Fr. Lazarus ElAnthony - Monk's Life Eps10

[@lenyvarkey8086]

I am an Indian Orthodox Christian but I think I think I can connect with the CHRIST in his teachings. God bless.

[@johnwitkowski6596]

God bless you Father Lazarus.

[@alexschmitz2538]

Fr. Lazarus, your wise words truly do bring me closer to god and bring forth my spirit, and the truths you reveal really call my spirit to spring into action. This is such a confusing and misguided world we live in. Your words really ground me and guide me. I am still a long ways from reaching the image of god that i am called to. Lord have mercy on me and all of us sinners in this world. May we hold on to our innocence and deny the bitterness of the fruit of the western world. May god help us and guide us as we search for the narrow path. Thank you father and god bless you. Amen❤️☦️

[@mymasterwhipsmelol3700]

This helped me out a lot thank you father Lazarus,God bless you.

[@erioff5779]

Brotha same

[@PickNMixMMA]

NEVER STOP MAKING THESE VIDS! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HELPFUL

[@Christ_rules]

hows it going

[@xmc7189]

I'm watching these videos now for the umpteenth time and yet it is like I learn something new.

[@sridevdevotional]

fr. lazarus has stated the stark reality of our civilization. and what one has to do to at least on a basic level to survive spiritually.

[@Az-oh1ht]

Our fathers truely are the lights of the world , look how this man’s light shines from a remote desert and change many lives ! The light couldn’t be hidden! Just like all those desert fathers whose light shines through time and space ! Luke 8:16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light”

[@atsedemariambizuneh5270]

ልክ ነሺ አመተ

[@bellaangel9425]

These talks are very helpful to us oldsters also:-) Thanks again for posting all of these very helpful talks.

[@davidtombs7385]

For me this is profound. I wish I had this 40 years ago. Thank you Father.

[@ayenalemgetachew5588]

Bless the world and bless us father.

[@spynu85]

Great,great,great video!Thank you!The Orthodox Church is The True Apostolic Church founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ our Savior!Amen.

[@mikkis668]

Wisdom! 🔥

[@Love_Hope_Faith]

Father Lazarus Speaks Volumes here, All Is Absolutely and Sadly TRUTH

[@simonhailu8797]

THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL TEACHING FR. LAZARUS, THANKYOU VERY MUCH ALSO TO CYC FOR PREPARING THIS VIDEO. PLEASE REMEMBER US ON YOUR PRAYER. GODBLESS YOU

[@fouadfarah1485]

This master of powerful self control monk, faithful, we love your teaching abouna Lazarus el Antony pray for me,I need your prayerful from your mother country, God bless you and long life...

[@KenHagler]

So true about living in the West...the cradle is broken indeed. Mercy Lord.

[@Habeschah1]

Thanks so much for upload this video , you know how many people you save , God bless you God Love You Dear Fr. Lazarus El Anthony , Please Pray For Me and For My Family , Please Tell God Jesus Christ that I love him for all my Heart , Please Tell For my Mother Mariam That I love Her Please Dear Fr. Lazarus El Anthony , Remember me in your pray time.

[@erioff5779]

Thank father this helped me a lot please pray for us

[@ituutsoorii1614]

Great video, thank you and pray for us

[@NikolayCherednychenko]

Amen

[@teddytvteddytv8191]

God bless you. From Eritrea

[@peacepage]

ሰላም

[@dmt108]

Respect

[@nobha2552]

Thank you 🙏

[@florinapleter7804]

"...be separated" 💓☦️🙏🏼

[@Sami-eriboy]

Thanks father

[@Love_Hope_Faith]

ISOLATION IS SAFE✝️🙏

[@Flow-qz3ms]

Hallo brothers and sisters in jesus christ.Can anybody tell me the music in the begining ? its nice for the soul.Thank you.

[@captal6187]

“You got to serve someday...” Bob Dylan

[@gabriellalu7373]

I have problem understanding on the last 3 episodes.Cuz there don’t have subtitles😂 I’m a weirdo while I isolate from my culture(communism 🇨🇳)

[@masterspark9880]

This is what he says: Of course, to live in the West is completely different from living in Egypt, or in any Orthodox country. Why? Because, when you live in an Orthodox country, in Egypt or in Greece or in Russia or in Syria, or wherever, you are living in a world, in a milieu, in a social setting that accepts the truth of God; God’s truth, the truth of the Bible, the truth of the liturgy, the truth of all the Orthodox tradition. When you live in the West, you live in a society which does not accept that truth. The greater number of the people around you don’t believe in the things that you believe, and they actually think that you are foolish for believing them. So, not only do you have the internal warfare which everyone has, every (?) Christian is under sentence of war from Satan, but when you live in a Christian community, in our case an Orthodox Christian community, you have help. You have the help of all who were around you, the cradle, you are living in the cradle of Christianity, it’s protecting you. You can’t fall out of the cradle; you might cry, you might wake up and cry, but you are still in the cradle. But when you live in the West, in a western country, in America or in England or in Australia or France or Germany or Italy, whenever you live in any of these countries, you are living in a world where that cradle has been long since broken, and the baby has fallen down. So you are living where people do not know, do not believe, do not want to know, do not want to believe, in all the things that you know and believe. And they think you are foolish, they attack you. The temptations are so great in these western countries, in the name of freedom. Okay, in the West you are free to have sex, without marriage. You are free to take stimulants, to take alcohol, to take tobacco, to take hallucinatory drugs. You are free to do anything to like. You are free even to be without God, you are free to live for yourself. You can worship money, you can worship success, you can worship whatever you like. No one will blame you, it’s natural, it’s considered normal. So I understand this struggle, that you have a huge difference between living in the cradle of Christianity, Coptic Christianity in our case, or living thrown out of the cradle, completely thrown on the floor and rolling around on your own. It’s hard to regard as a temptation and a sin what is regarded by others, and by your close friends, as completely normal behaviour. So, why should you refuse premarital sex when everybody is having it? Why should you refuse to smoke marijuana when it’s considered perfectly normal? Why should you refuse to eat a hamburger on Wednesday and Friday? I want to suggest that there is only one way to succeed. It’s only exceptional people who can stand in a fire and not feel that they are burned. Many times, I have seen spiritual writers say “Well, you don’t need to be a monk in a monastery. You can be a monk in the world.” People who say that have never tried it. You can’t. You cannot replicate the protection of the womb, the protection of the mother’s womb after birth. You are outside, خلاص (It’s over). Why do we have a process of weaning? Because the human being must be taken away from its mother’s breast to live by itself. You cannot live in the same condition when you are an adult, in a western country, as when you are a child in Sunday school in Egypt. I know it’s not possible. So I suggest, my advice to the youth, to the Coptic youth, is that you must isolate yourself strenuously. Now, Saint Paul says “Be separate”. All through the Old Testament, one of the lessons we can take from the Old Testament, is that God set his people apart. Why was Israel so annoyed, why was He so angry with the people? Because they took foreign wives. In this case, foreign means not believing, all right. If you want, with all your heart, to remain in your Coptic Orthodox world, if you want to remain close to God, if you want to be hand-in-hand, to walk hand-in-hand with Jesus, you must isolate yourself, you must protect yourself. Do not be ashamed of it, do not be weak about it. You must say to yourself, “For a higher good, I will suffer this loss of freedom.” And you do it every day. For example, you want to pass your exams to be a doctor, or to be a lawyer, or to be an accountant, or to be a vet, or to be a teacher, or to be a mechanic, right. Whatever you want to do, you have to finish your apprenticeship, pass your exams, serve your probation period and become professional. And you give up many things for that. Don’t say it’s a sign of weakness; it’s not. It’s a sign of strength, that you are applying your mind to your situation. No animal will put himself in another enemy territory if he can get food in his own territory. This is natural wisdom. So why do you put yourself in the fire, when you know that you will get burned? If you stay with your family, with your Coptic friends, with your father your priest, and you are satisfied, and you are happy; if you do that, you will keep your innocence. If you don’t, you will lose it. What do you want? You want to lose it? You want to be like Eve, you want to taste the bitter fruit? Okay, taste it, but you will die. So, if you look at Eve and Mary, you know the difference between Eve and Mary, right? Now you have to decide. You have a free choice, God never said “I will force you”, He will never force you. You can choose to be Eve or you can choose to be Mary. But you have to serve somebody. It might be God or it might be the devil, but you have to serve someone. So my advice is, isolation is protection. Keep you world simple, keep your world small. And do not pretend that you can dress sexily, and not be regarded but with lust. Do not pretend that you can smoke intoxicants, and not be addicted. Do not pretend that you can shoplift and not be caught. Do not pretend that you can indulge in any of the so-called vices of the western world, and not become damaged by them. You will be damaged.

[@josephcade3541]

There's no difference except in the west you have far more battles to the 10 power but everything else is the same. In the west your cell or cave is you bedroom your house Is your monastery and the people around you Don't exist. But everything else is the same. Only we have far greater battles and far more often. With you your battles are very far apart and your weapons gather dust and rust Where in the West Our battles are so frequent. Are weapons are Sharp As a Razor.

[@Nana-fy2gu]

In Brazil also we accept the truth of God yes. Oh yes. This thing to generalize all western countries is for Europeans that do not know the profoundity of the Latin American countries. you see he mentions just the European countries and USA. But note that USA is only great and nice as it is thanks to a strong Christian basis it has in its history. Period. And in countries where alcohol is not allowed like many muslim countries, yet people take it.. so.. come on.

[@arnoldsutherland9183]

Brazil is further away from God than US as it still burns people alive & lynching normalized along with heaps of evil acts are ok there. Its an evil country & hasn't accepted the truth. You seem to be an anti-White writting that trash-talk.