THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH ~ WHY ORTHODOXY?

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So many people have questioned why I should belong to the Orthodox Church, Ihoped this might help.

[@FatherSpyridonROCOR]

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[@ajdonnelly7160]

I live in a part of the world, where the real church does not exist... I have many devout catholic friends and family, who I am sure would be attracted by orthdoxy, but we are geographically cut off, as where my forefathers. Where does that leave us? Condemned?

[@DChristina]

I bought it on amazon Thursday...looking forward to reading it, love your other books! 💕

[@lacyblackburn]

@@ajdonnelly7160 your focus is on Christ and His commandments.

[@franciscolaureano7703]

A great deal to think about. Thank you, father. ❤️☦️

[@franciscolaureano7703]

I would add that the Church of Rome is apostolic and its communion is valid and holy.

[@JESUS.IS.GOD.777]

I was an athiest. I mocked the idea of Gods existance. Until i died and stood before Jesus. His face is so bright it looks like the sun is front of it, he held his arms out and the light grew brighter and surrounded me. I felt SO much love and peace that it was Almost overwelhming.I will never mock or deny his name again.

[@saltomanga]

May I ask to know more about this experience you had?

[@andreamarino6010]

Yoooo similar experience

[@nathantuttle3128]

God bless you and your family

[@mcb2107]

Matthew 18: 11-12 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

[@awesomeboy406]

God bless you brother i had a similar experience, only not after dying, but seeking him with everything i had for 2 months. If God allowed everyone to experience this everyone would be on their knees worshipping him. 🙏

[@Joshualbatross]

I don't want to reform the Church, I want the Church to reform me!

[@HubertofLiege]

You’ll drive Protestants crazy with that statement

[@johnchapman6446]

Same here! Amen.

[@prayunceasingly2029]

@@HubertofLiege I'm kind of "protestant" and it doesn't offend me.

[@ahmadyoussif8104]

nice words, i agree as me a muslim i took the first source and guidance from the holy book itself, it has the power of god and its free and easy to absorb.

[@andrej1659]

I don’t belong to any Protestant denomination I just have Protestant-like beliefs and theology Hey

[@opim103]

Born and raised Muslim to a protestant or Catholic to finally look at God in orthodoxy

[@Luis-kn4pm]

God bless and protect you.

[@randalejetmagalit1198]

Amen, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have Mercy upon us, sinners.

[@tonecas2735]

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[@Kar98_Karl]

God bless you

[@oliveinsat566]

​@@hooqah The Lord Jesus Christ is God! There is only ONE NAME by which we can be saved, the name of Jesus Christ!

[@thesportsfan1777]

Wow. That was powerful. I’m a Protestant currently who is searching for the truth. Keep me in your prayers. I’m visiting an Orthodox Church tomorrow.

[@Fred-Phelps]

how did it go i''m also like you, very interested

[@ThePrussian76]

same!

[@thesportsfan1777]

@@Fred-Phelps it was good. I’m still looking into it but far from any decision

[@tjkhan4541]

@@thesportsfan1777I would encourage you to keep reading Scripture, praying, and searching. I would also encourage you that you can study church history and give thanks for the good while letting the false be disproven. I have found the channel Truth Unites to be very helpful.

[@PeaceMakerChad]

Go to the bible first. That has the authority over everything. The orthodox church will stray away from the bible amd teach you what they beleive is above Gods law

[@Toledo_Doodee]

Hello Father I am a young mother and catachumen in the Greek Orthodox church in New Zealand and I have been reading your book 'Small steps into the kingdom' and it has been such a blessing and a big help in understanding the orthodox faith. The true faith. Thank you for helping me convert from atheism ☦️

[@Normaldude10174]

Thank God

[@itsmelorijayne6574]

Glory to God! ☦

[@orthochristos]

Welcome home sister

[@F2222m]

Father Spyridon himself left the Greek Orthodox Church

[@orthochristos]

@@F2222m That is irrelevant

[@jackhaddad4414]

From the Jehovah’s Witnesses to Orthodoxy praise be to God for bringing me out of the delusions I lived under as a JW.

[@birdlynn417]

Until you get tiered of that one too.

[@liamc1102]

Just read the bible and trust Jesus. So simple

[@basementlm4200]

​@@liamc1102 We have an intelligent God. Our minds cannot understand everything revealed in the Bible. The way Jesus reveals the truth of the Bible to us is through the church. The church established at Pentecost by the Jesus, bestowed on the apostles and shared with the whole world. the Bible is very complex. We must look to our predecessors to see the meaning behind the verses Try reading the Orthodox Study Bible. It has footnotes that explains correlations and meanings behind verses as well as the continuity to today. It still shocks me whenever I read it.

[@escapetherace1943]

@@noself7889 that's a heck of a journey... buddhism and taoism don't really mesh, kind of odd to jump from one of those to the other

[@escapetherace1943]

@@noself7889 they both seek enlightenment but taoism always seemed too material to make sense to me, granted my understanding of taoism is very fundamental

[@obeyheart3667]

From Lutherian church to New Age to wiccan to Pentecostal to Orthodox, finally at home. 🙏🏻☦️🌹❤️

[@1998Disturbed]

How did you arrive to wiccan

[@peterzinya1]

@@1998Disturbed Theres no difference between wiccan and catholicism. Both are steeped in magic and voodoo. Spells, incantations, costume holymen, formula prayers.

[@Psychosis1179]

@@peterzinya1 I don’t even like Catholics but I’ll defend them here. You’re high in shrooms.

[@christisrisen83]

​@@peterzinya1No.

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

Where you going next: maybe Mormon?

[@furtherdefinitions1]

My mother was raised in the Orthodox church in her home country of Latvia, but when she married my father, who was a Lutheran, she had my brother and I Christened, baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. However, she always used to sing to herself the hymns that she sang in the Orthodox church, and also play recordings of these hymns, and they really touched me deeper than the hymns sung in the Lutheran church. Recently, I heard a young Latvian girl singing the Agni Parthene Theotokos in both Greek and Latvian, but in either language, the hymn hit me deeply in the heart and soul. Then I listened to recordings of Orthodox choirs singing it. As a result, it drove away the demonic influences and bad thoughts that were plaguing me. Now I will convert to the Orthodox church.

[@damahomqifahs]

[Al-Quran, Surah al-Maidah, Verse 109 - 120 of 120, The Dialogue / Conversation Between Allah & Jesus (Prophet Jesus/'Isa, Peace Be Upon Him) On The Day Of Judgement] ﴿ يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أُجِبْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ﴾ [ المائدة: 109] 109. [Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen" ﴿ إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا ۖ وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنجِيلَ ۖ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِي فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَتُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴾ [ المائدة: 110] 110. [The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic." ﴿ وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 111] 111. And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger Jesus." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allah]." ﴿ إِذْ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 112] 112. [And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven? [Jesus] said," Fear Allah, if you should be believers." ﴿ قَالُوا نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 113] 113. They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses." ﴿ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِّنكَ ۖ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 114] 114. Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers." ﴿ قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنِّي مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنكُمْ فَإِنِّي أُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا لَّا أُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 115] 115. Allah said, "Indeed, I will sent it down to you, but whoever disbelieves afterwards from among you - then indeed will I punish him with a punishment by which I have not punished anyone among the worlds." ﴿ وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ﴾ [ المائدة: 116] 116. And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. ﴿ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنتَ أَنتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ﴾ [ المائدة: 117] 117. I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness. ﴿ إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ﴾ [ المائدة: 118] 118. If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. ﴿ قَالَ اللَّهُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴾ [ المائدة: 119] 119. Allah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment. ﴿ لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴾ [ المائدة: 120] 120. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent. * * * End * * *

[@damahomqifahs]

[Al-Quran, Surah al-Maidah] ﴿ لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۖ وَقَالَ الْمَسِيحُ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ ﴾ [ المائدة: 72] 72. They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary" while the Messiah has said, "O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord." Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers. ﴿ لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَاثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴾ [ المائدة: 73] 73. They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God [Allah]. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment. ﴿ أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴾ [ المائدة: 74] 74. So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. ﴿ مَّا الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَ ۗ انظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ انظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴾ [ المائدة: 75] 75. The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger (prophet); [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded. ﴿ قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ﴾ [ المائدة: 76] 76. Say, "Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?" ~ ~ ~

[@dimitriskremmidas1560]

@@damahomqifahs "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?'" , so i assume Allah wasn't aware that Mary was never a deity for the christians?

[@frisco61]

@@damahomqifahsyou blaspheme much against Jesus I hope you find your way out of the darkness of Islam and come into the light of Christianity.

[@damahomqifahs]

[Verse 1 to 4 of 4 from surah (chapter) Al-Ikhlas, Al-Quran] ﴿ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴾ [ الإخلاص: 1] ﴾Qul huwa Allahu ahadun﴿ 1. Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One." 1. Say (O Muhammad [Peace be upon him]): "He is Allah, (the) One." 1. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only. 1. Say: "He is Allah, One." 1. Say (O Muhammad): He is Allah and He is One. 1. Say: 'He is Allah, the One and Unique. ﴿ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ﴾ [ الإخلاص: 2] ﴾Allahu alssamadu﴿ 2. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. 2. "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). 2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute. 2. "Allah As-Samad." 2. He is Infinite, Absolute, and all creatures, spiritual, animate and inanimate, are in need of Him while He is in need of no one. 2. Allah, Who is in need of none and of Whom all are in need. ﴿ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴾ [ الإخلاص: 3] ﴾Lam yalid walam yooladu﴿ 3. He neither begets nor is born. 3. "He begets not, nor was He begotten. 3. He begetteth not, nor is He begotten. 3. "He begets not, nor was He begotten." 3. He did not beget nor was He begotten. 3. He neither begot any nor was He begotten. ﴿ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ﴾ [ الإخلاص: 4] ﴾Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahadun﴿ 4. Nor is there to Him any equivalent. 4. "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him." 4. And there is none like unto Him. 4. "And there is none comparable to Him." 4. And like unto Him there is none. 4. And none is comparable to Him. * * * End * * *

[@cherrypie7231]

Ex Muslim sunah and I was a shahk for 7 years finally found the truth and it’s orthodoxy ❤

[@emmac329]

God bless you brother! ☦️ Welcome home.

[@orthodox1717]

GLORY TO GOD!

[@staceymarie6895]

My son was a unapologetic atheist. He tried to prove by reading and researching that Jesus was not real. Low and behold he came full circle and now is an Orthodox convert.

[@christianmalik3707]

Im a Protestant I studied the Bible for 10 years I debated hundreds of Muslims and now I want to be orthodox I need my THE Church. I love Orthodox it's so beautiful and raw and original.

[@tinahale9252]

I concur. It's all the way honest

[@smeagol80]

God bless. I have a question for you. After so many debates, do you feel you tossed pearls in front of pigs?@@tinahale9252

[@baroquer]

WHY you should debate anyone?? -.-

[@TheMorallySuperior]

The obsession with islam is real and crazy

[@smeagol80]

yea, but my understanding (based on listening and talk to many believers there) is that in the USA, catholic and protestant Christianity is dominant but its very surface, not imbued with the Holy Spirit since they departed from the One Church (today called Orthodox) so Christians got bored with that cause they do not feel the God there and they seek it only to be found by muslim missionaries that will trick them for some time. That is why those who did not get bored in protestant or catholic (mostly those who preach and earn money) will give energy to fight their competition. Where here in Serbia and Bosnia, we have so many muslims who converted back in centuries under Ottoman occupation, we never touch them or try to convert, we respect their free will and live in peace with them. That is, to some extent cause USA demon government and NATO did manage to use religion for war in Bosnia back in 90s... @@TheMorallySuperior

[@bobbobb4804]

I’m an ex Mormon who discovered Orthodoxy. Thank you for the content you post here. Your testimony is reassuring for me.

[@LadyMaria]

My husband left the LDS and ultimately became Orthodox. 🤗 Welcome home. ☦

[@bobbobb4804]

@@LadyMariaI hope that one day I can raise a family in The Orthodox Church, so I love hearing stories like these.

[@piersbridges2463]

im a jack mormon still looking for the true church.... i hear you... but i dont think this is it... its not much different than Catholicism, and certainly orthodox transubstantiation and trinity beliefs are pretty far removed from the new testament - let alone lds standard works. i may not be active in the church but i do believe in my heart most of the tenants like god and jesus being two individuals; not one. btw... jews would find transubstantiation, or cannibalism, abhorrent. i cant even fathom christ suggesting such a thing. good luck in your quest. show me a picture of christ in colorful vestments and a pointy hat and i'll join you. :)🐑

[@guylewis7418]

@@piersbridges2463I’m about like you. I listen to some of these claims like you mentioned, and it confuses me. Praying to saints? Bread and wine are actually the flesh and blood of Christ? I just think I’ll stay where I’m at.

[@guylewis7418]

@starsnstripes6925 I doubt very much that any of the apostles prayed to some dead saint. I don’t see it in the Bible. Christ has made intercession for us, so we don’t need to pray to the saints. To me, it’s sounds idolatrous no matter how ancient.

[@rufusmclean9770]

I am a protestant pastor. I am deeply moved by what you have said. I have considered the Roman Catholic Church. I will order your books and read them.

[@01ombladon]

@@ElenaRoche it's not Orthodoxy, it's a living contradiction. How could the Saints that say filioque is from Satan be venerated and dedicated a Sunday of Lent in Eastern Catholicism? I'm talking about Saint Gregory Palamas. How could a Catholic venerate Saint Photius the Great and Saint Mark of Ephesus? What communion is there between light and darkness?

[@GabrielaLtc]

@@ElenaRoche what is Eastern Catholicism? Greek-Catholicism?

[@ElenaRoche]

@@GabrielaLtc Eastern Catholicism refers to the practice of Christianity in all places East of Rome. Rome developed a distinct way of worship in the West and today it is represented by Roman Catholics. Within Western Catholicism there are "Rights," so not all Western Catholics are Roman Catholics, however they are a majority. Eastern traditions of Christian spiritual life, worship, liturgy, prayer, etc. originated and developed in Jerusalem, Antioch, Constantinople, and Alexandria. For the first 900 years or so, East and West were in union. When the Great Schism of 1054 began, Eastern Christianity continued their Eastern traditions and Western Christianity became dominated by Roman Catholicism and spread not only in Europe but to the Americans, maintaining its West of Rome positions. Eastern Christianity stayed East of Rome, in Greece and Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, parts of Africa and Asia. Eastern Catholics are those Eastern Churches that either never broke their communion with Rome or rejoined in the past several centuries. Thus Catholicism now has about 24 Rights, mostly due to the different self-governing Eastern Catholic churches joining back, examples: Ruthenian Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Melkite Catholic Church, Siriac Catholic Church, etc. All of them are recognized by the Pope of Rome and all of them are Catholics who pray for the Pope.

[@GabrielaLtc]

@@ElenaRoche I got the Greek Catholic one right. Thanks for explaining. :)

[@hello_mamalark]

@@ElenaRoche including the Maronite Church as well ♥️

[@revelation2-9]

I recently visited Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia which allowed me to really see the purity of the Christian faith here in America. While I don't know if I'm meant to follow a life of monasticism or marriage, I still came into contact with the salt of Orthodoxy while there which has really helped my spiritual distress. America so desperately needs Orthodoxy or it will not survive the next decade. Lord have mercy on us all!

[@frankherbert6476]

Isn't that a wonderful place? When I lived in KY I went there quite a bit several years ago.

[@revelation2-9]

@@frankherbert6476 It truly was wonderful and I felt sadness as I drove away. I hope to apply what I learned to myself in service of others.

[@dwkmk3]

First - Amen to everything you stated! Secondly - that monastery is a beautiful and blessed place! You are fortunate indeed! Follow your heart open to Christ and he will not lead you astray! ☦️☦️☦️

[@jamesbuchanan3145]

Being a married priest might be the middle ground 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hope you find God’s Will.

[@revelation2-9]

@@jamesbuchanan3145 I'm at a point in my life where I just don't see myself finding someone. The priest-monk I spoke to was well aware that the majority of new converts to Orthodoxy are men and our difficulty with modern women. I have another couple years to pay off my remaining debt and see where the Lord takes me, so we shall see.

[@MyVictor73]

I found God at 45, He made a miracle, He helped me find the way to peace, it is a way of daily prayers, reading, sometimes doubts. Now, I think no man can find his peace, reason and happiness without God.

[@williamsullivan1273]

Would you say protestant are false I ask because I'm seeking

[@MyVictor73]

@williamsullivan1273 I don't know, but I suggest try channel Questions of Faith, he is professor at University, he completed first Chemistry than Theology. questionsoffaith5856

[@Fred-Phelps]

@@williamsullivan1273 i wouldnt say all of them are false but there are definitely a few bad apples

[@che.s2293]

I went from atheism to Roman Catholicism but I’m looking into orthodoxy

[@thaliakramer1042]

Having been called from a non-Christian family as a child, I attended various denominations to find the Truth. Orthodoxy has been the only Church where I experienced, and still experience after over 11 years, the fullness and depth of Christianity.

[@jamesbancroft2467]

@Thalia Kramer what religion was your family?

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from the wrath of GOD which is spending an eternity in hell❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@mcschneiveoutdoors3681]

I am inquiring and I have to say this: Any doubts I have had about leaving the reformed faith were just washed away with this video. This has possibly been the most important video I have ever watched. Thank you, Father.

[@YouTubeZevra]

God came down to earth, (John 1:14) lived a perfect life, (1 Peter 2:22) and was betrayed by a disciple named Judas. (Matthew 27:3-4) Jesus was tried for blasphemy for claiming to be God and king of the Jews, was found guilty and sentenced to death. (Luke 23:2-25) He was scourged, spit on and beaten. (John 19:1-7) (Matthew 26:67) He was then forced to carry a cross, (John 19:17) to the place where he would be killed. He was nailed to a cross, died and was buried. (Matthew 27:35) (Mark 15:37) (Matthew 27:66) Three days later he rose from the dead. (Matthew 28:5-6) Through this, he defeated death. He offers salvation to any person, man or woman, black or white, poor or rich. (Galatians 3:28) All he asks you to do to get saved is believe on his sacrifice for the forgiveness of all your sins. (John 3:16) Trust in what he did today to cleanse you of all your sins, and my friend you will go to heaven the day you die. (Ephesians 1:10-14) If you have made that decision today, congratulations and make sure to find a Bible Believing Church near you, (realbiblebelievers.com/resources/bible-believing-church) get a KJV Bible (store.kjv1611.org/bibles/) and study dispensationalism. Dispensationalism will help you in your walk with God by helping you rightly divide the word of Truth, (2 Timothy 2:15) and thus help you stay clear of wrong doctrine.

[@LKRaider]

@@KZbinZevra Ah yes, the “there are so many churches” problem, and the “let’s create a new one to fix this!” solution. Now there are even more churches… Protestantism (and I say this as a Lutheran) had the right idea - to correct the prodigal son, the stray latin church member that thought it was the head of the whole body. But the wrong solution was applied, to create a new independent cell from the body, which then now has metastasized into a multitude of sub-cells outside the body. Instead, they should have returned to join the with the orthodox body in the correct order and place, and heal the covenant. And that shall still be done.

[@pdstor]

Don't let James White see this post :)

[@mcschneiveoutdoors3681]

@@pdstor hahaha! Right?

[@jamesbancroft2467]

glory to God!

[@justsomewatermelon]

I am a former Traditional Catholic (was borderline sedevacantist) who has been inquiring into Orthodoxy for about a year now. Please pray for me 🙏

[@djordjepopov3359]

I will 💪☦️

[@kathymacellis9478]

I'm a Trad Catholic . I'm staying right here . But I wish you luck as you discern. Praying for you.

[@t.d6379]

Don't leave the genuine One True Church.

[@justsomewatermelon]

@@t.d6379 which one?

[@t.d6379]

@@justsomewatermelon the one with the Seat of Peter obviously!

[@bhermanbyrd7753]

I'm a jew who was recently baptized christan in the name of Jesus but I found myself unfulfilled in protestanism I'm exploring orthodoxy

[@orthoglobus]

Glory to God!

[@matheusmotta1750]

Orthodoxy is the continuation of the Faith of the Prophets and Apostles, brother. I truly hope you become my brother in Christ, the New Adam, in His Holy Orthodox Church.

[@pwnzindaface]

@@matheusmotta1750 New adam? what do you mean by this...? Are you saying Jesus is the new adam? Is this what Orthodoxy believes?? sorry lot of questions lol

[@matheusmotta1750]

@@pwnzindaface yes, read I Corinthians 15. Ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit before reading.

[@blahblah4129]

Protestantism = heresy Make sure you find a priest/church that follows ONLY the Julian calendar (I.e., Serbian, Russian). Greeks and Romanians are known to follow the Gregorian/Catholic calendar here and there.

[@fmayer1507]

I was Roman Catholic, Baptist and I looked at other Christain faiths and then I was introduced to Orthodoxy in Greece because I was told by a Catholic Priest that I could fulfill my Sunday Obligation by going to the Orthodox Liturgy. I went and then I came back to the USA and found an Orthodox Priest and studied to become Orthodox. As I converted I saw how The Orthodox Christian Church WAS COMPLETE AND WITHOUT inconsistent beliefs. Everything fit together and I saw in Greece the Rock from where Saint Paul Preached. When I studied Greek and began to see how what the Bible said was totally coherent and not all over the place. The authority of the Church under the guidance of Holy Spirit developed the Cannon of the Bible exactly as Father Spyridon so clearly states in this outstanding video. The consensus of the Holy Spirit Guided Bishops of the Apostolic Secession is the One True Orthodox Church. I so am grateful to be Orthodox. Praise be to God!

[@jcgurl3773]

Thank you for sharing this. I converted to Catholicism 12 years ago but find myself yearning to learn about Orthodoxy. I believe Catholicism prepared me for where God is leading me.

[@fmayer1507]

@@jcgurl3773 May God Bless you on your journey.

[@glendamcgee1779]

@@jcgurl3773 You get to ditch that whole Pope thing and keep the beauty.Best wishes.

[@jcgurl3773]

@@glendamcgee1779 I yearn for a deep relationship with God without all of the guilt and legalism. Fr.'s video here really convinced me that Orthodoxy is a way of life.

[@Personaje123]

There's no error in the catholic church. You guys don't even have a single church since your churches are independent and your patriarch doesn't have authority over any of the other churches hence can't protect divine revelation from error

[@antonioj.castaneda7377]

I was born and raised Roman Catholic. God showed me the Orthodox faith 15 years ago. My story of discovery is, like so many others, unique and so special, impossible to be mere coincidence. After I entered the Church, my wife followed a year later, and my immediate family a year after that. I found the Living God in the Orthodox Church, I feel His holy presence in the life of the Church.

[@orthochristos]

Although quite belatedly, welcome brother

[@pgroove163]

your quite blessed Amen...☦️☦️☦️

[@ElenaRoche]

What were the strongest points that made you convert?

[@ElenaRoche]

@@rv8983 You are assuming I don't or didn't pray it already and that it wasn't revealed. Do you employ telepathy? You have no idea where I am spirituality. I asked a sincere question of someone else to get fatcs that help me understand people. Why in the world would you stick your patronizing advice in such an uninformed manner and while hiding behind an assumed name, @R V? P.S. This is meant as a loving criticism to help you realize that you can mean well but come off prideful and patronizing. I am not offended. Glory to Jesus Christ!

[@harryallenpearce89]

Sadly, I don’t know the difference between Catholic and Orthodox. So someone leaving the Catholic Church to be part of the Orthodox Church is like hearing someone say I sold my Honda Civic to buy a Honda Civic.

[@MD-ve9eh]

Hello Father, I'm a non-denominational protestant who has been watching your videos and your words have been very wise. I seek to pursue the truth and this video has motivated me to look into orthodoxy.

[@peterzinya1]

Calling this man Father should be your first red flag. Next youll be bowing down befor his images he bow to. PT Barnum said.....a sucker is born every minute.

[@orthodox1717]

Glory to God!

[@nikoseufert3187]

Actually Paul says now to the gospel i am your father trough christ thats why we call them father and second we dont bow down we shown Our christians saints Respekt because we love them and ask them to pray for us so you are totally wrong

[@kaykay865]

​@@peterzinya1how is your lgbtq church coming along for you?...

[@peterzinya1]

@@Romeo089 You want me to say...OK, its good to call men father. I have to go over this all the time with cathols. Jesus said not to call men Father as their name or title. He didnt say not to use the word father. Pauls cals himself a father of some christians. He didnt say his name or title was father. He didnt want to be adressed as Father. Do you get what im saying. Abraham was a father of the jewish nation. Jesus was dealing with religious holymen who loved titles when he said call no man father. Since cathols do everything the bible says not to do, they look for handy excuses. Dont try to justify it, just keepdoing it. Dont worry about what the bible says or what people think. Be a proud cathol.

[@sylviaedson8453]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner…..thank you Fr Spyridon for sharing your experience and these monumental truths. It helps in my journey from Protestant Pentecostal to Orthodoxy at 70 years old. And thank God for calling me into truth irregardless of my age!!!🙏❤️☦️

[@DimitriZaros]

Thank you God for Father Spyridon. Me and a couple mates here in Australia have found your videos very helpful. Personally, I started watching your videos last year early 2020 right before 'COVID' became a thing. Actually after watching soo many of your videos I thought its time to get some of your books, I just picked up 2 copies of both Orthodoxy and the Kingdom of Satan and your newest book the UFO Deception for me and a relative. Looking forward to these as I've started to really get into reading the last couple of months. May our Heavenly Father bless and keep Fr Spyridon safe through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

[@TheRadChadDad]

Amen.

[@markpowell345]

We love Fr. Spyrodon here in the USA as well! Hang in there, brother! God keep you safe.

[@miriamnagy2034]

I love Father Spiridon, start watching him about 2 years ago and I am Roman Catholic from Australia as well and I find same Father in Sydney he is Orthodox as well explaining perfectly everything that was hide from us when you want to watch him his name is Mar Mari Emanuel he speaking English and Assyrian,You will learn from him a lot,for example nobody in our church explains to us John Revelation and it’s fantastic,God bless you boys

[@therealityishere2461]

Jesus is not God, not even the Son of God! According to the Bible God says: "Behold, this is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him and He will declare justice to the nations. Matthew 12:18 Jesus was a prophet and not God! Now when the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, "Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world." John 6:14 Jesus is said to have helped a woman. In Mark 7:26, the woman is said to be a Greek, where the same woman in Matthew 15:21-22 is a Canaanite'in (Syrian Palestinian)! One event, but two different statements??? God's book is supposed to have errors? Jesus said, “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent me. “John 5:29, 6:38 Pig in the Bible " and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."!!!! Leviticus 11:7-8 (On KZbin: type in "World of Miracles Islam" and watch how the evidence has been shrouded by the Church!) I invite all non-Muslims to Islam. After Jesus comes a prophet! " But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the (c)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;… I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:7-9, 12-14 "Right," said Jesus; "After all, it is already written, "The stone that the builders threw away because they considered it useless has now become the foundation stone of the whole house. What no one thought possible, God is doing before your eyes.' Therefore I say to you: The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who obey God. Whoever does not reckon with God must fail, and whoever rebels against God, God will destroy." Matthew 21:42-44 The verses are about the "Paraclete" in the original Greek, which means "Ahmad" in Arabic. Muhammed (as.) is also in the Bible as you see. Jesus brought only one book, where do these others come from? If there is no prophet, where did the New Testament come from??? Today's Bible is not one book, but a collection of 66 different books! 39 Old Testament and 27 New. The books of the Bible were written over a period of 1500 years, by more than 40 scribes, most of whom did not know each other! Old Testament: Hebrew, partly Aramaic; the New Testament: Greek. Can ever a messenger doubt God? If Jesus is God, (according to the lies of the devil and his followers) why does he need help from God if he is God? " Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me" Matthew 27: 45-46 The Bible and Torah have been altered by man. The originals are no longer extant and there are only translations where the authenticity is not provable. Trinity 100 % excluded! Monotheism 100% There is only one God Jesus answered: "The first is: Hear, Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord! Mark 12:29 "No one has ever seen God" John 1:18 Jesus said, "My Lord and my God." John 20:28 This in itself rules out the idea that God Himself became man.... Learn about Islam

[@DimitriZaros]

@@therealityishere2461 You have to read what John also says about our Lord, because the same chapters that you've taken these verses from also state that Jesus was not only our Lord and Savior, but also our God. All from NKJV John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” John 10:30 I and My Father are one.” Also Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. John 8:48 Before Abraham Was, I AM. To answer to what you said John 16:7 verse. This is the Holy Spirit that is sent by God after Christ ascends. Matthew 27: 45-46 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me" Is Christ fulfilling an Old Testament Prophecy that is written in Psalm 22. If you read Psalm 22, you will be surprised how all of it is fulfilled. Most importantly you should know this. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. My personal testimony is Christ coming to me in 2019. 2 Years ago. Everytime I have felt unwell in the last 2 years from things like being anxious, tired, weak, I have prayed to Jesus Christ and I have always been delivered. I have witnessed miracles firsthand of people being healed in the name of Jesus Christ. There is power in the name of Jesus Christ. Please my friend, I pray for you that you turn to the light of the world in Jesus name.

[@Irisphotojournal]

Ive been protestant all my life all though I have not been a churchgoer for some years, but if I decided to change it would be to Orthodoxy F Spiridon has convinced me of It and I pray more now than I ever did since finding his channel. Jesus christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner.

[@TheRadChadDad]

I myself was Protestant for about 40 years, but am now Orthodox. The difference in my life is night and day, so much that I no longer even recognize my former Protestant life as “Christian” at all (I’m now 44). I came to Orthodoxy through study of history and theology, but I stay Orthodox every day because of the new life I have in Christ. It is real, robust 24/7 Christianity. God bless you on your journey.

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

Come and see.

[@garry_wshld]

I think you should just start going to church and praying there

[@E.C.2]

Look into traditional Catholics who hold the sedevacantist opinion.

[@a.kamileon]

@@TheRadChadDad so you think Protestants aren’t real Christians? how ignorant.

[@ket9698]

Abba, thanks a lot! I am an orthodox tewahdo christian from Ethiopia, Africa. We call our church fathers lovingly by the name Abba. I hope you don't mind calling you by that. In fact we don't say "Abba, thank you!" after they share us words of God. Rather we bless them saying, "kale heywot yasemalin" meaning, "May He let you hear word of life." That is my blessing to you for sharing us this wisdom!

[@AshenafiYana-dv1mo]

Gobez neh. Melkam ken...

[@savagereign]

Jesus says to call no man Father. Your practice is against His Word.

[@avriel6903]

@@savagereign coming from someone who shares most of his beliefs with the protestant church, the whole "call no man father" idea is not about not using the word father (or Pater, as is in the greek). If it were literal, "honor your father and mother" wouldn't use the same word in the septuagint, and Paul would not call himself the church's spiritual "pater" (the word used by Jesus). Calling a priest father is not consequential unless you believe them to be the origin of truth, as Jesus is talking about. Either you serve God or you serve Satan, and elevating a man to the level of God is what he is warning against. So, I would say calling the pope "holy father" is risky, I'd say, but calling someone Father This or Father That is not problematic.

[@staypostive6611]

​@@savagereignHow do you call your biological father?

[@chromo.2075]

Much love from a romanian orthodox christian!☦ 🇹🇩 🙏 "Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, fiul Lui Dumnezeu, milueste-ne pe noi pacatosii..." Amen!❤

[@djordjepopov3359]

Love from 🇷🇸

[@peterorthodox360]

Beautiful, I love that talk. I'm forever grateful that I chose to become part of the true and ancient church(Eastern Orthodoxy). I grew up Mormon and it teaches that Christ's church fell away and to me that's blasphemy. Glory to God that I found the One Church. ☦☦☦

[@KaiserFlash]

I grew up Mormon too. I have since left but I am still searching for God. Maybe Orthodoxy has the answers I am looking for.

[@tylerross7640]

@@KaiserFlash praying for you Hayden. Trying to find a community of believers right now too, I believe we will in Jesus' name.

[@weirdgeography5842]

May I ask why you left Mormomism from a theological perspective?

[@peterorthodox360]

@@weirdgeography5842 I left because it's system and teachings are very contradictory to scripture and church history. For example, they teach Jesus is lucifers brother and the spiritual offspring of heavenly father and mother, they teach eternal progression which denies God is the Only God, they teach that man can become God's and will have the ability to create, and Jospeh Smith is a false prophet that taught a great apostacy which contradicts Jesus's promise in Matthew 16:18. And many other heresy's and made up garbage.

[@weirdgeography5842]

@@peterorthodox360 thanks for answering, I, currently Lds but looking into orthodoxy. I’m just trying to find truth the best way possible

[@cmg9447]

Wonderful, Father. I became Orthodox as a German 13 years ago at the age of 36 and it was and is the greatest gift. It might be a bumpy ride due to my sins sometimes, but that doesn't alter the truth and beauty. Two things are especially remarkable: 1. Not all Orthodox people are holy, but each holy person, that I have met, was Orthodox. 2. The West has not understood at all the whole nature of salvation, starting from Genesis. There you are saved by God from God and his pseudo-justice (a real nonsense), in Orthodoxy you are saved from the devil, sin, corruption and death - as an object of love. Glory to God!

[@elmerearnhardt1482]

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Romans 10:9-10

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from the wrath of GOD which is spending an eternity in hell❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@American-Jello]

Excellent summary of the vast difference between the understanding of salvation from both protestant and orthodox. I used to be a protestant. Now I'm converting to orthodoxy. I started doing real study, dug into the actual historical church, and realized we in the protestant church have been brought up on scriptural one-liners out of context, completely ignored the early church fathers, and built our religion in rebellion to the authoritarianism of Roman Catholic "Church", throwing the baby out with the bathwater in the process. We are only the worse for it. Such a shame.

[@bornbranded29]

You enjoy being a liar? Don't make false claims.

[@tamjansan1154]

Great points. First one struck me like a lightning realization, so true.

[@kellyshea92]

I grew up as a JW. Left the cult when I was 18 and hated religion because of them (JWs). Now im 31 and a recent convert to Greek Orthodox. Im having a way better time with them by 100% compared to the JWs.

[@djordjepopov3359]

☦️❤

[@alitanicholas9579]

That's incredible. Congratulations! 🎉

[@MatlockMoto]

I’m only 5 minutes in, but I’m loving the similarities in the timing of the search. I was born and raised in the church of Rome. I came to the logical conclusion that that church was not the one true Church when I was 16. I then began studying every religion I could find searching for the truth. For some reason I just accepted that the Orthodox Church was an offshoot of the Roman church because that’s what I’d been taught growing up. No clue why I didn’t question THAT belief other than thinking there was no way a liturgy that looked as ornate as the pictures I saw could be the real deal. No more thought given to it for years… When I was 23, I proposed to my college girlfriend and realized I needed to be part of a church because I’d always assumed I’d get married in one. One day, during law school, I was awake early enough on a Sunday to hear noise from the St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church in Dekalb, Illinois. I decided to go. That parish spoke about 80% Greek in liturgy back then. So I started learning what koine Greek I could and started attending liturgy regularly. The Priest seemed suspicious of me and put me through an intense study period before I could be chrismated. While also attending St. George’s in Rock Island, Illinois, where Im from, Father Leo Gavrilos got to know me and determined I understood Orthodox theology and history better than most if not all the cradle orthodox in the parish. He offered to perform my chrismation as soon as I’d like. So I was chrismated when I was 25. That was 2005. Been Orthodox since. 😁

[@Vinogradovaep]

I am watching you from Russia, Sergiev Posad. Thank you father. God bless you.

[@ElenaRoche]

Я жила в Абрамцево - Хотьково 27 лет назад. Как там жизнь?

[@robertdumicz7309]

@@therealityishere2461 Since you're wandering around, trying to besmirch and fool souls with the devil's delusion, l post what l already posted to you, in the hope that there's a hint of honesty left within you. Your pretended prophet of God? was previously a Christian but befouled of greed he hired, with the help of his wife's money, the richest business women around, a mercenary army from the beduins to whom he promised virgins in heaven (what a blasphemy) if they join and kill and rob people around, who were Christians and Jews. Actually back then, all the arab population was Christian, you were our brothers, but that has changed as soon that criminal and impostor came and killed, robbed, raped and sold women, while pretending to be the prophet of God. But also in the arab books the arab so called scholars know, it is written that that criminal was seen foaming thru mouth and twisting on the ground possessed by the devil, clear sign. He also murdered even by the back and in sleep, people who dared criticise him for practically raping a six year old girl who he pretended to be his wife. Study your books before trying to deceive as the devil succeeded to deceive that murderer you call prophet of God. He took some scriptures and modified them. About Christ: A voice came and said: This is my beloved Son, hear Him! What the New Testament concernes, it was written by four Apostles of Christ, direct witnesses that is.

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

Why does the Trinity not appear in the Bible?peace//'

[@miropecovic3876]

@@lufhopespeacefully2037 Dear brother or sister, here is one mention of the Trinity in the Bible: "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one (1 John 5:7 NKJV)." You are correct that the word "Trinity" doesn't appear, but the mention of the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit appear throughout both Old and New Testaments. God bless!

[@ionutdinchitila1663]

Wonderful, Father! May everyone come to the Most Holy Orthodox Church! ☦️

[@pipeandaprayer938]

First attended a Divine Liturgy around 2000. Took 24 years breaking the yolk of Catholicism, but I’m now a catechumen coming into the Orthodox Church this Lazarus Saturday, God willing. Christ is among us!

[@peterzinya1]

Jesus stands at your door and knocks. Why dont you give him a chance instead of religion hopping?

[@acekoala457]

​@@peterzinya1 Because Christ is Present in the Orthodox Eucharist.

[@peterzinya1]

@@acekoala457 if anyone says christ is here or christ is there believe it not.

[@daftbenny7282]

Catholic here, considering converting. Truly inspiring and beautiful video as always

[@SheikAbdulAzizBinBaz]

If it’s because of the new document please don’t, don’t convert trying to escape something things can get better in the church

[@Hoppeer777]

How do you go about converting. I'm trying to feel and be closer to God and learn more about the religion, and these videos are opening my eyes more.

[@snowps1]

​@@Hoppeer777 first you start attending an orthodox church and talk to the priest. And then you would become a catechumen where you would spend a certain amount of time learning before you converted.

[@peterzinya1]

@@snowps1 When one asks Jesus to come into their life, one doesnt ave to go learn something befor he saves you. Religion is a trick.

[@snowps1]

@@peterzinya1 I didn't say anything about Jesus asking you to learn. I mentioned how to become part of the Orthodox church.

[@drunkotaku]

Honestly Father Spyridon you have introducted me to orthodoxy and I am actually in the process of converting from Methodism to Orthodox I thank you very much ☦

[@TheCelticSlav]

Thank you Father for this video. I come from American evangelicalism and I was very lost for a while. It was searching for Truth and Christ that brought me to Orthodoxy. I'm still nothing but a lowley sinner. But I know I can only struggle in Orthodoxy to be free from the passions. Glory to God for all things.

[@delawarecop]

Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Is there a greater blasphemy known to man, than to call any man Holy Father?

[@neilwhitaker6284]

@@delawarecop 1 Corinthians 4:14-16 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

[@delawarecop]

@@neilwhitaker6284 - But where did the one being instructed, or the one being 'fathered', turn around and call one of them 'teacher' or 'father'? You can be a father figure to me, and even consider yourself to be my father in a spiritual sense, but still I do not call any man father! The church has positions like an Steward/Overseer, a Deacon, or even an Elder, but can you show me where Paul says that there is a position called a Father?

[@neilwhitaker6284]

@@delawarecop 1 Thessalonians 2:11 "As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children," Just to be clear I am not Baptized in the Orthodox Church and attempting to provide some of the rational for it. I don't worry if you don't call another man "Father". Keep in mind that Jesus instructs us not to call anybody else a "teacher" (or Rabbi) in Matthew 23:8-10 either but we use that term all the time. I suspect Jesus is referring to the Jewish religious leaders (Pharisees) in those Bible verses rather than not using that specific word for the rest of time..but I could be wrong. It is really not a major point of contention for me personally and see A LOT wrong, bad theology/philosophy and heresies in almost all Protestant Churches at the moment, issues that are of more importance to me. The use of the word "Father" is something I have thought about a lot in the past and given it a lot of consideration and have arrived at the point I have just moved on it. I don't have a definitive answer whether it is right or wrong however I lean towards being OK with it given that the tie goes to the runner (the Orthodox Church overall seems a lot healthier than the Protestant Churches I was attending and am familiar with).

[@delawarecop]

@@neilwhitaker6284 - As I have said many times, it's ok to refer to oneself as a spiritual father guiding children to the path of righteousness, but it's another thing for those children to refer to you as a father. The Bible is clear that we can use terms like Steward, Deacon, Elder, but not father. It's the same as having women teachers in a church, and a valid reason when you see so many false teachers, preachers, and prophetesses that have led countless souls to their eternal deaths. I'm not here to argue semantics, just to reinforce what is actually written in scripture. And any 'establishment' that opposes what scripture presents as THE GOSPEL, is not worthy of my allegiance. Christ is the ONLY ONE who can save anyone from anything, and so it would be prudent to follow the instructions of Christ.

[@cabcalloway2800]

I'm an Agnostic, but Orthodoxy is my favorite form of Christanity and in my opinion the best. Love your channel and content and would love to learn more about your faith. Good wishes, Jaxson.

[@darkenwolf7107]

I'm catholic at the moment but I am trying to learn about the orthodox church. This video is eye opening.

[@jjtrue]

God bless you on your journey, may you find the Truth!!!

[@samuel7455]

It's really nice to know I'm not crazy. This was my exact reasoning when I converted. Glory to God

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

More I learn about Christ through Orthodox lens... More I see Christ everywhere, and absence of Him in some views and thoughts and dogmas(non Christian dogmas) and ideas, and I see Christ almost literally everywhere Like - in Truth... Christ is the Truth, where is Truth there is Christ And that's 180⁰ degrees opposite of what our modern secularized, protestantized Christianity and modern atheist world teaches - as if one has to close eyes in order to see God, as if it's irrational, it's not logical, et cetera But more I learn about what actually Church Fathers talked about.... It's wow, it's lack of logic to think otherwise, it's lack of logic to think about God being not real It is so fundamentally so that Christ and Christian (Orthodox) paradigm is the only logically valid paradigm, logically valid set of ideas, it's the only logical worldview, whole paradigm is the only one If anybody told me this a year ago I'd think he's crazy fanatic And we have to be fanatically Christian but in a good way, we must be 100% Christian

[@paulwilliams9207]

And Anastasia. Just wanted to say how excellent we are finding your book Small steps in Orthodoxy. Thank you Father

[@AssyrianEasternOrthodox]

I left the Assyrian Church and am getting Chrismated into the Antiochian Orthodox Church. My girlfriend left Roman Catholicism and is also getting Chrismated with me. Couldn't be any happier ☦️

[@joseonwalking8666]

Welcome home

[@Procopius464]

Why did you leave the Assyrian church?

[@AssyrianEasternOrthodox]

@@Procopius464 Because they are not in communion with the Orthodox Church.

[@Procopius464]

@@AssyrianEasternOrthodox But the reverse is also true, right?

[@Warriorofchrist34]

I decided to convert from Roman Catholicism to Christian Orthodoxy. I am excited for my journey!

[@Williamsdshs11]

I don't want to be overly dramatic, but I think your talk here has convinced me once and for all. As a westerner, for so long it seemed only natural that I would join the Catholic church, but you speak with such truth!

[@glendamcgee1779]

The "infallible pope concept" is stunning. Yikes. Good move. I never ever knew about the Orthodox Church.

[@frankherbert6476]

Visit a Western Rite Orthodox Church if the Latin Mass is comfortable for you. They are in the Antiochian and ROCOR Churches.

[@caseydub7546]

My favorite channel now. For my soul and I get to pick up pieces of wisdom…☦️

[@elbohike3500]

I am so grateful I found these channels and this video. I was an alter boy as a kid and accepted Jesus as my Savior. At that point my journey began as a protestant. In 2009 I went to a Renaissance festival and the Jesus prayer book called me. It's when I learned about the Orthodox Church and the schism. I have read the Bible and have encountered a deeper spirituality but as I learn more about the Orthodox Church I feel a greater affinity to the belief system within the Orthodoxy.

[@Frankierios22]

I love the breakdown I’m looking into joining the Orthodox Church, thank you Spyridon

[@abm765]

Our faith should be looked through Saints☦️ thank you God for St Sava, St Paisios, Saint Nektarios, St Lazar, St. Paraskeva , St Mina, St Zosim and Jakov, etc Still many many healings and miracles taking place.

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

First Through Holy Triune God than Holy Mother and than Saints

[@lelliateodotova5483]

No mother, no saint. Worship God and only. All the rest is IDOLATRY. When disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he said: FATHER IN HEAVEN . . . Not Mary, Not SAINTS!!! For God's sake, those were humans. You cannot pray to dead humans no matter how they were blessed. Only to God.

[@abm765]

@@lelliateodotova5483 maybe the original thread is gone... so both of you are writing comments that have no connection to the original question.... all the best

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

@@abm765 само Света Тројица ,Богородица па онда свеци ,ова горе Теодотова је секташ

[@franciscosanchezpascua5030]

@@lelliateodotova5483 .... You have been misinformed of the Ancient Christian Faith.

[@antonkirani2758]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,have mercy on me a sinner. Thank you for your words Father.

[@therealityishere2461]

Jesus is not God, not even the Son of God! According to the Bible God says: "Behold, this is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him and He will declare justice to the nations. Matthew 12:18 Jesus was a prophet and not God! Now when the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, "Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world." John 6:14 Jesus is said to have helped a woman. In Mark 7:26, the woman is said to be a Greek, where the same woman in Matthew 15:21-22 is a Canaanite'in (Syrian Palestinian)! One event, but two different statements??? God's book is supposed to have errors? Jesus said, “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent me. “John 5:29, 6:38 Pig in the Bible " and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."!!!! Leviticus 11:7-8 (On KZbin: type in "World of Miracles Islam" and watch how the evidence has been shrouded by the Church!) I invite all non-Muslims to Islam. After Jesus comes a prophet! " But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the (c)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;… I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:7-9, 12-14 "Right," said Jesus; "After all, it is already written, "The stone that the builders threw away because they considered it useless has now become the foundation stone of the whole house. What no one thought possible, God is doing before your eyes.' Therefore I say to you: The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who obey God. Whoever does not reckon with God must fail, and whoever rebels against God, God will destroy." Matthew 21:42-44 The verses are about the "Paraclete" in the original Greek, which means "Ahmad" in Arabic. Muhammed (as.) is also in the Bible as you see. Jesus brought only one book, where do these others come from? If there is no prophet, where did the New Testament come from??? Today's Bible is not one book, but a collection of 66 different books! 39 Old Testament and 27 New. The books of the Bible were written over a period of 1500 years, by more than 40 scribes, most of whom did not know each other! Old Testament: Hebrew, partly Aramaic; the New Testament: Greek. Can ever a messenger doubt God? If Jesus is God, (according to the lies of the devil and his followers) why does he need help from God if he is God? " Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me" Matthew 27: 45-46 The Bible and Torah have been altered by man. The originals are no longer extant and there are only translations where the authenticity is not provable. Trinity 100 % excluded! Monotheism 100% There is only one God Jesus answered: "The first is: Hear, Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord! Mark 12:29 "No one has ever seen God" John 1:18 Jesus said, "My Lord and my God." John 20:28 This in itself rules out the idea that God Himself became man.... Learn about Islam

[@robertdumicz7309]

@@therealityishere2461 Your pretended prophet of God was previously a Christian but befouled of greed he hired, with the help of his wife's money, the richest business women around, a mercenary army from the beduins to whom he promised virgins in heaven (what a blasphemy) if they join and kill and rob people around, who were Christians and Jews. Actually back then, all the arab population was Christian, you were our brothers, but that has changed as soon that criminal and impostor came and killed, robbed, raped and sold women, while pretending to be the prophet of God. But also in the arab books the arab so called scholars know, it is written that that criminal was seen foaming thru mouth and twisting on the ground possessed by the devil, clear sign. He also murdered even by the back and in sleep, people who dared criticise him for practically raping a six year old girl who he pretended to be his wife. Study your books before trying to deceive as the devil succeeded to deceive that murderer you call prophet of God. He took some scriptures and modified them. About Christ: A voice came and said: This is my beloved Son, hear Him! What the New Testament concernes, it was written by four Apostles of Christ, direct witnesses that is.

[@J..P..]

@@therealityishere2461 You cannot cite Scripture on one hand and then turn around and claim that it has been altered by man and is therefore inaccurate. This is an obvious contradiction.

[@delawarecop]

Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Is there a greater blasphemy known to man, than to call any man Holy Father?

[@pedrogorilla483]

Eh, he’s not reading KZbin comments, say it to him in secret when you pray.

[@MrWhite-fm4lj]

SPLENDID EXPLANATION! I am an Orthodox Christian I was a roman catholic I made a reasoning very similar to Yours Dear Father, thank you so much!

[@blessedpursuitofmotherhood]

I feel so fortunate to have been raised in the Orthodox Church. I had a falling out when I was a teen but I’ve since come back to the faith, thanks be to God!!☦️

[@georgeofthehut9398]

The point that he makes here about the church pre-existing the Canon of the New testament is exactly what caused me to accept that our scripture exists within the context of the church not the other way around. It's very easy for Protestant theologians to try to Bible bash the church - and they have no right to do so

[@itsmelorijayne6574]

Thank you Father! I came home to the truth along with my daughter last Sunday! Dec 5th! Glory to God!

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

Congratulations! Glory to God!

[@itsmelorijayne6574]

@@RealDukeOfEarl thank you so much! True peace! Yet i still have a lot of work to do. ☦

[@mrsmarple2655]

Totally agree, Fr Spyridon. I was born and raised as a Catholic. But later in life I was also longing for more... By the Grace of God I became an Orthodox of the Russian church. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and ever and to ages of ages Amen 🙏❤️🌹🕊️

[@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970]

Πάτερ σας ευχαριστώ, τα λόγια σας είναι μια δροσιά σε αυτη την κόλαση που έχουμε δημιουργήσει στον κόσμο! Μακάρι Ο Θεός να σας δίνει πνεύμα αλήθειας και να πείτε αυτά που πρέπει να ειπωθούν για το τι σημαίνει Ορθοδοξία χωρις πλανες και πτωσεις! Μακάρι να υπάρξουν και άλλοι σαν και εσάς . Η Ορθοδοξία δεν χωρίζεται, τόσοι άγιοι όντας ταπεινοί πάρα του ότι κυνηγιθηκαν από επισκόπους και υψηλόβαθμους μέσα εκείνοι ποτέ δεν πήγαν να κάνουν δική τους εκκλησία ούτε είπαν ότι η αλήθεια είναι μόνο δική τους !

[@orthodoxboomergrandma3561]

Thank you Father for your CLARITY about the one true Church! I was RC, Hindu, then Protestant and RC again before finally finding Orthodoxy in 2014! So glad I got baptized and not chrismated! I am HOME. It took to age 56!

[@jcgurl3773]

Alexandra.....may I ask a question? I became Catholic 12 years ago but the more I research about the ancient Church and things added by the RC, I become more disturbed and unsettled. How did you reconcile leaving Catholicism despite them saying one has to persevere through scandals, etc. because it is the Church of Jesus? I can't reconcile that so much was added after the split not to mention learning the Church was never meant to be lead by one person Pope. Would you be willing to share your thoughts?

[@orthodoxboomergrandma3561]

@@jcgurl3773 yes!!!! I was able to blow past all that through the Grace of God! I had searched for so long but I always just joined whatever was next in front of me! I never used critical thinking to evaluate claims. In 2013 I began researching the papacy after I got sick to my stomach when Francis came out in the balcony! This was after being a devout trad RC and after visiting Rome and seeing B 16 six times! Something I read online about the origins of the Church, the primacy of honor, the FIVE patriarchates, the CONCILIAR nature of the early church, the Frankish corruption of Rome politically, etc. once I had all that in front of me it took me about 15 minutes to see the truth. Then I was still torn because I LOVED certain saints. So at Easter/Pascha 2014 I went to services in both RC and my tiny local Orthodox mission in Sonora California. Everything was on the same weekend that year! I was overwhelmed with the feeling of ancientness and beauty and the WORDS of the LONG services in Orthodoxy vs the brief Novus Ordo or even the TLM. The last time I attended an RC mass was Pentecost 2014. Go to Divine Liturgy at a ROCOR or Serbian church and see! My OCA mission is good but not all are these days! You want one that has NO MASKS, ONE SPOON etc. I will pray for you! Get my book on Amazon “Confessions of a Controlaholic:Don’t Destroy Your Second Marriage Too!” The story of my spiritual path to Orthodoxy. $2.99 on Kindle app.

[@jcgurl3773]

@@orthodoxboomergrandma3561 wow! O am also a devout rad trad. My heart is broken really because I have loved being Catholic but I don't even recognize the Church anymore. Thank you for responding, you gave me a lot to think about. God bless

[@ElenaRoche]

@@jcgurl3773 Check out Eastern rights Catholicism, they are Orthodox who stayed in communion with Rome or rejoined in the past few centuries. They are very orthodox and lots of Roman Catholics are attending liturgy or even changing rights while remaining Catholics. It's like staying in a-not-so-perfect marriage, working at it and hoping and praying it will be better and better, instead of getting a total divorce. Some of the rights are the Armenian Catholic Church, the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church (my church), the Maronite Catholic Church and the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

[@oneofmany7051]

@@jcgurl3773 Hope you don't.mond me sharing my experience... I was a cradle Catholic, raised in a more traditional kind of church community and I was very involved since childhood. But once I moved away from that community (college, etc), I found it really difficult to find that closeness I longed for in the more modern RC churches. I would convince myself to go to Mass only to leave feeling empty. Back in 2017, I went to confession for the first time in many years. It felt so good! It was also a catalyst for me to pick up my search for a deeper knowledge of God. Through a friend, I started attending a TLM church with my young children. I really loved it, at first. But after a few months of learning more about church history, I just couldn't justify what the RC church was teaching, especially since some of it was CLEARLY not even remotely Roman Catholic teaching, such as double predestination!! I was flabbergasted when a priest was teaching it at a church mission and nobody there batted an eyelash or questioned what he was saying. That led me deeper into church history. When I found myself thinking I needed to find a pre-Vatican I church, I thought, well, I might as well go ALL the way back and check out the Eastern Orthodox Church! The final nail on the coffin for me, though, was words from a TLM exorcist priest, Fr. Ripperger, who said that the devil tries to keep God from our thoughts - he wants us to think about ANYTHING but God, no matter how righteous it may seem. I felt that all the legalism and lack of being able to question the RC faith in the TLM circles and the misplaced emphasis on Mary was keeping me from God. So I made the move to Orthodoxy with my husband and children and have never looked back!

[@thePrussian]

I am actually seeking out Orthodoxy right now as the Roman Catholic Church has let me down too many times, spiritually.

[@jp-eg6md]

How I was Eastern orthodox and orthodoxy lead me spirituality down and I am Catholic now

[@kellykempkilroy]

@@jp-eg6md dear one; it is Christ Himself that will NEVER LET YOU DOWN. Mother Church is made up of sinners being conformed into Christ’s Image. Wherever you go, you will be disappointed or a disappointment to others. Take heart. Christ is the Perfect Savior. He is ready and able to speak to your heartfelt needs.

[@kellykempkilroy]

Scott R… Dear friend, whatever Church you attend, there you will find those who are like you, sinners, wanting love, acceptance and forgiveness. Christ is the only One; the only Perfect One, who will give you that love, acceptance and forgiveness. We are sinners and will always let our loved ones down just as they will us. Love those that God has placed before you and let your Heavenly Father be your all in all through His dear Son Christ Jesus the Lord. For you, dear one, are the object of His infinite Love. Blessings to you.

[@Pax-Christi]

@@kellykempkilroy Amen, any Church with human members will always let you down, but Christ promised the gates of Hell will not prevail against his One Church which I believe to be the Catholic Church on the balance of evidence.

[@Pax-Christi]

“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” (Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans, c. A.D. 110)

[@frankfalconedesertoasishs9588]

I converted to Orthodox Christian about 20 years ago (Greek Orthodox). Thank God for the Orthodox Church. Fr. Spyridon, thank you for making this video.

[@davetrading8566]

I have been praying for so long for God to show me his true church. I came across this video by chance and I can relate to what your saying my heart yearns to be in the true church please pray for me I live in an area where they don't have a orthodox church. God bless.

[@TheRadChadDad]

What a wonderful testimony! Glory to Jesus Christ! ☦️☦️☦️

[@therealityishere2461]

Jesus is not God, not even the Son of God! According to the Bible God says: "Behold, this is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him and He will declare justice to the nations. Matthew 12:18 Jesus was a prophet and not God! Now when the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, "Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world." John 6:14 Jesus is said to have helped a woman. In Mark 7:26, the woman is said to be a Greek, where the same woman in Matthew 15:21-22 is a Canaanite'in (Syrian Palestinian)! One event, but two different statements??? God's book is supposed to have errors? Jesus said, “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent me. “John 5:29, 6:38 Pig in the Bible " and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."!!!! Leviticus 11:7-8 (On KZbin: type in "World of Miracles Islam" and watch how the evidence has been shrouded by the Church!) I invite all non-Muslims to Islam. After Jesus comes a prophet! " But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the (c)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;… I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:7-9, 12-14 "Right," said Jesus; "After all, it is already written, "The stone that the builders threw away because they considered it useless has now become the foundation stone of the whole house. What no one thought possible, God is doing before your eyes.' Therefore I say to you: The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who obey God. Whoever does not reckon with God must fail, and whoever rebels against God, God will destroy." Matthew 21:42-44 The verses are about the "Paraclete" in the original Greek, which means "Ahmad" in Arabic. Muhammed (as.) is also in the Bible as you see. Jesus brought only one book, where do these others come from? If there is no prophet, where did the New Testament come from??? Today's Bible is not one book, but a collection of 66 different books! 39 Old Testament and 27 New. The books of the Bible were written over a period of 1500 years, by more than 40 scribes, most of whom did not know each other! Old Testament: Hebrew, partly Aramaic; the New Testament: Greek. Can ever a messenger doubt God? If Jesus is God, (according to the lies of the devil and his followers) why does he need help from God if he is God? " Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me" Matthew 27: 45-46 The Bible and Torah have been altered by man. The originals are no longer extant and there are only translations where the authenticity is not provable. Trinity 100 % excluded! Monotheism 100% There is only one God Jesus answered: "The first is: Hear, Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord! Mark 12:29 "No one has ever seen God" John 1:18 Jesus said, "My Lord and my God." John 20:28 This in itself rules out the idea that God Himself became man.... Learn about Islam

[@robertdumicz7309]

@@therealityishere2461 Your pretended prophet of God was previously a Christian but befouled of greed he hired, with the help of his wife's money, the richest business woman around, a mercenary army from the beduins to whom he promised virgins in heaven (what a blasphemy) if they join to kill and rob people around, who were Christians and Jews. Actually back then, all the arab population was Christian, you were our brothers, but that has sadly changed as soon that criminal and impostor came and killed, robbed, raped and sold women, while pretending to be the prophet of God. But also in the arab books the arab so called scholars know, it is written that that criminal was seen foaming thru mouth and twisting on the ground possessed by the devil, clear sign. He also murdered even by the back and in sleep, people who dared criticise him for practically raping a six year old girl who he pretended to be his wife. Study your books before trying to deceive as the devil succeeded to deceive that murderer you call prophet of God. He took some scriptures and modified them. About Christ: A voice came and said: This is my beloved Son, hear Him! What the New Testament concernes, it was written by four Apostles of Christ, direct witnesses that is.

[@mrbubetube]

this rabbi says there is no evidence jc ever existed kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6emqmWQq7qKqdU

[@robertdumicz7309]

@@mrbubetube Not one or another living these days say is relevant, but the evidence and testimonies from people living back then are. And if one or another ignores the testimonies and evidence, does it mean that that particular one changed the reality..? No, he only managed to distort the reality, living in own lie and eventually even worse, trying to fool others too.

[@mrbubetube]

@@robertdumicz7309 what evidence? the rabbi says there is no evidence. also, this Greek orthodox priest says the Pope is a heretic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5PChoOPiLeqnqc

[@thankyouforsmoking2797]

Thank you father . I’m converting to orthodox Christianity . I’m in the United States I am also half black and half Hispanic

[@jg4588]

Welcome home!

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

Welcome home 🤗

[@thankyouforsmoking2797]

@@SRBOMBONICA86 I just found out I have Serbian and Russian roots I am so proud . I wish I can learn more about my roots

[@addtru12]

Bless me, Father! Best regards from Romania!

[@beautificvision2023]

What is a beautiful, insightful statement! My grandmother and father were Russian Orthodox. My mother raised me catholic. I never felt connected, but I tried and prayer and tried with the catholic church. Very sad.

[@hannagulema330]

Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner. Bless me father!

[@therealityishere2461]

Jesus is not God, not even the Son of God! According to the Bible God says: "Behold, this is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him and He will declare justice to the nations. Matthew 12:18 Jesus was a prophet and not God! Now when the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, "Truly this is the prophet who is to come into the world." John 6:14 Jesus is said to have helped a woman. In Mark 7:26, the woman is said to be a Greek, where the same woman in Matthew 15:21-22 is a Canaanite'in (Syrian Palestinian)! One event, but two different statements??? God's book is supposed to have errors? Jesus said, “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent me. “John 5:29, 6:38 Pig in the Bible " and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."!!!! Leviticus 11:7-8 (On KZbin: type in "World of Miracles Islam" and watch how the evidence has been shrouded by the Church!) I invite all non-Muslims to Islam. After Jesus comes a prophet! " But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the (c)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;… I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:7-9, 12-14 "Right," said Jesus; "After all, it is already written, "The stone that the builders threw away because they considered it useless has now become the foundation stone of the whole house. What no one thought possible, God is doing before your eyes.' Therefore I say to you: The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who obey God. Whoever does not reckon with God must fail, and whoever rebels against God, God will destroy." Matthew 21:42-44 The verses are about the "Paraclete" in the original Greek, which means "Ahmad" in Arabic. Muhammed (as.) is also in the Bible as you see. Jesus brought only one book, where do these others come from? If there is no prophet, where did the New Testament come from??? Today's Bible is not one book, but a collection of 66 different books! 39 Old Testament and 27 New. The books of the Bible were written over a period of 1500 years, by more than 40 scribes, most of whom did not know each other! Old Testament: Hebrew, partly Aramaic; the New Testament: Greek. Can ever a messenger doubt God? If Jesus is God, (according to the lies of the devil and his followers) why does he need help from God if he is God? " Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me" Matthew 27: 45-46 The Bible and Torah have been altered by man. The originals are no longer extant and there are only translations where the authenticity is not provable. Trinity 100 % excluded! Monotheism 100% There is only one God Jesus answered: "The first is: Hear, Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord! Mark 12:29 "No one has ever seen God" John 1:18 Jesus said, "My Lord and my God." John 20:28 This in itself rules out the idea that God Himself became man.... Learn about Islam

[@robertdumicz7309]

Please rectify, Jesus Christ is Son of God, not song of God.

[@robertdumicz7309]

@@therealityishere2461 Since you're wandering around, trying to besmirch and fool souls with the devil's delusion, l post what l already posted to you, in the hope that there is a hint of honesty left within you. Your pretended prophet of God? was previously a Christian but befouled of greed he hired, with the help of his wife's money, the richest business women around, a mercenary army from the beduins to whom he promised virgins in heaven (what a blasphemy) if they join and kill and rob people around, who were Christians and Jews. Actually back then, all the arab population was Christian, you were our brothers, but that has changed as soon that criminal and impostor came and killed, robbed, raped and sold women, while pretending to be the prophet of God. But also in the arab books the arab so called scholars know, it is written that that criminal was seen foaming thru mouth and twisting on the ground possessed by the devil, clear sign. He also murdered even by the back and in sleep, people who dared criticise him for practically raping a six year old girl who he pretended to be his wife. Study your books before trying to deceive as the devil succeeded to deceive that murderer you call prophet of God. He took some scriptures and modified them. About Christ: A voice came and said: This is my beloved Son, hear Him! What the New Testament concernes, it was written by four Apostles of Christ, direct witnesses that is.

[@hannagulema330]

@@robertdumicz7309 Thank you

[@expressmail1642]

Father Spyridon is great I wish he posted more content on KZbin. His books are fantastic and I found them to be a real blessing. As time goes on I've come to realise that Orthodoxy is the way to go. I personally like the Russian and Coptic Orthodox Churches. Keep up the great work Father Spyridon.

[@ansgar123]

Dear friend, I hope you are aware that the copts reject the ecumenical council of 451 in Chalcedon, and the following councils, and that because of that, their use of the word 'Orthodox' has different meaning than that of the Russian Orthodox Church. Perhaps father Spyridon will get into this topic. Take care.

[@sosukeaizen7028]

This is good, but the Oriental churches like the Copts are not Orthodox nor have they been in communion since the 400s A.D. They reject Chalcedon and whilst they may resemble Orthodoxy on the outside, it is not the church.

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

Coptic Church is Miaphisite, Russian is proper Orthodox

[@HickoryDickory86]

@@FirstnameLastname-py3bc Miaphysitism isn't in itself the problem, because there is an Orthodox understanding of miaphysitism as expressed by the Fifth Ecumenical Council as an olive branch to the Copts and Orientals, in an attempt to bring them back into communion. The problem is how the term is defined and what it communicates about the nature of Christ's incarnation. Considering that the Copts and Orientals rejected the Fifth Council's definition, they are (or at least were) more properly monophysitists. Pope Shenouda III did once say that he could accept the Fourth Council insofar as it was interpreted and understood through the Fifth, which is a good step forward. But nothing, apparently, came of it. Perhaps the Copts and Orientals _were_ monophysitists and are now miaphysitists (as they claim to be), but they still would have to accept the later Councils that they rejected so long ago if communion was to be reestablished.

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

@@tomkunnel411 No, there were talks but one can't overstep heretical teachings And you can talk about all day long if you want to but who cares what Scholars think - they're simply wrong

[@smararetired2052]

Father ☦️🙏 Spyridon Thank you for the most important Sermon, Orthodoxy. Amin Amin Amin.

[@thevintagegypsy5325]

YES! you said exactly what I have been feeling. I am Roman Catholic and the last 10 yrs or so it has NOT been what my soul has been searching for. I had a near death and since that, Mass has been empty. I have just found Orthodoxy and this peace has been quietly creeping into my heart. I was feeling lost, and now not so much. I have even looked into the Messianic faith but they were missing something...I think it is Orthodoxy. anyway, thank you for doing this channel. There are many searchers out there like me. I am sharing your teachings with my family and on my FB. God Bless.

[@user-kg7lr2mf1g]

I am Catholic you need a personal relationship with god. You can call him father friend abba . That's what a lot of people are missing. Keep going to different catholic church's won't change it. Spiritual relationship.

[@thevintagegypsy5325]

@@user-kg7lr2mf1g I have a very very close relationship with the Father. It isn't about going to different churches. Because honestly nothing here on earth comes close to what is on the other side. And until you experience that you won't understand the longing. It's a homesick that is sometimes very depressing.

[@michaelbrooks9647]

Father, thank you for your teachings. My wife and I only converted to orthodoxy just two years ago, your videos really help in our learning! My our Lord bless your ministry!

[@Arrowtothekneeism]

Could not have asked for better timing, Father Spyridon. Thank you.

[@roninroshi44]

From the old Pope Pious XII to Buddhism for many years and numerous sins to Japan and Buddhism and finally through the grace and forgiveness of Jesus to the home I’ve longed for to The Orthodox Church. As a little kid maybe 10 although told by my Catholic 4th Degree Knight of Columbus father to never go into that church with the onion dome top…I did and the Icons the scent of incense and the old passed away priest in that church resting in his coffin remains a wonderful memory. The True Church of Christ Orthodoxy 🙏

[@MrSergpank]

Thank you Father Spyridon for sharing your wisdom. Крайне признателен Вам за Ваш труд, и за то что делитесь своими мыслями со всем миром.

[@NattyLight1128]

This guy may be the chillest man in the planet, perhaps of all time. Will research the latter to confirm. God bless!

[@dominicczajka6005]

Thank you Father Spyridon, I have been struggling with my Catholic faith for many years now & as a Christian it has failed to inspire or resonate within my soul; I have been studying Orthodoxy for a while now & hopefully it will have the answers to complete my journey.

[@joseonwalking8666]

COme home brother.

[@audio2664]

Spectacular sermon . I am a cradle orthodox . God has blessed me as I didn’t have to find the truth. Yet it has been as still is to fight SIN. They is never a day off if you will. Thank you father!

[@innocentgreen1338]

Thank you! I shared this with many friends; fellow Orthodox, catechumens, and inquirers. Glory to God! 🙏☦️

[@risa4781]

Thank you Father for sharing your testimony. For me, it was also a monk who led me to truth. He recommended the book, "The Hermitage Within." I have read it several times, each time learning something more.

[@mindysirbiladze6873]

Much respect from the Georgian Orthodox

[@KarenSarkissian]

Christ is risen! Very profound and true words of a pastor! Thank you Father Spyridon!

[@aarhermano499]

Your blessing Father, This is the same realization I came across in my despair when I was in the military about three years ago. I was raised agnostic/Morman and actually taking a real look into the New Testament and looking back into Church history I fallowed it back to Orthodoxy. Please forgive me and pray for me. Christ is born!!!

[@tracywallis5387]

My prayers are with you. The Lord is calling you back to Himself and the truth.🙏❤

[@harriettemacy7399]

I love you very much Father Spyridon, You bring so much to my life and I am grateful. Thank you

[@NofreedomofspeechonYouTube]

From atheist to Christianity, I attracted to Orthodoxy and I found Orthodox way to fasts is the proper way to fast for Lent days. I'm glad orthodox preserving true teachings of Christ.

[@notgonnalie1846]

"And call no one your father on earth, for One is your Father, the One in Heaven. Neither be called leaders, for One is your Leader, the Christ. But the greater of you shall be your servant. And whoever will exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever will humble himself shall be exalted." (Mat 23:9-12)

[@afribear]

Thank you SOO much for this video!!! I grew up in the Protestant tradition and love God. These past few months I've felt compelled to find out more about non-Protestantism (for lack of a better term) and really discovered orthodoxy for the first time! I have no idea where this is taking me but it is a fantastic journey! This afternoon I engaged with an Orthodox vicar online and will be meeting him hopefully soon. What you said about the first 200 years made a big difference to me, thank you! And bless you!

[@angelwings3128]

Beautifully articulated Father Spyridon, my thoughts exactly. I’m of Greek Orthodox Faith. I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else, other than in Orthodox faith. Thank you for the amazing work that you do! God bless you and to all …✝️🙏🏻☦️

[@jrubi5552]

He was also Greek Orthodox....I believe he's since moved to ROCOR.

[@smashingtwoscoops4999]

Beautiful words my brother. What an inspiration you are! I can see the holy spirit dwelling in your eyes. ❤🙏

[@djordjepopov3359]

☦️❤

[@user-jf5qw6vg3h]

There's a reason why the Eastern Church is called Orthodox, because its the true, oldest, un-tampered, original church. ☦🤲⛪

[@t.d6379]

Oh behave. Confirmation bias.

[@Dave-bf2lc]

Doesn’t help when the Russian Orthodox Church blesses war crimes in Ukraine.

[@user-jf5qw6vg3h]

@@Dave-bf2lc I don't see any connection between a state-controlled church and the entirety of Jesus's first and only true church.

[@Dave-bf2lc]

⁠@@user-jf5qw6vg3hBecause that same language is used in occupied territories of Ukraine when they persecute non orthodox Christians. Vice news did a great documentary on it, from 2014, regarding the persecution of Protestants, etc. in eastern Ukraine. A pro-Russian soldier says in the video, “I’ve taken up arms to defend the one true church, the Russian Orthodox church”. Same happened in the Soviet Union. Many Protestants were labeled as “sects”, and were sent to prison.

[@user-jf5qw6vg3h]

@@Dave-bf2lc Ironic coming from you, take a look at your KKK and how it deals with Catholics

[@carloshandy1830]

My spark I was looking for the first Christian church and to Orthodoxy was through a book own the history of the church and I found the Ethiopian church and I could not find a Ethiopian orthodox church in my area but did find a Antioch Orthodox church that became our home.

[@Samenews3729]

Ethiopian orthodox Church where do u got?

[@miriam4091]

I came into the Orthodox Church 5 yrs ago and almost 15 yrs ago - so the Holy Spirit did not forget about me! A true blessing and I easily accept all you are teaching here. I did a lot of research because I had a nudge in my heart to go back, return to the beginning and ancient. For me, it all proved true. A good book to read on exactly what the Apostles themselves taught (catechism) when they visited homes is, DIDACHE by Aaron Milavec. Thankyou & Peace today and always! (Canada)

[@michaeldad]

Born as gypsy Roma child from Sudetenland raised as Roman Catholic, disappointed by modern Christians in west, seeking the truth in Orthodox

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

God let me to you a few years back, I have had periods of spiritual sleep but your advice always lifts me out of it.

[@teo3893]

Happy name day Father Spyridon! May God bless you and may you continue to teach us always!

[@Normaldude10174]

Thank you for this video, I’ve been waiting for you to post something like this. May God bless you and give you strength and persevererence in your life. Remember to pray for our priests guys

[@sacerdotiumetimperium5331]

Thank you for this beautiful testimony. Glory to God.

[@zionmcdonagh5063]

I am a Protestant viewer of your videos and I think that Orthodoxy is beautiful. It’s an incredible way of looking at things that I want to share with my friends in church because I do see certain doctrines that deviate from Christs authority in the church and have catered to the cultures beliefs. As someone in a position of influence in the church I seek to lead people to the truth that as orthodoxy says, salvation isn’t a moment thing, it must be worked out. Not that works save us, but that God would work out His will in our spirits as we become more like Him. I love learning about early church history and will talk about this more with the lead pastors at my church.

[@madrahal]

Dear Father Spyridon, Happy name day! Thank you for your work, I have been blessed by it. God bless you!

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Thank you Fr Spyridon. Your testimony bears a very similar likeness to mine in the search for THE CHURCH.

[@fph2060]

I had been jumping from catholic and orthodox but after doing more research I have chosen Eastern Orthodox

[@josephbayego6030]

Glory to the Father, son and Holy spirit, Thank you Father for the message