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.
Left presbyterian protestantism for Holy Orthodoxy in 2016, best decision I've made, Glory to God.
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!
As a Roman Catholic, thank you for a clear and precise introduction - that is so respectful of other Christians, including us "Romans".
This is a great introduction for my wife who is wondering why I am following the Orthodox faith. Please continue this series...
Please pray for me and wife, that we both must be open, I hope she will listen.
I pray that your hearts are continually humbled as humility ultimately leads us to Christ and his church 🩷 Remember that God reveals himself to those who seek him. Peace be with you. God be with you. ☦️
Thank you for your support! I will!
Excellent video MRS…….please continue with the information
Thank you for making this video. As a Southern Baptist who’s also a seminary professor, I appreciate learning more about my brothers and sisters in other Christian traditions.
Thank you for your kind words!
I agree this is fascinating ❤❤❤❤
@@itsmeAshley84 thank you!
Yeah, pathetic morons need to stick together.
No wonder our seminaries are cranking out heretics with folks like you on staff.
Hi I'm Solomon from Ethiopian Orthodox 83,000,000M believers. I love your podcast
Thank you for watching! I appreciate that!
The best presentation of the Orthodoxy which I ever had. Cler and concise. Well done 👏
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I agree!
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!
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
Absolutely beautiful. TLM Catholic here, but I am so attracted to Orthodox Christianity
Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
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. ☦💝📿💝☦
As a fellow Orthodox Christian, I thought this was an excellent introduction to our faith! Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words!
Very interesting. Thank you I enjoyed learning ❣️
This is very helpful and so interesting. Thank you.
Thank you for your list of 10 Things You do Differently. It was encouraging.
Thank you for watching! I am glad it was helpful!
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!
Author Jaroslav Pelikan got me interested in learning a little more about Orthodox Christianity. I found your discussion interesting and educational.
Excellent! Concise and rich in meaty information and clear and respectful of differences with other churches.
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Thank you for sharing your faith perspective!
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An excellent overview! Learned a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
Also, thank you so much for such a clear understanding of Orthodoxy!
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!
Thank you very much for your excellent presentation.
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you for your instruction. I pray we will all find the way to restore unity for all the church. God Bless you.
Thank you! I pray for that too!
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!
Thanks for presenting this info. I appreciate it.
Thank you for watching!
I am Roman Catholic and find your video very interesting. I would love to learn more about your faith.
As a new family in Orthodoxy, I would appreciate a video on how you do things differently at home. Thank you for this content!
I appreciate your feedback!
Amazing channel. Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Excellent video! Very educational and to the point!
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
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
Thank you. I found this very informative.
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
This video is super helpful, thank you for explaining.
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
Thank you for the informative video. A note on the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception - The Catholic Church teaches that Mary was conceived through natural marital relations between St. Joachim and St. Anne. The Immaculate Conception refers to her being preserved from the stain of original sin. The only virgin birth was that of Jesus.
marital, not martial
Wow thats crazy and she had other children...people should read their Bibles more
@@Rose-rr9xqExcept Mary didn't have other children. If she had, Jesus wouldn't have given her care over to St. John when He was on the Cross.
@waterotter3625 Joseph of arimeathea was his great uncle and he was the head of the family otherwise he wouldn't have been able to collect his body and I'm sorry Mary did have other children. Jesus's also spent alot of time between the ages of 12 and 30 with his uncle in England as Joseph was a wealthy tin merchant n had mines in england
@@Rose-rr9xq Sorry, you cannot maintain your Catholic Faith and say that the Virgin Mary had children besides our Lord Jesus Christ! Further the legend that Joseph of Arimethea bringing the Christ Child to England is merely a legend and has no historical value. Think seriously about your accusation of our Blessed Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary before you fall deeper into heresy!
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:)
Thank you, very informative and interesting.
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!
Very helpful! Thank you!! 😊
Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful!
Great video! I am from India which has a small Armenian community in Kolkata, and they have a big old Armenian Apostolic Church here. I've always wanted to learn more about them. It was interesting to learn about their beliefs!
So interesting! I didn't know about that! Thank you for sharing!
Very well done!!
Glory to God!
Thank you for your kind words!
Make more please❤Thanks for the video
Thank you! I will!
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
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.
Saint Anthony was not a Monophysite. He would reject the Oriental “Orthodox” church today.
love these videos!
Thank you!
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!
Just found your channel. I've never felt more home and more at peace than in an Armenian church. Loved Armenia!
Thank you for your explanation
Thank you for your information and i sights.
Thank you for watching!
Very Well Spoken.
GOD Bless Everyone.
See Y’all in HEAVEN
Thank you! That’s the hope:)
Very interesting. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing.
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Yes make another video. You are quite the orthodox spokesperson. I’m convinced.
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!
This is a great video. I am converting to Serbian Orthodoxy and this is a really nice and easy to understand video. Thanks for posting it for us all.
Thank you for your kind words!
This video is very helpful thank you
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
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?
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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.
Amen Praise the lord ☦️🛐
I do have his blessing.
Awesome video!
Thank you!
Enjoyed your video, very informative! Orthodox Christianity appeals to my heart. I live in a small Texas town where there are no Orthodox churches anywhere near by.
Thank you for your kind words! I really hope one will be built very soon in your neighborhood!
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!
Yes! More please!
Thank you! Will do!
I've learned a few things. Thank you.
Glad to hear it! Thank your for watching!
excellent job I am an eastern orthodox catholic… There’s hardly any between us. Praise God. I respect you very much.
I want Orthodoxy, but my wife not so. Please pray for us. Thank you all.
Took 24 years for my wife to want to attend Orthodox Church. She said no when I ask her to go. I never ask again although I knew that’s where I wanted to be. Just before Covid we had enough of our life long Protestant church. It was always looking for the next new thing. I told her I was done. We tried 2 mainstream liturgical churches; one preached about lgbt w no other spiritual comments. That night my wife came and said we were going to the local Orthodox Church. When we walked into the Nave the following Sunday; I told her I was home & she agreed. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT & she loved it!
Keep in prayer. When my husband approached me about converting to Orthodoxy, I was very upset and refused. I was Protestant and did not wish to change. I am now devoted to my Orthodox faith and are raising our children as such. Jesus may soften your wife’s heart as He did mine.
@@user-ke4ol6sc5s Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing! I will!
@@Immortal4everable Thank you for sharing!
Your babies are adorable. Very well done video. My best friend is Orthodox so I’m very familiar with its beliefs,practices and traditions. I’m a Christian of a different denomination. Beautiful video.
Thank you so much for your kind words! And thank you for sharing!
Great video :) I'm a fellow orthodox woman from Romania, hello!
I've seen a beautiful video (in English) of Fr Spyridon Bailey explaining how the Orthodox Church is the only one with uninterrupted link to the times of the Apostles (I think that was what convinced him too). I mention it as a recommendation for those interested in more in depth exploration, though you made the point :)
PS. I had LOTS of help from Saints! They are wonderful! People I love received health on numerous occasions. They care deeply for us and have the power to help us so much if we treasure, love and respect them; and seek them ofc!
Thank you! And thank you for sharing!
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.
The immaculate conception happened naturally by physical love. This is often misunderstood. You were correct about conceived without original sin though. I’m a Catholic. Enjoyed your video ❤
What???
@@ingoelds yes - she was conceived naturally by St Anne and Joachim, but at conception ( and conception is the creation of life from ovum and sperm that happens after sexual union) she was and from here I quote:
'.... enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role. In fact in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her vocation, it was necessary for her to be fully borne by God's grace' (catechism of Catholic Church, 490). Here the word 'borne' is the same as 'carried'. It's not 'born' as in 'given birth to', or 'conception'. There are more paragraphs that I won't quote here (492-493). None of them state that Mary was conceived supernaturally, that is, not a virgin birth. This is only Jesus. I also don't see any reference to original sin in these paragraphs but my theology doesn't extend far enough to speak about this. The Fathers of the Eastern tradition are referred to in para 493, ending with 'by the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long'. From what I have read (I wanted to double check I wasn't misleading) it seems that Catholics and Orthodox are at least very closely aligned. Again, I write this only to bring to light a common misunderstanding of my faith, and with full respect of Orthodox Christianity and the riches it bears in our world. I also see that this richness is rooted in the church fathers. Catholicism is too. Again, Sona I see the differences you have spoken about and do not intend offence or pushing a Catholic doctrine into your space. I particularly love the Orthodox position on marriage continuing after death and it feels intuitively more true to me than 'til death do us part' as you point out is our Catholic teaching. I wondered if orthodox people can remarry after the death of a spouse? My intuition is that this would be ok but maybe I'm wrong ....
Thank you for watching!
I will definitely read more Catholic sources on this subject.
Grateful here that you found the true faith
i just love the armenian apostolic church. love it and always will. well explained as well. i can see how much you love God by how well you communicate christianity
Thank you for your kind words!
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!
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!
Excellent video, please. If you can share more, it will be nice.
Thank you! I will!
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.
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
Спасибо Вам большое за видео! Я долгое время была в протестантской церкви и сейчас возвращаюсь назад в православную и Ваше видео помогло понять многое. Спаси Вас Господь!
Спасибо за добрые слова! Я очень рада, что видео помогло!
Please make more!
Thank you for your support! I will:)
Thank you really informative ++
Thank you! I am glad it was helpful!
I follow a "solo scriptora" faith, but as a religious studies student I did a brief survey, where I got to observe an Orthodox worship service . I was impressed by the beauty of it. And the welcoming attitude of the priest and the congregation.
Great video
Thanks a lot!
✝️God Bless☦️
Finally!!!!!!! Ive been wanting this content because i like to clean to it and dont want general protestant videos!
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Very interesting thank you 😊
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You do a very good job with explaining it and in less that 10 min!
Bravo.
Thank you for your kind words!
Interesting. Thank you.
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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:)
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:)
@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."
I am a seminary student and I am very interested in hearing more about your faith and the culture of Armenian Orthodoxy.
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
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!
God bless you! :)
how can a myth 'bless'?
Thank you! God bless you too!
Syriac Orthodox faithful here from AD37!
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Thank you. I'm looking into orthodoxy.
Thank you for watching!
Definitely more!
Thank you for your encouragement!
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.
I'm a Greek Orthodox and I'm glad to hear it!
If you need any help sister,plz let me know.
Greetings from Greece!
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?