Orthodox Christmas in January?

[@RuslanKD]

I grew up Armenian orthodox. And this was definitely the norm! Would love to interview you sometime.

[@bartholomewjones5450]

This would be amazing!!!

[@user-hk8px4pi3p]

Whats your religion now?

[@ethio-tech6089]

Amazing preaching about Christmas by Dr priest zebene kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXKYXl_aKaqh6c

[@ahadustudios]

That sounds like a blessed idea, [e-mail]

[@ethiopia6668]

@@ahadustudios I've been interested in Ethiopian Orthodox for a while now. Can you tell me why they cross their arms like this in prayer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pInNdHyfeql3nLM

[@lawrence4318]

I am a Catholic Christian who would like to re-wind back to the year 1053 when we were all singing off the same song sheet. Thank you Deacon for a wonderful explanation of, not only Orthodox Christmas, but Christmas as all Christians should know it. Nowadays at the end of the December 25th celebration day, our secular and materialistic society in the West, drops Christmas like a hot potato. But by referring to the cheerful classic song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” I like to remind them that the important event of the Epiphany is still 12 days away. The story of Christmas is not complete without the part about the arrival of the three wise men, to pay homage to the new born Savior of the world.

[@selamayimenu3331]

You have no idea how much you’re helping my son to understand his religion I was about to put him in church school so he can learn our language as well as our religion and the pandemic hits churches are closed I was very sad how I can teach him the proper way and I came across your channel, he actually very interesting to listen to you and he is more understanding and all his questions are answered. You’re truly gifted and blessed. የጌታ እናት ከስሯ አትለይህ እቅፍ ድግፍ አርጋ ፀጋውን ታብዛልህ!! You’re doing great great job and it’s very important for the young generation we have to thank you a lot!

[@nunubekele2618]

ያገልግሎት ዘመንህን እርዝም ብርክ ቅድስ ያድርግልህ እግዚአብሔር አምላኬን አመሰግነዋለሁ ስላልተወን !!!!'

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@tigist422]

ለቤተክርስቲያናችን እንደ እናተ ያሉ በሁለት የተሳሉትን ያብዛልን🙏

[@welikeburnttoast6417]

My mom taught me all about the Bible thank u for teaching us about god to Americans I’m American Eritrean

[@ahadustudios]

I’m glad it helped

[@Tsedicorner]

i dont have enough word to thank you, tnx for remembering tebarek amesegnalew, watched it with my 5yrs old n 8yrs old,

[@helenfish3203]

Kale hiwet yasemalen🙏🙏🙏 God bless you our beloved brother🙏🙏🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen abro yaseman!!

[@Solyana335]

እግዚአብሔር ያገልግሎት ዘመንህን ካፅናፍ እስካፅናፍ ይብዛልህ በሞገስ ላይ ሞገስ ያጎናፅፍህ ወንድማችን

[@frehiwottekle7955]

ዲ/ን ጎርጎሪዎስ ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልን ያገልግሎት ዘመንህ ይባረክ ፀጋውን ያብዛልህ🙏🙏🙏 መላው ቤተሰቦቻችን የከበረ ሰላምታ አቅርብልኝ።።።

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@hiwotghebremichael6321]

ደስ ዝብል መግለጺ ብፍላይ ንደቅና አብ አሜሪካ ዝተወልዱ። ቀጽሎ፣ሐውና ቃል ሂወት የስምዓልና!!!አምላኽ ይባርካ!!!ሂወትካ ይባረኽ።

[@twinboys1114]

ፀጋውን ያብዛልህ ፣ እግዚአብሔር የአገልግሎት ዘመንህን ይባርክልህ።

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@jojomargaux9295]

Just saw this popped up on my screen. I subscribed because I grew up into the orthodox religion all my life. My dad taught me so much from I was a boy, to this very day at 32, he’s still educating me on the orthodox whole way of life. I was never really into the Christmas celebration anyways, it was forced upon me. I never believed in Saint Nick, ( Santa Claus ). Him go on a sleigh 🛷 delivering millions of presents 🎁to kids every year, lol 😂. Christmas is a celebration for tricking ppl into spending millions of dollars, a whole fabricated lie for so long.

[@mesidesign12]

God be with you and your family

[@ahadustudios]

Well said

[@floweradds3460]

Hello from Ethiopan. Orthodox God bless. to you

[@merhawitg4035]

God bless you . It will help many young generations special born in the western countries. Keep it up may God give you grace

[@ahadustudios]

Amen! Keep me in your prayers

[@AA-oe5fn]

Brother God bless you so so much!!! Please keep up the great work of explaining things in English. May God give you a grace. I know your dad is such an amazing preacher and I am so happy that you are turn to one. Please please keep up the good work. Keep spreading the word the young generation need to hear your voice. Which Chuch are you now serving?

[@ahadustudios]

Amen, keep me in your prayers

[@yotor4860]

I am glad to see Orthodox Christian teaching in English. God bless you.

[@princeroyceeric2447]

Am so proud of you brother for sharing great blessings message for Christmas 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@dgst137]

ቃለ ህይወትን ያሰማልን እድሜና ጤና ይስጥልን ያገልግሎት ዘመንህ ይባረክ ፀጋውን ያብዛልህ

[@successtube23]

We cant thank you enough. God bless you bro.

[@gezamulaw9060]

Glory be to Almight you are reaching the world may the lord be with you

[@getea.2047]

ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልኝ : ዲያቆን ጎርጎርዮስ ፀጋ በረከትህን እግዚአብሔር ያብዛልህ:: Great resource for my kids, Amazing .Thank you !!!

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@gellegrainja9805]

- tack för undervisningen. må Gud vare med oss. amen

[@egziabehirnewtesefayyeding9894]

Kale hiyiwetin yasemalen memhir bedima betsga yitebekilin yakoyilin tgaweny abezalehi amen

[@mishuterfe3325]

God bless you diyacon This is true orthodox “dogma “

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@Eurael]

Deacon, can you believe that I pray to God to let you live long so we can benefit from you. You are so amazing, and a good Christian who has the right knowledge. May God be with you. Egziabher yimesgen anten yemeselik lij yeseten, my kids and love you so much!!!

[@tiringoabebe2094]

ዲ/ን ጎርጎርዮስ ቃለ ሕይወት ያሰማልን ያገልግሎት ዘመንህን እግዚአብሔር ይባርክልህ🙏🙏🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@marthauhlmann8292]

God bless you. I think this is the whole point most of our Ethiopian orthodox people missed. Thanks

[@heranaddis4393]

I love that your teaching for our Orthodox community. May God bless you and give you more strength to reach many more.

[@ኖላዊ]

Amen Amen

[@ማርያምጽዮንኣደይብርሃንና]

GOD BLESS ALL ORTODOXS!!!

[@chalchal7895]

Thank you!!God bless you more!!ወስብሃት ለእግዚአብሄር

[@ahadustudios]

🙏🏽 amen

[@ethio-tech6089]

Amazing preaching . May you hear the word ofGod. Keep it up

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@meretmelkie9050]

አሜን አሜን አሜን ❤️❤️🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@eyobfessehaye5757]

I am proud of orthodox Christian ☦

[@fekertaethiopia9015]

አሜን አሜን አሜን ቃለሂወት ያሰማልን እግዚአብሔር ፀጋ ያብዛልህ ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💒💒💒

[@mebratmamo2364]

God bless you 🙏🙏🙏💚💚💚. It's very good to teach in English for the diaspora children many of them have lots of questions about their religion . Which is very difficult for Abatochachin because of the language barrier .

[@bettykassa8266]

Thanks so much I have got all the answers i need about Christmas tree and Santa 🎄 🧑‍🎄🙏🏽 Stay blessed 🙌🏽❤

[@ahadustudios]

🙏🏽

[@tsionaddistotten2600]

Kale Hiwotn yasemaln! EgziAbher rejim yagelglot zemenn yadililin! Lijoche Kante bizu eyetemaru new.

[@warumorthodox]

Brother it's great, thank you!!! God bless you! One comment: give the second part about the three reasons first in the video. That's what Christmas is about. We need to come back to the right reason and purpose of Christmas. We need to emphasize this. We need to tell this, share this. And live this. Btw: there is also good theory stuff about the person of Santa Clause beeing Odin, refereed to old pagan religions even long before the birth of Christ.

[@betelbekele7103]

Kalehiwot yasemalen.

[@enjeratube2676]

Thank you so much for you're efforts educating us our faith and religion we need more especially like us whom our children born and raised in western its easier to let them listened your prich instead of us struggle to expanded thank you thank you egzabeher yebarekeh🤝

[@rahele564]

Thank you so much Dn. Gorgorios!!! My kids loved your preaching. We really need somebody to teach our kids especially kids who born outside Ethiopia l’m so so happy when I found you. God bless you!!💕💕Kalehiwoten yasemalen!

[@wayneburke4453]

Amen Alleluia. God has answered our Prayers. Thanks Lord Yesus Christ to the Glory of the Father. So many Western born were taught and sealed by this great Church. Especially, by HIS Eminence Archbishop Yesehaq. No English in the Churches. Yes I. All the Coptic Churches use English. We are in English lands. I am bless to see this development. Thanks Deacon. You were great.

[@yordanosyohannes1580]

I really liked the way that you preached and am proud of you...thanks for sharing...Stay blessed my dear!

[@christophiluslovingchristb5441]

I will always say, "Merry Christmas". I will not let the world change my speech. The same with BC & AD. I was teaching history & a fellow teacher said, "You need to say BCE." My point with him was, "It may not be exact, but even when you say "BCE"(before the common era), the era is the time before Christ's birth. I will honour my Lord every way I can. I will not erase Christ from my speech.

[@betty-ko6ez]

God Bless You .

[@senaitkidane1503]

God bless you, I got the answer of my kids question. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 I’m happy to hear

[@halimam0hamede991]

እረዥም እድሜና ጤና ይስጥልን መምህር እንግሊዘኛ ባልሰማም በቲቪ እንድሁ እከታተልሀለሁ ለዛ ነው በድፍረት ላይክ ያደረኩት

[@ህያብህያብ-ቘ2ጠ]

ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልን በእድሜና በፀጋ ይጠብቅልን።

[@mazaethio6684]

Good Bless You⛪🙏😻😻🇪🇹🇪🇹🌷👍

[@zumalicioussmith8502]

God bless you my brother♥♥♥

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@natsinethabtegergs8757]

Amazing preach! Thank you ao much for sharing it.

[@frefre2238]

God bless u brother...keep it our children needs some one like you .

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@ethiopiaorthodox4240]

Kale Hiwot yasemalin deacon 🇪🇹🙏🙏🙏

[@luwamgaleriey956]

God bless you brother keep up great ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@yordanostesheme9698]

GOD BLESS YOU 💒🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽 stay blessed

[@meseretnegussu9490]

ወንድሜ ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልን እማምላክ ሞገስ ትሁንክ ፀጋውን ያብዛልክ ብዙ ሰዎችን የመቀየር አቅሙ ይኖርካል ሳይረዱ ሳንታን እና ዛፍን ብቻ የሚያከብሩ የሚመስለው even they are not Christian just given gift put tree done my madam she is Hindu but she celebrate so I hope ppl understand It Is God birth day it is amazing day when we spend church please keep doing this bro God bless you Amen Amen Amen

[@DjFreePress]

What a video ! Born on the 7th ! Thanks for making this!

[@mimiworkou7478]

ቃል ህይወት ያሰማልን አሜን

[@tgdyememhrgrmaferengn5729]

Betam nw yemiwdih ewnet aten yemselu yeabzalin egzabher yebarkih

[@sarahgoitom5685]

Amen qal hiwet yesmealna 🙏🏽❤️

[@misraktk473]

Thank you so much, I was trying to find a site/ KZbin teaching about EOTC believe for my kids since they don’t understand such kind of preaching in Amharic very well God bless you!!!!

[@betty-ko6ez]

ዳያቆን ጎርጎሪዮስ ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልን በጣም አንጀት የሚያርስ ትምህርት ነው ።በውጪ አለም ለሚኖሩ ልጆች ለሚጠይቁት ጥያቄ መልሱ እዚህ አለ።

[@ahadustudios]

Amen! May God bless the generation

[@Mom608]

May God protect you all the time

[@tigist9190]

Qale Hiwot Yasemalin 🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@alemteklaab5878]

Amen kalheywet yasemaln.

[@ቢዘንኤል]

May God be with you brother

[@danmll8082]

Brother, Bless. There are a few errors in this. (1) By the Julian Calendar we do not celebrate on 7th January at all, but on 25th December. January 7th is only the date at the moment (when converted to the Gregorian) due to the inaccuracy of that Calendar and the fact that over hundreds of years it has shifted 13 days, in 2100 it will be moving again to January 8th. If you read the Early Fathers they speak of it being on December 25, as that is the date of Christmas as per the Julian, and remains so. If you look at a Gregorian Calendar to Julian Calendar converter site you can even see that Jan 7th on the Gregorian is 25th December on the Julian, as 25th is the formal feast date. (2) You stated that Armenians celebrate Christmas on the 7th January, but the Armenian Church does not celebrate the Nativity at all. In fact they celebrate the Theophany and Nativity as a joint feast on 6th January (19th in Julian Calendar Jerusalem), as it is the 12th day after the 25th December, the Patristicly taught day of the Birth of Christ. In Christ, Dcn Daniel

[@Milkiyas312]

U don’t even know what ur talking about

[@GirumNew5691]

@@Milkiyas312 ong huh

[@እህተማርያምኤፍታበለኝጌታ]

ቃለህዎት ያሰማልን❤👏

[@yorsalemgerrensa4708]

God bless you dakon orthodox nizelalem tinber

[@Dibekulu27]

Kale hiwot yasemalen. 🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@mhiretAgirma]

Kale hiwot yasemalen

[@eyobfessehaye5757]

Good celebration 🍾 all people orthodox tewahedo

[@kidist2150]

Great preaching. God bless you.

[@ahadustudios]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@abrhamkflesuss5135]

Qale hiwet yesmalna agzabher tsegu yebzhalka

[@eisabethaddisu7765]

እግዚአብሔር ፀጋውን ያብዛልህ !

[@shewitghirmayshewitghirmay6892]

God bless you

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@rarsgirl6836]

Betam enamesgenalen leljochachn dershelachwal bereta ketelebet egzeabeher yebarkehe yemjemerya new sayeh❤❤❤❤

[@Lewifikre]

You are teaching me some thing I have not know for 8 years..!!!????

[@ahadustudios]

I hope it was helpful

[@Mom608]

May God blessed you thank you

[@welikeburnttoast6417]

My mom told me they put up trees because the green trees there called ever greens they stay green for ever and never die the people a long time ago think because it never dies they think it is god so that is why they put up trees bless u 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ne442]

wow GOD BLESS YOU

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@yasmenkahen9431]

አሜን መምህር በርታ

[@milieterezene2810]

God bless you 🙏🙏❤️

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@frehiwottekle7955]

ቃለ ህይወት ያሰማልን ያገልግሎት ዘመንህ ይባረክ ፀጋውን ያብዛልህ። የከበረ ሰላምታ አቅርብልኝ ለቤተሰቦቻችን።

[@ritaxo7267]

I found u brother ❤️

[@ahadustudios]

🙏🏽

[@unitytube9921]

am so proud of you and thanks for shear your knowledge

[@wossenyelehtemesgen2293]

Kale hiwot yasemaln 🙏🙏🙏

[@ኣብመንግስትኻዘክረኒ]

Egziabher ybarkh

[@butluckily8830]

I saw your tiktok and thought you might be on you tube now here you are. Stay blessed Deacon Gorgoreos.

[@fekerabza4945]

ፀጋውን ያብዛልክ 🙏

[@ahadustudios]

Amen

[@gellegrainja9805]

amen

[@luvsf]

God bless you bless thank you

[@emugelaenatuemu8729]

God bless you✝️

[@Bella11264]

God bless you brother!

[@zerihunsisay07]

God Bless U Deacon!!!

[@astertsefaye4883]

Amen Amen Amen kilewt yesemalen wandimachen Thanks A lot!!!..

[@DavidPittsChess]

I'm interested in Orthodox thank u

[@eotceotc]

*Thanks for the video* *Next topic suggestions* As you know, Amharic is the official language of the EOTC, however, a lot of Ethiopians particularity the diaspora are learning from outside sources (Coptic, Syrian etc.) that Saint Mary was born in sin (ጥንት አብሶ). The reason for this issue and why many Ethiopians are believing this wrong concept is because the EOTC does not have easily accessible and officially published ENGLISH resources regarding Saint Mary’s Immaculate Conception (Pure Birth). This lack of resource in our community has led many to search for foreign documents that don’t represent the teachings of our church. Not many Ethiopians know that Saint Mary was born WITHOUT sin. Solution: I believe the 3 solutions to address this is: 1. Official EOTC and MK English books confirming Saint Mary’s immaculate conception need to be written and published for the world to see. I contacted a few Coptic priests and they told me during their seminary trainings they are told that all orthodox reject this. This is FALSE. EOTC accepts this but the world does not know. 2. Secondly, EOTC priests and teachers such as your selfs need to bring this teaching in gubaye’s and online and if possible during Kidassie sibkets. 3. Update the Wiki Immaculate Conception page to include EOTC not just Catholics. Thank you

[@warumorthodox]

Brothers and sisters, I have one honest question. What are purposes and aspects that makes this point important for God's plan of salvation and his kingdom? I don't understand yet. He was born and so he incarnated (and blesses our human flesh as Brother Deacon Gregorios told us). He died and ressurected. He will come again. We are and will be purified and resorted in his image and likeness. All of that already worked and shows the grace and unbelievable love, redemption and power of our God.

[@eotceotc]

@@warumorthodox The Immaculate Conception is important because it affects a believers level of devotion and love he shows towards Saint Mary. For example, the more educated and accepting we are of Gods divinity and laws, the closer we get to Him from Believer, to Priesthood, to Monasticism, to Martydom. Likewise the more we know of and embrace Saint Mary’s true purity and holiness, the more we seek her favor and intercession. In other words, the more seriously we take her, the more we revere her, the more her presence is in our life’s. We revere Saint Mary more than any orthodox or Catholic Church celebrating all 33 of her primary feasts each year with millions in attendance. That is why the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was entrusted BY GOD with the Ark of The Covenant (The most conclusive example of His mother. That is also why Ethiopia is called the land of Saint Mary. Reference: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/moS6oZibadCbfJI

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@@warumorthodox And from a theological standpoint, it was necessary for Mary to be immaculately conceived in the plan of salvation because without that GRACE Jesus would either have been sinful or have been in debt. The immaculate conception is also the only factor that makes Jesus her true Son-"flesh of my flesh," "of the seed of David." 'Planting' someone not from her own flesh would not make her "the mother of my Lord," and "the fruit of [her] womb" in any true sense, but a false sense.

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@@eotceotc Thank you very much for the answer. I can really see. Maybe wrong place to continue conversation, sorry Brothers. Also maybe even not, since St. Mary has part in the birth of Christ. To consider more about, I have two questions. I will watch the linked video as well. 1. How did it happen, how was it proceeded? The Spirit dwelth upon St. Mary's parents before HER birth already? I mean, when God would be powerful to change HER human conditions of birth to be without sin (sure he is), he might also be as week powerful to just change St. Mary is she was born "normal" to be purified before she receives Jesus, as he himself was the pure grace in her womb. given and born into her by becoming flesh of human nature as well. 2. When this is the case, why did so many Christians forget or let it out? For instance, what did the Patristics teach and share about, as they we the first generations of Christ's church and mainly went into martyrdom, having this status of faith.

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@@warumorthodox So many Orthodox churches believe that Saint Mary was cleansed from original sin at the moment of The Annunciation (Saint Gabriel hailing and giving the good news to Saint Mary) however this idea affects the Principles of Salvation: To explain, if the Annunciation of Angels was able to eliminate Original Sin than 1. All the angels from heaven would have healed the world from the Original Sin of Adam but they couldn’t only Christ could do that. 2. To say that Saint Gabriel is able to eliminate sin would make him or any other angel equal to the works of Christ and what Christ did on the cross. 3. We know and understand in Luke 1 when it says the Holy Spirit will “overshadow you” to mean _come upon_ for support and strength - as that is what the Holy Spirit does - and not to cleanse her (Source: Dersane Gabriel Tahsas Chapter 21 and 22) What EOTC confidently believe to be the correct belief is she was “without sin” from the moment she was conceived in her mother’s womb - This was only possible through the grace of God and not by her own will. Had that grace not been applied by God than the God incarnate Jesus would have been in debt as He would have bore the flesh of a sinful women, making his atonement and sacrifice on the cross “un-pure” and not enough.

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Amen!