Modern Challenges for Orthodox Christianity - Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin)

Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) discusses the contemporary reality of the Orthodox Church in America (and in the world).
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His Eminence Archbishop Alexander, formerly Professor of patristics at Marquette University, is currently the OCA's Archbishop of Dallas, the South, and the Bulgarian Diocese.
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[@tsarovich2394]

I've met Archbishop Alexander once at my parish. I didn't get to know him much but I was honored to meet him.

[@justdave7319]

Roman Catholic here. I've become disillusioned with how fractured the church is with beliefs between each archdiosese, the homilies being so watered down into a modern feel good message, many strict traditions that I havent seen since my late teens, not to mention how soft the standards have become for the congregation to follow. I'm becoming more conviced that the Orthodox Church is the best path for me to regain faith and live a more Godly life. Any former catholics here that have converted?

[@JohnAlbinus]

I'm currently in the process of joining the Orthodox Church (OCA - Abp. Alexander is my bishop) from a traditionalist Catholic background. One thing that immediately jumped out to me about Orthodoxy is how spiritually healthy it is! It is alive with the grace of the Holy Spirit and the fruits are right before our eyes. There are so many 20th & 21st century saints that it's almost overwhelming trying to soak in their wisdom. I would highly recommend attending a Divine Liturgy!

[@user-ue4fv1mv1o]

I'm an Orthodox deacon, former Roman Catholic, as is my wife. Come home!

[@stephenbrowning297]

I am currently Roman Catholic. I am seeking a deeper personal commitment to God and a closer relationship with Him found only in Christian Orthodoxy (There exists only one Mount Athos), whose priesthood is not infiltrated with Freemasons and a homosexual network of priests, as exists in the RCC.

[@FaithfulComforter]

Dave, I am former Roman Catholic who’s been inquiring for months. You should read Two Paths by Michael Whelton. The book examines Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, side by side. I think it will help. Also read Beginning To Pray by Anthony Bloom. God bless 🙏❤️

[@KnoxEmDown]

@@stephenbrowning297 I'm going to be square with you Stephen: Orthodoxy, especially in America, once had ( and indeed may still have) a freemason problem. In my personal experience, I've seen the fingerprints of masonry upon the Greek Archdiocese. For example, within a Greek Orthodox church I visited, they have plaques celebrating the founders of their church from the early 20th century, and happily mention in their biographies that said founders were masons of various degrees. They wrote it as if it were normal, as though they were saying something so mundane as "he was a businessman" rather than admitting that their very founders were members of a syncretic cult in opposition to the singular worship of the Holy Trinity. So, if you do become an Orthodox Christian, you have two options: Stay away from the Greek Archdiocese, OR be willing to work and change its culture for the better.

[@richardwagner-ky9mz]

Archbishop Alexander is my diocesan archbishop and came to our mission congregation in hickory, nc, Archangel Gabriel Orthodox church, i met jim as a catrchumen at the time and find him a great asset and teacher for the OCA and Worlwide Orthodoxy. Thanks for this insightful piece on a great church leader.

[@castleincorporated]

Your spiritual children love you and pray for you and beg for more. Thank you!

[@johnnyd2383]

His spiritual children should pray for his deliverance from the pan-heresy of ecumenism.

[@JohnAlbinus]

Great interview!! This is my bishop, such a pleasure to hear him speak!

[@kennethsizer6217]

YES!!! Same! 👍

[@kadmii]

many Americans could benefit from regular imbibing of "Put not your trust in princes, in sons of man, in whom there is no salvation"

[@feeble_stirrings]

Excellent interview. I heard a quote some years ago from The Book of Steps, but had a very hard time finding much info on it. I'm not sure of it's status in OC circles, but it remained with me and has come up again recently in the new book on the life of Fr. Roman Braga, "Journey to Simplicity" and now in this talk. The quote I encountered: "In the case of the church in heaven, all that is good takes its beginning from there, and from there light has shone out upon us in all directions. After its likeness the church on earth came into being, along with its priests and its altar; and according to the pattern of its ministry the body ministers outwardly, while the heart acts as priest inwardly. ... Our bodies become temples, and our hearts become altars."

[@opposingshore9322]

His brilliant book Mystagogy was my trusty guide as I worked through reading the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. A soul enriching journey.

[@SP-ny1fk]

I would like to see members of ecclesiastic councils of different denominations and religions meet up to find common ground. They might in this way discover something surprising that they hadn't previously known - or perhaps only quietly suspected.

[@tracetemple7492]

So what does Archbishop Alexander mean by immersion? I've mostly heard in ROCOR that it has to be triple immersion.

[@tracetemple7492]

​@Desertfox21very end of the video

[@tracetemple7492]

​@Desertfox21 it doesn't mention anything about immersion. Teaching 7 just talks about what kinds of waters

[@tracetemple7492]

It appears that Archbishop Alexander is a heretic, saying Origen is a saint, unless he's repented. He openly admits it in a video.

[@michaelbarber5633]

Such a brilliant man, thank you!

[@andersongoncalves3387]

Archibishop Alexander claims the Jesus prayer comes from a coptic source in the 8th or 9th century. Would someone be able to elaborate further? The Jesus prayer comes from the Desert fathers of the 3rd and 4th century. St. John Chrysostym wrote about the prayer. Many other ancient saints talk about the prayer. What is his eminence talking about? Is this just ecumenist falsehood?

[@mlosersick]

@@andersongoncalves3387 I think he is referring to the current formula as a "recent" development, you are correct the idea of unceasing prayer and name of Jesus is much earlier.

[@Anthony-cz2fe]

@@andersongoncalves3387 Since Archbishop Alexander is a disciple of monks and Saints of Mount Athos, he would not be in favor of a false unity ☦️🕊🔥

[@andersongoncalves3387]

@@Anthony-cz2feBeing the disciple of Athonite monks dosent make you a saint or infallible. Monastic literature is full of stories where the disciple falls into delusion. St Niketa of the Kiev caves for instance

[@parsaeye]

Sound quality is awful!

[@michaelmyers9080]

The audio is lousy!

[@Anthony-cz2fe]

Challenging at times, but worth the struggle for spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus for me ☦️🕊🛐

[@laurac5451]

I'm going to a greek orthodox church this week tried the american orthodox it was a little too old school for me

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

You mean a parish of the OCA (Orthodox Church in America), I’m guessing, whose priest seemed ‘old school’. The OCA perhaps has more socially conservative clergy and parishioners than the Greek Americans and others who populate the GOA. But the bishops of the OCA, like Abp. Alexander here, are not easily categorized, except that they uphold the Tradition of Orthodoxy. How do you specifically mean ‘old school’? As compared to what?

[@JosephSaad13]

@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 As a Coptic who's prayed in OCA and GOA i definitely agree GOA is more liberal/Americanized

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

@@JosephSaad13 Americanized is not what I’d call a foreign-headed jurisdiction. The OCA is the Local Autocephalous Church with American bishops. Most Greek bishops and their head are not even American and the GOA will never be American like the OCA.

[@Anthony-cz2fe]

Thank God for Holy Communion and the Holy loving presence of Christ, His Saints and Holy Angels In all Orthodox Churches☦️🕊🛐

[@JosephSaad13]

@@Anthony-cz2fe Glory to Jesus Christ!

[@seffer777]

Yikes, no bueno

[@Viz-Jaqtaar]

I can tell this man is boosted. It shows through his eyes.

[@andersongoncalves3387]

Are you talking about the coof vax?

[@Andrew-yw6kt]

He smokes and that's why he looks like he does.

[@Zefah]

Couldn’t make it 10 minutes. Way too blackpilled and worried about “the world” for someone who professes to be a believer in Christ.

[@rhondab9792]

@@Zefah You missed out then on the spiritual meat of his discourse. Hopefully you yourself are not judged by the first 15 years of your life and the rest deemed irrelevant.

[@opposingshore9322]

If you would have kept listening you would have heard a message from a loving heart that opposes war, greed, narcissism, and neglect of the least fortunate. A Christ-pill not a black pill! What a beautiful, life affirming message.

[@Zefah]

@@opposingshore9322 All right, I'll give it another try!

[@mullenenterprises]

Isn’t this guy an Origenist who says the heretic Origen who is anathematized in the 5th ecumenical council is actually a saint and the church made a mistake? Or did he go back on this position

[@andersongoncalves3387]

Yep. Seems like he also rejects Chalcedon by his false statements on the Copts a minute in. Jesus prayer is far more ancient than 8th century

[@mullenenterprises]

@@andersongoncalves3387 people are so confused nowadays, and Archbishops who are equally clueless like this guy really does not help the situation

[@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr1]

We are very blessed to have your wise and holy counsel.

[@mullenenterprises]

@@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr1 no problem buddy

[@Anthony-cz2fe]

I didn't hear him say this? Was ai changing your video 😂?

[@Unseen_warfare.]

This man is a heretic in the fullest degree.

[@Unseen_warfare.]

@Desertfox21 You yourself are making a KZbin comment. Would you like proof? He is a Archbishop in the OCA who has betrayed the Faith. It’s a good thing we have Saints telling us the same thing. But, go ahead and continue listening to a man who considers the heretic Origen a Saint and many more heretical beliefs. “Do you know the Life of St. Maximus the Confessor? All the Orthodox Patriarchs accepted the Monothelite heresy, and he was begged, for the sake of peace and harmony in the Church, to do what everyone else was doing and keep his opinions to himself. And he said: “Even if the whole world enter into communion with the (heretical) Patriarch of Constantinople), I alone will not.” That is the kind of Orthodox confession that has preserved the Church for 2000 years; that is the faith that St. Herman lived; that is what we must follow today. Indeed, we have the example of St. Peter the Aleut who died for refusing to accept Roman Catholicism, which, according to our modern ecumenists, is very little different from Orthodoxy. And we are gladly willing to suffer torture and martyrdom for this faith, but we will never recognize either the Patriarchate or the Metropolia, which have betrayed this faith.”- Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina: (Letter 061. August 30/Sept. 12, 1970)

[@Unseen_warfare.]

@Desertfox21 You yourself are making a KZbin comment. Go ahead. Follow a man who thinks Origen is a Saint. The OCA has betrayed the Orthodox faith.

[@user-fm4vc8le5u]

Then why do you care,go to a church you think is best for you and stop crying like a baby

[@nel7105]

Ah the schismatic chiming in as if they are without sin. Somehow saying the pot calling the kettle black doesn’t quite cover it

[@terrytzaneros8007]

Abp Golitzin, if you'll allow for the analogue, is a religious genius. Few in Orthodoxy - both in the past and today, have, with so much didactic clarity, bridged both Testaments of the Bible in so uncompromisingly an Orthodox way. The man, in short, is an 'original' after the model of the Fathers.