Exploring the Orthodox Household

Welcome to the Orthodox Church! Join Frederica Mathewes-Green, in this video series, on a journey into the Eastern Orthodox Church. Learn about Orthodox teachings and dogma, Orthodox architecture and terminology, and what it means to live an Orthodox life.
In this video, Frederica talks a little bit about how Orthodox Christians practice their faith at home.
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[@granolagirl4972]

Pre-written prayers acting as a "steel structure" for one's prayer life. Excellently phrased. I pray with a prayer book, and without. I definitely appreciate using my prayer book especially at times when I can't think of what to pray about, or if I'm not a good mood and need more guidance to set myself straight.

[@maxkol4380]

And remember that Moses, David and other OT prophets gave us pre-written prayers. As did Our Lord himself. I've never understood the need for some Christians to think everything has to be spontaneous. It doesn't compute for me.

[@raphaelledesma9393]

I find that as I repeat the prayers of the Church and the Psalms, my own prayers begin to mirror them. The Spirit gave these prayers to the Church and He intercedes for us when we do not know how to pray as we ought.

[@VitalyTaks]

It's so nice to be here with Orthodox brothers and sisters. God bless you all!!!

[@gottliebgrubber92]

In my simple mind I always think that whenever I pray using the prayer book or using prayers of the Church, I know I’m not alone because I know that the Church is praying with me together, uttering the same prayer ...

[@johnnyd2383]

Hallelujah brother.!! We are never alone... Our Lord Jesus Christ, Church Triumphant together with Church Militant are always with us.

[@justina.304]

that’s beautiful.

[@ctpx14]

In Serbia we usually put icons on the wall, smaller icons , paper icons are on the table or we carry them in the backpack,wallet ,purse :)

[@certificate6918]

We do that in Greece as well :)

[@bnf1210]

We do that in Romania aswell :)

[@callmecrazy7330]

In macedonia as well

[@johnnyd2383]

In Republic of Srpska as well...

[@l.m6038]

In Georgia as well

[@Awakeningspirit20]

This lady in over 3 minutes just explained prayer better than all of Catholic school for me... and I was shocked at the "Icon Corner" because this is something I actually became inspired to do in a sense on my own, during this isolated Formation time the Lord has put me through... I hang a Rosary (one in particular with a very powerful history for me) on a lamp and turn the lamp on and turn it into a shrine space, emulating the chapel I met Jesus in in college. In Catholic school we were just told to say the prayers. At the Newman Center in college people I knew labored over saying these prayers ritualistically (it's kind of a funny scene when some guy breaks up a social gathering, trying to be like a chad or something, and says "we're going to go do Night Prayer" with a tone that demands everyone follow him to go do it). I never liked written prayers, I never knew how to pray most of my life until I met God in nature. When I was in the chapel it was more what you describe, a healing and growing experience. Like I was at the foot of God, the foot of the Cross, and same now with my 'Icon Corner'. I now see the value of some written prayers as the 'steel support' though. If Orthodoxy is into what seems like meditation, with these Icon Corners, then that's much more powerful to me than Catholicism's ritualistic prayers and duty-bound saying of them... in Catholicism I feel like you can only really be spiritual like that in a chapel or as a monk... Orthodoxy takes the monk out of the monastery and makes everyone one into a monk lol. I like it.

[@stormshadowctf]

Go visit an orthodox church and attend divine liturgy for yourself.

[@williamcornette]

Sometimes they call it an icon stand. Mine is an end table. It is next to the front door so people can venerate them on their way in and out. We have incense and holy water on it. Its kind of low but perfect for me as I prefer to pray morning prayers on my knees. He gave us a lampada also which now hangs over it and our icons of Christ and the Theotokos are now on the wall on either side of it.

[@maxkol4380]

Only evangelical protestants have issues with prayer books. Most Christians (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and main-line liturgical Protestants) use prayer books.

[@thekingofsomewhere]

If anyone has problem with a prayer book, I wonder what they make of the book of Psalms, a whole prayer book right there in the Scriptures. Other than that, I wonder what they make of ancient Jewish worship and use of pre-existing prayers.

[@alanbourbeau24]

I’m no Eastern Orthodox Christian but as a Catholic Christian, I too have religious items such as a Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a collection of rosaries, a Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel, two pictures of Jesus and Mary. And holy water. All those things I have are in my apartment.

[@seraphim_eternal]

Your profile pic

[@jacobthomas6620]

Prayer is Power 💠💒

[@Raintalon89]

My icon wall is in a south east direction because I have a closet on my east wall. >.< Even so, I try to make it east no matter what house I live in.

[@Theoria]

This is just general practice. If the East wall is not possible, that is okay! The important part is that you spend time praying there :)

[@nevafitzgerald2402]

I love knowing how different religions observe God. Thank you🙏🙏❤❤

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

Thank you for sharing. What is inspiringly beautiful to me, as a Protestant (or be it more a black sheep), is your devotion to 'The Way', or more to the fact, Christ Jesus Himself. I never stick to anything so this level of devotion eludes me, I can only adore for tomorrow I die. I guess I can only liken it to my self destruction through drug addiction, now that I can do, only I don't rule it, it rules me. How do I switch paths with the same diligence? I do what I don't want to do, and what I want to do, that I do not do. I'm not even worthy to say it like that, yet it's true and my truth, which is the lie I live, the evidence of condemnation. Like I've been saying on these Orthodox posts since I started watching, where do I start? Or should I ask, why start what I don't finish? Nonetheless, thank you for sharing.

[@stormshadowctf]

You seriously need a spiritual father. Please find the nearest orthodox church and consult with the priest immediately

[@AnastasiaTheConvert]

Reach out by calling his name, Lord Jesus Christ and Invite him into your heart and he will soon enough hear you and welcome you home. I was a lost lamb, called and cried to him and am now home. 🙏 “Ask and you shall receive.”

[@bonniejohnstone]

You are not a ‘black sheep’! God is the God of Love. Here is a Priest that had an addiction problem (and anxiety etc) but was open with his congregation and got help. First of several videos at my Parish… nobody is hopeless! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3-2ZKWlbcp3iMU

[@thinktank8286]

I would love to know what prayer book should/could be used as a person learning of the Orthodox practice. Thank you for the wonderful videos.

[@johnnyd2383]

You can find them at any little store that almost every local church has. Prayer books are more or less all the same. Can't make a mistake.

[@sethfleishman5346]

Lonnie -- the Jordanville Prayer Book from Holy Trinity Monastery is very good and widely available. -s

[@stormshadowctf]

The Euchologion

[@bonniejohnstone]

Ancient Faith Publishing has several prayer books. A popular one with young adults is Hear Me written by my daughter Annalisa Boyd. She has another for women called The Ascetic Lives of Mothers. The Prayerbook first used by the Church (still used today) is Psalms.

[@magneticweasel1960]

I absolutely love the hymn in the beginning of these videos. What is the name and specific chorus?

[@johnnyd2383]

Hymn is called Axion Estin... kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4OWimieedOWpJY

[@airri3875]

@@johnnyd2383 Axion Eston is a different hymn, one to the Theotokos, "It is truly meet..." This one is "Taste and See", a Communion hymn during Great Lent

[@airri3875]

In another comment, it's said the hymn is "Taste and See" by the choir of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Maryland

[@robertsullivan4773]

Interesting I'm a catholic and I have a prayer shelf where I keep my religious keep sakes and where I pray 🙏.

[@abujagall]

Do you guys use kneelers? I'm part of the Byzantine Catholic Church I converted and I'm very proud to be a Byzantine Catholic and we do have icon Corners as well however we acknowledge that we are Catholics so we put statues on our corners period but anyways we often use kneelers as well well at least I do since I have close ties with the Byzantine church and the mainstream western church.

[@Theoria]

Sometimes! And in some places!

[@abujagall]

@@Theoria I wish I could post pictures only comments because I meant to say my iPod color looks pretty nice if I do say so myself.

[@kingofthedaynes2229]

could someone tell me the name of the song at the beginning? thanks! :)

[@Theoria]

Hi Nicolas, it's the Hymn "Taste and See" done by the choir of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Maryland

[@alexjeremic9580]

🙏🙏🙏✝️❤️

[@titianmom]

Do you have to have icons to pray?

[@firesidechatswithluke6648]

No. It helps though

[@milicas.4534]

You are a beautiful Goddess thank you for your information spiritual being follows asking for what one wants and praying around of clock presence in the light :-)

[@Humble.Servant]

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[@diversityofideasnotidentit5213]

"prayers asking these (dead) saints" (2:15)? you think Paul instructed the first century believers to do that?

[@johnnyd2383]

Precisely. Even so he himself prayed for the departed brother in Christ Onesiphorus as witnessed in the 2 Tim 1, 16-18

[@stormshadowctf]

Yup

[@user-jc2uz3tl6n]

@@johnnyd2383 amen

[@anamalecebeyonder1941]

Thes Saints Ares Alives.xDsx)sxpsxPs

[@thekingofsomewhere]

Yeah. In fact, early Jewish literature suggests that prophets like Jeremiah pray for the people of Israel (see 2 Maccabees).

[@stevenfetzer4911]

It's like a mix of paganism.

[@Arginne]

In what way? Not at all.