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This is good video thank you Father John and I relate while I am only half mexican from my mom side in america I do wonder I was bias from a coloniel sense due the horrible things some protestants and catholics did to natives in north and south america, as well africa, india and right now some protestants want to harm the middle east despite are own problem at home and my fears make wonder why don't I embrace Islam or another religon like a Native Latino religon since I met all kind of kind people like Muslims My mom is still protestant and I ask her why does she remain christians when she attacks the spanish and french did to latin america and I do envy her faith and humilty that she doesn't judge as harshly anyways the early church helped me come back to christanity and You did help me as well

Thank you , Fr. Deacon.

This was beautiful. Glory to the Most High! May I ask what Icons you have in your corner? Also which Patron Saint did you choose to represent you on your journey?

Dear Fr. John (is that the correct way to address you?), Your First Hour Prayers are transforming my mornings -- thank you so much, and I will definitely pray for you.

Father I'm a 19 year old that has been looking into Orthodoxy. I come from a Non practicing catholic family. I'm from Spain and I've been wanting to attend the divine liturgy for some time now, but I get scared that the people might judge me and tht I will be so disoriented. I want to come with the upmost respect and I fear being looked down upon. I don't know what to wear or how to conduct myself. I dont know why I feel like I wont be accepted, or that I dont belong there. Also I fear not coming back to the church and making true the assumtions that new converts or inquirers tend to leave the faith. I care too much about whats others think, that's why I too fear telling people in my circle that I want to follow Christ. I should be brave and follow him regardless of what people are going to say about me and view me, but I still am fearful. I discovered orthodoxy through my partner who is Greek Orthodox, and even I am fearful of telling him I want to enter the church. Imagine the irrationality of my fear. I feel like he is going o judge me too. I'm just fearful in general and I hate that I am. Such and irrational fear and still I struggle to get rid of it. Do you have any advice on how to conquere this fear? I sometimes come close to, and then i hide behind my fear again. That was longer than I expected, sorry. Thank you for reading. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏾

The Orthodox Church is the only church I've ever seen that is truly ethnically diverse And truly treats every person, regardless of ethnicity and gender, with respect. The church i attend now is hime to people of at least 12 distinct ethnicities, many are first generation Americans.

The Council of Carthage was in 397.

I feel sorry for poor souls seeking for truth who convert to Catholicism. Like Candace Owens now. Same as i feel sorry for the Serbs who were forced to convert under a knife (1941-45)

Помаже Бог ☦ из Православне Србије 🇷🇸 светитеља Саве, светородне лозе Немањића, помиритеља браће, првог српског архиепископа

My Story: From Independent Baptist --> To Non-Denominational charismatic, --> To Conservative Non-Denominational, --> To Eastern Orthodox!!

Thanks for posting

Hey man I really appreciate you🙏

What do I do when I first enter a Orthodox Church i want to ask my mom but idk if she’s going to say yes or no

Ha um livro no Brasil psicografado pelo medium Chico Xavier chamado 50 anos depois que conta a verdadeira estoria de amma theodora ou celia lucius.

Why do cross yourself from left to right? This is the catolics crossing

Christ has risen!

Glory be to God ☦

Father, thank you for sharing these morning prayers.

I also converted to orthodoxy after looking for the true church for decades, only to find it at a grocery store as a hermit monk who passed out in my arms from fasting started talking to me about God's church, and one year later, after religious instructions, I became orthodox.

Christ has Risen! Praise him 🙌

Thank you for your testimony.

Thank you for your beautiful prayers and your truthful message about complacency in faith.

Amen ☦️

Christ is risen. Welcome back home, father

Beautiful recitation Brother ☦

Wealthy in knowledge

In Orthodoxy, he holy cross is done with the right hand, not left, from the right to the left, not the other way. This is basic in Orthodoxy.

What is Blasefamy of the holy spirit ? Why do we need the Church to interpert scripture and does this mean we should not read the bible at Home because we cant interpret it for our self ? How does one gain salvation in the orthodox Church ? We does tradition play a part in orthodoxy ? And do you have a book called the triodion or “the book of odes “

Amen?

Amen!

Nah, it was the chapter on Yakub and Trickology that got you thinking.

Christ is Lord

It is my pleasure to have been - as a white men - a student and a servant of the African church and the Eastern church for many years. I admire the willingness of African Orthodox christians to follow Christ no matter the price they have to pay. There are hundreds of thousands of Christians in Egypt that have to make a living with the most dirty work because they do NOT betray Christ for a better living. Let us keep in mind John 15 verse 20: "Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also." Christian faith is NOT spritual entertainment, but paying the price.

Amen, brother! It's frustrating to see that the Protestants don't give the mother of our God her due respect and honor, but they we'll give themselves and everyone else more blessings than our blessed Mother.

Will you be doing more of these Fr Deacon?

Father bless! Thank you so much for these lectures. The woman I want to marry is Jamaican, and is a Baptist like I was before I encountered Orthodoxy. I think these will help her better understand Orthodox Christian history in Africa, and hopefully help her on her journey.

Leaving Protestantism was the best decision I have ever made, and nothing compares to coming home to the fullness of Christ in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The depth, richness, and reverence for our Lord is unmatched, and I am so thankful the Holy Spirit lead me home to the church. I’m grateful for my Protestant background, because I learned a lot of Bible. It was a great stepping stone for someone coming from the occult and criminal background I came from. Moses the Ethiopian was the one of the Saints that had helped me tremendously on my own repentance journey.

Great content✝☦

Welcome home, my brother

This is very beautiful, I really respect your consistency and I like the long prayers, glory to God.

Im Christian American not Orthodoxy or Catholic. I like the reformation and I do believe the Bible is enough to convert someone like me. Catholics kiss mary and the pope and have images and idols

Finally someone who knows what nicea was actually about

Christ is Risen, Father Deacon!

🙏☦️🕊️

Keep doing these lectures please. I’m not black but my sisters kids and many of my friends are, and this provides a uplifting energy for all people.

Saint moses one of my favorites. The example of the saints is how we should reflect our faith for our spiritual struggle.

Conversion to Orthodoxy = from Knowledge. Conversion to Islam = from Vanity

Excuse me I have doubt were you using your left hand for the cross are we allowed to do that

God’s ways are as mysterious as the pathway of the wind and as the manner in which a human spirit is infused into the little body of a baby while it is yet in its mother’s womb. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Thank the Lord for protecting His orthodox Church. ☦

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