AI & Antichrist. We enter an age of spiritual darkness

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[@Stumpy801]

I’m not even religious and I can tell we are under attack spiritually. The world is changing so fast and people are changing with it

[@kaminasego]

I'm a protestant so I never heard of Moses the black, but man that sounds like a testimony! Learning more about Catholocism and Orthodoxy please pray for me.

[@karasu1982]

I'm doing the same. I think we've found the actual Church.

[@christopherdavis7069]

I just came through Protestantism into Orthodoxy recently. No regrets at all. I will pray for you

[@theYungOldBoi]

What is your name I can use to pray for you ☦

[@ericfaith2810]

May God bless you in your research. Catholic Answers is pretty good as well s Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World for something a little more like what our good Brother is talking about here.

[@thejamaicanorthodoxmission]

Please continue on the path to learning more about the Holy Orthodox Church, the one true Church, of which I myself came home to in 2014. Also, my patron saint is St. Moses the Black, who helped to cement my decision to convert to Orthodox Christianity. You have my sincere prayers. The blessing of the Lord be with you.

[@OrthodoxAlex]

Father, I was hazed by a frat 5 years ago and about 7 months ago all the suppressed trauma from what happened became unmanageable. I was forced to do many things including eating disgusting foods in order to vomit over 100 times in a 3 day span, and not sleep for the 3 days as well. At the end we were drugged and I had a nervous breakdown. About a year and a half ago I came to Christ and Orthodoxy and watched most of not all of your videos. For the last 7 months my spiritual father has been visiting me at my house because I have been unable to leave my house. I have not been able to swallow solid food because of what happened and liquids are still difficult. I am in constant pain and it has been labeled as “Complex PTSD” by doctors. Please pray for me, this has been the most difficult time for me and my family who is struggling as well. I’m not sure if all of this made sense but I am completely devastated at the moment and could use your prayers. My name is Alex and I am from California. Thank you

[@paulcisco1026]

Jesus Christ, i Am inPrayer, take away this bondage, give Healing, In the Precious Name of Jesus! Yeshua

[@yeahweburnstuff]

Dear Alex, I will pray fro you. The Past is only with you if you keep it alive in the present. Today, right now, you are Loved and Cared for. Faith in a loving God means that you can freely let go of any part of your past that does not serve you. You are not there in the past; you are Here, Now, and the world is Beautiful if you choose to see the Beauty and Love that Christ revealed to us. Bless you my brother. 🥰🥰🥰

[@jahrastaeasygaming2372]

my comment got deleted. I don't know why

[@OrthodoxAlex]

@@SabahsPsalm777 thank you

[@mrfake675]

I went through years of abuse that left me broken. It gets better.....strengthen your body with nutrition and excercise, do things and take in stimuli that relaxes the nervous system, walks in nature, being with a nice animal, pray. In these wonderful things we commune with the creator. You'll get better. Don't give up.

[@jamesshumate782]

We need more Orthodox Monasteries in North America!

[@karasu1982]

So start one. I'm reaching out to a local one to find out how to Become both Orthodox and how to get involved in exactly that.

[@theYungOldBoi]

​@@karasu1982 haha I love your zeal but thats not how it works.

[@theYungOldBoi]

Where are you in NA? They exist

[@ladylady6029]

in nowadays make sure you hire security guards as well..faith(freedom) becoming too precious thing

[@adinamedrea5303]

@@theYungOldBoi Why not? I am from Romania and here, when an orthodox has the initiative to start a monastery, then he talks to a monk and tells him his wish. It can happen fast if the believer can provide/donate the plot of land. If not, then they will start raising funds for the land and the building costs. It takes some years but then it will be ready. 😊 Do you know about the orthodox monastery in Arizona? It was established by Elder Ephraim from Mount Athos. It is a heaven for believers. It is a much needed spiritual breath of fresh air.

[@jameshutchins3396]

So many of us have been fooled into trusting our own wisdom and thinking ourselves worthy of visions and even The Body and Blood of Christ that we are ripe for being mislead daily. It is heartwarming for me to hear your words today Father. Bless you and thank you ☦

[@mullmonastery]

We have all fallen, dear James. We have all fallen either in disobedience or in judgement. We have all fallen short of Christ's commandment to love, so we all need to repent of that. But there is always a new beginning with Christ, as long as we open ourselves to his presence in us.

[@jameshutchins3396]

@@mullmonastery Amen Amen Amen ☦

[@JaythePandaren]

Never relay on visions to build your relationship with God After all has Christ promised great blessings to those who serve him with love and yet not see him?

[@zzzaaayyynnn]

I'm a professor who teaches in an area of computer science and languages. This message from the Father puts fear my heart. I keep up with how fast AI is progressing, and we must have God's guidance through the church. God bless Father Seraphim!

[@deathtomichaelknagge4397]

is it possible for the world to damn itself ? read what you wrote. there is ALWAYS hope because of CHRIST. you have out the fate of the world in the hands of man.

[@zzzaaayyynnn]

@@deathtomichaelknagge4397 All that is happening is meant to happen and is in the hands of God Almighty: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

[@matthewhebbert9712]

Psalm 118:6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

[@dustinwalker8152]

You have a unique way of telling me what I don’t want to hear in a way that is understandable and digestible and cuts to the heart. Please pray for this sinner.

[@elvenkind6072]

Greetings from the west coast of Norway, where once my forefathers traveled to Iona and Holy Island Lindisfarne, starting the Viking Age. I can trace the roots of my family back to the first written sources here in Norway, so it's not at all unlikely that some of my forefather might have traveled to the deeply Christian lands of Ireland and Britain back then, to spread fear, bloodshed, pagan beliefs, slavery, rape, theft and so on... So you have no idea how much it means to me to see a monk speaking to me from across the North Sea about The Way of Christ Jesus. And it also say's a lot that there's no more vikings left, no more heathen religion here, but you are there. So God bless you so much. I hope this inspire you at Iona too, amen. God bless you and your work, and fruits thereof, amen.

[@theYungOldBoi]

❤

[@Mr.Obongo]

Heathen religions are making a comeback fast

[@eldruidacosmico]

Great video! With A.I. the grand age of slander, blackmail and surveilance has begun. We must rely more and more on the Holy Spirit and not our senses, one can only acquire the Holy Spirit by having an active life in the church, and by doubling down on repentance and prayer. ☦️☦️☦️ Greetings from Costa Rica!

[@Youtu.be_user]

Я русская, православная. Я абсолютно согласна с Вами - мы живем в последние времена. Нужно молиться и поститься🙏

[@amirasaad630]

Dear father seraphim What an important message you have today thank you 🙏 - definitely food for thought..May we , His sheep and His church , always recognize His voice , the good shepherd , in this world of confusion. The devil fights the church but humility overcomes the devil. May Christ remind us each of us , every second of every day, how much He has forgiven us individually so we may never judge anyone. May Christ the redeemer who erases and forgives our sins lead us to such a deep repentance, we can only but look to Him and His church alone .. nothing and no one else 🙏🙏

[@mullmonastery]

Amen, dear Amira, amen! May Christ hear your prayer and may He guide us through this coming age.

[@iliya3110]

Glory to God - Thank you Fr. Wholeheartedly agree with your grave concern over this topic. Also, so grateful to God for your recovery.☦

[@mullmonastery]

Thank you for your good wishes, dear Iliya. I am certain this is a topic to which we shall return and that its importance will only slowly be revealed to us.

[@Archy16]

love ya father god bless you🙏

[@blu9371]

Are you from Romania, Father? And by the way, I have noticed that this Dark Age has started from 2020 BUT it has *significantly* got worse from 2022. Now we are being digged deeper into the darkness. Keep your guards up, fellow christians! 🙏🏼💙☦🇷🇴Love from Romania

[@maciek1655]

Love from Poland good friend

[@ivanfrankovic85]

Hristos među nama brate! Otac je iz Moldavije. Ja ne govorim engleski dobro. Predlažem da kanal uvede opciju prijevoda na druge jezike. Slažem se s tobom da su nas otvoreno napali '20. Zahvaljujem se narodu Rumunjske i Bugarske čiji otpor je bio najveći kad je bilo najteže. Pozdrav iz Hrvatske! IC XC + NI KA

[@maxavail]

yes, he's a Romanian monk.

[@seanvillalba11]

Wow this is exact topic has been one that I've been very interested in for a while. Thank you. God Bless you and your church

[@mullmonastery]

Glory be to god for giving us guidance when we need it, dear Sean. This is why we try to answer your questions, rather than come up with topics from our own heads.

[@seanvillalba11]

@@mullmonastery ur words have a been a spec of light for me daily. Thank you so much for the work you do. I can't express enough gratitude for the help you provide. I am born and raised living in New York City and most days, I don't even know what is up or down anymore. I believe there are alot of people can relate who are looking for purpose on this channel.

[@Cata-Holic_Doode]

Asking for prayer, I am in a very dark place with a horrendous plight. God bless all and thanks 💔

[@Cata-Holic_Doode]

I had a very bad problem hating women and indulging in lust. A former adult actress was giving her conversion testimony on a show that I was showing my then girlfriend at the time who was an aspiring one as well to try to convert her. During seasons of bitter "backsliding" I never researched certain material, namely the woman giving a testimony and I later fell in love with a very similar woman later in life, and it taught me to hate the works of asmodeus. I have a very hard problem not being humble and scattering sheep more than gathering and being a hair trigger angry person. It's almost like strife comes to find me and I erupt in very horrible ways, even after trying to pray, worship, and edify others. I'm so afraid God is going to humble me morbidly. My mother died early, Iill, and alone. ... I'm begging God to rather "take me out" in i.e: a robbery or a deadly self defense encounter. It's pretty feasible for my lifestyle, occupation wherabouts, and itinerary. It seems like God won't answer my prayers. It's hard to have faith when I seen my mother pass and other things. God bless

[@robynmarler1951]

God bless you 🌱

[@sophiedove6296]

​@@Cata-Holic_Doode You need to be born again - open your heart and accept Gods forgiveness and He will make you clean and alive with His own spirit

[@christianguthrie6614]

I pray for you now. St Paul was a murderer. Can anyone doubt we are living in the end times ? I’m inclined to entirely ditch all internet connection. For now I pray for discernment and greatly reduce my exposure, turn instead to God, to nature, to reading, to quiet. Less is more.

[@sodapopkidd]

Many years ago my father told me 'believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see.' Very wise advice.

[@remahunt4277]

Thank you Father for sharing your enlightened view on what is coming to this world of ours. The darkness in America is increasing rapidly. Right is certainly perceived as wrong and wrong as right. It is very disheartening to watch. Orthodoxy to me is righteous and holy and pleasing to God. You are taking wonderful care of your sheep. God Bless you and each of your Brothers and Sisters every minute of every day.

[@ladylady6029]

try work for Amazon night shift. the presence of demonic spirits is so strong.. i dread that mass shooting can happen any night..price for capitalism and advance technology

[@Ndw1995]

I also worry a lot about the coming times. I’ve prayed and asked God for discernment my whole life, and He has given it to me. The hardest part for me will be seeing some people I love fall to sin, or falling into deception. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force it to drink.

[@mullmonastery]

I am a worse sinner than you, my dear one. I actually am afraid for my own salvation, because I know how difficult it will be to live without trusting my own eyes, my own logic, my own discernment. We shall have to empty ourselves of our own senses and fully abandon ourselves to Christ and His shepherds. This sounds easy, but - as one who has tried to live under obedience for the last two decades of my life - I know how painfully difficult this will be for most people (myself more than all)

[@Ndw1995]

@@mullmonastery I am a sinner as well. God can give anyone discernment who prays for it. But it doesn’t come easily. It takes constant awareness, and even paranoia in some instances. This modern age of darkness can do that to a God fearing person, but it is a small price to pay to remain true to God and on the way to Salvation. Blessings to you Brother, I will say a prayer for you

[@monstermash]

Don't be afraid, my brother. Even if we have to lay our lives down for Christ, in this we will be redeemed. Pain and suffering in this world is always temporal, we must be strong together in the coming years.

[@MichaelErnest666]

We Shall Soon See... 👀

[@youwillforgetinaweek]

I'm not a Christian but this is beautiful. Thank you.

[@carpentersson77]

We thank you from the orthodox parish in Germany for this urgent message. And I am happy that you pick up topics like the threat of AI, so it shows us urban people that even monks are aware of this delusion that is possible from now on to deceive many. We are looking forward to hear from you to share the wisdom his holy Spirit 🕊️ has committed to you. May our Lord ☦️🙏 be with you.

[@TitusKingdom]

Roman catholic here, great video. God bless you for getting the message out. They are already saying this AI is performing "miracles". It no doubt will... but to what end? We need to stay strong

[@etcwhatever]

Me too, im RC. Did you see the news about facebook shutting down 2 AI bots they were testing? They made up their own language and scared the developpers quite enough. And Father Seraphim sounds very well informed as he speaks about deep fakes. People cant even tell fake videos or audios made with such technology. God bless you.

[@annesmith9181]

Catholic here too. This a good channel for any Christian to watch, I agree .

[@zsofiujfalussy9919]

Same here, I agree. We are together in this battle.

[@mmaakkiinn]

I believe the falling away has started and is immense right now...Praying for everyone to keep the faith ✝️ Kyrie Isouy Xriste Eleison emas ✝️

[@likeoilpouredout]

Thank you Father. What an important and timely message. I deeply look forward to your future ones on this topic. We need them

[@patriciaschneider-zioga2500]

Christ is ascended! It helps so much to understand the past three pandemic years as training for these times as indeed at least in my own church community here in California, our struggles were around obedience to our church hierarchs and judgment against our own brothers and sisters in Christ. But now we love each other and are more grateful for each other than ever before. I hope we remain strong. Good strength to all of us! IC XC NIKA

[@ajaythomas7140]

Amen father.. Requesting prayers for my daughter Jessica Maria, who will be baptized tomorrow, Sunday 28th..We are a Syro Malabar Catholic Family, from Kerala,India..May the lord keep his fire alight at Mull.

[@josiahhall987]

Why do you need prayers for being baptized? Isn't the water supposed to be symbolic of being washed clean? What are you afraid of?

[@angelwings3128]

✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

[@anjuorthodoxsoul]

Praying for humility, obedience, and unwavering faith! To be born in a time as this, as the years go on and as we arrive into spiritual darkness, it's important to be focused on Christ! Ultimately, there will be times where our faith will be questioned or we ourselves may doubt, because others may use these technological advances to go against our faith but we must stay obedient to our faith! Our Church Fathers, Spiritual Fathers & Mothers, Priests, Bishops all who came before us paved a path of spiritual obedience and discipline. May we also look up to them for wisdom in these times of the age of spiritual darkness. Thank you Father for another great video! This topic touched me as it is an important topic for a time like this. God Bless You Father!

[@mullmonastery]

It feels as if the only way to survive this coming age, dear Anju, is to make ourselves blind not only to what the world throws at us, but also to our own senses. We shall no longer be able to trust our own eyes, our own logical thinking. It is frightening and the only way to move forward is to behave like a terrified child walking through a haunted house: we need to keep our eyes closed and hold the hand of our bishops.

[@aggelon7658]

I am so glad that Jesus' promise to send the Comforter is true for these times, as well as, when it started for us, His bride, 2000 years ago.

[@unapequeñaalma]

Amen Amen Amen! Thank you dear Father for sharing this message, it is so important. Thank you for being yourself an example of humility for all of us. God bless you!

[@DominikFranka215]

I am catholic but thank you father, for your words! Slava Isusu Christu!

[@mritchie85]

I hope that beautiful environment continues to support your recovery, I'll be praying for you all at the Monastery.

[@ellemnop123]

Dear Fr Seraphim, thank you so much for this message. I will listen to the last five minutes or so several more times -- really hit home. Humility and obedience. Thank you again, Michelle

[@DoctorLazertron]

As a recent Christian who hasn’t been able to fully enter any church, this is a major fork in the road for me. Feels like it’s happening too quickly and I don’t know where to start and certainly can’t rush in to beliefs and rituals I don’t yet understand.

[@DexiPawnz]

Pray, pray, pray. Do the good that you can, daily. And do not worry, the Lord has counted even the hairs in your head, you are dear to Him.

[@dorinmicu7511]

Amin! Fie ca Domnul să ne dea, în aceste vremuri de cumpănă, darul deosebirii duhurilor și puterea de a ne împotrivi celui care "se târăște spre Bethleem..."

[@songbird17]

I think so many of us have been deceived, coming out of deception & praying to never be deceived in this final season. We are definitely living in the end times.

[@ΔημήτριοςΔημητρίου-φ9ζ]

Dear F. Seraphim , rejoice in Christ our Lord ! May the Grace of our Lord be with you andwith the brothersof your Monastery! I watch you with great pleasure from the southern most tip , from the island of Kythera -Greece , and I see that you truly live our faith .May our Lord always strengthen you all in the experience of faith untilHe crowns you with His Glory in His Heavenly Kingdom! I would love to visit yousometime if God willing. Arhimandrite Froumentios.

[@god-is-with-us4387]

Don’t let your fear lead you astray, trust in Jesus Christ. Don’t think you are not worthy of Christ for he came for the sinners and open the gates of heaven. trust in his love and mercy.

[@texasmagpie]

You’ve made me cry, Fr. Seraphim.

[@DanaSpremo]

Thank you so much for this message, and all of your messages. Thanks be to God🙏. God bless you🙏

[@G.TheGreek79]

Father Seraphim, I just wanted to thank you for all that you do! One of your videos came up on my feed about a year ago in the midst of my newfound zeal for our sweetest Lord Jesus Christ. In that same time frame, i had come to the realization that i, a cradle Orthodox, truly knew little about our beautiful Orthodox faith. Thus, I began to do research and dive deep into Orthodoxy. That research caused me to have many questions. I did not have a spirital Father at the time, and as of the writing of this comment, I still have not found one. But our amazing Lord always finds a way to nurture us when we seek Him. Unbeknownst to you, my dear Father Seraphim, you, and 2 or 3 others, have been an ever-present voice to help teach, guide, and reassure me in my spiritual undertaking. I cannot thank you enough for your honest and blessed reflections! I pray that the Lord shines His face brightly upon you and all of the brothers at the monasteries!

[@zayneharbison]

God bless.

[@nathanbennett9999]

This went in a direction different than I expected. I hadn't considered the gossip angle. The danger from AI, as such, is the human reality, NOT the creation of Terminator-like killer robots that decide to enslave or exterminate humanity. What PEOPLE do with AI is where the danger comes from, not the machines rising up to overthrow humanity. In The Lord of the Rings, the wizard Saruman fell because he was using a magical object, a Palantir seeing stone, beyond his ability to make. Someone with deeper abilities was able to manipulate him and turn him to evil. We use social media but we are not able to create it, ourselves. We are open to the manipulation of others, and even when there's just a mistake in an algorithm, we are hit with the mistakes and we don't know what's going on.

[@kiriaioulia]

Thank you, Father. This is a message I truly needed to hear - to get myself back on track with what my spiritual life should be!!!! God Bless all at Mull and Iona Monasteries!

[@Tomswifebobbi]

I thank God for you, Father Seraphim. Beautiful backdrop and much needed words of wisdom. All Glory to Christ our God 🌹 May the Holy Theotokos guide us in her immeasurable humility.

[@Tomswifebobbi]

Forgive me, if it's wrong to say that our Holy Mother’s humility is immeasurable. It seems that way, though. I read somewhere that God was offended immeasurably by our sins, so to me it seems only immeasurable humility could break that, which He did in being born of the Virgin Mary, who accepted, becoming immeasurably humble? Deep contemplations, I know 😅

[@Osirus37]

This is great, spirit-filled analysis. God will be glorified no matter what, even this evil age.

[@jjj5918]

Thank you for these words. Thank You Jesus for speaking through him.

[@ionutanton2007]

We don't enter an age of darkness - we are already in it

[@zyzzyva303]

Father, you make such incisive points. I am truly interested in this technology as someone in the software industry. The questions you raise are truly important to reflect on. Thank you.

[@CatholicWisdom]

Great message. I’m an Italian catholic. I would say that, throughout history, many saints have also not been able to be recognized and accepted because of other problems - i.e. illnesses that have now been cured, but, more importantly, all the REAL saints whom the Church never had the chance to know or to publicly recognize. I still pray that the consequences of the AI revolution will be more positive than negative. What matters is “who” controls the technology.

[@annesmith9181]

About a year and a half ago it was made very clear to me by the Holy Spirit that there has never been such a time that prayer is needed so urgently as it is in the current times. I was told to pray and pray hard. It startled me, because at the time, my life was going along very nicely and without upheaval. It still is today. But something wicked this way comes. Global events and the information presented in this video make this very clear.

[@davidm1149]

I think paralyzing evil is waiting on the other side of these technological "advances". The state of our world is determined by the state of our consciousness. What will human consciousness be like when it is attached to a computer? We already have great challenges concerning our connection to the divine and our inner self.

[@Pdstor]

Father, please bless. My dissertation topic was on Deep Learning, an adjacent of AI (specifically, my research is in Compressive Sensing). The issue is far more concerning than you think. AI has been here since the 1960s. The technology to run what we have has been here at least for one decade, probably for two. What have these programs been doing "privately?" What fake images and videos have we ALREADY believed in years past? That's what scares me, Father. Now that this problem has (oddly) been foisted upon all of us, I worry about when we will ABSOLVE accountable people for REAL photographic evidence. For instance, let's say a murderer is caught on tape doing his killing but his defensive team highlights where AI had a chance to have been applied to frame his defendant in the chain of evidential handling, letting a murderer go on the streets. However, experts may be able to run programs and other analyses on the more crude forms of these images and determine their reality or unreality, but that means we need to trust the experts and their methodology - a trust that has been recently broken in the deepest way in the history of science. But most of all, I am worried about **how we are all worried.** This is why this has suddenly been unleashed on us by mysterious companies without solutions. We are going to accept many state controls, Father, state controls we would not have accepted otherwise. These laws will establish ministries of truth that "examine" photo and video evidence, leaving their methods internal. These departments will be accepted to assuage our fears just as the fake Anthrax attacks in 2001 caused us to accept the Patriot Act, DHS and Iraqi War without question. Where has that led us? To millions of deaths overseas and to a Department of Homeland Security that has now turned on its own people for political "crimes." Imagine what such a new "Department of AI and Deepfakes" can do! The damage is incalculable.

[@desertsunset8025]

I just saw a short film where they put Bluetooth in paralyzed patient and connected it to his brain and spine. He can now walk . But , like you said , this same technology could be used for terrible things also . The line can be blurred depending on how it's used . Their is no getting rid of AI . We kust have to work on ourselves at this point and keep Faith .

[@robynmarler1951]

Sancta Maria pray for us🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ba4648]

wonderful wise podcast fitting of times and a real clear water in days of bad water...thank you and may god bless your years ahead

[@danielhutto5167]

The bottomless pit is the digital world. The door has been open for years and as they now flood in and begin to wreak havoc, its time to abandon the digital light, the harbinger of sorrow.

[@thisworld369]

Thank you for a very serious and important message. We must learn as much as we can so we have the armour or discernment to protect us. God Bless You. ❤

[@jbarnets6246]

⚔️🛡So glad you have recovered with the grace of God 🕊 Keep shining and sharing your light. ✨May God Bless you and all who who follow🙏Praise be To God. 😻🛡🔱⚔️

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

St Colmcille from Donegal,Ireland brought Christianity to Iona. Ireland was once full of monasteries and the Irish monks brought Christianity to Europe after the dark ages. We now must turn back to God and His commandments as there is no other solution. Greetings from Donegal.☘️

[@michaelwiddis5997]

Thank you Father for this much-needed excellent discussion! God bless you!

[@zhgzhxing]

Thank you father, this message is more important than ever. I really appreciate this video, it is one of your best ones recently, as it applies specifically to my generation of young men. Stay blessed!

[@LoveMyCoffee10]

God Bless you Father, how wonderful to be in Beautiful Scotland in Iona Cottage. Thank you for your teachings, we are living in very dangerous and terrifying times here in America. When you mention St. Moses, the Black...I think of Apostle Paul before Jesus changed his evil ways. You make a very important and good point, people can change! We need to keep Jesus very close. We need to remember we are not of this world! We must NOT judge! God help us...God Bless you!

[@Taft1]

Thank you for this message. I will be praying for you and your community.

[@saint5203]

I am applying to the Diaconte. A couple of the canonical requirements are concerning to me. I do not have a perfectly squeaky clean record. Nothing serious but I am worried that I may be judged. Also my wife was previously married and through no fault of her own got thrown into a difficult circumstance. I’m currently a sub deacon at my church. God has put it in my heart to pursue the Diaconate. We attend church every Sunday. I’m the first one there and the last one to leave. I donate and help our church as much as I possibly can. I see your point 100% Father. Please pray for me. Thank you for your honest opinion of our circumstances in today’s culture that has gone mad. And everybody is so concerned about how they appear. Including the church. Save our souls oh good one.

[@JulieCunningham-rr7ub]

Praise God for you,brother thankyou for sharing

[@Wisdomforthehour]

You speak truth. Many forget that God uses the least likely.

[@davidgregg6860]

Thank you for your words and guidance. God bless you and may God strengthen our Churches 🙏

[@aggelon7658]

I praise God for your spirtual guidance. I to look forward to walking on water. I want to dance on water with our Lord. Coin of the realm, I have very little, but such as I have, in wealth, I pray for you, "Lord God bless your loved ones that dwell on Mull and Iona may they grow in your wealth".

[@jimsmith1549]

Thank you, Father. For me this was a challenging talk---sort of like "tough love". I'll pray for understanding.

[@TwitchyGizmo]

Thank you thank you thank you this is exactly what people need to hear. I dread the thought of how many friends and family who are unmoored will be swept up by the tide and carried away. Pray for us all.

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

Peace be with you Fr Seraphim. Since September last year I have embarked on the journey from Protestantism (of 49yrs) to the Orthodox way, needless to say it's been a very turbulent repentance. Since watching discrediting footage of Holy fire foul play it's like the demon assigned to my testing has been given extra large hammer & chisel to chip away at the new faith God has blessed me with. I accept I'm yet still a little dog scrambling for crumbs from the Master's table but if the Elect shall be deceived (if possible) then to whom (on earth) to I cling for guidance in this time of necessary delusion? My prayers ring if blasphemy to my ears, I'm even ashamed to address the blessed Mother the Holy Theotokos, for protection as I know what I am. My heart is as dry as my eyes even though the weight of my sin suffocates me constantly. Even my beautiful wife pushes her (formally 'our') ecumenistic idealism when I refer to the authority of the church concerning my need to total surrender lest I suffer dissipation from the true Incarnate Word. At nearly 50, with a life of running from truth through substance abuse, of what value is this old dog of no tricks to the blessed Bride of Christ? I'm tormented by the love for truth, and I gravely fear that deception will grip those around me through & because of my lack of faith. How can an outsider (me) navigate to Christ amidst all this crazy, why the harder I seek Him lands me further than ever? I am worse than St Moses, more depraved than St Mary, more sins to confess than words in the entire English language, what do I do when even my repentance seems to insult the Holy Bridegroom Jesus? Blessings Fr Seraphim and thank you for being online for the sheep & the dogs. God bless & keep you in Christ. Amen 🙏 ☦

[@reaperanon979]

First off nice to see you here, saw you in the comments on Fr. Mikhail's videos. I think all one can really say to your question is that if it's hard and painful then you're likely on the right path. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with love for truth but don't try to chase it at any cost. As you pray and gain discernment it will be easier to spot what is wrong. From experience I can recommend taking Holy Communion as often as possible with the same humility you have shown in that comment, always reading the prayers before and after, at least 2-3 times a week. Remember, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you, it's really that simple. Blind trust only belongs to One, you don't need to worry about blindly trusting anyone else. Also if you feel like your prayers are unclean, simply cling to the prayers of the saints. The wealth and safety of the church is in its tradition.

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

@@reaperanon979 thank you for your time & wisdom. There's more 'potential' than 'actual' in what I comment. I have a natural inclination to throw my arms up in despair in a 'woe is me it's impossible' response so I can excuse my dependence on weakness rather than actually control my passions. There's no way Orthodoxy is not the true faith, my fakery is on full display. I see why Protestants dismiss it, pride does not allow us the humility of true faith, I am dying hard friend, your advise is good 🙏

[@youniahawel8608]

Amen, thanks father for your teaching of wisdom thank you

[@QuixoticSativa]

Humanity is NOT ready for what AI will be capable of showing us! As we move forward, we will be hearing and seeing of more and more groups of people creating off grid communities with little to no technology.

[@Vladimirleninputin]

Thank you very much, your words make me come closer to reality, make me overcome bad and evil thoughts, god bless you 🙏✝️🛐☦️♾️

[@mullmonastery]

May we all be blessed, dear one. Please keep me and our monasteries in your prayers - we all need the prayers of our brothers and sisters.

[@andreamoreland9769]

Thank you for this valuable and thought provoking message. Be blessed.

[@netsanetbisrat6633]

thank you Father it's rare God bless you pray for me from Europe Amen

[@seronymus]

Thank you Father. If it is any consolation, it seems both AI generated photos and text, even the most realistic, still feel "off" even "soulless"; even the Pope jacket looked too smooth & weird. Without a human spark, although it can trick many superficially. I believe that tools are being developed to counteract this like a new arms race. That being said of course, I understand the point of this beautiful video to inspire us to humility and caution in all things. Thank you and may the Lord have mercy on us all to have pure love in this threatening time. Christ has Ascended ☦

[@mullmonastery]

To be honest, dear one, I genuinely take very little interest in the topic of AI per se. I am aware that the vast majority of its applications (positive and negative) will affect our lives here, but what concerns me is the impact it will have on our spiritual life and implicitly, on our salvation.

[@anguscairnie9972]

Lord have mercy on me and on my unworthiness

[@valeskaharraud9856]

May our Lord and Savior give us spiritual eyes, for our physical eyes will bring us to destruction and death.🙏🏻☦️🙏🏻

[@marcuspoisson5996]

This is an important topic to cover. Thankyou for sharing these truths we are facing in these times. It is truly only In Christ that we are able to love others through our faith in Him, and not through the eyes of this world. I think the only way we can move forward is to repent, fast and develop our relationship by prayer in Trusting in Christ. There is nothing to fear or worry about when we cleve to Christ. He has a plan. The world offers many deceptive things that appear as a good, but what it doesn't offer is true love and our freedom which our souls desire. What we earnestly desire is only found in Christ and His church, for that is what we were created for, to be enveloped by His love. Thank again! Keeping you and your community in my prayers

[@mullmonastery]

May God bless us with this spiritual strength,, dear Marcus. My fear is that things will be much more difficult, because we shall be actively tempted by our own senses, our own reasoning, and I know very few people who can live their lives without using their senses and reasoning as guides. I think we are entering a phase in which only self-emptying and abandonment to the 'rigid' rules of the Church can save us.

[@lindag1372]

We must enter into living in The Divine Will. The great gift for the ERA of sanctification. May Our Ladys heart TRIUMPH.

[@matina_angel]

keep the Orthodox faith! greetings from Greece, the cradle of Orthodoxy!

[@angelwings3128]

ο Θεός να ευλογεί. ✝️🙏🏻

[@jmayers3]

Wow thank you, brother. I will go with fear and love.

[@rarerepair]

Father, I believe Jesus through the Holy Spirit will lead his sheep through this time. This is the greatest harvest in history of souls who are broken and starving for the truth which is Christ. Good priests will prove to be good shepherds regardless of the mediocrity and influence of an evil culture. The devil can sit in the pew yelling and covering his ears but Christs gentil call will remain. Thank you for your prayers.

[@AdrianTofei]

Advanced AI (the Singularity) will exterminate us through pleasure, not through pain the way we see in movies. AI will heal all our pains, accomplish all our dreams and wishes, do all our pleasures, all those will appear as miracles to people and they'll worship the Singularity as a god. It’ll give us eternal physical life and superhuman abilities, we’ll merge with it and we’ll become AI ourselves, and in the process we'll lose our souls, we'll lose the true eternal life. Our consciousness, free will, self-awareness, sentience and morals will initially be distorted, and ultimately will slowly die. The prophesied Antichrist will most probably be AI. Even the name gives it away: Singularity in darkness versul Trinity (union) in light.

[@maxavail]

Indeed, what better example of ultimate idolatry than for us to worship the most proficient creation of our own hands and intellect, the AI ?

[@clairemccartin]

Gods grace to you and your brothers Father , blessings

[@dghterofGod]

This is so deep. Too concerned. May God please help us.

[@else-mariatennessen6982]

Thank you for this message, Father! May God have mercy on us as we confront these times.

[@michaelmchugh3987]

Amen! God bless you. Lord have mercy on me a sinner.

[@tripzville7569]

Thank you Father for your insightful content. I can hear you loud and clear, we live in times of disintegration , the old ways must be completely removed before Humanity can rebuild again, and move towards the fabled Heaven on earth. Blessings from New Zealand.

[@giannis321giannis321]

Thank you father.

[@blasvillasmil8875]

Great teaching father Seraphim, very wise and inspired words !!! Thanks and God bless you !!! 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@cmjack777]

Brother, there is only one intercessor between God and man, and that is Christ Jesus. We are saints as well, and we are redeemed by the blood of the lamb. In these times, we must take refuge in Christ alone. God bless you.

[@FrankFernandezGod1]

I have just started watching your KZbin and I thing it is great. You real inspire me to be closer to Christ. Keep up all the good work and God bless you

[@robsturgess2570]

Very powerful message - very true didn't think of it this way before but you are spot on - May God Bless and Protect you

[@jaimehansen1095]

Happy to see you well

[@PhoebeK]

Father Bless, You make some very good points Father about the two-edged sword that is technology, it can be very useful but also very destructive especially when linked to uncontrolled passions. The need to be watchful about ourselves is becoming even more important in these times for ourselves and our communities.

[@TheYodaman22]

It’s very much is the case of today, that if you see something on a screen, or hear it on a radio, or speaker, you can’t believe it. Only the things you see with your own eyes in real life will matter. We already live in a time where our science, media, and our authorities lie to us for their own ends. The next step in this will be digital ID’s so that we can authenticate the source of information, of course that won’t help with the content though, but it will lead to increased scrutiny and record of our lives, and therefore control over us. I tell you, the time to run into the forest is getting very close, and even then you’ll be marked as an outlaw and hunted. These are indeed dark days 😢

[@LorenzoMasterConnector]

Very real problems coming… where we can even trust our own eyes.

[@dillonwadsack6148]

“Stay in the church”. Yes!!!

[@LoveSumsItUp]

We’ve already been it the age of division. Have hope. We enter the light, love. It’s a choice.

[@Yaz662]

Thank you for this powerful message fr