Journey into Orthodox Alaska
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This video explores one of North America's most fascinating cultural phenomenons: Eastern Christianity amongst Native Alaskans.
It is intended to gather support for the production of a feature-length documentary (currently titled "Arctic Cross") about the Yup'ik people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The material was filmed during a fact-finding trip to Alaska in August 2011.
For a detailed description of the proposed film and to help fund this project, please visit "Arctic Cross: Phase 2" on Kickstarter at www.kickstarter...
Credits:
Dmitry Trakovsky - Director, Editor, Writer
Michal Leszczylowski - Editing Consultation
David Davidson - Color Correction and Post-Production
Special thanks to: Bishop Benjamin Peterson, David Davidson, Michal Leszczylowski, Lew Wolfson, Lucille Fedosia Antowock Davis, Father Michael Nicolai and family, Darlene Lois Ekuniak and friends, Father Michael Oleksa, Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr., St. Innocent's Academy, St. Herman of Alaska Seminary, Herman Squartsoff, Spruce Island Charters, Joshua Blake Dillon DiLullo, Los Angeles Filmforum
Orthodoxy is not a denomination, it is the archetype of Christianity.
Yes, the Christian Mystery is alive and well in Orthodoxy
I love being Orthodox. God preserve the Church in Alaska and all America! Amen.
Greetings from a russian to our orthodox brothers in Alaska . God with us !
I’m also Orthodox. What’s truly beautiful is that, unlike the Protestants and Catholic missionaries, we never forced conversion upon anyone. The Orthodox Church led the Native Alaskans into faith of their own free-will, taking them by the hand in friendship and brotherhood.
Haha are you kidding, you should read about how bad the Russians were to the native people lol
@@soulsurfer639: Hey kid, how about actually learning to distinguish between the Russian secular authorities and the Russian Church; they’re not the same. St. Herman of Alaska and many of his contemporaries placed themselves in the way of Russian secular authorities and of greedy businessman and colonizers to protect their native flocks.
@@Orcneas23 touché. You're actually correct. I humbly accept my defeat 🙏
Yes, the Russians were cruel, but not necessarily the Russian missionaries. You have to distinguish between the two.
@@soulsurfer639Good for you.... Learning.... accepting correction.
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner
The patron saint of my Church , is Saint Herman of Alaska . Who had a deep love and respect for the natives peoples . Greetings to my Orthodox brothers in Alaska .
Came to the East from the west. There are over 35,000 denominations in the world today, and 10 new ones every day. Many of them are of only one parish. It seems that everyone wants to be Pope of his own little sect. However, The Holy orthodox Catholic Christian Church, founded on the Day of Pentacost in 33 AD, by the Holy Spirit upon the Holy Apostles and Desciples, is not now or ever was one of those denominations or sects.
Orthodox Alaska..the untold success story of the Orthodox in America. Just beautiful.
Greetings from Greece Orthodox brothers. Happy new year with lots of happiness, successes and health which is a God's gift!
4:54 ❤️
“Alaska should have been a country on its own. Away from Russia, away from United States. Hey, we are Natives! Alaska Natives. Give us guns!”
They're gonna be so poor without the US
Greetings from a Syrian Lebanese Orthodox from Sydney Australia ☦️❤
greetings from Orthodox Greece...God bless you all!!!
I’ve been going up to Alaska since 1983 seasonally, the old native women are some of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. God bless them.
Wow ! Orthodox outside russia - its cool!!!
I love my brothers and sisters in our geligion!!!
Frome russia with love!
Желаю здравствовать и процветать!
Thank you. There are many Orthodox believers in the US (but certainly not as many as in Russia). I've heard that it is the fastest growing religion in the USA. It is certainly one of the fastest growing if not the actual fastest. I think my church has on average 20 adults baptised each year and they are almost all Americans (all different races though; not just whites). My family's background is Orthodox but i wasn't raised in the faith. I only started going to the Orthodox Church when I was 20 something so I guess I'm somewhat of a convert also. I always look to Russia as our mother in the faith because Orthodoxy came to North America from Russian Empire. I love our Orthodox faith and I love Russia very much also!
I decided to become Orthodox in Alaska. I've met Father Michel Oleska
Really that's great😀 what is he like
And I'm also trying to convert to orthodoxy
+T Jones he is a great intellectual resource and caring man
i was formerly protestant (for 28+ years) before learning about Eastern Orthodoxy, and now i am a catechumen in the Orthodox Church. God willing i will be received into His Holy Orthodox Church this year via baptism.
Here is an excellent book in question / answer format for western christians, especially those with a protestant background. It is full of references to the scripture and it's the best book of it's kind that i have came across:
books.google (*dot*) com/books?id=mcG8AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
you can also click on the gear icon and download it as a pdf file.
regards,
theOrthodoxFaith (*dot*) org
+Godly Mathew what is the name of the book I am also hopefully going to be a chatuchum in the orthodox church
Я русский. Я не знаю языка английского. Интересно смотреть видео о единоверцах американцах. Спасибо! Santa Innocents 🙏
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THANK GOD! for the faithfulness of believers in Orthodoxy! Christ is in our midst!
God bless Orthodox Alaska with support for native people's cultural confidence, amen
Thank you for sharing
I watch your RUclips video many times and each time I enjoy it more.
I, too, am I convert in 2006 to Orthodoxy from Lutheranism
I have been lucky enough to hear Father Michael in person once and I have watched several RUclips videos where he speaks; believe it or not I find RUclips such a blessing for me to hear and to have shared Orthodox information, Orthodox Chants and discussion of the Icons and Saints.
My Grandfather immigrated from Germany in the early 1900s so I'm basically 3rd generation American; what America is wroth on other cultures of Native American is beyond belief and other cultures, also.
During World War II US government imprisoned the Japanese from California in concentration camps; white Germans were not put into concentration camps but US government took away their rights to hunt wild game, to farm as they wish and to worship where they wanted.
Praise the Lord for Orthodox Alaska and it's Native population who have always believed. Lord grant me such faith.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
That elderly woman is lovely
God bless Alaska
Congradulations on a job well done and greetings from Orthodox in Illinois.
Greetings from Serbia, God Bless Alaskan brothers and sisters.
Total respect for the Serbian brothers and sisters for all the infinite suffering that the world powers and the Albanians have put them through over the last quarter of a century (and longer). Zhivela Srbija zauvek i svako dobro zheli iz Teksasa.
@@stevekovacevich3011 Thank you brother 🙏
I wasn't Orthodox or even Christian at the the time I went to Alaska I'd love to go back and see the relics of the American Saints.
native alaskans are superior in my opinion to Native Americans. as native alaskans are very very Christian for the most part. and good Christians at that. unfortunately the ones that are not religious tend to fall into alcoholism.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I watch it often to assure myself that Orthodoxy will win for the Lord.
I am an orthodox convert in Detroit, MI, during the OCCO Vespers on Lenten Sundays Father Michael has come to speak, a couple of years that I know of, as a convert, may the Lord bles s my family and nw, Father Michael and Matushka.
But Orthodox Christianity is NOT another denomination! On the contrary. It is in fact simply THE HOLY CHURCH! We are indeed pre denominational. Last time I studied math, a denomination was the product of division. The very Body of Christ can not be divided. People and groups can become apostate and seperated from the Holy Church just as cells in the human body can die and be eliminated from the body in various ways.
so Jesus taught divorce and remarriage did he?
Christ talked about divorce and it was permitted only in case of fornication/adultery. The early Church also expanded this to include cases of desertion and abuse against spouse &/or children. Also Paul spoke in the Spirit of remarriage and such 1 Corinthians 7
This is great. I especially loved the song at the end - "Don't think I am the boogy man!" Looking forward to seeing your full film one of these days.
Rome left the Holy Faith in 1054 and later the deformation fractured into many denominations in the west, but there never was a Protestant deformation in the East. There was not need for one. Protestants in traditionally Orthodox lands are contamination from the heterodoxy and cacodoxy of the west. This confusion of denominationalism
So beautiful! It uplifts my soul. I am almost in tears. Glory be to God! 🙏☦️🙏
David, I’m here to hear your voice once more. I miss you.
I really look forward to seeing the full documentary. I'm very fascinated by Orthodoxy and Alaskan culture. I visited the country a few years ago, and I'd love to go back sometime. Best of luck!
The Russian way of Orthodoxy is so pious and humble. I loved
Yea, she also says something like "Sobakat", which is like the Russian word for dog. Chai is the Russian word for tea, so I'm thinking that these are probably Russian loanwords in her language. Since tea would have been introduced by the Russians, it makes sense that their word would be used for it. I know this is true of the word for tea in Labrador Inuttitut, which is "te", pronounced almost exactly like the English word.
ربي والاله يسوع المسيح احرس كنيستك وشعبك.
رب اله يسوع المسيح الله القدوس يبارك الاساكا الارثوذكسية
Any updates on the progress of the documentary?
Well, since so much of the Orthodox community is Native, and so many Natives are pro-independence, I think it's a completely legitimate topic for this film to explore. Rev. Fr. Michael's politics, as well as those of others like him, are pretty relevant to the Orthodox experience in Alaska, are they not?
Dmitry, congratulations. Cant wait to see full version. Chorals are amazing!!!
Wonderful. great video, I wish it was a full doc movie. I lived in Kodiak AK on the seminary while my dad was going there...my life was going soo good...I beleave it was becouse I was going to chuch, praying, and being around good people. after we had to leave due to my dad being done...life got hard quick...Ill never forget thous holy days.
This was a great video on the Orthodox in America.
Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Greetings from lebanon, god bless this people.
Папа, чай, собака.)
Сохранили наш русский язык частично 👍
Where can I find more film from this?
Thanks and God bless you. 🙏🏻☦
Has there been any movement on the documentary?
Native brother is right, Alaska should be independant not sold to US.. It was a mistake on part of Russian tzar but to be fair, most of the top royals of Russia at the time, were not Russians but offspring of Anglosaxon "royal" families, mixed with some Russian blood.
Vice versa no more anglo than russian or german. The royals of europe were all intermixed.
I was on Spruce Is for a month. I went to Ozinkiee.Long lined , and caught some cod. Nice country, good people. But to my mind, home, on Lake Erie is where my heart is. Like chidren, people always think thier's is the most beautiful. I think that fact is just fine, loving your home better than anywhere else. Home is where I am now, 3 miles from where I was born. I am the native here, and as the tribes know, that means something. I belong here. You belong there, and I wish you well.
Greetings from the orthodox in Lebanon
I'm orthodox from the pribilof island st.paul alaska and its a nice church the priest is nice alo
St.Herman pray for us sinners!
Greetings my Relatives from Prague! Sending you love as Easter approaches 2021
Brother is it true that Czech republic is 90 % atheist ??
@@alangervasis Not true. 2 Orthodox churches in Prague alone + many many Catholic faithful . . . More interestingly is that many I know who claim to be Athiests actually live their lives closer to the 10 Commandments than those who claim a faithful persuasion. . . .
Beautifully done. Hello from Connecticut!
From ethiopia, God give long live for alaska chirsitian
God Bless Alaska
As a muslim, I find orthodoxy earily familiar in many aspects of worship, customs, rituals, etc. Lots of Love to all my Orthodox brothers and sisters... god bless the prophet jesus
Jesus not a "prophet" at all, He is Son of God. Greetings from Russia.
Thank you!
All glory to Christ Jesus our Lord and God! +++
All glory to Christ Jesus our Lord and God! +++
Hamza Tahir, there are not many aspects of worship, customs, rituals, etc. I appreciate your meaning well, but Jesus is absolutely not a prophet, He is consubstantial with the Father, meaning He and the Father and their Holy Spirits (merged into 1) are all one. The Holy Trinity. Mary gave birth to Jesus the man, for He walked and lived among us. Islam does not believe any of that. Your prophet was a very violent and brutal man, who wrote a very violent and brutal book. Jesus, Son of the Living God was as peaceful as they come, preaching and teaching love and nonviolence is the only way to live.
A Muslim has the right to do anything to an infidel, confiscate his property and have his way with their women. Customs??? Orthodoxy does not confine women and girls in clothing, freedom to shop, have a Male doctor and to do as they need. We do not have Sharia Law such mandates stoning women for being raped while freeing the rapist. Neither do we circumcis girls. Etc., etc. No, I beg to differ, we have very little in common with Islam.
By doctrine, Orthodoxy and Islam are 180 degrees apart, incompatible with each other.
There was a slow splitting between Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox that eventually led to the ousting of 'The Old Believers', there was never a schism like that which happened in the west.
Pinku Mawile Nice quick, simple synopsis. Except Russians received the Faith from the Byzantines. Our ruling bishops came from Greece for decades until finally a native was elected & confirmed. We never "split" from the Greek church. As a matter of fact we are still one.
Yes! We have always been one and will continue to be indefinitely.
I wonder why the Aleut Chant that St. Herman of Alaska helped organize hasn't caught on, i would love to hear some of that
Preach it!!!
What's the first chant? It sounds beautfiful.
Trisagion hymn...!
this video makes me so damn homesick. I grew up in Texas but AK is my real home. unfortunately I've been living in Illinois for the past 5 years, and I can't wait to move back to Alaska! America is nice but it has nothing on Alaska!
So did they make the full length documentary?
I should go to Alaska. Cause child took for me the name of Herman (Germanos, when i become munk). I should visit Alaska. Cause i feel more touch with Herman of Alaska. I just share the taught of mine.... I am happy, that Baltic German was kind to Herman (Germanos) and to the people there when it was under Russian Impire. This Baltic German was from Estonia as i am.
Im becoming Orthodox soon was a messianic (protestant) jew ☦️
очень интересно... :)
correct me if i am wrong but at the end of the movie she sings in native langauge and use word of Chai , and it means tea ?
Did they ever finish this?
T Powers Apologies for the delay, but I am actually still working on it! I hope to finish it by early 2016!
+trakovskyfilm Was just looking at the kickstarter and was sad there had been no updates since 2013, very pleased to hear you still plan on finishing this :)!
When you finish it could you post a link here
Russians brought to Alaska religion AND VODKA 🙏🏻 what a wonderful combination
Usa brought decadence and nothing to alaska
It is so beautiful in Alaska. I would love to live there but I would die of the coldness.
Has haa....I promise you would not freeze to death! You might die from the lifestyle of being very self-reliant, or cabin fever or too much fun, but not the temps.
It caught on amongst the Aleut... but not amongst the Eskimo nor Indian populations. Remember - there are over a dozen distinct ethnic groups, and the Aleut are but one. Most of the Aleut culture died during WW II, however, with the relocations. 10 years of forced relocation can kill a culture.
7:20. A native Alaskan named Sven Haakanson?
I want to help make the young mans kayak idea a reality
Grace to Lord
Good bless you people
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I think I just saw Deadliest Catch FV northwestern in the background
Well said 🙏✨
5:34 DOG IN DA ROAD!!!
Glory to God
the thing I like about Alaska is the natives want to share the culture. they don't hoard away cultur to themselves, the way that Native Americans do.
stop spreading negativity , you know they converted by choice right? thats what orthodoxy teaches, humility and compassion , the protestants use to kill other natives that's what made them angry
How zealous and faithful to Traditional Orthodox Christianity the simple people of Alaska have shown themselves Roto be! GOD BLESS THEM! Down here in the lower 48 the OCA buckled down to the World and bent over to accept the Revised Gregorian Calendar. Here we're ashamed of our Russian Orthodox Faith. THERE they adhere to it without question!
+Timothy Connelly
Here is an excellent video presentation on the falsely called 'revised-julian' calendar *which is in truth the gregorian calendar* merely retaining the Orthodox Pascha. i am rather polemic when it comes to this issue, so forgive me. but the talk itself is very non-polemic and you can forward it to any friends you have that like to defend the 'new calendar':
*Calendar Reform in the Orthodox Church* by Protodeacon Serge Arlievsky, Holy Trinity Seminary | 1 Hour 8 Minutes
youtube (*dot*) com/watch?v=Bv1e_pGz80I [English Version]
also there is a Russian Version of the same talk:
youtube (*dot*) com/watch?v=fTR1HX7n6mw
regards,
theOrthodoxFaith (*dot*) org
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_'Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.'_ - Proverbs 22_8
+Timothy Connelly
ps. i'm glad to see you referred to it as the 'revised gregorian calendar'. because that's exactly what it is.
Thank you! God bless you!
Timothy Connelly
efharisto! thank you.
please pray for me, a sinner and catechumen, that the Lord may have mercy on me and unite me to His Holy Orthodox Church.
I know this is three years old, but I wanted to say this. How, does what calendar we use is necessary to our salvation? Because you say it like they have committed grand heresy, even though using the same calendar as the rest of the world is like agreeing with the world. By your logic, we should not drink the same water as the world, as if somehow we take some bad spiritual energy from it. Please do not mistake pettiness and pride for piety, as that is the road to perdition. Thank you, and God Bless you
Anyone know the name of the chant in the beginning sung by the parishioners?
derkleriker100 I'm pretty sure that's the Trisagion
Greetings 🤗🙏😻🐕☕
Живели Ескими
part2?
IF YOU WOULD DO A MORE DETAILED RESEARCH THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THAT RUSSIAN EMPIRE ☦☦☦ (NOT THE SAME AS TODAYS RUSSIA) HAVE NEVER RECEIVED THE MONEY FOR THE ALASKA, SO YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THIS LAND IS NOT TERITORY OF UNITED STATES 🤔
Аляска русская земля!
We payed for it.
Edited.
Hi, thank you for your message. I'm very sorry that the film isn't finished yet. I am planning to go back one more time to complete a decade-long portrayal of a Yupik family. But I completely understand your frustration... the project ended up having a much greater scope than I could have imagined, and there were several events that occurred during shooting that changed the film's direction. If you contributed to the campaign please contact me and I will gladly reimburse you.
@@trakovskyfilm Hi, I'm sorry as well.. late night comments do nobody good. I do hope the film gets completed, please do keep updating on the progress of the film..thank you and sorry again
@@OrthoAdjust Totally understand! I am doing a horrible job on updating people. I will try to improve! If possible, please send a message on Facebook to "The Prophecy" with your email address. It is a (completed) spin-off project that we shot in Alaska and I can send you the link! Be well and thank you!
Oh trust me... I'm seeking God! The Alpha! The Omega! The creator of ALL living life! The Author and the Finisher of MY FAITH! :) My Savior! My healer! I'm preaching better then you're amen-ing!!! WHOO! :D I have no doubt in my mind that I am saved!
mrdoishiman - That sounds like self-assuredness, not humble honesty about one's own sinfulness or CONSTANT need for Christ, which would lead one to embrace His BODY, The Church, you cannot separate the Incarnate Son from His body, he's not a Ghost or the founder of a philosophy. Without the Eucharist in the Church He founded (over and against all the modern sects founded in the West), no matter how much "head believing" one does, they do not abide in Christ nor have Life in them (John 6:52-58).
Have you found a religion yet?
I've been to a Russian Orthodox Church... A Saint Hermon's one anyways... I don't want to sound rude, but I was raised to seek after God fully every since I was a boy, I grew up worshiping God through the gifts of the Spirit and music... When I visited the Russian Orthodox Church, I was very depressed and I cried afterwards... Their was no life... and ever since then, I have had a negative view on Orthodoxy. If a church does not have life within the service, then it's just a dead congregation.
mrdoishiman It's saint herman
Emotional services and inspirational music that also stirs emotions doesn't mean that there is life any more than being exited at a football game makes you a pro football player.
Emotions are fickle.
Any religion that is directed at man and not God you should question. Never seek entertainment or what you want from God. Focus outside your own desires to God.
Orthodox is mostly Roman , Ottoman and Turkish Culture . Bible is written in Anatolia , so it is mix of Arab culture from Throat and Roman Culture from Anatolia , the Orthodox one must be the root Bible as it is totally includes Anatolian Roman and Ottoman culture , as Orthodox style chanting of music called "Nihavend " has been created in Ottoman's Sultan Fatih time (It is de crease , fates and then in crease to happy end as it express the relive ! , Nihavend's word meaning is Huge Door , and there is a City in Iran with this name ) and Sultan Fatih was also the saver of Orthodoxy as when he conquered Constantinapol and made it Istanbul , he learned that Catholic Church , short time ago , shot down the Orthodox Church and got all it's followers to itself , than Sultan Fatih signed a new Patriarch to Orthodoxy Church and gave it power much more than it had in Byzantine Times , Orthodox church became a Divan member of Ottoman with the Wezir statue , which was the highest position some one can have after Sultan , so all Orthodox Priests started to wear Sultan or Ottoman Soldiers "Yeni Cheri " like head wears as they were the Church of a strong Empire and has a highest position in it , Sultan was even stricter the population of muslims in Istanbul Ottoman started to be sheria muslim after Yavuz Selim but the Power of Orthodox chores lasted to it's last years . There was humors about Sultan Fatih was a Christian , but Fatih was attending both Masque and Church so no one can know the truth . According to Turkish historians Turks were already living an Orthodoxy Islam as Baptize was being performed at homes under the name "Kırklama " , Easter was celebrating under the name of Çiğdem Aşı with the same time and tradition like Christians do painting eggs with onions and visiting neighbors with yellow crocus and eggs in chants . A pan full of wheat , candles on it having an half glasses of water at the center was put in front of the muslim prayer , an incense was fired in front of the ceremony house , no need to mention about our Tree belief , all these Orthodox traditions are performed by Turks from Central Asia to Balkans through Anatolia
nergiz gündüz We’re not anything like Islam, Islam is based on heresies like Nestorianism.
@@TheRealRealOK Don't forget Arianism too!
Dont be ridiculous
Average turkish nationalist be like