The Search for Orthodoxy - Fr. Seraphim Rose

“In many different places and many different ways, people today are searching and finding the roots of Christianity in Orthodoxy. Things which we take for granted are astonishing discoveries for them: the splendor of our Divine services, coming down from ancient times and so suited to the need of the human soul to worship God in spirit and in truth; the depth of the spiritual teaching contained in the writings of the Holy Fathers; simply the continuity with the past of Christianity, since we trace our beginnings not to some more or less recent teacher, but to Christ Himself and His Apostles, and our bishops and priests received their ordinations in a direct line going back to the Apostles. If we ourselves, having these roots, are leading a conscious Christian life, we can be of tremendous help to those who are weary of personal interpretations of Christianity and want with all their heart the “true old Christianity”-Orthodoxy.”
“All of politics is heading in the direction of a one-world government which cannot be anything but universal slavery.”
“People today are searching for the truth, searching for Christ, searching for Orthodoxy; we who are already Orthodox are in a position to help give it to them.”
“Everything in this life passes away-only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life, to choose God Who calls us and for Whom our heart is searching. Let us take the way of St. Herman and put into our hearts the deep resolve: “From this day, from this hour, from this minute, let us love God above all.”
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[@itsmelorijayne6574]

Today I will become Orthodox at St. Hermans of Alaska! ☦

[@nicolaj622]

The Lord grants you a blessed day!

[@silenciummortum2193]

I too am seeking conversion to a ROCOR Orthodox church here in NJ. Congratulations God bless!

[@itsmelorijayne6574]

@@silenciummortum2193 the daily Jesus prayer. ☦

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

I am aware of the glitch toward the end of the recording. I attempted to fix this and upload a new version but the glitch remained and was a result of the export. I don’t now how to fix this without re-editing it anew, and since it’s minor and toward the end I have decided to leave this as is. Maybe it will help listeners to read the text on their own and benefit in that way. Thank you for your support and prayers. May God bless you.

[@Hoodinator17]

❤️☦️☀️

[@zxultrviolet370]

i just played it in 1.5x speed it sounded normal

[@petergunn9149]

Thank you my brother in Christ for your readings✝️✝️✝️

[@orthodoxboomergrandma3561]

Orthodox Christianity is real life in Christ! A fantastic adventure in communion with God through the struggle, minute by minute, to overcome the passions (habits of sin that make one miserable) leading to communion and ultimately union with the Most Holy Trinity! The tools if I must call them that, are pure imageless prayer in stillness and pain of heart, real help from the Mother of God with the saints (including Fr Seraphim Rose 🌹) as best friends, and the food of immortality, the Body and Blood of Christ! I searched my whole life for this True Pearl of Great Price through many other paths! But they (a Hindu cult, many Protestant denominations and finally even traditional Roman Catholicism) PALE in comparison to the experiential richness, beyond my wildest dreams, of the beauty, truth and goodness I have been blessed to participate for the past 8 years. I thank God that He led me to His original Body, the Orthodox Church. I sincerely prayer that you all come and see!

[@d0g_0f_Christ0s]

This is the faith of Christ. A lifetime of repentance toward Christ. Consider the thief on the cross, his decision was life of death, and even though he appeared to have nothing, he gave everything he had to Christ, even his very last breath. Let us cling to Christ, let us lend our flesh to the one who had naught except the word of the Son of Man, the Son of God, the Word of God. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Glory to the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

[@nicolaj622]

Thanks for this beautiful lecture. So sad to see now how the pope takes the greek orthodox out and gets honored by the "orthodox" church there. Glory to God for all things!

[@meangreenmememachine2890]

based ☦✋🏻

[@orthodoxboomergrandma3561]

I loved the slow parts! They made me focus more intently on those parts!

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Thank you, brother, for this reading. Edifying and encouraging. Again, thank you.

[@xxFairestxx]

2:38 so true. So true….

[@Hoodinator17]

27:58 editing error. Just FYI. Thanks for upload :)

[@MaximusWolfe]

It’s negligible

[@MarcusBarnabassisSystersSonne]

true I think it should be fixed, it's creepy.

[@Hoodinator17]

@@MaximusWolfe I just wanted him to be aware for next time. Not only does it slow down, but at 28:15 it jumps ahead and it’s not clear how much was missed or left out. But I’m glad you think it’s negligible

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

Thank you for letting me know. I will listen and decide what I can do

[@MaximusWolfe]

@@Hoodinator17 That's fine. He probably wants to correct it but i wouldn't bother. Tiny flaws like that give it more texture in my book. No winks lost either way.

[@Stephanie-el4sx]

🕊

[@Kenyanorthodoxy]

What do you think about GOC America?

[@rozejankoska8993]

Na mnogaja leta Sveti German Aljaski moli Boga za site nas

[@adrianwhyatt1425]

Within two years of these words, by 1983, Father Seraphim Rose had reposed and we had Metropolitan Philaret's Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR)'s Anathema Against Ecumenism, which it is essential to adhere to for all True Orthodox Christians, and which distinguishes us from the "World Orthodox" who fall under its anathema, including all those in "member churches" of the World Council of Churches and its more subtle variation of Cyprianism which falsely claims, as stated by its defrocked and anathematized founder Cyprian of Fili that the World Orthodox are sick parts of the Church who still have grace. The sentimental thinking behind this tends to be a refusal to accept that friends and family who attend services which claim to be Orthodox but are actually in communion with or otherwise subservient to bishops who are directly or indirectly knowingly and/or recklessly in communion with those who co-worship with heretics and/or schismatics. We have to realize this to appreciate the context of Father Seraphim Rose's words, especially his use of the term "Orthodoxy" just as we must appreciate the difference in the common use and meaning of the term "Catholic" before, during, and after the Great Schism

[@Pb-nutts]

So what do you make of the union with Moscow then?

[@adrianwhyatt1425]

@@Pb-nutts This fell under the 1983 Anathema Against Ecumenism because the Moscow Patriarchate has remained in the World Council of Churches (WCC) which requires its member churches to recognise each other as fellow churches and in addition they co-worship and take communion with the heterodox. Hence it's rejected by True Orthodox Christians

[@pgroove163]

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[@orthodoxboomergrandma3561]

Timothy! Where is this published if I may ask? Is it in Life and Works?

[@user-qs9cz4bp3r]

Very beautiful but let us not forget the following information. Today the Old and Authentic ROCOR is the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) that was formed in 1920 by bishops who were forced to leave their homeland along with millions of Russian people, all fleeing the horrors of the communist system. The ROCA bishops, clergy, and laity remain loyal to the original mission of an independent ROCA. Despite protests from within the ranks of bishops, clergy, and laypeople, on May 17, 2007, a large part of the ROCA entered into Eucharistic communion with the MP with the signing of the “Act of Canonical Communion” and is now known as the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR - MP). The Moscow Patriarchate (MP) and the current ROCOR-MP do need to repent of the heresies of Ecumenism and Sergianism. The smaller part of ROCA that chose to remain loyal to the historical Russian Orthodox Church and to continue the mission of the ROCA is not in Eucharistic communion with the Moscow Patriarchate (MP), the state-controlled official Russian Church. The Churches of the ROCA remnant are present today in the Diaspora District of ROCA. The list of Parishes is present on the rocana and auroca web sites. The ROCA Churches are located in Australia, New Zealand, St. Petersburg, as well as in the U.S. and Canada. For these who would like to understand more about the history of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) they can read the article "ROCA the Beacon Of Light" by Protopriest Nikita Grigoriev on the rocana web site. Also, we remember that the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) Council of Bishops in August 1983 in the person of its Metropolitan Philaret of New York (1903-1985), noting the extent of the Ecumenist contagion, issued an Anathema to Ecumenism in the straight line of the Holy Fathers, condemning anyone who participated in this heresy. When the Church pronounces anathema on a certain heresy, we must NOT forget that it is for eternity. Anathema to Ecumenism (1983) "To those who attack the Church of Christ by teaching that Christ’s Church is divided into so-called “branches” which differ in doctrine and way of life, or that the Church does not exist visibly, but will be formed in the future when all “branches” or sects or denominations, and even religions will be united into one body; and who do not distinguish the priesthood and mysteries of the Church from those of the heretics, but say that the baptism and eucharist of heretics is effectual for salvation; therefore, to those who knowingly have communion with these aforementioned heretics or who advocate, disseminate, or defend their new heresy of Ecumenism under the pretext of brotherly love or the supposed unification of separated Christians, Anathema! --- Note: The relics of Metropolitan Philaret of New York were found to be completely incorrupt in 1998.