The Calling To Become An Orthodox Priest - Fr. John Mahfouz

Fr. John Mahfouz is the priest at St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church in Torrance, California.
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[@obiwankenobi6871]

I’m a former Protestant, now Eastern Orthodox Christian ☦️🙌 Glory to God!

[@Anyname345]

Congratulations! You definitely looked for the Truth, with this transition

[@traviswilson36]

Fool

[@svenrn3545]

Same! Many years! ☦️

[@CashFreedman]

Truly wonderful!!!!

[@orthodox1717]

Glory to God!

[@calebhooper4266]

I’ve been needing this! The priesthood has been on my mind for some months now. Pray for me brothers!

[@panagiotisnikiforou1323]

Me too, this video popped up at the right time!!

[@Saint_nobody]

🙏🏻 O Lord Jesus Christ, set the hearts of all your priests on fire with zealous love for You, that they may ever seek Your Glory; give them strength that they may labor unceasingly in Your earthly vineyard for the glory of Your All-Honorable and Majestic name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. 🙏🏻

[@indyjones1970]

Can I just say that these interviews are wonderful, and also refreshing from a Christian perspective. I'd never seen Orthodoxy till I found your channel and I can't stop listening. Praise be to God

[@AndronikosNikephoros]

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ☦️❤️

[@Saint_nobody]

Indeed, He is Risen!

[@NorthToSouthChannel]

God bless you Fr. Mahfouz

[@mwhabs]

Pray that God brings His people Eastern and Oriental Orthodox into communion for the betterment of the world. There is more that unites than separates, especially after the 1990 agreements’ progress toward unity ✝️🙏

[@mwhabs]

God bless Roots of Orthodoxy! There is also this channel -> Coptic Orthodox Answers that has been doing great work as well!! ✝️

[@Teddy-ke6xh]

Amen

[@podvizhnikband2775]

Pray that heretics renounce their errors and submit themselves to the yoke of Christ and His One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church.

[@Teddy-ke6xh]

@@podvizhnikband2775 are you Byzantine or Oriental

[@podvizhnikband2775]

​@@Teddy-ke6xh Orthodox

[@ryrocks9487]

I'd love to see more videos on this topic with priests that you interview.

[@petrosvret]

Just bought the book - I don't like spending money, but this purchase I didn't regret.

[@Lycurgus47]

Father you’re awesome! I feel like you skateboard to church and have a youthful and joyous demeanor, thus making you loved but the whole congregation.

[@orthodox1717]

We love and thank God for our Priest, Fr. John Mahfouz!

[@KonstantinosPhillippikos]

Great testimony

[@user-er8iv5fh4u]

God bless you and you and orthodoxy ❤

[@Saint_nobody]

O Lord Jesus Christ, set the hearts of all your priests on fire with zealous love for You, that they may ever seek Your Glory; give them strength that they may labor unceasingly in Your earthly vineyard for the glory of Your All-Honorable and Majestic name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. 🙏🏻

[@FatherBasil]

The Church asked me to be a Deacon, so I became a Deacon. I am hoping they DON'T ask me to be a Priest (lol), but I will obey the will of the Church.

[@VincentTamer]

❤

[@crbgo9854]

It's scary how your story sounds like me right now and I still don't want to be a priest

[@orthodoxsaulo]

Haha yeah, I realized as someone who has a clerical calling especially priesthood I didn't want to at all. I constantly refused and argued to God but God gets his will no matter what. So I soon realized I should submit to his will and now I'm really praying for more discernment and looking forward to seminary.

[@crbgo9854]

@@orthodoxsaulo I'm being told to go to college I want to go to seminary I'd be fine with just being a reader forever but the full priest is scary

[@cynthiaejiogu8442]

Remember peeps if you want to be a married priest, your wife doesn’t have to sign off on it. You can’t just tell her that’s what we’re gonna do. If she doesn’t agree to it you can’t apply. Yes you have to apply to be a priest after you do all your education and such.

[@user-tq8dy3mm9o]

Can I go straight to Jesus Christ for prayer and forgiveness?

[@CashFreedman]

Absolutely. Though in prayer we love having others to be with us since we're a communal creature. Regarding forgiveness, though the Lord alone can forgive, we come to the priest as a guide and witness. Priests help us fight our sins through direct instruction and someone we can trust.

[@thechosenace42]

Is that icon in the thumbnail an orthodox icon? i saw it on etsy and i wanna make sure it’s not heterodox

[@vonostern6745]

It’s canonically Orthodox

[@sooperdt]

I like this kid but i prefer my Priests to be guys who got thrown out of the Anglican church for refusing to cave to the rainbow coalition and ex military Chaplains working through their PTSD as they serve every single service in holy week by themselves.

[@Tanya-tb8ir]

Is that the one who spoke ill about the Coptic church ? So full of himself.Nah I am not listening to him he needs to grow up . He talks a lot .

[@user-tq8dy3mm9o]

I thought the Orthodox Church didn’t have different denominations

[@CashFreedman]

​@@user-tq8dy3mm9othere are the Oriental Orthodox who have a miaphysite christology. Then there are the Eastern Orthodox who have a dyophysite christology. They are separate but close communions.

[@johnnyd2383]

@@user-tq8dy3mm9o Denominations exist in heretical paradigm of Protestantism only.

[@johnnyd2383]

Copts are Monophysite heretics and father spoke about them the truth.

[@Saint_nobody]

​@@user-tq8dy3mm9o😅