Russian Orthodox Pascha Divine Liturgy

[@Raintalon89]

I'm russian Orthodox and this is wonderful. Thank you!

[@NeluThat70sKid]

As a Roman Catholic who was baptized as a Greek Rite Catholic (at 8 mths old), I would DEFINITELY have to say watching this really makes me feel more in communion with God. MANY YEARS, CHRIST IS RISEN!!!!!

[@AnnetteToob]

Being a woman and not able to go into the altar, it's great to see the 'high' part of the Liturgy from this perspective. Very nice, thanks.

[@chidude68]

This is one of the most sacred parts during the Divine Liturgy where the bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ by the Holy Spirit. So glad this was done in English! Thanks for posting Great vid!!

[@dylanlane9019]

I grew up in the Pentecostal church, I have recently discovered the beauty of the Orthodox church! Whether Roman, Orthodox, or Protestant, it does not matter. Christ is Lord of ALL! Ordained I had to come to understand this.

[@melanie8771]

@CDOG111 This would be the best thing to happen. My mom is Roman Cath. I'm Russian Orth. as is my dad. I would love for all of us to attend mass as a family.

[@silenciummortum2193]

I will pray for your families conversion so you can all be one.

[@thebigchucker]

Oh that the Church would be one. Catholic, Orthodox, and even us rebelling Protestants. Hope in redemption compels me to believe in an ecumenial spirit among us all. Thanks for uploading this.

[@koshka435]

@mandaloreJCL Thanks for your comment. I read quite a lot about filioque and have the impression that this is not just a question of 'toes stepped on', it is much deeper. This is not the only doctrinal difference. Not enough place here to mention the others. There is also a very deep difference between Roman Catholic and Orthodox monasticism, a different approach to prayer and to lots of other things. When I visit a Catholic church I fell right away that this is an alien place for me.

[@dmathitis111]

God bless all Orthodoxs all over the world. GREΕCE Ο Θεός να ευλογεί όλους τους Ορθοδόξους σε όλο τον κόσμο. ΕΛΛΑΣ

[@burkardhanis]

We have seen the True Light, we have received the Heavenly Spirit, and we worship the Undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us!

[@markwhealen5949]

In the St. Louis area we blessed with 14 orthodox parishes of various juristictions. All are wonderful and holy houses of worship. Come visit St. Louis !

[@rumpranger65]

I am a Latin Church Catholic. I hope that the East and West can be fully united soon.

[@WedgeBob]

Nice to see there's a Mitred Archpriest here, too. I'm friends with a Byzantine Catholic (Ruthenian) priest that was just recently elevated to this rank, so it's great to see a Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. It sounds quite more angelic than the Ruthenian Catholic Liturgy at Easter time, that's for sure.

[@lippertkaleb]

Awesome!

[@martysomoco]

Christ is Risen. Indeed He is Risen! Holy Orthodoxy shows us the way, the truth, the light. It embodies the one, true, holy, catholic, and apostolic faith. Orthodoxy has resisted and rejected the false theological directions of the roman catholic and protestant confessions and remained true to the teachings of our Lord, the apostles, and the saints. I am a convert to Holy Orthodoxy from the misguided roman perspective.. Praise to our Lord.

[@grad8990]

Wrong Roman Catholic is still faithful in Christ

[@WedgeBob]

Oh, and we have a Coptic Orthodox Church here, too...

[@WedgeBob]

Same here, canonically Roman Catholic, and even though I am active and registered in a Roman Church, I do worship part-time in the Byzantine faith (by that I mean I worship one or two Divine Liturgies a month in the Eastern Rite). So I do learn to "breathe with both lungs of the Catholic Gospel" if you will, by taking part in both Rites.

[@StJohnsROC]

Our Cathedral has Resurrection Matins w/ Procession at midnight. then does not have Divine Liturgy until the following morning on Pascha morning. Many Orthodox Churches in Northeastern Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania have it that way. I suppose one of the reasons is because of the many elderly parishoners, or maybe that more people will attend if it's during the day.

[@age234]

The Holy Table is one of the holiest things in an Orthodox Church. It is like the altar on which the sacrifice of Christ's body and blood is made. When consecrated, a Holy Table is anointed with oil, it is washed in wine (Christ's consecrated blood) and contains a small piece of a Saint's relics. So, it is a very holy place and is done out of immense respect for what the Table is and what it represents. :)

[@hobbitofny]

If you get a chance there is a dvd of Christ the Saviour in Moscow at its conscration. They show the actives at the altar. I have not seen it on youtube. There is also the Sunday of Forgiveness done the same. This the first time i have heard the RO rite in English. Wish they posted full liturgy of Pascha.

[@StJohnsROC]

Softologist, I am not sure what you mean by the comment, "it's not Russian Orthodox". St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral is part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) and the typicon used is from the Russian Orthodox tradition. The only thing that is not Russian Orthodox is the language. On this particular Pascha the anaphora was sung and chanted in English. We switch back and forth between Slavonic and English.

[@lippertkaleb]

Nice

[@dis00612]

@jasonbently2002 "The Holy Spirit also, when He proceeds from the Father and the Son, is not separated from the Father nor separated from the Son. For how could He be separated from the Father Who is the Spirit of His mouth? Which is certainly both a proof of His eternity, and expresses the Unity of this Godhead." Ambrose, The Holy Spirit, 1:11:120 (A.D. 381).

[@sanantoniomimi]

Kristos Voskrese!

[@MeowjinBoo]

You had a blessing from the priest to take this video and post it on youtube?

[@brastaseptim]

Thumbs up if your sick of seeing debates whenever you just wanna watch a DL video.

[@lippertkaleb]

Yes i go to BOTH Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches too!!! I want to go to a Orthodox Church but don't have any where I live.. God B;less u bro!! I subbed u...

[@WedgeBob]

Well, we have Orthodox Churches of all kinds of nationalities here, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Greek, I even saw one Belorussian Orthodox Church around. So yeah, we have those a plenty around here, too.

[@lippertkaleb]

Agreed! Im BOTH Roman and Byzantine!

[@grad8990]

@Straight White Male he definetely means he is roman catholic but he attends the eastern rite

[@phyzicsify]

Ultimately it is our ecclesiastical differences that is going to keep us separated, we just don't see the Roman Pontiff as the only one fulfilling the office of Peter.

[@Swordman85]

The video is good, but you should have filmed the believers too.

[@lippertkaleb]

A few.

[@StopMoColorado]

@1Thorefan You mean the Peter who had to twice be rebuked by Paul for dealing unfaithfully with the Gentiles he was supposed to be shepherding? I am a former Roman Catholic (later Baptist then Presbyterian, now Orthodox - it was not an easy process nor one taken lightly, but was the result of lots of reading, praying, and experiencing the Lord in Community in ways I never did before). St. Peter died before St. John, so how would it be possible that a presbyter would outrank and apostle?

[@Bramabull201]

...Acts 1:4 states Christ commands his disciples to "Wait for the Promise of the Father", that is the Holy Spirit. I took this video BTW, and our priest is not a bishop, he is a mitred archpriest. In the Russian Orthodox Church, devout and long serving priests can be awarded the crown of the mitre as Orthodox monastic archimandrites can. Fr. John has been our priest for 41 years.

[@lippertkaleb]

yes but NOT as much as Catholic and Protestant Churches though, the nearest one around where I live is 45 Minutes away, Nativity of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church, Sts. Cosmos and Damian Romanian Orthodox Church, and St. Nectros Greek Orthodox Church in Phillipsburgh-Oseola, Pa. I want to go to them SO bad!! But id NEVER leave the good old Catholic Church!!!! God Bless!! Dominus Vobisum...

[@Quako5]

What time of day is it? In my church we have pascha liturgy during the night.

[@WedgeBob]

Ahh. I see. Were there any Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Churches out by you? Because where I live, I'm within blocks of St. Josaphat UGCC Cathedral, and St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, which is in a neighborhood appropriately named "Ukrainian Village."

[@luvpinas123]

Is this man a Bishop? I see episcopal insignia such as the Crown... they believe that the actual consecration happens at the epiclesis but Catholics believe that it is during the Institution Narrative.

[@JudithMatta]

Always nitpickers with 'permission" for this and that! Do you realize that the priest has eyes and can see someone filming that close - so obviously permitted it. Also, the good that is done by showing these holy prayers at the Anaphora helps westerners to experience in a small way that holiness of the Apostles' Divine Eucharist.

[@luvpinas123]

@GenghisKhan44 [They also seem to reject that all can know about God through reason.] Yes, they believe in what we call 'Theoria' where one experiences God not through reason but through one's experience as a Christian. We believe in 'Scholasticism' where God is known and proven through reason. This method is highly used by St. Thomas Aquinas.

[@MrWackypackages]

Is it normal for orthodox churches to have stained glass?

[@NeluThat70sKid]

@jasonbently2002 lol, I'm sorry, excuse me, I honestly don't know where, for the life of me, you have the unmitigated gall to accuse me of apostasy or even spreading heresy, but since I was brought up Roman Catholic (but baptized in the the Greek rite), I really have found watching this video to be a true blessing (no doubt about it--period). Plus, in fact, I've been to various Orthodox churches in my area for the past 15 years, along with reading up on the faith (the TRUE faith, for the record)

[@luvpinas123]

Is this man a Bishop? I see episcopal insignia such as the Crown...

[@Bramabull201]

Christ is Risen! Mandalore, I believe the scriptural references you provide prove the Orthodox point exactly. John 15:26, the Orthodox Study Bible comments: the Son sends the Holy Spirit FROM THE FATHER. With respect to divine nature, the Holy Spirit eternally PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER alone. In other words...(cont)

[@lippertkaleb]

Yes bro in Christ and te reason whay im BOTH Roman AND Byzantine Christian is because those 2 Churches were around at te time of Jesus, protestantism was NOT. God Bless!

[@hamai88]

Это где служат то???СШа чтолева...все сидят там стоячие где

[@NateTEHbutcher]

I noticed no one mentioned that the choir singing the responses is actually our junior or "family choir" made up of our children and their parents.

[@Theliturgist]

I too was a Latin (Tridentine) Rite Roman Catholic but now this Holy Pascha I have converted to the right believing church, the Eastern Orthodox Church where I can see a greater continuum of spirituality that I never knew in the RC church. I too wish for reuniting but I can tell you that most Orthodox Christians will not, and never will accept the Pope's authority nor infalibility. Just a comment, not trying to be too political.

[@NeluThat70sKid]

@jasonbently2002 Although I really do hate to alienate my fellow Roman Catholics (including those in my own family), but I also already have rejected the teachings surrounding the filioque a very long time ago (because the Holy Spirit DOES proceed ONLY from the Father, our Creator, believe me--I have). Besides, not ALL Latins go about pushing lies and heresies, there are those of us who KNOW HOW TO KEEP A FULL OPEN MIND TO THE TRUE FAITH, SO TAKE YOUR GROSS GENERALIZATIONS ELSEWHERE.

[@koshka435]

@mandaloreJCL Why isn't my answer real? It is impossible to give an exhaustive description of the differences between the Roman and Orthodox faiths in 500 characters. This space is just enough to say that there is a world of difference between Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. Vatican should simply let us be and stop trying to gobble up our Church. Let's be different! I greatly respect Catholics, but I don't want to be one of them.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Well, to be more accurate you are both Orthodox and Catholic. But, yes. It is definitely possible. Someday we will be reunited. We have to be. The coming age seems to be anti-Christian, like it was 2000 years ago. Christ will not leave his body fragmented during these tough times.

[@Seraphim-Hamilton]

Become Orthodox!

[@Bramabull201]

...the Holy Spirit receives His eternal existence only from the Father. In conformity to Christ's words, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed confesses belief "in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father." while the Son is begotten of the Father alone, The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone. The source, the Fountainhead of both persons is the Father.

[@jasonbently2002]

@thebigchucker THERE IS NO ECUMENICAL SPIRIT, save a fallen spirit and that is nothing to celebrate. THERE IS ONE HOLY SPIRIT IN HIS CHURCH, THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WHICH THE SECOND ECUMENICAL CLEARLY STATES PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER ALONE. PERIOD.

[@lippertkaleb]

Roman Church is almost the same as this.

[@koshka435]

@CDOG111 That would be great, but to be united in Christ, and not just as a matter of political convenience, we have to have the same faith. And RC faith has deviated from what we believe. We cannot accept filioque, immaculate conception of the Theotokos, infallibility of the Pope and a number of other RC dogmas. Neither do we accept obligatory celibacy of priests and lots of other things. I have great respect for Catholics, but our differences are too deep.

[@ComradeAgopian]

@minaatef11 , There is nothing we need from Rome brother .

[@PapistWitness]

I can smell the incense just looking at this.

[@jasonbently2002]

@CDOG111 We sure can! RETURN TO THE ORTHODOX CATHOLIC CHURCH and turn away from your heresies and blasphemies and we will welcome you all with open arms.

[@vasilis452]

@CDOG111 My friend if the priest stop thinking all the time about the bigest satan on earth and that is money then you see how easy to became all together cause orthodox catholic etc they believe in one God the only seperate them is the money this is my opinion and jesus christ he fight for this some people make us to believe this paper (money) like the bigest God in the world and do everything for this

[@Softologist]

it's not Russian Orthodox