Praying with the Early Church in the oldest church on Iona

The Divine Liturgy of the Leavetaking of Pascha, June 12, 2024, celebrated in St Oran's Chapel on the Isle of Iona.
00:00:00 The Beginning of the Divine Liturgy
00:32:22 The Cherubic Hymn
00:55:43 'The Angel Cried'
01:05:06 The Communion Hymn
01:32:57 FR SERAPHIM'S SERMON
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The video 'Praying with the Early Church in the oldest church on Iona' was recorded by Fr Seraphim (Aldea) at Iona Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints of Iona), on the Isle of Iona.

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[@HistoryEnjoyer3010]

Christ is in our midst! Thank you for this.

[@ericbravogorriz]

I'm Roman Catholic. The beginning of this Divine Liturgy was so breathtaking that I literally had to pause the video and take a deep breath. Orthodoxy is truly otherworldly. Please pray for me.

[@kianoghuz1033]

Reach out the church

[@patriciaschneider-zioga2500]

Every sacrament in Orthodoxy begins with those words: Blessed is the kingdom. And because it was still before Ascension when this was filmed, the priest will sing: ‘Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and to those in the tombs bestowing life.’ It’s truly beautiful!

[@mullmonastery]

May Christ bless you, may Christ guide you, may He lead you out of any darkness that surrounds and may He lead you (and all of us) into His Light, dear one

[@slimsmcgill]

You love to see it.

[@iona3669]

Simply Beautiful dear Fr., Brethren, and fellow ☦️ 'Ioanians' 🥰🌹☘️ Eionon ton Eionon Amin +++!

[@stylist62]

Beautiful 🥰🙏🌺He is Risen, thank you Father for this soul touching service🙏🥰🌺

[@Gofaw]

This is amazing

[@eveneo5897]

CRISTOS ANESTI THIS is the most humble and beautiful service thank yous GOD BLESS

[@hellie_el]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Constantinos2021]

Icredible! I am a priest in a village of western Greece. Truly God is marching slowly. Truly Christ is risen! Down of the awful surface of British society, the people remain faithful and whorsip God traditionally as our ancestors.

[@remahunt4277]

May the blessings of God encompass and protect you and every member of your communities and Church. I send you love and light dear Father. ❤

[@mullmonastery]

May Christ multiply your blessings a hundred hold, dear one. May we all be blessed

[@JonAmadeus]

Christ is risen!

[@mullmonastery]

Truly He is risen!

[@soniahbs1203]

It's such a beautiful and touching service and beautiful voices of the choir. God bless you to continue praising and worshipping the God almighty 🙏 ❤

[@patriciagreen4063]

The prayer from Iona seeps into the world, healing and comforting.♥️

[@IrishIronArmalite]

I am more or less a protestant... I am weeping. I love father seraphim... dear brother... bless you.. ❤

[@OrthodoxLoner]

Christ is risen! ☦

[@mullmonastery]

Truly He is risen!

[@Septembersrain1984]

May you all be blessed. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful and peaceful pouring of love to our Lord Jesus Christ. He is truly risen!

[@Arianne680]

Saint Oran please pray for us ❤️

[@Didina.Claudia]

Aliluia Aliluia Aliluia SlavaTie Doamne Dumnezeul nostru Slava Tie multumin Doamne pt toate darurile binefacerile si binecuvantarile Tale din fiecare clipa a vietii noastre 🙏 🙏🙏

[@ioanaradu6106]

Părinte Serafim,cat va mulțumim! Dumnezeu și Măicuța sa va dea sănătate și mântuire! E cutremurător cat suflet puneți în fiecare gest in fiece cuvânt ! Îți mulțumim,Doamne!

[@ozymandias8449]

Thank you for sharing this with us❤

[@mullmonastery]

I am always reluctant to share the Divine Liturgy online, dear one, because prayer has meaning and life IN the moment and in the place where it is said. The Divine Liturgy is built around the Sacrament of communion with Christ's Body and Blood, and that cannot be done remotely - it is a real, actual, physical meeting between the Lord and those present in the church. But I also understand that many people find it difficult to get to church, and some struggle even more with getting past the barriers placed before them because they are not yet Orthodox. So we post these services from time to time, and we trust that Christ will use them as He knows

[@s.d.berquist6866]

What a precious blessing! I am so happy to hear your sweet voices in this dear Holy place. Thank you, Thank you! Praise God for His grace poured out upon us.

[@jeffreyhoward6319]

Pray for us Holy Columba, pray for us!!!!

[@landfound]

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and among those in the tombs, bestowing life.

[@natachathebeau3702]

Mesmerizing. Thank you for sharing.❤❤❤

[@egormoscal]

FINALLY THE PEOPLE THAT WILL WITHSTAND THE TIDES OF TIME

[@mullmonastery]

May Christ make it so, dear one. Always place your trust in His power, never in a human being. Without Him, we are all hell. With Him, we are Heaven.

[@user-pb4gy9qj7f]

Beautiful. Not comments. glory to God.

[@TwitchyGizmo]

Our unfading blossom and most holy Theotokos keep the faithful and fearful of the Isles under your protective veil and interecede for them as they pray for us all! CHRISTOS ANESTI!

[@mullmonastery]

May Christ hear your prayer, dear one, and may the Mother of God bless all of us, wherever we are in the world. Truly He is risen!

[@anitaandazola2029]

Thank you for sharing your service.

[@terezijacaserman369]

Please pray for me and my family! ❤Thank you!

[@yuliavorobyeva3946]

Thank you for the breathtaking video from the oldest church in Iona! May God bless and protect you, father Seraphim and your congregation! I am in reverent awe of how these days God is reviving the Orthodox Christian Faith in people's hearts.

[@mullmonastery]

Glory be to God for all good things, dear Yulia. May we all be blessed, may we all find our salvation in His Love.

[@brendanmurrill5059]

The Lord is Risen, He is Risen indeed!!!

[@CorporatistSwede]

Stunning.

[@RV19871]

Beautiful ! As a Catholic I feel so close to this worship❤❤❤

[@OneDropIsAllItTakes]

God bless you, holy people of God! ❤From a Catholic

[@brendanmurrill5059]

Beautiful

[@vortex.mech.]

This is beautiful wow thank you lord Jesus Christ ☦️☦️❤️❤️

[@AdaChang-dp6cl]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful service! Although i couldn’t be there at this time, it somehow feels like i had never left.. May God bless us all ❤

[@mullmonastery]

In a sense, you never did, dear Ada. You were present at this Divine Liturgy, you were there, on the Diskos, with everyone else we pray for

[@Chrisc-sn6uh]

This is such a blessing to watch thank you for sharing. i do encourage anyone watching this video to go to Divine Liturgy in person it is life changing! Glory to God!

[@gunzoutnodoubt6627]

Very beautiful father! Please pray for me to follow God's will.

[@patriciaschneider-zioga2500]

This is the chapel of the holy saint Oran. It is such a blessing to see it and greet the saint- even if from very far away ❤ IC XC NIKA

[@mullmonastery]

That is correct, dear Patricia. St Oran has grown deep, very deep roots in my heart, and we owe our monastic presence on Iona to his prayers and those of his monastic brothers

[@gretagarbo1119]

Thank You so,so much,Dear Fr.!This is truly a gift!So otherworldy,so utterly luminous!I feel I had been there with You all along!🥰🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Much love🫶

[@mullmonastery]

Glory be to God, dear one. I do pray for everyone who hears us, reads us, everyone who is influenced in any way by anything we do. I am aware of my own sins and I feel the responsibility of how my words may influence people, so I always pray that Christ multiplies what is good in my words (if anything) and that He may correct any mistake I may make

[@gretagarbo1119]

@@mullmonastery 🤗🥹Thou are much too kind,Fr.!It really doesn't hurt to hear Thee,see Thee,read Thee,just knowing Thou are there.This really saved me many times;Thyselves just being there,it s very consoling.Very uplifting!I m so grateful!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@patriciaschneider-zioga2500]

Christ is ascended! ♥️

[@mullmonastery]

Let us glorify Him!

[@amirasaad630]

The liturgy speaks a million thoughts and feelings and yearnings of the soul which regular speech cannot utter . Praying for your lovely community as you pray for us 🙏✝️🥰

[@mullmonastery]

Thank you, dear one. Thank you for your beautiful words and for your prayers. May Christ bless all of us

[@lupeg.8310]

Thank you for sharing .Please pray for Lupe and Maria .

[@didihrpro3499]

Hristos Voskrese 🙏☦️🕊❤️

[@michaelsjourney777]

absolutely beautiful ! i'm still new to orthodoxy so i wanted to know, wether this is the western rite liturgy. God Bless !

[@Didina.Claudia]

Sf Columba roaga te pt noi pacatosii Arman-Stefan Arian-Andrei Iosif Didina-Claudia Maria -Georgeta cu toata familia, Iertati ne Sf parinti, Iarta ne Doamne 🙏🙏🙏 Amin

[@vincenthogan]

Thank you Father Seraphim. Will an Iconostasis be built in the future? ☦️🙏

[@onno529]

Why is the image blocking the view?

[@RichardBurdi-rs5bp]

Hello Father, are you accepting new members/monks into your community? In the lives of the Saints i read that many people went to monasteries to save their souls, but I don't know how it works nowadays

[@HopeUnknown]

I've only been able to attend an Orthodox Divine Liturgy once. I don't really understand it. How do these people know exactly what to chant and when? Is it the same thing chanted every time but with small parts changed depending on the calendar so that everyone just memorizes all 2 hours of it? It's beautiful! I was amazed the one time I was able to attend it in person but I still don't quite understand.

[@Dustin_PNW]

Is this a co-ed monastic community like St Sophronies was?

[@onno529]

Is this the Divine Liturgy of St. James or St. Chrysostom?

[@andreialexiev7858]

It is the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

[@orthodoxsaulo]

Do the laymen take communion

[@ortodoxiainvencible9556]

Please activate subtitles! I ask for your prayers! My name is Chrysostom.

[@bigmonkee639]

Why does an icon cover a portion of the screen for a bit? Is this because laymen cannot see past the altar doors in a usual church? Is it too holy? Really interested.

[@mullmonastery]

The smaller icon is covering the Sacraments, dear one, as the Holy Doors would be covering them in the church. It's not because they are 'too holy' (although they are) - don't forget that we actually commune with the Sacraments, we eat Christ's True Body and we drink His Real Blood, there is nothing more intimate, no connection more direct than that. It's simply as a reminder that the Things with which we commune are Divine and that we should approach them with fear and profound respect. The larger icon is covering me as I commune myself, so that my openess and vulnerability in that moment stays (as it should) between me and Christ.

[@bigmonkee639]

@@mullmonastery oh wow! Thank you very much for your information, very helpful like all your videos! God bless you!

[@Didina.Claudia]

Hristos s a Inaltat Parinte! Va multumin PT SF Liturghie live,foarte frumos,PT prima data ascult toata slujba in Engleza🙏🙏🙏

[@RayWihak-nw3sv]

As a Ukrainian catholic which is Byzantine in origin , I found this liturgy very familiar and comforting. Thank you. Christ has risen from the dead trampling death by death… Christos Voskrec

[@mariellenandrosko3305]

Let my prayer arise in that sight as incense...