10 Things I Do Differently as an Orthodox Christian PART I | Orthodox Christianity Explained
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Orthodox Christianity was the first time I saw people not treat Jesus like a beer buddy or a boyfriend, but someone to fear, respect, and worship.
I came here to make a similar comment. Well put.
And deep, deep ,quiet, Love
i'm interested in Orthodox Christianity but i can't see the Jesus of the bible wanting to be feared by anyone. he's deserving of all the respect, worship, and praise in the world ofc but building a relationship with him plays a huge part for a more sustainable faith in the long run, i my opinion
@@Maniflore Good opinion to have.
@@Maniflore fear not in a way someone fears a robber or darkness, but fearing the consequences of losing communion with God. fear of the consequences of our sins, fearing him like we fear a king, a dad, a president, or someone with authority.
Orthodoxy doesn’t water anything down, it keeps it’s beauty and depth. It keeps its mysteries and doesn’t make Jesus pop culture. Orthodoxy keeps ancient tradition-passed down from those that were THERE. Much has been lost to history, orthodoxy tries not to lose anything, while others throw it away. It’s deep and satisfying. The icons HELP us remember. Nobody is worshipping the wood itself. Mainstream Christianity haas turned Jesus into a new age prosperity joke. It’s all about what Jesus can do for them. Orthodoxy pushes you daily to become like Christ -it points you always towards Him-even giving you a plan to follow! It’s the only thing that makes sense.
Thank you for sharing!
The world would be a much better place without the tradition of Orthodoxy. My goodness, just look at it's utterly depraved history. Time to give up our monkey traditions.
They actually didn’t become corrupt either my understanding
Very well said!
Well said,my sister in Christ ☦️
Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸 and God bless you and all our brothers and sisters!
We are living in the very strange world and,as you said, Orthodoxy is the one and only LOGICAL way of living to follow!
Hi I'm Solomon from Ethiopian Orthodox 83,000,000M believers. I love your podcast
Thank you for watching! I appreciate that!
Solomon, hard to find African Americans in Orthodox church in upstate New York😢❤
As a Roman Catholic, thank you for a clear and precise introduction - that is so respectful of other Christians, including us "Romans".
Great video! l'm from Ethiopian Orthodox God bless you ❤❤
Thank you! God bless you too!
Left presbyterian protestantism for Holy Orthodoxy in 2016, best decision I've made, Glory to God.
Saaaameeee 🎉
The best presentation of the Orthodoxy which I ever had. Cler and concise. Well done 👏
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I agree!
Thank you for your words and teachings...I'm starting my journey in the beautiful Orthodox faith and am hungry for knowledge...I'm loving learning about the Desert fathers and mothers.Thank again.
Thank you for sharing! I am learning new things myself every day about our faith!
Welcome to the truth! Слава Богу! Glory to God! I love you Brother and Sister! I believe and hope I will stand with you on the right side of our Holy Christ at the resurrection !
Study more and Christ bless you to become Orthodox before the second coming. I love you as our Christ loves you! The time is short;
@@cyprianbaruffi812 Thank you so much.I can't remember a time of having such a hunger to learn of our faith...I thank God for bestowing this yearning upon me.Thank you My Brother in Christ.God Bless!
@@cyprianbaruffi812 Amen
Greetings our sister. Thank you for your interesting explanations.
From Ethiopia
This video is amazing! I am a catechumen and will get baptised on the 8th of July in Belgrade Serbia. I love this video and you got a new sub☦️
Thank you for your kind words! Congratulations with the upcoming baptism!
As a Greek Orthodox in the US, I congratulate you on making this beautiful, accurate and concise video on our faith!!
Thank you for your kind words! And thank you for watching!
Ethiopian orthodox here 🇪🇹☦️I love to see content of our church (oriental) God bless you sister
God bless you too! Thank you for watching! If you are interested, here is the second part: ruclips.net/video/_XEPZ-ou5Xs/видео.htmlsi=2q9LDBzAYxEKQRpv
I belong to Coptic Orthodox Church so we have same faith I converted 11 years ago i was re-baptized I love my Coptic church best thing ever happened to me I attend Wednesday and Sunday the holy Littrgy, Wednesday bible study and I am still hungry for more I love my church it’s the oldest faith Saint Anthony father of the mong and saint athanasus
Thank you for sharing!
We are not the same. You are heterodox and reject 4 of the 7 ecumenical councils.
Ecumenism is a heresy in both our churches.
I'm interested in Orthodoxy. Thank you for this information.
Thank you for your support! I hope the video was helpful!
Don't do it!!!
@@gregorylatta8159lmao heretic
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Oh, gregory, how sad to read such words
Jim, God, bless. You are on your way to learning wonderful things.. which have always existed in the Church but was not known to many of us for a long time. ☦💝📿💝☦
More Love and respect from Ethiopian Orthodox!
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Thank you Sona. Our family has become Orthodox in the past year and I am interested in watching any videos you share on aspects of being an Orthodox mother. Christ is Risen.
Thank you for sharing and thank you for supporting the channel!
Truly, He is risen!
As a fellow Orthodox Christian, I thought this was an excellent introduction to our faith! Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words!
Very Well Spoken.
GOD Bless Everyone.
See Y’all in HEAVEN
Thank you! That’s the hope:)
Дякую! I’m a Ukrainian Greek Catholic and your presentation was wonderful!
Thank you for your kind words! Sending you lots of love! Be safe and victorious!
I saw the Armenian cross in the thumbnail and it's so exciting to see! Of all the sister churches I see so little of you guys online so this is lovely. Christ is risen!
Thank you for your feedback! I’ll do my best to fix this:)
Author Jaroslav Pelikan got me interested in learning a little more about Orthodox Christianity. I found your discussion interesting and educational.
I am Roman Catholic and find your video very interesting. I would love to learn more about your faith.
Stay Catholic
As an adult catholic convert, I have always wondered about these differences. Thank you for the video and for, speaking respectfully about the other faiths. I love watching orthodox content because there are so many 'modern catholics' and it's wonderful to see others living out thier faith in a traditional way. God bless. Christ has risen.
Christ has truly Risen from the grave!
Truly He is Risen!
Indeed He is Risen! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for sharing your faith with us. I know very little about Orthodox Christianity, so it's nice to learn a little about your faith.
Thank you for sharing! I am glad it was informative!
Thank-you for this post. You have taken a complex issue and presently it very well using terms and references everyone should be able to understand. Congratulations.
Thank you for your kind words!
Syriac Orthodox faithful here from AD37!
Great video. Very interesting and educational. I am 2nd generation Canadian who is Ukrainian Orthodox. I grew up in a very religious home but your video has also taught me things. Much thanks again.
Thank you for watching! I am glad it was helpful!
Just a note for those in the west:
The Oriental Church and the Eastern Orthodox church are similar, yet different. I speak as an Eastern Orthodox myself and I believe we share more in common than we do with any other denomination.
Thank you for sharing!
Great cite about Orthodoxy!
In our Parish in Clarksvill Tennessee, we have a pan ethnic pairish,and it's wonde.
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Unfortunately they’re still heretical. Only Eastern Orthodox churches have the True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
Thank you for sharing your faith perspective!
Thank you for watching!
Armenian churches are so beautiful. I'm fortunate to live in an area with lots of them, including a Catholic Armenian church. Astvats ohrni kez!
Shat shnorhakalem! Thank you very much!
Thank you very much for your excellent presentation.
Thank you for your kind words!
@8:45 The Roman Church teaches that St Mary was conceived the normal way. The doctrine of the immaculate conception says that, by a unique grace of God, she was always free from the stain of original sin. That stain is what gives mankind a predisposition towards sin. Yet as St Mary is the new Eve (so the teaching goes) she was, like the first Eve, without the inclination towards sin.
Our Lady of Fatima said, "I am THE immaculate conception." The use of the definitive article "the" shows that there was no other. For Christ was conceived by incarnation, not conception. Therefore, although Christ is immaculate, he never had a conception. Similarly, Adam was uniquely created. For had he been conceived by some non-human, that conception would have been immaculate.
Thank you for your reply! Wasn't that a part of the debate between Dominicans and Franciscans back in the days? There are even iconic paintings in late Medieval Art that depict Mary's conception as a miracle that happened through the chaste kiss of her parents at the Golden Gate in Jerusalem. How else would it be possible for the Holy Virgin to be free from the stain of the original sin if it is inevitably passing through generation to generation, as RCC believes? If you have Catholic sources that talk about this matter, I would appreciate it if you send me links. Thank you!
@@holasona There is no record of anyone stating the belief that Mary’s parents did not produce her in the natural way.
Giotto’s image of Joachim and Anna kissing depicts the reunited moment after they both separately learn from an angel that Anna would conceive. There is no evidence that anyone believed this kiss produced a child in Anna’s womb. No one who argued for the Immaculate Conception at that time, before that time, or since that time ever intimated that there was no natural relation.
Conception does not just refer to the beginning of human life but refers specifically to the union of sperm and ovum. The use of the word conception to describe Mary’s natural origin is deliberate to designate that she is the product of normal sexual relations. That is why Jesus is not a Virgin Conception but a Virgin Birth. Unlike Mary, he was not conceived with the help of a man but his body was formed entirely from the material of his mother.
As to how the transmission of Original Sin could be prevented in a natural conception, the Catholic answer is that it is a miracle performed by God. Pope Pius IX wrote in 1854: “the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.”
@@holasona Ggdivhjkjl is correct! There are as well Orthodox icons of Joachim and Anna kissing at the gate. this comes from the Protoevangelium of James which has the stories of the Theotokos' conception and early life. The Roman Church never espoused that Mary was conceived in any other way than sexually. The Immaculate Conception was a special grace from God keeping Mary free from sin that was bestowed upon her not by natural means, but by Divine gift. There were many arguments for and against this doctrine in both Dominican and Franciscan camps, but the evidence that anyone took seriously the conception of Mary in any other way but sexually is spurious.
Know also that St.Augustine when questioned as to how Original Sin was passed down conjectured that is was through sexual intercourse, though he wasn't completely satisfied with that answer. He pointed to Sacred Scripture Psalm 50/51 "Et in peccatis concepit me mater mea", "And in sin did my mother conceive me."
Great summary! I’d like to add one clarification for Western Christians:
While OO and EO don’t believe in the doctrine of “Original Sin” as formulated in the Roman Catholic faith based on certain theological speculations of St. Augustine, we do believe the consequences of Adam’s sin (namely death-spiritual & physical-as estrangement from God with the resulting tendency to sin and to undergo all manner of sufferings related to our mortality) are born by the entire human race and are removed only through our union with Christ.
What is OO
Is it oriental orthodox
What you wrote is just a rephrasing of Original Sin!
@@parsaeye We suffer the consequences by being born into a fallen world, but we do not adopt Adam's sin per se.
Also, we Orthodox believe the Theotokos died (dormition) but her remains were assumed into heaven whereas the Romans believe she was just assumed.
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I currently identify as a Catholic however I’m seriously considering converting to Orthodox Christianity. I’ve been researching and learning about it these past few day’s and it’s so beautiful.
You need to stay Catholic
This is fascinating. I have had a weird journey of faith, and am still traveling in it. Thank you for the clear concise comparisons. Without throwing any shade. Great video.
Thank you for your kind words! And thank you for watching!
As a new family in Orthodoxy, I would appreciate a video on how you do things differently at home. Thank you for this content!
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Thank You kindly for this wonderful video explaining our Faith! I am a recent convert to Orthodoxy from Catholicism as of July 16th of last year! Personally I feel like I FINALLY have found my TRUE home spiritually as there were many and still are many questions that has been answered! Belong to the Greek Orthodox Church & am Anthiochian! Love the richness and mysticism that our Faith holds! Am highly appreciative that the Church does not sugarcoat ANYTHING, but keep a solid foundation throughout history and still to this very day! ☦️🕊
Thank you for sharing! And thank you for your kind words!
excellent job I am an eastern orthodox catholic… There’s hardly any between us. Praise God. I respect you very much.
Very informative! Thank you!
Infant baptism and Icons raise some flags, as well as no original sin. Open and willing to continue asking questions and learning! Thank you!
I have a question for you and it’s very personal and real…..any areas or doctrine within orthodox that you still are not 100% settled with?
Thank you for watching!
Please do some research into the earliest centuries of the church and infant baptism. You will find that infants were baptized from earliest times and that refusing to baptize infants is a departure from the tradition of the apostles.
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I’m Eastern Orthodox, it’s not true that Catholics believe that infants are guilty of sin. They use the word original sin but they mean something similar to us.
Im also Eastern Orthodox, but Roman Catholic prior to that. The Roman Catholic teaching is that the guilt of Adam's sin is inherited, drawing largely from some of St. Augustine's writings.
@@bsdnfraje nope they absolutely deny original guilt. Although Augustine clearly did teach original guilt.
@@EricAlHarb Who knows what Catholics teach this year? But previously, as recently as the NewAdvent Catechism, they did. Otherwise the Immaculate Conception makes even less sense. Mary wasn't preserved at conception from concupiscence.
Not sure that is correct, since their doctrine of limbo speaks to the destiny of babies who die without baptism.
@@EricAlHarb Then the Limbo of the Fathers and the Immaculate Conception are unnecessary. Catholic catechisms from the last century taught it, but you may be right about the teaching of the Catholics today. What about next year though?
Very clear and informative video. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful! You can check out the second part, if you’d like: ruclips.net/video/_XEPZ-ou5Xs/видео.htmlsi=2q9LDBzAYxEKQRpv
Amen Praise the lord ☦️🛐
I do have his blessing.
Hello sister in Christ. Great job with the video!
I'd like to clarify, however, that we Orthodox do believe in original sin. It is not a transfer of guilt of ancestors but rather an inheritance of their fallenness. Also another important distinction regarding the Virgin is that we believe she underwent death before being assumed into heaven (as she too was a daughter of Adam).
Anyways great job and God bless!
Prayers from a member of the Indian Orthodox Church.
Very well done!!
Glory to God!
Thank you for your kind words!
I’m a traditional Anglican and me and my wife believe everything your church does. Our church does to
We pray for the Armenian church every Sunday in our Mass.
The Theotokos is very special to me.
God bless you!
This video is super helpful, thank you for explaining.
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
I am a seminary student and I am very interested in hearing more about your faith and the culture of Armenian Orthodoxy.
Make more please❤Thanks for the video
Thank you! I will!
Thank you for an excellent explanation and introduction of our faith. ( I forgot about the "till death do us part" thing). It was difficult growing up Orthodox mostly because there was a big attachment with our ethnic culture mixed in. Today I add all the customs, traditions and cookies lol from all of the beautiful ethnic groups that make us special. , I experience. I love our longevity, no matter what WE were there from the beginning. We don't need to look for new answers God gave us all we need to lead us to him. Christ is risen ! Indeed he is risen!
Indeed He is risen! Thank you for sharing!
The word baptizo in Greek, translated “baptize” It is sometimes argued that in Mark 7:4 and Luke 11:38 the word means “immerse”; but in those texts the actual meaning (as historical information substantiates) is to “ immersing in water.”
I've learned a few things. Thank you.
Glad to hear it! Thank your for watching!
Thank you for your information and i sights.
Thank you for watching!
Very interesting. Thank you I enjoyed learning ❣️
Wonderful video. Thank you. As you may know by now, Roman Catholics also believe in the real presence. Thanks again. Your video was very inspiring.
Thank you for your kind words! Of course! Our Eucharist theology might be a bit different, but we all believe that Holy Communion is the real Body and Blood of Christ!
Hello, this was an excellent video. Please do more on Orthodox Christianity, especially since you are Oriental Orthodox (as so often the Eastern Orthodox position is the one that is heard alone). I am considering different denominations right now and learning more about OO would be great. Thanks in advance and have a great day. All the best and god bless!
Thank you for sharing! I will do so!
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Thankfully, Scripture says ANYONE who believes in Jesus is saved. Not anyone who attends a certain church or certain denomination. I thank God for that
there is only one church because Christ is one and the church is his body
@Ian-gy8wt The Church is the people who are saved through Christ. Not a building, or a specific denomination
Excellent video! Very educational and to the point!
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
Very informative video. God bless and keep it up. I would be glad to know more about the Armenian history and the condition of the Church now. You may know that St. Arsema (Hripsime) is the most famous Armenian saint in Ethiopia. Many girls are named after her and especially in recent times multitudes of Churches are consecrated in her honor. Many people are healed because of her intercession and her fame is growing by the day. God bless you
Thank you so much for your kind words! I had no idea that St. Arsema is St. Hripsime! I am so happy to hear that she is famous in Ethiopia! St. Hripsime is one of my favorite saints! You just made my day:)
There are several "orthodox" churches, as you mentioned, but only one true Eastern Orthodox Church with uninterrupted apostolic succession that can grant grace and forgiveness of sin. It is a search undertaken with prayerful vigilance and fear of mitigating influences.
Very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Thank you. I'm looking into orthodoxy.
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Finally!!!!!!! Ive been wanting this content because i like to clean to it and dont want general protestant videos!
Thank you for your support!
Thank you Sona for this video. Please do more about the differences and similarities between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
Thank you for watching! New video is coming next week on this subject.
this was very informative. I never knew the differences. As a practicing Catholic, I do want to clear up one misunderstanding you mention. Catholics believe that immaculate conception means that she was born without original sin. Meaning that at the time of her conception, she was free from original sin. Not that she was not conceived naturally by her parents.
Thank you for your reply! You are correct, and I address this issue in the next video that will come out this week.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this informative video. I am a catholic and we do believe that the Virgin Mary was conceived through physical love but she did not have the original sin in her.
An excellent overview! Learned a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
Please make more!
Thank you for your support! I will:)
Would you please make a video on your Bible, and tell uss more about the books that Catholic and protestant bibles do not have❤
Yay 🤍 I get so excited when I see Orthodox women making content ! But please clarify in the title that you are Oriental Orthodox, so not to confuse people. Also, i think specificying Oriental could help your channel as it is more niche topic of interest 😇
Thank you for your kind words! In this video, I tried to talk about the things that unite all Orthodox churches. At some point, I will make another one about the differences between Eastern and Oriental churches.
@@holasona Great ! That will be really interesting 🤍
My grandparents were all Greek immigrants, and my parents are Greek Orthodox. Growing up, I never went to Sunday school or had any religious instruction in English. I just had to do the rituals right or else I’d get beaten after church. In middle school, my parents put me in a Christian school that was associated with a Baptist church. Then they got mad when I left the Greek Orthodox Church at age 17. I’m 45 now and trying to learn more. I’m trying hard to put the associations with abuse behind me and truly learn. Thanks for putting it into simple terms.
Amazing channel. Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I want to know more about orthodox Christianity.
The Catholic belief about the immaculate conception does not teach that Mary was conceived outside of the natural physical way of her parents. She was conceived normally, just was given the grace from Christ at her conception to be born free of original sin, pointing the rest of us to the promise we all have in Christ to one day through Him to be free from sin also. Thank you for what you shared here. I did not know about the difference in belief of original sin with Orthodoxy, very beautiful. ❤
Thank you! You are correct concerning the doctrine of Immaculate Conception. I address this issue in my next video: ruclips.net/video/_XEPZ-ou5Xs/видео.htmlsi=2q9LDBzAYxEKQRpv
This video is very helpful thank you
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing. I’m Roman Catholic and the differences between our religions are few. I didn’t know about children receiving communion anytime after baptism. That was the biggest difference to me.
There are Catholic infants who receive communion too (most Eastern Catholics).
I'm Catholic and I see a lot of similarities in our churches. I believe in the permanence of marriage which is why I have been celibate for decades after my divorce. I was horrified to know that you continue as married in eternity. What about Jesus saying that in heaven we will be like the angels.
Well...what if your ex goes to hell? Not exactly eternal.
Good point. I also wondered how this works with remarriage after the death of the first spouse.
Thank you. I was baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church, but i grew up in the Roman Catholic Church. I never saw the difference and the similarities.
Thank you for sharing! Do you go to Armenian Catholic Church? Their Liturgy is very similar to Armenian Orthodox Liturgy, the same hymns, the same music.
@holasona No, where I live, there is only an Armenian Apostolic Church, I was baptized there. I went to Catholic school, and my dad was from Roman Catholic Church, so I grew up in this church. I don't know how different or similar are both churches. For me, it is only Christianity. Now I am more adult and I want to know more. I started to go to Armenian Church last year, and I only saw the rituals, but I don't know why they are doing those rites. I don't speak Armenian, so I take the chants like a form of prayer. I don't know how to explain. Have Armenians cathecism classes?
(Sorry if my English is bad, is not my mother tongue).
i hope you will talk more about christianity in the future .. i love how you represent christian moms
Thank you for your kind words! I will do my best:)
Perhaps you might enjoy reading the breakthrough novel "Where Do We Go Now, LORD? - Burke." Explains much. VERY much. Enjoy!
Thank you for making this video. You explain it very well. I am Catholic and I have been considering converting to the orthodox religion. I would like to know more
Thank you so much for your video. It was very informative. I am very interested in the Georgian Orthodox Church and find it a bit difficult to receive credible information on Orthodox faith. I would love to see more of your videos please
God bless you! :)
how can a myth 'bless'?
Thank you! God bless you too!
God bless orthodoxy ❤
You do a very good job with explaining it and in less that 10 min!
Bravo.
Thank you for your kind words!
I love your accent
Hi Sona. Great video! One detail about Catholicism: we believe Mary, the Theotokos, was conceived in the ordinary way, following sexual intercourse of her parents. The miraculous elements are two: the advanced age of her parents and what freedom from what the West has termed original sin. I think the East misunderstand our expression "original sin". It is neither original nor a sin, but as you said, a tendency towards sin inherited from our first parents, because they sinned.
Great Video! Love, reader John
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
I am sharing it!
I (60) have never been a Christian, I come from an atheist upbringing. Since very long though I'm interested in spirituality. Recently, through the writer Paul Kingsnorth (who converted at 53 only 3 years ago), I have become interested in Orthodoxy and have tried to dig a little in what its history and its meaning is.
Your video has been very helpful in the understanding of the meaning of the icons for the Orthodox.
I pray the hearts prayer .. but for now it comes more from the mind/brain than from the heart..
love these videos!
Thank you!
I would also really like to see a video how you nurture the Orthodox faith with your young children.:)
Thank you! I will keep that in mind!
We Catholics also believe that the bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ through the transubstantiation during the Eucharist rite! Px
Although we both believe that the Bread and the Wine of the Holy Communion are the real Bread and Blood of Christ, our Eucharistic theology is a bit different. The doctrine of transubstantiation, for instance, is a RCC church teaching. I might speak of these differences in another video.
Regarding your comments starting at 8:35, just wanted to point out that the "Immaculate conception" in Catholicism does NOT refer to being conceived without sexual intercourse. Catholics believe Mary was conceived by Joachim and Anne through the usual sex act.
You are correct about that! I go back to this question in my second video: ruclips.net/video/_XEPZ-ou5Xs/видео.html
Thank you for your explanation
Very nice video. Well done. I would like to see more. It would be good if you spoke a bit more slowly.
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you really informative ++
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
Great video
Thanks a lot!