Elder Cleopa - Fear of God

Elder Cleopa of Sihastria
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[@Sihengli]

Like my Romanian grandmother, he always ends his advice with "but do not listen to me, I'm just a crazy old person..."

[@sureiajergman6408]

😅

[@ioancasian]

Saint Justin to Elder Cleopa: "If you go the the Holy Mountain, you'll add another flower to the Garden of Lady Theotokos and you'll pray only for yourself. Whereas if you stay in Romania, you'll lead the faithful, teach many the way of salvation, raise spiritual children and save yourself and others. For if we all leave into solitude, who will comfort them, who will teach them Christ's will and who will guide them to the true Orthodox faith, now that unbelievers and sects multiplied so much!"

[@paradiseprodukts8297]

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.

[@ioancasian]

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7 (Pildele lui Solomon)

[@twotetah]

I'm new to Orthodoxy..there is beauty and truth with Christ and his church....

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

Amen

[@pablos011]

We are too weak to understund real meaning of the words of father Cleopa.

[@kekman693]

I can understand him he sends a very powerful message

[@pradeepmgeorge]

Iam an orthodox Indian Christian, the priest is speaking about being humble. There is no greater truth than death you are born to die. All our knowledge, wealth, power, beauty has to succumb in the face of death. What remains is gods grace. I find a very humble priest in front of me, some of you may not agree with him but dont abuse him

[@christopherboyd7972]

Very wise.

[@sureiajergman6408]

🙏🏽

[@jennywilson829]

We are not worthy to criticize them. God is always with them.

[@tessalogan586]

Jesus Christ have mercy on me😭❤️

[@SHAHINCLAAT]

im a Muslim and i love these videos! thanks for putting them up. God guide us all, amen.

[@Worick_]

These saints sound so right with everything they say. No wonder after everything they sacrifice and how hard they try for God.

[@palikariatl]

Glory to God in the Highest! I had seen these videos before on KZbin, but they were in Romanian only. THANK YOU for adding the English subtitles!!! Now all Orthodox and non, who speak English can be blessed by the wisdom of the holy Romanian elders!

[@kekman693]

He has truly opened my eyes

[@petra4171]

✝️❤️☁️ SA NU TREACA NICI MACAR O ZI FARA A NE ADUCE AMINTE DE DOMNUL DUMNEZEU SI DE FAPTUL CA VOM MURI MINCALA'R RAIUL SA IL MANINCE PE PARINTELE CLEOPA SI PE TOTI CEI CARE L-AU CUNOSCUT AMIN

[@wouspor1804]

Praise God, for giving us His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ who came and conquered death! He is risen! Indeed He is!

[@eggyolked108]

may heaven consume you

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

MV11 A better translation would be "may Heaven eat you all". Father Cleopa was a peasant and he spoke as a peasant. The word "consume" doesn't express corectly his saying.

[@paulwilliams9207]

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

[@TheeJoey1978]

How many knots is his prayer rope? It looks like it trails out the window and into the garden.

[@grimstuff1]

Wow. I think ive actually happened upon a line of reasoning ive never heard a hint of before. Genius!

[@teresawilliams2648]

Glad you are here my Friend.The Lord led you here.!

[@theprisoner3]

@spartacus24pit Fear of God is just the beginning,for as Elder Cleopa said in this video that fear of God pushes evil away from man. From fear of God,we get to Love of God,in this state we do no evil because we do not want to sadden him,and as well we do only good deeds and pray all day long just to make him happy,and to save ourselves.

[@vladodobleja748]

Dumnezeu să vă veselească frați și surori Creștini Ortodocși!

[@Darchange1]

@spartacus24pit Is not fear of God, like being afraid for what He will do to you. Is fearing that by your actions, you willingly upset the one you love. For if you know that He loves you, then you come to love Him, and you try your best not to upset Him. It is this fear that keeps you straight on the line... and even if you sometimes fail, He will help you get back on the right path.

[@Volumep]

Singurul lucru care pastreaza Romania in picioare este credinta unor oameni precum Parintele Celopa , si cred ca Romania este una dintre ultimele tari in care majoritatea oamenilor cred in Dumnezeu. Doamne ajuta .

[@vladodobleja748]

Dumnezeu să te veselească frate român Ortodox!

[@retardno002]

Un om cu ochii inchisi, dar care vede mult mai multe decat multi oameni care pretind ca au deschis ochii. Un putregai de mosneag... Fiecare intelege din orice religie ceea ce doreste. Cei ce nu cred, ca mine, inteleg doar strictetea, barierele, oprelistile de la "bunatatile" vietii. Dar fiul risipitor este in totdeauna binevenit de'a dreapta Tatalui. Poate voi trai destul cat sa ma intorc pe drumul cel bun. Mare om...

[@ISB]

"Death! Death! Death! Death! Death!" FANTASTIC! I'm glad I'm the first one to comment on your first video, welcome to youtube, and greetings from Serbia. (Elder Cleopa knew and loved our Elder Justin Popovic, btw)

[@yonatan8827]

Greetings from the future

[@ISB]

@@yonatan8827 Thanks. Still here after 15 years. "Welcome to KZbin", ha... it was a new thing back then.

[@yonatan8827]

@@ISB yooooo. That's crazy. It's mind blowing that you still got the account. God bless you

[@vladodobleja748]

God bless you Serbian Orthodox brother from a Romanian Orthodox brother,Father Justin and Father Ilie both served at Celije!

[@markom.3784]

covece gde si sad jel si ziv

[@stylianosm]

Excellent! Thank you very much!

[@user-yh7br7oo4z]

A real Saint ❤

[@TrippHudgins]

That was rock and roll...

[@icixie]

he told the same words he said in this video to a prime minister of Romania when he came to visit elder Cleopa.

[@petrichanin]

One of the most wise words I have ever heard!it is like... "Keep your mind in the Hell, have hope and do not fear"-Just as Jesus did-He went down to the Hell in order to Ressurect!!!!!!!!!

[@seekerseraphimtherecluse4314]

Harsh though beautiful wisdom

[@EverythingZen14]

I was once told, by a monk with the gift of spiritual discernment, that when there are no more people to pray for the world, then Christ will return to establish the Heavenly Jerusalem on Earth.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

RockBadger14 I have my doubts about this. Saint Paul says that those in the end days will change directly in their spiritual bodies. Not having anyone praying for the world means that the last followers of Christ will die which contradicts the vers from Saint Paul.

[@benkai343434]

@@sfappetrupavelandrei I don't see the contradiction in the verse here; no-one being present to pray for the world does not mean that those who do not pray will not undergo a spiritual transformation.

[@katherine3486]

It's living with the awareness of our brokeness. Keeping in mind that God's love would not have me do most of what I without awareness of what the effect , sinful and outside such love, has on others and, subsequently, the cosmos. *Love one another as I have loved you" ... Lord Have Mercy.

[@ioancasian]

Yes, and Elder Cleopa did obedience and stayed in Romania :-) Great info, thanks! Do you know by any chance if St. Justin talks about Ecumenism in that DVD? By the way, I have an excellent DVD with Serbian Elders: Fr. Tadej, Mother Ilarija (God rest her soul!) and Fr. Justin of Decane.

[@theprisoner3]

@hatenewbz Wise words,wise words indeed,may God give you strength against sin and help you on your path.

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

god bless the children of our brother

[@ioancasian]

@tilemacro thank you for sharing with us your infinite wisdom, my dear Greek!

[@radulazar5485]

the salvation come from jews not from greeks! haha

[@ioancasian]

Thanks for your comments! I uploaded a few pictures with Romanian Elders and one of Elder Cleopa with Saint Justin Popovic here: flickr com/photos/8923739@N06/ just add w 3 times

[@ISB]

Oh well! If you have those DVDs, then I'm sure you'll easily find these 2 - they were sauperbly done by deacon Nenad Ilic, ex- theatre director himself, both DVDs are superbly done, the one with St. Nikolai contains also a lot of rare footage of him from the 30-ies... as for fr. Justin footage, he's just having a chat with few visitors in Celije monastery.

[@ISB]

ha, great quote from our fr. Justin there - a DVD including some archive footage of him just came out here in Serbia (english subtitles included), done by the same team who made the St. Nikolai Velimirovich DVD... find them both if you can, my romanian friend.

[@manricoPH]

You understand his words if you've sometime really been afraid to die.

[@dragossh]

Nu cred ca as fi inteles ceva fara subtitrare :)). Minunate vorbe, oricum.

[@MsSSnow]

Fear of God = Love of God.

[@nicea2787]

Lord Jesus, have mercy on us! Is it safe to say, "Elder Cleopa, pray for us" yet? :)

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

thank you! we at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross watched it and recieved much benifit from it. i would also post more videos, but the connection out here in the woods is poor. there will be more i post in a month or so. stay "tubed". Spraznikom!

[@kavaldzhia]

Аминь !

[@ioancasian]

@messedupbyalovingGod Yes, see the one on prayer.

[@1integrity]

At this time in my life, I much rather live out Saint Anthony's realization that "I no longer fear God, but I love Him". Does anyone know the source of the quote from Saint Basil on this video? Want to understand context beyond the minor prooftext. Thanks kindly.

[@Phobe21]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@TsarIvanIV]

@spartacus24pit Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. Ecclesiastes 12:13 God is deserving of fear and awe - He is the One who created the stars. How can we not have fear when we approach Him?

[@katherine3486]

@spartacus24pit By "fear", something gets lost in translation. In orthodoxy such phrases have a fullness meaning. taking away from that wholeness which is in Christ, by The Holy Spirit, to the Glory of The Father. Such Holy Fear means "awesomeness, the all-knowingness of God"

[@Darchange1]

@spartacus24pit Even fear of death means actually, fearing that you will be away from Our Lord, from The One you love. Because God is Life, and death is the absence of Life. God Bless us.

[@stan81o0]

moartea moartea moartea Moartea... :)

[@radulazar5485]

nu exista!

[@MikhalisBramouell]

Ἀμήν!

[@jasonkurup5759]

Sincere question, how do I reconcile this with Hebrews 2:14-15?

[@kekman693]

Jesus Christ is the only true God he is Devine. He is the holy trinity.

[@TheFitnessShinobi]

@BakinKoljac That's how to make a point stick. hah :D

[@awesomeendeavor1172]

Which language is he speaking? Some words are similar to my own tongue...

[@leograbowski7583]

Homem Bom Romanian

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

Romanian

[@mosclaudiu]

this its true!!! and mircale with Jerusalem (HOLLY FIRE)? its not true?

[@katherine3486]

I meant Holy Orthodoxy! The Fullness of Faith full of the Holy Spirit! Holistic and Simple and True! Love, and peace to all X X X

[@mosclaudiu]

THIS ITS TRUE!!!

[@tilemacro]

@Hedicasta Any proof for what you say? or just throwing your opinion around should impress me?

[@brightwhitelight1]

So Elder's are also spiritual Father's , not just the Priest being Siritual Fathers?

[@teodorasihla]

@jollyjarvis It's all right, you don't have to understand everything :-)

[@EverythingZen14]

We know not to mingle our doctrine with other churches, for this is deceit and conceals the Truth. If we don't accept the theology of others who are close to us in faith, how can we accept those of the pagan faith which does not even testify to One God in Trinity? To mingle such things with the Church is a terrible thing. Judging the doctrine and practices of other 'Churches' is quite a different matter from judging the heart of a man.

[@TobiToastbrot96]

Malta malta malta malta malta MALTA !!!

[@Hedicasta]

@tilemacro For the fools, spiritual life is 'religious indoctrination'. They talk, talk, talk about something they even know or live. Being humble is a good starting point for them. Maybe one day could start to comprehend something.

[@Luizcab82]

WHY you put Christ the prayer ? why prayer ?

[@conformingtotheson]

Because the Elder was saying that yes, Christ must be in the heart, but he was also referencing the Jesus Prayer.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

It was a reference to an Orthodox practice in which people need to say the Jesus prayer (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, the sinner) all the time. You could say that this practice represents the Orthodox equivalent of Buddhist meditations. It started the latest serious dogmatic argument in the Orthodox Church. This was in the XIVth century.

[@droidwarf]

@v3riTaSs Pics or it didn't happen.

[@EverythingZen14]

Orthodox Christianity has never mixed with the Greek Hellenic Pagan 'gods'. Spiritual wisdom comes from the One and Only True God, who is Christ. These confisions and attitudes make me sick at heart for the Church. The Church is not an ethnicity, but is given for all freely, and shall we ever conceal the Truth by blending it in with pagan and heretical beliefs by our pride, may the Lord have mercy on us!

[@applesnicolle5144]

Thanks for enlightening udon that! Indeed so true🕊

[@Hedicasta]

@tilemacro I keep the point, you know nothing about spiritual life, to say something about it. Do you want to talk about something else, internet for example? It's another thing.

[@spartacus24pit]

To see the death in front of you makes sens,but to have fear of God...does not make sens.He loves people,why ask for fear?We are not like sheeps who respect only the fear factor

[@spartacus24pit]

Da, sa zicem...dar esti de acord ca nu doar frica de Domnul declansaza intelepciunea?de ex. frica de prostie sau dorinta de intelepciune(unde nu e nevoie de nici o frica).

[@retardno002]

asta nu e adevarata fata omule. dar adevarul sta in ochii privitorului.

[@radulazar5485]

...sau, spus cu alte cuvinte, daca vrei sa ascunzi ceva ascunde-l la vedere, nu?

[@Alex-hz2xg]

Romanian temperament

[@BakinKoljac]

death! death! death! death! death! death!... :D

[@tilemacro]

His last sentence " you've come to an old rotten man ?!" Yes with a brain rotten from religious indoctrination"

[@theunknowncommenter725]

And yet I'm speaking to someone whose brain is rotten from atheistic indoctrination.