How Could Someone Love Jesus This Much?!

[@Ljcsoghmomas1227]

My husband converted to Orthodoxy by attending services and by reading St. Ignatius's letters. He told me "All the proof of the ancient Church is in his letters, the Church structure, the Christian way of life, and the Apostolic succession." My husband loves St. Ignatius so much that we named our son after him. Most Holy Saint Ignatius pray to God for us!

[@danielgaley9676]

Blessed you are. Please pray for us. My wife Cathy doesn't understand the Orthodox Church.

[@jesh879]

I will pray for you and your wife. What is her name? ☦️💝

[@VulkenGaming]

“I am the wheat of God, and let me be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ.” ~St. Ignatius

[@BrettSayles]

I wish I could click the like button a thousand times...

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

The synaxarion today in Liturgy beautiful, my heart was weeping. Memory eternal for the God-bearer St. Ignatius of Antioch. Christ is risen ☦️

[@Zangified02]

I truly wish to imitate him as he imitated Christ. What a holy man

[@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS]

✝️ ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕС ❤ ✝️💥💯🥇БОГ ДАЁТ НАМ СИЛУ ✝🙏🧗‍♂️🏋️‍♂️💪🕊️

[@theeliteelite1873]

Saint Ignatius’s epistles were what first opened my eyes. I remember being raised to believe the so-called Reformation was supposed to be a “return to the early Church, free from the unbiblical, heretical additions Rome added on over the centuries.” Then I see Ignatius talking about things that I was told were those kinds of additions. Real Presence in the Eucharist. Bishops. Not going into schism. So thankful that I decided to actually start read the writings of the early Christians instead of just continuing to blindly accept the narrative that had been fed to me.

[@jesh879]

Welcome home. ☦️💝

[@angeliquesourtzis2392]

A lesson on the importance of humility.

[@michaelsherley9193]

dear father Josiah, how sweet and wonderful it is like Saint Ignatius to have tasted of that love beyond comprehension that God gives to those that love Him. The gift of the baptism of the Holy Spirit seasoned with humility is the way to be enthralled in that energy of love and light only then we can face the darkest hours. There is no greater love than someone is willing to lay their life down for another. Pray for us most sweet Panagia.

[@itssslashhere5245]

YESSSS FATHER JOSIAH.. I wish I could come to your church.

[@jesh879]

The presence of Christ is in every Orthodox Church. Please come and participate in the Divine Liturgy.

[@itssslashhere5245]

@@jesh879 nah not yet. I will tho

[@carolflower9672]

@14:00> the EUCHARIST is the MEDICINE of IMMORTALITY

[@PaisiosOfGOAOA]

He is my first ever Saint I learned about the First Church Father I read from and the person who could convinced me personally of Orthodoxy I believe the Holy Spirit worked through him to make me Orthodox and open my heart and mind to the Orthodox way of life. I love him so much that even though he's not my patron saint when I learned that I could have a saint of my family he became the saint of my family and I pray for his intercession that he may turn my family orthodox every single day since I became an Orthodox Christian there may be some days when I forgot to do the prayer which is bad on my part but yeah I love this man so much. And I hope to be so like him

[@jesh879]

That is beautiful. Will you tell us the names of you and your family, so we may pray for them?

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

God grant you many years Father Josiah!

[@b.questor]

To learn something new every day, to have the patience that wisdom will come is to seek the eternal light.

[@jeremymccormick5848]

Wonderful video, how weak I am in faith. I pray for strength,wisdom,faith and love to all who see this. May the church of our Lord Jesus Christ unite and may God's grace and mercy be with us all who claim Christ as Lord ans serve him. I'm a Baptist and the more I watch this priest the more I feel humbled.

[@jesh879]

Praying for you Jeremy. ☦️💝 Orthodoxy has a tradition to help you grow stronger. Look up "hesychasm". The first basic step is The Jesus Prayer. You can find many Orthodox videos on this. God bless you.

[@eunanmcnamee]

Good telling of St. Ignatius. Thank you.

[@xaralamposp4228]

Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos...I once asked an American who came to the hut: "What feat have you done as a great nation that you are?" "We went to the moon," he replied. "How far is it?" I ask him. "Say, half a million kilometers," he tells me. "How many millions did you spend, to go to the moon?" "From 1950 until now, he tells me, we've spent rivers of dollars." "Did you go to God?" I ask him. How far away is God?' "God, he tells me, is too far away."" But we, I tell him, go to God with a nut!"

[@b.questor]

Learning to live without ego or desire can be a lifelong pursuit.

[@awetish]

What a love to our lord, may the grace of God change our hearts to have such love and serve the Lord.

[@st.mariaofegypt5390]

Fr. Josiah your blessing! Thank you very much with this beautiful life of St. Ignatius, the God bearer. I love this Saint so much! And the reading for his feast day is so beautiful. It was St. Ignatius as a child that sat on Jesus Christ’s lap! Wow!!

[@adelinacod5683]

God bless you! Greetings from a Christian orthodox family! 💖

[@lukStSerb]

Pray for my wife and me to have strength to quit smoking and have children, starting from next year. Thanks ☦

[@PomazeBog1389]

Neka Bog blagoslovi vas i vašu ženu da prestanete da pušite i imate decu.

[@jimtownsend8010]

Ive been through my share, but am a coward in comparison to this man

[@NikolasSerpanos]

☦️

[@Gio-ce8ob]

“It’s human and it’s a life but that doesn’t make it a human life “. The dumbest thing anyone has ever said, ever. I’m stunned at how ignorant she sounded. I’m truly in awe at how dumb she is. Sincerely.

[@jesh879]

Idk. I think you are just not unencumbered by what has been. 🙃

[@xaralamposp4228]

Saint Paisios elder of Mt. Athos, .... -In 1988 he told a group: ― In the Old Testament, for the sins of the people, God had left three generations enslaved in Babylon and then saved and they were freed. Each generation counts twenty-five years. How much is three times twenty-five? ― Seventy-five, they told him. ― In 1917 the Russian revolution took place, plus 75 how much does it make? he asked them. ― 1992, they replied. And immediately Osios changed the subject. Indeed, by 1992 all the totalitarian regimes of Eastern Europe had fallen.

[@xaralamposp4228]

The Greek language has "language" from the Fiery Tongues of Pentecost! The doctrine of our faith no language can convey. That is why God saved and the Old Testament was translated by the Septuagint into the Greek language and the Gospel was written in the Greek language. Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos

[@mexicangunslinger915]

can you guys mention me in your prayers my name is Hector

[@mirov77]

What do you think and how do feel about what the Zeolites are doing in GAZA?

[@jesh879]

Orthodox Christians are not Zionists. That belongs to protestants influenced by the modern heresy of dispensationalism.

[@xaralamposp4228]

The Greeks founded mathematics (Pythagoras). The Greeks founded Geometry (Euclid). The Greeks founded physics (Thales-Democritus). The Greeks founded philosophy (Plato). The Greeks founded logic (Aristotle). The Greeks founded poetry and theater (Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). The Greeks founded medicine (Hippocrates, Galen).The Greeks founded architecture and sculpture (Pheidias, Iktinos).The Greeks founded sports (Olympic Games). The Greeks established the laws of the state and the Republic (Solon-Pericles). The Greeks founded the art of rhetoric (Protagoras-Demosthenes). The Greeks founded the Christian letters (Three Hierarchs). And the Gospels were written in Greek. This is the greatest boast of the Greek language. (Elder Timotheus Kilifis)

[@orthodox.saints.teachers]

❤🧡💛💚💜🤎💙

[@BehöldAGreenHorse]

So was Ignatius one of the original 70 desciples?

[@felixmuller7551]

No,those 70 were sent out during christs ministery. St.Ignatius wasa child at that time and became a disciple of St.Peter,st Paul and st.John

[@cbasallie]

Oh my goodness, I left a critical comment on another video that Fr. Josiah uploaded because I had him confused with someone else! It was impulsive and Now, I’m unable to delete my comment! I’m so sorry.

[@jesh879]

Who were you critical of?

[@cbasallie]

@@jesh879 Fr.Josiah. I can’t delete the comment but I left a correction. I feel so dumb. I thought he was someone else

[@darushk2635]

I wonder what St. Ignatius would say about iconography.

[@jesh879]

Nothing, as it was not an innovation, even in his time. Iconoclasm started with the Muslims.

[@tontonmadeit]

Icons were used from early on in the Church to teach Christ, His life, and teachings especially because many did not read. The first one of the Theotokos was written by the Apostle and Evangelist Luke.

[@derekdavis3004]

Only those who the Lord loves first can love him back. Loving the Lord so much is a gift from the Lord. If it is up to man he will choose sin every time. I know I would. Maybe that means that I am just a bad person? Well, I am a bad person, I know this. The good that is in me comes from God. But maybe you are a much better person than me? Where does the good inside you come from? Does it come from yourself and God? So, God only should receive half of the credit, then? I am honestly asking because I do not understand the Orthodox position on sin. Which is not to say that I am completely unfamiliar, I just don't understand it as it does not make sense to me.

[@jesh879]

Yeah you are still stuck on Original Sin. Orthodox Christians believe the world is corrupted from The Fall, but that human nature is good. God created human. Everything he created was good. Anyways this is a huge theological topic and I can not recommend a bite size video that will do it justice and help you. Look for a video by jay d.-y(e$r (remove special characters) on original sin. 3 hours long. He used to be Calvijist. Or go talk to an Orthodox priest.

[@derekdavis3004]

@@jesh879 If human nature is good, what do we need a savoir for? Can we not just save ourselves? Do you think it is good to just tell to watch some video our talk to someone else? I am I not worth your time? 😞The Bible says we should ready to explain our beliefs- 1 Peter 3:15. It is easy to be right when you just appeal to authority. Brother, you should do better than this.

[@derekdavis3004]

@@jesh879 Brother I mean this sincerely. If you cannot explain what you believe do you really even know what you believe?

[@joshevans4322]

His letters should be added to the Bible, they are that important.

[@jesh879]

Or maybe we should all participate in a tradition that values the lives of the Saints and the wisdom of the Church Fathers. Scripture is canonized how it is for a reason.

[@joshevans4322]

@jesh879 I don't seriously propose changing it now, but it's a shame more don't know him, his life, or his letters. ☦️

[@xaralamposp4228]

Through philosophy, the Greeks reached the highest possible limits of development of the human spirit and through language they presented the most perfect possible form of expression of human speech. (Elder Sophronius of Essex)

[@jesh879]

Racism tbh. There have been amazing Saints in every nation, even if they have not yet been canonized. That is why we have a feast for the unknown Saints.

[@jaytkadv2429]

I don’t understand our greatest desire is to be like Christ. Before you say you wanna be like st ignatius, why not say that you wanna be like the apostle Paul? Of course I know there are no more apostles. But why do we put so much emphasis on them ? I love them but I don’t adore them. Love Christ.

[@timmiller7338]

Unorthodoxy is getting old!! Praises to HaShem, and Yeshua (Jesus) A.D. for A.I. those Borg Babtisms are not effective, also tune in to 5785 A.M.

[@xaralamposp4228]

Through philosophy, the Greeks reached the highest possible limits of development of the human spirit and through language they presented the most perfect possible form of expression of human speech. (Elder Sophronius of Essex)