look, now I see on TV, an advertisement to go to California, is that God talking to me?! Oh, look, my best friend just moved to California, I wonder if God is telling me through new prophecy that I'm supposed to go to California!!" they'll say stupid things like that, they don't promote goal setting, and they just look for hidden messages in anything and everything, augury, calling it new prophecy from God!! You see why that's frustrating?

Thank you for the reading. Christ be with you.

Dear One, I recommend you find a way for your viewers to see the text you are reading from. I realize you are new at all this, but reach out to other You-Tubers for advice to fix this problem. God be with you forever!

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I am EO, Russian church, but I find the chants of the Armenian liturgy overwhelmingly touching. They instantly inspire awe of God.

I am ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN from Ethiopia.

Thank you so much for your videos. It has been a tough year and it brings so much comfort to see other Orthodox Christians who are family oriented and who love our way of life.

Ethiopian ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN here !!!❤❤❤

Am member of Ethiopian orthodox church, the largest one of the oriental churches

How comfortable! I can see the Spirit within you. 🫶🏼

This video explains accurately Mother Mary's beginnings and her part in God's redemption. I appreciate ypur evaluating of this film and agree with it. I especially appreciate your addressing that Mary's biblical text was diverted and changed. She did say "Be it done unto me according to thy word" not Let it be me. I also think that Arch angel Gabriel was not represented as Spiritual light...he has tatoos on his hand....I Don't think so!! He made me feel creepy not safe. Not a representative of an angel.

You are so well-informed and articulate! I haven't seen the film (don't get Netflix) but this video can stand alone as a lecture about Mary. What I appreciate most about this video is the notion that seemingly subtle differences can be so significant. I hope that your videos inspire people to look more deeply into the wisdom of tradition. I'd love to hear more about how you have learned about your faith and grow in understanding as an Orthodox Christian.

I am Russian orthodox of the Moscow patriarch i am the first one in decades since my grandfather who moved from russia we used to visit every summer hopefully the conflict ends soon so I can take a trip to the monastery’s

Just had a look through of many of your brilliant videos and I've come to the conclusion you need to do more much more if you have the time to because it's very brilliant info and help and teaching even for many ok Bless You and Family Sister 🙏🏻

I've never understood the diverse beliefs of the Christian faith. Thank you for pointing out what is what to the various groups.

Great review, very informative and the respect you have for the Holy Theotokos is clear in your words. As a Palestinian Orthodox, despite the clear errors of the film, it doesn't sit right with me to put an ex soldier (from an army that is constantly raiding and destroying churches and expelling Christians in Beit Lahem) to play Out Holy Mother so I didn't watch it

This is very beautiful!! I learned so much, thank you for sharing, God bless you and your family🙏🙏

As a Catholic but not really religious person, I just would like to share something that most people do not know and that I learned recently: Orthodoxies are actually Catholics. The Orthodox religion is Catholicism with slight differences in the same beliefs. Is that the type of Catholicism that is practiced by the Roman Catholic Church, gained a lot of influence with the colonialism in Africa, Asia, South, Central and North America by European countries, thus becoming the type of Catholicism that is most popular. Please, watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4iyoaFuqbd1g6csi=bWGPWp-alqqnTVX0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2mXq6GFpaqGrJosi=b8n3gebFxx6kwx5X

Maybe they got it mixed up with the (Comedy) movie, "There's Something About Mary" in 1998 (Played By Cameron Diaz) ?🙄🙄😯

It is not a biblical story

I didn't like way they presented the Angel Gabrielle

Joel Osteen is involved in this production. Enough said.

Good point about God who gives life and asks nothing in return. Definitely not the God of Israel. God does not impose his will upon human beings. God required the Virgin Mary's "Fiat" to become the Mother of God.

at list you have a corner to keep your books, for me my toddlers are everywhere i can't even light a candles praying is really hard. I will try your new praying way

This was directed by a Catholic, true. However, the executive producer of the movie was Joel Osteen. Among the producers was also an Atheist who was a former Protestant pastor. A Catholic director + a Prosperity Gospel pastor + an Atheist = one heck of a mess.

Brilliant overview! I’m a catechumen and I picked up on some of these issues myself, thanks for taking the time to share your theological & film insights 🙏🏼

ገና ማስታወቂያውን ሳየው ትክክል እንዳሎነ ገብቶኛል ምክንያቱም እንዳልሽው ኦርቶዶክስ እንደሆነ ሰው ስለ ድንግል ማርያም በተሻለ በደንብ እናውቃለን በተለይ ድንግልናዋ በህሊናም በአካልም ሆኖ ሳለ እንደ ተራ ሴት ለግዜው በሰውነቷ ብቻ ድንግል እንደነበረች አስመስለው እሚያሳዩት ነገር ያናድደኛል ጥሩ አርገሽ አስቀምጠሽዋል ድንግል ማርያም ትጠብቅሽ

St. Dionysios the Areopagite: "I tell you as if I were standing in front of God, for me, our great leader, it was beyond any doubt, that aside from the Most High God, there could be nothing, which is so filled with heavenly power and marvelous grace [as Mary], and still it is impossible for a human mind to perceive what I saw with my own eyes. It was not with the eyes of my soul only but with my bodily eyes - I, with my own eyes, saw the most beautiful, the most holy Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ who exceeds all the heavenly hosts in her holiness. This gift was granted to me by the grace of God, as an honor by the company of the apostles, and also as an unspeakable kindness and compassion of the merciful Virgin herself. And again I testify in front of the omnipotence of God, in front of the grace of the Savior, and in front of the great glory of the Virgin, His Mother. When I, with John-the first among the evangelists and the prophets, who, while living in the flesh, shines like the sun in the sky-was led inside to the beautiful and the most pure Virgin, then a great heavenly radiance that enlightened my soul, poured over me, at the same time I sensed such wonderful fragrance that my spirit and body were hardly able to bear this manifestation of glory and foretaste of eternal bliss. My heart and my spirit were enervated from Her heavenly grace. Let God, who abode in the most pure womb, be my witness, that I would have recognized her for the true God and venerated Her with worship appropriate only to God if the newly illumined soul of mine would not have preserved inside you heavenly instructions and laws. No honor and glory of men who were glorified by God can be compared with the bliss that I, the unworthy one experienced and was honored with at the time. This time was a time of the greatest bliss for me. I thank my most high and most blessed God, the heavenly Virgin, John, who is great among the Apostles, and you as well who is the adornment of the church and the invincible leader, who all so mercifully showed me such a great favor

She always stayed in Her house. Would the people have seen Her, they all would be astouned by Her beauty and shining light. As we know from St. Dionysios Areopagites.