The Best Method to Fight the Beast - Mothers fight! Sermon by Metropolitan Demetrius

The Best Method to Fight the Beast; Mothers, Become Front Line Fighters! Sermon delivered by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius of America at Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery, Cobleskill, NY, on the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. For more videos visit: / orthodoxtradition
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[@ServantofGod-zj3jd]

God bless all the mothers!

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Amen!

[@tinaelrassi2549]

Kindly I ask for your prayers and blessings dear Father Many thanks

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God bless you!

[@TheMikeSkvor]

May all parents and children be protected by the prayers of the Holy Ancestors of God the parents of the Theotokos, and Sts. Zacharias and Elizabeth the parents of the Holy Baptist and Forerunner. Panagia save our Geronda from the malice of the enemy.

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Amen!

[@HolyBalkans]

God bless you Metropolitan archbishop Demetrius ☦️⛪️❤️

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Thank you. God bless you too.

[@seraphimwieber3893]

This hit hard. Especially the counsel on patience and struggle. Please ask the metropolitan to pray for me!

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God bless you.

[@Dimitria_D]

Holy mother Theotokos pls pray for us ❤☦️

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Amen.

[@LukiaSierra]

Wow excellent message! A ‘must listen’ to moms everywhere! God help us! 🙏☦️

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God bless!

[@SPY1964-LL]

Thank you Metropolitan Demetrius. Love from Loch Lomond, CA. Amen!

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God bless you.

[@tinaelrassi2549]

Lord please have mercy on me and my family and children from the snares of the evil world Amen

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Amen.

[@OrthodoxChristianTreasures]

Children, pray for your mothers, whether they are still in this physical life or if they have entered into Eternal Life.

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God bless you!

[@EsmeeElisabeta]

Saint Dionysios the Aeropagite, writing to the Apostle Paul, bears witness of his encounter with the spiritual majesty of the Queen of Heaven: "I witness by God, besides the very God Himself, there is nothing else filled with such divine power and grace. No one can fully comprehend what I saw... when I was brought before the countenance of the Most Holy Virgin, I experienced an inexpressible sensation. Before me gleamed a sort of divine radiance which transfixed my spirit. I perceived the fragrance of indescribable aromas and was filled with such delight that my very body became faint, and my spirit could hardly endure these signs and marks of eternal majesty and heavenly power. The grace from her overwhelmed my heart and shook my very spirit. If I did not have in mind your instruction, I should have mistaken her for the very God. It is impossible to stand before greater blessedness than that which I beheld."

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Awesome.

[@sisselrudshaug1106]

Such beautiful, wise words🌹

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God bless you.

[@sisselrudshaug1106]

God bless you too❤

[@janemontgomery4329]

Glory to God! Lord, have mercy on my children and on me a sinner.

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Amen.

[@OrthodoxChristianTreasures]

Evlogeite. The reading of the Lives of the Saints by mothers during pregnancy is of great spiritual benefit, too.

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O Kyrios. Yes!

[@normadaly7506]

Thank you

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God bless you.

[@jonnaborosky8836]

Very moving. Thank you.

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God bless you.

[@OrthodoxChristianTreasures]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.

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Amen.

[@IsawCHRIST]

Greetings Dear Metropolitan Demetrius, God bless you. love you brother. I keep seeing bright crosses appear to me often while awake not asleep. i have also visions of preparing for death and eternal life and many things happening to me lately as you did today Saturday night vigil I was watching live stream and out my oil lamp before the icons appear small flaming cross than it dissappeared overcome by joy my soul sang Alleluiah Alleluiah Alleluiah ☦️

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God bless you!

[@ИвайлаКотуклиева]

Мили брате ,да не си в ПРЕЛЕСТ.Много е опасно.Отивай при духовният отец!

[@IsawCHRIST]

​@@ИвайлаКотуклиеваГосподи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Божий, помилуй мя грешного.

[@OrthodoxTradition]

We should always be careful of visions. The holy fathers encourage us to be very cautious because the evil one tries to fool us.

[@IsawCHRIST]

​Thank You Dear beloved father metropolitan demetrius. The evil one is terrified of the cross will he than appear as a cross? I rebuke satan often with the Jesus prayer. Satan trys to tempt me to turn away from Christ than the Holy Cross appears thrice and it comforts me bright shinning some big some small in size, some like lighting. I feel warfare always. when satan tempts me to put anything above CHRIST. I hit him back harder with Jesus Prayer, and I beg most holy theotokos prayers to save me. for he trembles at the word of Jesus Christ. his trying to devour me to turn away from CHRIST Our God. since i wrestle every second to make Christ Happy. I died to this world. Only Jesus Christ makes loves me truly. i want praise him day and night until my last breath. I do not care for anything else but CHRIST. Eternal life. Before i do anything. I ask Jesus to increase my faith and show me the hearts of those who stand before me. show me the hearts of all. show me their sorrows, show me their pain. show me their hearts. I pray to be worthy to enter paradise and feast with you all brothers and sisters. God has showed me miracles of healing and revelations to come to this generation. my tears i offer for us all sinners and May Christ Our God most merciful forgive me. metropolitan demetrius keep me in your prayers your brother. I'm not worthy to look at Jesus Christ for such a wretched sinner that im. how much Jesus Christ loves us could not compare even if you combine all the human hearts in this world you still could not find such love it's truly beyond our understanding. Our labors are not in vain brothers and sisters the loving living GOD is present in everywhere! @@OrthodoxTradition

[@OrthodoxIslands]

All Glory to God for our Lord Jesus Christ when we look at a plum tree and ask how did it become so beautiful and with sweet fruits? GOD commands the small seed to bear fruit in obedience to GOD. The seed obeys and does not question GOD at his word. behold its full of good fruits. This should be applied to us in our obedience to (CHRIST) we all can learn how in obedience we grow into sweet fruits before GOD. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. AMEN!

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Yes!

[@OrthodoxChristianTreasures]

Most Holy Mother of God save us!

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Amen

[@hokulani8]

🕊🙏🏼☦️🕯❤️

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God bless you.

[@krabilonia]

Your blessing, father. I have sent an email with a spiritual request on the 1st of September, please read it 🙏🙏

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Where did you send it? You may need to send it again.

[@krabilonia]

to father ignatius's email and the monastery info, to what address should I forward it?

[@krabilonia]

I forwarded the message to the gocofamerica address. God bless 🙏

[@effiv]

Evlogeite. Can you please elaborate more on how the child participates in the sanctification of the mother, specifically "when the mother prays/receives Confession and Holy Communion the child is sanctified, when she sins - the child is effected".

[@OrthodoxTradition]

O Kyrios. The grace simply passes on.

[@effiv]

@@OrthodoxTradition and what about when she sins, how can it impact the child?

[@JERUSALEM1ORTHODOX]

Glory to God. on which day do old calenders commemorate Holy Saint Father Demetrius of Rostov?

[@EsmeeElisabeta]

He has two feast days: September 21/October 4 October 28/November 10

[@omonty2]

Will the homily by Met. Demetrius from this past Sunday be posted? I watched the livestream and wanted to share with my family. It was profoundly edifying. The video seems to have disappeared!

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Yes, it will be put up.

[@omonty2]

@@OrthodoxTradition Glory to God! May it be blessed!

[@FacingTheView]

May parents hold tight to Jesus helping us through the terrible hardship of adult children who are in the darkness of their own flesh. We must stand in God's presence at all times. Some adult children are stuck in the delusions from thr makings of their sin and the sins of the company they choose to keep. We must keep grace, love-- with long suffering gentle boundaries-- at all times.

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God bless!

[@FacingTheView]

@@OrthodoxTradition thank you, I need the blessing. It's been a very hard time

[@seta2382]

I have failed as a mother… 😭

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You van always redeem yourself.

[@robertedwards9254]

We know who the Devil's servants are, and the occupations they hold.

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God help us.

[@halleluyah-v5h]

Father demetrius, important email is being sent to you.

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We will keep our eyes out.