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Highly recommend Orthodoxy And The Kingdom of Satan + UFO Deception. Both insightful and written in an understandable manner (which was helpful because English is not my first language).
Due to illness, I must avoid many types of food and beverages...every day. It is difficult, because it is so restrictive, including socially. According to my spiritual father, it is a type of fasting. When Father Spiridon said a blessing comes, joy came into my heart and a smile onto my face.
It's definitely a type of fasting. I'm in the same situation. Due to illness, I have to eat a specific diet that's somewhat opposite of typical orthodox fasting food.....every day. It's difficult. Lord have mercy.
Wow, I just got a blood test done that shows many many foods I'm allergic and intolerant *to and it's a struggle..shows how attached I am to worldly pleasures. I also have illnesses that hang over my head daily and 2 young children. Loved reading this comment. Makes me encouraged these ailments are from Christ our Lord to pull me away from the worldly into that which is eternal. Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.
I am attacked through my well meaning family. Always asking me to go out to eat, to join in the festivities, to get a life, etc. I live a minimalist life on the physical realm, and live a devoted life. But they just don't get it. They always laugh and remind me of my mistakes as a youth. The attacks come from all directions. Even through ones you love.
If it brings you any comfort I face the same challenges as you brother to a smaller extent.God is good do not worry , take courage and take up your cross
Great thoughtfulness for yourself. Just think of it as sugar, give yourself an apple if previous thoughts prevail. Vitb12 at 3pm helps. Consider that we need the best of rest, good sleep is when zero alcohol, as it disrupts everyone from having he best depth of sleep.
I just want to humbly express my gratitude for Father Spyridon and his shared wisdom with us. God is working miraculously in my life in ways that I cannot even begin to express. We must pray with sincerity that we can be humble servants of our Lord Jesus Christ, that God will grant us the strength to take up our cross and follow Him. 🙏
0:08 Everyone of us are in Spiritual battle 0:51 The demons will fill us with worldly pre-occupations 1:30 Satisfaction Deceptions 2:19 Demons Will attack with tricks of Despair, of Laziness, of Deception, of False Belief 2:55 Christ offers us something Unearned Eternal Joy. 4:01 Fasting 7:189:24 4:57 Acting Through Our Bodies 6:02 Address The State of The Soul 7:44 A Small Sacrifice, A Small Sign of Our Faith 8:38 God sees our offering 9:54 Deny the Demands of the Flesh, for a short time, for the sake of Christ’s Kingdom
I’ve been asking the same question, why can’t I just be free of spiritual struggles and just be at peace. I quickly learnt that you cannot run away from this, I get intrusive thoughts and urges to blaspheme against God. Thoughts I cannot control and cannot stop, it is out of my reach and it feels like my mind is no longer mine but a playground for the demons. Today on Friday I am fasting to declare I need God, please pray for me o people of God. Keep me in your prayers
Lord Jesus help this one whom wants to please,you with their whole heart. Give them strength to endure and follow you. May I ask if you are born again? Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Read the whole chapter. God Bless.
@@sacredcowtipper1378 Beloved. We are born again at Holy Baptism, and we live everyday struggling against the world the flesh and the devil to make it the centre of life
@@ryanlister4722 Good Morning Ryan, Being baptized in water was practiced by most of the Jews at the time of John the Baptist as a SIGN of true repentance yet none of them were saved from their sins. John called them to turn to God and turn from their sins and begin obeying God’s ways. But my question for you here is, “Were any of them BORN AGAIN by being water baptized?” No. Of course not, many went on later shouting “crucify Him” and many were destroyed in AD 70 that continued rejecting Him as the messiah and Saviour. If repentance could save and the inward man (you are a spirit being) is not changed, you would still have the sin nature of Adam or original sin. The question here is not if one should be baptized or not but the question would be WHEN should someone be baptized, FOR WHAT REASON should one be baptized, It is an ordinance or command of the church but for WHO? I am not denying that. So WHO should be baptized? Can you show me in the Bible where an INFANT is baptized? I can show you several places WHEN a person was to be baptized and it was always AFTER they were already born again of the Spirit of God after hearing the gospel preached either by Peter, Philip the evangelist or someone else. There is ONE instance when PHilip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch at the time of the eunuch believing the gospel pretty much at the same time. But the eunuch was already reading Isaiah 53 and beginning to understand the gospel. then there is the instance of the thief on the cross who was saved yet never water baptized. Jesus said he would be with him in paradise. What I fear is if we teach people they are literally born again at water baptism as many Catholics are taught, they go on throughout the rest of their life believing that saves them yet they never really came to the cross and believed the gospel or understood it or had any intent in changing their ways or having God change them. Some sacraments are from God and should be obeyed but only after one has already been born again. Nobody was ever baptized as an infant. An infant is innocent and should that infant die they would go to heaven as sin was not revived in them yet as Paul put it. They were born with the sin nature but they had not went against conscience yet not knowing what sin was or wasn’t yet. They are not accountable yet. Jesus mentioned that in the gospels. Can you imagine every aborted baby going to hell if baptism saved as they had not been baptized yet? It was BELIEVING the gospel that saved in every account in the Book of Acts. And then they were water baptized as a symbol of what was already accomplished by the Spirit of God in their spirit/soul. It was like a proclamation that “I am professing jesus as my Savior and Lord and joining the church.” Baptism was also something the Jews practiced under the old covenant when a gentile became a proselyte or convert to the Mosaic covenant. They became a convert FIRST. Circumcision under the old covenant was the typology of being born again into that covenant. Paul in the new testament says when we are born again “is now circumcised in heart”, not just the flesh..
@@sacredcowtipper1378 i made the decision to walk after the spirit a few years ago. But I've been struggling to do that and my spiritual life has seen more and more attacks over the past few months. I've learnt more about God and I've grown closer to him but the struggles keep growing. Even when i pray i get anxious and i put myself down. I've tried to break free from bondages and sinful living but I've failed most of the times and i find my spiritual life to be not so consistent.
@@ashwinraphael Hello Ashwin, Satan doesn’t like people to try to follow Jesus. I have been attacked for 40 years but we have Holy Spirit power to resist the devil. 1. Submit to God. 2. Resist the devil. Why would we need to resist the devil if he isn’t coming after us?. 3. And he will flee from you. Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Can i ask you if you have been born again by the Holy Spirit from the inside out? Many believve water baptism is being born again but that isn’t what it is? That is a sacrament in some Christian churches. Some are trying to live holy lives by arm of the flesh. Paul said “walk in the Spirit” so you don’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. We need the spirit of God living on the inside of us especially how wicked this world is getting now. God Bless.
I truly love this man's teaching and way he explains it all. He is helping me to understand what it means to be a Christian. And I am learning how to deepen my walk with God thanks to his explanations. Thank you sir!
Fasting, prayer, meditation, spiritual baths, white candles, gratitude, listen to your gut feeling and always ask for guidance from God and your guardian angels. Most importantly especially now pray and ask for guidance in your mind not out loud. Blessed be everyone 🙏
Very well spoken Father Spyridon. An exellent stategem to thwart the Devil. True struggle. What I hate about the Demons is how they use other People to put you in despair,and humiliation. They do this to try to make us fall. I especially liked what you said about trying harder to sacrifice for God. We know that the demons will pull out every trick they can.
I am a man of 25. Since I was about 15 I have known I wanted to be a father, but when I look around I don't see a world where kids much less a wife are realistic. I don't think marriage is feasible today and I have had a hard time replacing that desire with something more realistic. I know I am not doing my job. I wake up every day without a mission and aimless. I work really only to meet my needs and then once that happens I am done, because the world is going to hell anyway and most people don't even know there is an enemy. The only reason I don't kill myself is, because that is a sin. I packed up a number of my books and have been travelling around the country living out of my car for the past 8 months or so hoping I find somewhere that speaks to me. I know I am currently selfish. I don't know my way out of it. I don't care to do my duty as American, because America/Britain (it's hard to tell where one begins and the other ends) is the evil empire. I've got my mom, my brothers whom I love a lot, but my loving them doesn't make building houses in a Michigan winter worth it. I don't know. I am a lost soul, and I don't even know where to begin to look up.
"without a mission and aimless" the mission is to build up your body and mind with healthy physical exercise and the learning (of Holy things) while preparing for the Lord. The less we want after the satiety of things the better we can equip and prepare ourselves for when those things may come. The duty of a father and husband is to be strong and competent, so that is the mission of every day. God bless.
I feel you, my situation is not entirely different. Know that you're not alone. I hope the church can help, it is what I am trying! And of course having faith in my savior.
I’m Catholic and we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, but i think i will join along on your fast and feast as well…. The world is so messed up.
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Catholics do have a fast beginning the day after the Assumption......St. Michael's Lent (August 15th to September 29th....ending on the feast of St. Michael). The norms for Lenten fasting are a guideline. St. Francis had a devotion to St. Michael and he fasted during that time. It was during this fast St. Francis received the stigmata. St. Michael's Lent began with St. Francis and it was spread by Franciscans through the 18th century.
@Ivan Vlatkovic I've no problem with Bishop Barron as a matter of fact he has brought me closer to God, he has wonderful homilies! Nowhere does Bishop Barron encourage sin , he brings many to the faith . Bishop Barron doesn't live a life of debauchery, he is a true man of the Church .
I’m really at a loss as to why so many Roman Catholics watch this channel and yet don’t come to Holy Orthodoxy. Please at least visit some local Orthodox parishes and talk to the priest and attend Liturgy and be open to the possibility that you may have to make some changes and may Lord Jesus guide you and his ever-virgin mother protect you in your search for the true faith☦️
I have no qualm with Orthodoxy and everywhere RC speak favorably of. The opposite isn’t equally true. I attend DIvine Liturgy when visiting my daughters family.
Thank you so very much for this message, Fr. Spyridon. I needed to hear this as I have been struggling lately and feeling as though I am in a fight for where my attentions are torn between the world and the Lord and keeping spiritually minded. I have been guilty of being distracted and complacent. Thank you again.
If i may say, i agree with a lot of the reformed theology, but this man has wisdom thats beyond me, and i appreciate him. I think the Body is getting bigger, and Christ will hand the Nations over to the Father at the appropriate time. Lord have mercy on us all. I hope all is well with everyone of you. Lord have Mercy, plz.
To be a Christian is to be a martyr. All Christians are called to white martyrdom, and some Christians are also called to red martyrdom. When we pray and fast, we answer the call to white martyrdom. Christians must daily do battle against the three great foes: the flesh (internal), the world (external), and the devil (infernal). May we ponder upon the words of Abba Daniel of Sketis: “In proportion as the body grows fat, so does the soul wither away.”
God Bless you with much love and gratitude in Christ Jesus… Thank you for sharing this message of encouragement to endure this wicked world in Christ Jesus Acts 14:22 King James Version 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
i guess my parish follows a new calendar. the dormition fast ended on the 15th. it was the first fast i kept as a catechumen. i loved it. i learned a lot.
There are 4 fasts throughout an entire year . They are very useful spiritually BUT also physically . As Orthodox Christians, me and my family fast every year all those 4 fasts and as a magnificent gift from God, we are all perfectly healthy .
I was born on the first day of orthodox Christmas and I have started to get into orthodoxy thank you for posting these videos on orthodox as it’s very helpful!
A reminder I got this morning myself. I Praise Lord Jesus Christ. Today would’ve been tougher if not for His grace & compassion. Also taught me few things I still needed to repent of. Glory to our god
Thank you father Spyridon for this lesson I am undergoing a very intense struggle. After being socially isolated and kinda isolated from a Methodist community. I talked to an Orthodox pastor, and started attending this is my 3rd week going and I am struggling to even go to church. I want to be firm on these issues even with my family who are non-Orthodox but I am struggling to even say no to them. Could you please pray for me?
God bless you, David, and God bless this road. One step at a time, dear brother! I'm an unworthy sinner, but we (my family) will pray for you. We were on a similar path as you a year ago. Trust God who, as we say in the prayers, "is good and lovest mankind." St. Paisios says God has made us all as little temples. Retreat inside and pray whenever you need to. He is not far from any one of us! God bless you, David! ☦
Irish Catholic born and bred. Orthodox by Choice. Never going back. I converted in 2018. Met my own demon on the very night of my Chrismation. I had a choice to make: continue in my own fear; or take a leap of faith forward. Remember, the devil always show up on your greatest day. Peace.
I'm in a huge struggle with this big time and making me always too weak and lazy avoiding and angry at God to even want to fight and have faith... Even mad and have blocked Faith love of God and people and stopping me to even try to do do good and repent etc. I really need the power of the holy spirit and Christ to cover my wicked heart that keeps giving in... And wishing so much that evil had no control over me or anything or anyone 😔 because the effects it has on life and really messing up with our minds to truely know and love God and others right and blocking repentance.
Always something within me that stops me and leading ofhers from coming to Jesus or just wanting to "flee" and hide or blame like Adam and Eve. And how they only sinned once but I and others are great wicked sinners and more comparing to them 😔 and seems like even when we do have Chris we don't even have that power or love that we should have been given by believing and the Holy Spirit needs to really help us! I do feel like an Anti spirit of Christ is always interfering and creating a mess with us all and also making me hold back or just not want to fight and when even God said he will fight for us and already won.
A few years ago I had a dream that God manifested himself as a small boy only wearing shorts outside on a hot summer day, I knew immediately it was God only because of his demeanor and the way he looked at and through me, He wanted me to play, to go climb a tree with him; So i did, and up he went to the top of the tree entirely effortlessly; I on the other hand as I pulled myself up branch by branch, struggling, sweating, breathing hard.....and he looked down to me with only a look as if to say "effort need not be painful, nor should it ever be" as if to be rhetorically inquisitive as to why I would allow a foreign body or concept to affect me......he never said a word, it was the look and the body language, the leading example that said it all.....
You know the real struggle is trying to get all those videos fitting into one playist maybe I should just give up and treat the entire channel as playlist
When you said that either the soul is the slave of the body or the body is the slave of the soul, something came to my mind. In the past i thought of the body with all its pleasures as something guilty and has to be disciplined. Now it came to me: our body is not good or bad. It is inocent, neutral, like a land that can be inhabited by any kinds of people. But our mind can be guilty, because it sometimes abuses our body like a parasite, in order to get the pleasure creating dopamine. So not the body has to be a slave of the soul, but the mind has to serve God, than the body is the temple, and not the cave. I’m not contradicting, I just think it is more accurate like this.
In Orthodox Theology, we prefer to talk about the Nous rather than the mind. Fr. Spyridon may have a video on this. The saints and Elders have all used Nous instead of the mind, especially since the so-called Enlightenment. Peace
The body is an animal seeking pleasure overload just like your dog does eat anything put in front of it. The mind is part of the body the only good thoughts come from God. Not one man is good not one. This is scripture
Every sermon you give is gold, father. Though you do not understand yoga. They market it. But it is a very Christian set of precepts and exercises. It's not about tight pants on nice butts.
@@yury2749 There is a good understanding within the Orthodox tradition about the true spiritual nature of Yoga, it is after all at heart an Indian religious practice. The Saints of the 20th Century investigated it spiritually and told us to avoid it as a spiritual plague so the faithful Orthodox do that. If physical therapy is needful there are fully secular options based on physiotherapy. There may be small amounts of Yoga and other teachings which point to Christ but it does not make them any more Christian than the Greek or Roman systems of gods. Orthodox Christianity has the fullness of the Truth which we will not leave for partial fragments although where something which is true can be used we will such as adapting traditional art to be used in icons or telling the Gospel story.
Its one of the hardest things in this life, becoming holy, daily spiritual warfare, this is imensly hard. In every way not easy, i pray to god we will make it to heaven. But im just not sure, everything is sin.
Hello father, I am an inquirer of the faith, and I believe that the Orthodox church holds the truth to Christianity. How should I pray to the Lord, now that I have asked of my local priest about the process of starting my catechumenation? Thank you
Ask the priest of your local church, they each have their own preferences, a good place to start us just attending regularly and on time (the latter concept is alien to some Orthodox, unfortunately) the services will teach you much, and a big thing do not rush, 9 to 12 months is a normal time to be a catechumen if there is no reason to speed it up although it can take longer.
Father, can you speak about Hesychasm? It would help Christians not fall into the trap of eastern traditions/religions of Yoga, Hinduism, and Zen - to name a few.
FASTING & spiritual warfare; well I never! AS a young enthusiastic CHRISTian I used to fast for 24 hours, & have no food & drink, once weekly. I shall try again; every Wednesday will be fast/hunger strike day...just H20💧
The tradition allows us food with no oil on those days as the Church in her wisdom and experience has found this more beneficial than no food. The thing with fasting in the Orthodox tradition is that it is always done in obedience and never of our own will as pride is a greater risk than a full stomach.
A friend of mine recently left monastery due to being unhappy about his unfinished worldly things, and this worries me greatly. Is his soul in danger or lost for doing this or it's God's plan still working on him?
Thank you for your wisdom as always Father Spyridon. I do have a question: what are your thoughts on the heschyia and hesychasm movement? As far as I can tell, these monks were using meditation practices to attain a higher sense of Christ consciousness. Even if there is a risk of encountering demons through various transcendental practices, many would say the risk of these chance encounters (especially for those who are initiated and prepared to deal with this situation) is worth the ability to attain Christ consciousness. What are your thoughts here?
Why does the quote at the end say that God will not allow our enemies to use violence against us? Isn't that a mark of a true Saint, to suffer in the flesh?
You want spiritual help quickly pray the St. Michael Chaplet daily and the Rosary. Just sayin….you will move towards virtue as sins of the flesh start to decrease. God will initiate the dark night of the soul if you need it.
no meat, no dairy on any day of the fast. and no wine or oil except Saturdays and Sundays. this Friday is the feast of the Transfiguration, so fish wine and oil are allowed on that day. hope this helps
@@QuixoticSativa Yes. You can eat. Some will suggest eating a little less overall, moderation, but no one is starving themselves. Also, no oil or eggs in addition to the meats, dairy, and wine. We increase our prayer time and almsgiving during the fasts of the Orthodox church, so as not to make fasting an idol in and of itself. The point is to turn ourselves more intently toward God.
Yes. You are following the Revised/New Calendar. Greece, Antioch and a few other Orthodox Churches use this Roman Catholic Calendar, instead of the Julian Calendar, which is the Orthodox calendar properly speaking.
Oh yes there is a cultures war one might even use word like spiritual to describe. But i prefer not to use the world spiritual as it is usually based on the books like the Bible, Koran or Torah. Books that claim to be inspired by an immortal omnipotent all knowing God. But we find in their pages stories of floods covering the entire earth in the last 5000 years. We look for evidence of that and there is instead strong evidence against it. The books claim the law giving God is Just and merciful but they prescribe death to apostates like me, adulterers, practicing homosexuals sabbath breakers....Midionite toddlers after their parents lost a war to the israelites. Seems like this was written by flawed people of their time not inspired by a creator.Would not be so bad if there was just one book or sect but there are so many giving flawed humans yet another excuse to divide ourselves into "us and them". These books are not the way to peace. Note how some of the most secular countries have the lowest crime rates.
Hello John, most secular countries - North Korea and Russia - are not places I would want to live and raise my family. The evidence for the flood is very strong. You can interpret features like the Grand Canyon as having been created slowly y a little water or quickly by a great deal of water, but it is interpretation. However, the sharp demarcation between sedentary lines indicates rapid not slow formation, pointing to the biblical flood. Of course we could then get into debate about lots of evidence, but my point is, let's not pretend the scientific evidence only points to one conclusion - it all depends on what you believe.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR How did we get here? for me my parents sent me to 8 years of Sunday school in one of the Abrahamic religions. I decided that the things I was taught were not true.Then when they found out decades of concern that this would make me unfit to raise children among other things. now in old age youtube sometimes sticks thumbnails like yours into view and I feel motivated to comment. You claim that a the effort to practice Christianity will be infinitely smaller than the eternal reward it grants. I have no doubt that becoming a Christian would be the right choice if there were a Jesus in a heaven wishing to grant me an eternal happy afterlife for this small price. I just this claim is real for many reasons but will give three reasons. FIRST REASON: In all of the Abrahamic religions are based on books making claims made that an all knowing just and benevolent creator approved things no benevolent creator would approve.. Slavery, being able to keep people as property and sell their children compelling them to work for you is described and condoned. Cruel punishments are advocated in the old testament and Koran. Specifically people like me who are apostates are supposed to be killed for doubting the words of the "holy books" Stoned to death with the gays ( old testament at least Sabbath breakers and most notably the Midionite children. Many forget the Israelites had a war with the Midionites . After capturing the Midionites God commanded that all the men be killed all the boys (toddlers too!) be killed. All the women who had known man by lying with him killed but " keep the girls for your selves" Sounds like a book written by bronze age sheep herders who were not above genocide when they won a war. SECOND REASON If there were a God that loved all humans all so much that he would send his (son/ himself ? it is kind of murky) as a sacrifice if we only believe I think the event would not have waited 1500 years to let the Hawaiians, North and South Americans, Australians, know of this. But all those unexposed to missionaries for 1500 years go to hell, Same with the Koran that did not reach these placed either. ( The Jews I think do not promise a heaven or hell so they may be exempt from this second reason....Except they also claim it is important to know and study the bible but their God has put so little effort into sending prophets in the last 2000 years... THIRD REASON The Bible contradicts Science There is a lake Sugetsu in Japan. each spring with the snow melt a layer of clay from incoming streams makes a dark layer. Each summer a layer of white material from diatoms ( microscopic algae) floating to the bottom. ~ 50,000 countable visible layers. There is no biblical flood layer. The carbon 14 dates correspond reasonably well to the layer position for almost 50,000 years. That is strong evidence that carbon 14 dating is good and as it realates a gas in the atmosphere it should be true world wide.What is worse for those who claim Adam and Eve as ancestors less than 10,000 years ago is the human remains going back tens of thousands or years over much of the world. We can date their bones by their carbon 14 too. Regarding your comment about Russia and North Korea I agree I would not want to live there. North Korea had in a sense created a religion that worships a dynasty of leaders. But place like Sweeden, Japan, Norway... few more can't recall have sub 30% god belief rates and are quite good with regards to crime and prosperity. Readers on can live outside of organized religion and find something else useful and enjoyable to do on weekend mornings.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I should add a relative was in the peace corps in equatorial Africa some decades ago. They had a belief in witches. Witches were blamed for accidents and illness. The chief called " the witcher" to the village to find and eliminate the witch. The next day his wife was dead. And it was said she was the witch. That is a worst case scenario when you have people blaming problems on imaginary supernatural forces. She was murdered and no one was punished. My foolish cousin saw the witcher in black robe wandering the darkness of the village at night with a light hovering several feet in from to him and convinced of their power.. Such an effect is achievable with a black stick holding a tiny flame or battery powered light in a paper lantern dangling from a black thread. You failed to respond to any of my points 4 days ago which is understandable it is hard to defend the cruelty ( death penalties) and irrationality ( God wants us to believe and leaves half the world in the dark 1500 years) and scientifically observable mistakes ( there was no flood, there was no garden of Eden in the last 20,000 years by reliable carbon 14 I described)of the Bible
@@JohnSmith-fj3uf You do know that carbon dating is unreliable although scientists pefer to hide this so that they can claim the trillions of years the earth/universe existed to try and claim evolution (which is impossible, as anyone with a basic knowledge of science knows, protein from a spark of lightning off a rock? that becomes the complex living things on earth? pull the other one).
Surprised that you say Russia is secular, I thought 60% of the population professed the Russian Orthodox religion as do you. Surely you meant China? Or Japan? Or perhaps India?@@FatherSpyridonROCOR
i am new to orthodox christian and i really wanna get closer to God so do you have any suggestions what i should do? ive said some horrible stuff in the past and im really ashamed of it and i wanna pray to God for forgivness but i dont know how to start with it can anyone help me please i would be really thankful 😄😄
Hey Srbsko, well where you live do you have an Orthodox church nearby? You can always visit. I am sure a father there can help you. But of course it is always good to pray and ask our lord for forgiveness too.
@@miguelgarzon6475 hello thanks for the response and yes i do have a monastery like really close to my house but im kind of embarrased and shy to speak to the monks haha also my parents wont let me go anywhere on my own sadly so idk what i should do
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Wow, I will definitely be looking into these books! Thank you Father.
Loving the your Book ‘The UFO Deception’ . Truly thought it was going to be interesting, but it is more than that ! It is enlightening as I’ve never thought about UFO s in this way before . In reading the book non stop . Thanks !
Highly recommend Orthodoxy And The Kingdom of Satan + UFO Deception. Both insightful and written in an understandable manner (which was helpful because English is not my first language).
Due to illness, I must avoid many types of food and beverages...every day. It is difficult, because it is so restrictive, including socially. According to my spiritual father, it is a type of fasting. When Father Spiridon said a blessing comes, joy came into my heart and a smile onto my face.
It's definitely a type of fasting. I'm in the same situation. Due to illness, I have to eat a specific diet that's somewhat opposite of typical orthodox fasting food.....every day. It's difficult. Lord have mercy.
@@orthodox1717 May God give you good strength
@@virginialopezrey6860 amen, you as well! God bless you! ☦️
Wow, I just got a blood test done that shows many many foods I'm allergic and intolerant *to and it's a struggle..shows how attached I am to worldly pleasures. I also have illnesses that hang over my head daily and 2 young children. Loved reading this comment. Makes me encouraged these ailments are from Christ our Lord to pull me away from the worldly into that which is eternal. Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.
Fasting is spiritual but more and more more it is Gods gift for the body to allow it to heal
I am attacked through my well meaning family. Always asking me to go out to eat, to join in the festivities, to get a life, etc. I live a minimalist life on the physical realm, and live a devoted life. But they just don't get it. They always laugh and remind me of my mistakes as a youth. The attacks come from all directions. Even through ones you love.
Take heart
If it brings you any comfort I face the same challenges as you brother to a smaller extent.God is good do not worry , take courage and take up your cross
Dear lord please give me the strength and courage to live 🙏
Gave up booze today. I know a battle is ahead. Your videos give strength
Great thoughtfulness for yourself. Just think of it as sugar, give yourself an apple if previous thoughts prevail. Vitb12 at 3pm helps.
Consider that we need the best of rest, good sleep is when zero alcohol, as it disrupts everyone from having he best depth of sleep.
Also.. remember this is God’s temple …take care of it🙏🏻☦️
Kava Kava can also help with withdrawals
@@kayveeviv2696 It’s not good for your liver
I pray you have strength in resisting the temptation of alcohol. God Bless you.
I just want to humbly express my gratitude for Father Spyridon and his shared wisdom with us. God is working miraculously in my life in ways that I cannot even begin to express. We must pray with sincerity that we can be humble servants of our Lord Jesus Christ, that God will grant us the strength to take up our cross and follow Him. 🙏
0:08 Everyone of us are in Spiritual battle
0:51 The demons will fill us with worldly pre-occupations
1:30 Satisfaction Deceptions
2:19 Demons Will attack with tricks of Despair, of Laziness, of Deception, of False Belief
2:55 Christ offers us something Unearned Eternal Joy.
4:01 Fasting 7:18 9:24
4:57 Acting Through Our Bodies
6:02 Address The State of The Soul
7:44 A Small Sacrifice, A Small Sign of Our Faith 8:38 God sees our offering
9:54 Deny the Demands of the Flesh, for a short time, for the sake of Christ’s Kingdom
@6:12 "Saint Gregory Palamas says, 'Fasting is the antidote to a lack of self-control'." I needed to hear this wisdom.
I’ve been asking the same question, why can’t I just be free of spiritual struggles and just be at peace. I quickly learnt that you cannot run away from this, I get intrusive thoughts and urges to blaspheme against God. Thoughts I cannot control and cannot stop, it is out of my reach and it feels like my mind is no longer mine but a playground for the demons. Today on Friday I am fasting to declare I need God, please pray for me o people of God. Keep me in your prayers
Lord Jesus help this one whom wants to please,you with their whole heart. Give them strength to endure and follow you.
May I ask if you are born again?
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Read the whole chapter. God Bless.
@@sacredcowtipper1378 Beloved. We are born again at Holy Baptism, and we live everyday struggling against the world the flesh and the devil to make it the centre of life
@@ryanlister4722 Good Morning Ryan,
Being baptized in water was practiced by most of the Jews at the time of John the Baptist as a SIGN of true repentance yet none of them were saved from their sins. John called them to turn to God and turn from their sins and begin obeying God’s ways. But my question for you here is, “Were any of them BORN AGAIN by being water baptized?” No. Of course not, many went on later shouting “crucify Him” and many were destroyed in AD 70 that continued rejecting Him as the messiah and Saviour.
If repentance could save and the inward man (you are a spirit being) is not changed, you would still have the sin nature of Adam or original sin. The question here is not if one should be baptized or not but the question would be WHEN should someone be baptized, FOR WHAT REASON should one be baptized,
It is an ordinance or command of the church but for WHO? I am not denying that.
So WHO should be baptized? Can you show me in the Bible where an INFANT is baptized?
I can show you several places WHEN a person was to be baptized and it was always AFTER they were already born again of the Spirit of God after hearing the gospel preached either by Peter, Philip the evangelist or someone else. There is ONE instance when PHilip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch at the time of the eunuch believing the gospel pretty much at the same time. But the eunuch was already reading Isaiah 53 and beginning to understand the gospel. then there is the instance of the thief on the cross who was saved yet never water baptized. Jesus said he would be with him in paradise.
What I fear is if we teach people they are literally born again at water baptism as many Catholics are taught, they go on throughout the rest of their life believing that saves them yet they never really came to the cross and believed the gospel or understood it or had any intent in changing their ways or having God change them. Some sacraments are from God and should be obeyed but only after one has already been born again.
Nobody was ever baptized as an infant. An infant is innocent and should that infant die they would go to heaven as sin was not revived in them yet as Paul put it. They were born with the sin nature but they had not went against conscience yet not knowing what sin was or wasn’t yet. They are not accountable yet. Jesus mentioned that in the gospels. Can you imagine every aborted baby going to hell if baptism saved as they had not been baptized yet?
It was BELIEVING the gospel that saved in every account in the Book of Acts. And then they were water baptized as a symbol of what was already accomplished by the Spirit of God in their spirit/soul. It was like a proclamation that “I am professing jesus as my Savior and Lord and joining the church.”
Baptism was also something the Jews practiced under the old covenant when a gentile became a proselyte or convert to the Mosaic covenant. They became a convert FIRST.
Circumcision under the old covenant was the typology of being born again into that covenant. Paul in the new testament says when we are born again “is now circumcised in heart”, not just the flesh..
@@sacredcowtipper1378 i made the decision to walk after the spirit a few years ago. But I've been struggling to do that and my spiritual life has seen more and more attacks over the past few months. I've learnt more about God and I've grown closer to him but the struggles keep growing. Even when i pray i get anxious and i put myself down. I've tried to break free from bondages and sinful living but I've failed most of the times and i find my spiritual life to be not so consistent.
@@ashwinraphael Hello Ashwin, Satan doesn’t like people to try to follow Jesus. I have been attacked for 40 years but we have Holy Spirit power to resist the devil. 1. Submit to God. 2. Resist the devil. Why would we need to resist the devil if he isn’t coming after us?. 3. And he will flee from you.
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Can i ask you if you have been born again by the Holy Spirit from the inside out? Many believve water baptism is being born again but that isn’t what it is? That is a sacrament in some Christian churches. Some are trying to live holy lives by arm of the flesh. Paul said “walk in the Spirit” so you don’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. We need the spirit of God living on the inside of us especially how wicked this world is getting now.
God Bless.
I truly love this man's teaching and way he explains it all. He is helping me to understand what it means to be a Christian. And I am learning how to deepen my walk with God thanks to his explanations. Thank you sir!
Yes I agree !
Fasting, prayer, meditation, spiritual baths, white candles, gratitude, listen to your gut feeling and always ask for guidance from God and your guardian angels. Most importantly especially now pray and ask for guidance in your mind not out loud. Blessed be everyone 🙏
Very well spoken Father Spyridon. An exellent stategem to thwart the Devil. True struggle. What I hate about the Demons is how they use other People to put you in despair,and humiliation. They do this to try to make us fall. I especially liked what you said about trying harder to sacrifice for God. We know that the demons will pull out every trick they can.
I am so glad he mentioned Yoga. Those people seem cultish.
Христос меѓу нас, сега и секогаш Отец Спиридон! Биди благословен!
Амин! Бог е секогаш со нас
@@МКДнекој Господ да те благослови брате!
For me the worse demonic trick is when my mind tries to fill me with nostalgia for vices I’ve quit
Meditation on the works and qualities of Christ will quickly dispel those ideas.
God always provides a word through others that he knows I need. Glory to God!
What a perfect timing... Glory to God!🙏☦️
I am a man of 25. Since I was about 15 I have known I wanted to be a father, but when I look around I don't see a world where kids much less a wife are realistic. I don't think marriage is feasible today and I have had a hard time replacing that desire with something more realistic. I know I am not doing my job. I wake up every day without a mission and aimless. I work really only to meet my needs and then once that happens I am done, because the world is going to hell anyway and most people don't even know there is an enemy. The only reason I don't kill myself is, because that is a sin.
I packed up a number of my books and have been travelling around the country living out of my car for the past 8 months or so hoping I find somewhere that speaks to me.
I know I am currently selfish. I don't know my way out of it. I don't care to do my duty as American, because America/Britain (it's hard to tell where one begins and the other ends) is the evil empire. I've got my mom, my brothers whom I love a lot, but my loving them doesn't make building houses in a Michigan winter worth it.
I don't know. I am a lost soul, and I don't even know where to begin to look up.
Don’t give up on God , ask Him to help you, He will! Cry out to God, tell Him how you feel! He will help you!
"without a mission and aimless" the mission is to build up your body and mind with healthy physical exercise and the learning (of Holy things) while preparing for the Lord. The less we want after the satiety of things the better we can equip and prepare ourselves for when those things may come. The duty of a father and husband is to be strong and competent, so that is the mission of every day. God bless.
I feel you, my situation is not entirely different. Know that you're not alone. I hope the church can help, it is what I am trying! And of course having faith in my savior.
I feel the same way
Here here brother
I’m Catholic and we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, but i think i will join along on your fast and feast as well…. The world is so messed up.
Let me suggest a few channels for Catholics & those who want to know about us :👉 Fr Mark Goring ,
Divine Mercy , Divine Will Era , Bishop Barron Word on Fire Ministries. 💖
Catholics do have a fast beginning the day after the Assumption......St. Michael's Lent (August 15th to September 29th....ending on the feast of St. Michael). The norms for Lenten fasting are a guideline. St. Francis had a devotion to St. Michael and he fasted during that time. It was during this fast St. Francis received the stigmata. St. Michael's Lent began with St. Francis and it was spread by Franciscans through the 18th century.
@Ivan Vlatkovic I've no problem with Bishop Barron as a matter of fact he has brought me closer to God, he has wonderful homilies! Nowhere does Bishop Barron encourage sin , he brings many to the faith . Bishop Barron doesn't live a life of debauchery, he is a true man of the Church .
I’m really at a loss as to why so many Roman Catholics watch this channel and yet don’t come to Holy Orthodoxy. Please at least visit some local Orthodox parishes and talk to the priest and attend Liturgy and be open to the possibility that you may have to make some changes and may Lord Jesus guide you and his ever-virgin mother protect you in your search for the true faith☦️
I have no qualm with Orthodoxy and everywhere RC speak favorably of. The opposite isn’t equally true. I attend DIvine Liturgy when visiting my daughters family.
First fight the enemies you can't see, then you'll see clearly to fight the enemies you can see
Very rarely is their peace in my life. It usually feels like im in the ocean during a seemingly constant storm.
Your not alone .. the struggle is real …
Thank you so very much for this message, Fr. Spyridon. I needed to hear this as I have been struggling lately and feeling as though I am in a fight for where my attentions are torn between the world and the Lord and keeping spiritually minded. I have been guilty of being distracted and complacent. Thank you again.
If i may say, i agree with a lot of the reformed theology, but this man has wisdom thats beyond me, and i appreciate him. I think the Body is getting bigger, and Christ will hand the Nations over to the Father at the appropriate time. Lord have mercy on us all. I hope all is well with everyone of you. Lord have Mercy, plz.
God bless you God is good Jesus is Lord.
I look forward to spiritual battles
Thank you Father
ربنا والهنا يسوع المسيح يا ابن الله الحي ارحمني انا عبدك الخاطئ امين
ربنا يحرسك ويوفقك ابونا
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Thank you father for the encouragement. God bless you❤️
"A sign of our faith..."
Oh, Father, thank you for the encouragement.
To be a Christian is to be a martyr. All Christians are called to white martyrdom, and some Christians are also called to red martyrdom. When we pray and fast, we answer the call to white martyrdom. Christians must daily do battle against the three great foes: the flesh (internal), the world (external), and the devil (infernal). May we ponder upon the words of Abba Daniel of Sketis: “In proportion as the body grows fat, so does the soul wither away.”
Amen. Beautifully said
God Bless you with much love and gratitude in Christ Jesus…
Thank you for sharing this message of encouragement to endure this wicked world in Christ Jesus
Acts 14:22
King James Version
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
i guess my parish follows a new calendar. the dormition fast ended on the 15th. it was the first fast i kept as a catechumen. i loved it. i learned a lot.
This guy speaks alot of truth and it hurts but it's the truth
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Father, I agree with you 100%. Please keep the good content coming!
You help me stay close to God, thank you father Spyridon.
Thankyou for taking your time to make this video Father Spyridon, God bless you, may you and your loved ones find grace every day!!!
Great, I am glad.
Thank you.Greetings from Bulgaria.
You're videos are a true blessing in my life, thank you and may Jesus richly bless you!
There are 4 fasts throughout an entire year . They are very useful spiritually BUT also physically . As Orthodox Christians, me and my family fast every year all those 4 fasts and as a magnificent gift from God, we are all perfectly healthy .
Very much thanks for your videos,which gives me a guidance towards spiritual struggle against my sins.🙏
Thank you Father Spyridon for another insightful video! ☦
Thank you Father this was convicting yet refreshing. May God continue to guide us all ❤️✝️
I needed to hear this teaching. Thank you.
I was born on the first day of orthodox Christmas and I have started to get into orthodoxy thank you for posting these videos on orthodox as it’s very helpful!
Very true. Thank you Father Spyridon.
thank you for this amazing message, very timely . I appreciate this channel very much
Timely words Fr……thank you…..thank God
Thank you Fr Spyridon. I love you!
LOVE U FATHER SPYRIDON.....GOD BLESS U .......LOVE U SO MUCH.....
Thank you Father and God bless. Very edifying talk
A reminder I got this morning myself. I Praise Lord Jesus Christ. Today would’ve been tougher if not for His grace & compassion. Also taught me few things I still needed to repent of. Glory to our god
Thank you father Spyridon for this lesson I am undergoing a very intense struggle.
After being socially isolated and kinda isolated from a Methodist community. I talked to an Orthodox pastor, and started attending this is my 3rd week going and I am struggling to even go to church.
I want to be firm on these issues even with my family who are non-Orthodox but I am struggling to even say no to them.
Could you please pray for me?
God bless you, David, and God bless this road. One step at a time, dear brother!
I'm an unworthy sinner, but we (my family) will pray for you. We were on a similar path as you a year ago. Trust God who, as we say in the prayers, "is good and lovest mankind."
St. Paisios says God has made us all as little temples. Retreat inside and pray whenever you need to. He is not far from any one of us!
God bless you, David! ☦
God bless everyone!
Irish Catholic born and bred.
Orthodox by Choice.
Never going back.
I converted in 2018. Met my own demon on the very night of my Chrismation. I had a choice to make: continue in my own fear; or take a leap of faith forward.
Remember, the devil always show up on your greatest day.
Peace.
God be with you.
I'm in a huge struggle with this big time and making me always too weak and lazy avoiding and angry at God to even want to fight and have faith... Even mad and have blocked Faith love of God and people and stopping me to even try to do do good and repent etc. I really need the power of the holy spirit and Christ to cover my wicked heart that keeps giving in... And wishing so much that evil had no control over me or anything or anyone 😔 because the effects it has on life and really messing up with our minds to truely know and love God and others right and blocking repentance.
Always something within me that stops me and leading ofhers from coming to Jesus or just wanting to "flee" and hide or blame like Adam and Eve. And how they only sinned once but I and others are great wicked sinners and more comparing to them 😔 and seems like even when we do have Chris we don't even have that power or love that we should have been given by believing and the Holy Spirit needs to really help us!
I do feel like an Anti spirit of Christ is always interfering and creating a mess with us all and also making me hold back or just not want to fight and when even God said he will fight for us and already won.
I’m praying for you
I have left society; too many temptations for disbelief in god; Wicked world.
A few years ago I had a dream that God manifested himself as a small boy only wearing shorts outside on a hot summer day, I knew immediately it was God only because of his demeanor and the way he looked at and through me, He wanted me to play, to go climb a tree with him; So i did, and up he went to the top of the tree entirely effortlessly; I on the other hand as I pulled myself up branch by branch, struggling, sweating, breathing hard.....and he looked down to me with only a look as if to say "effort need not be painful, nor should it ever be" as if to be rhetorically inquisitive as to why I would allow a foreign body or concept to affect me......he never said a word, it was the look and the body language, the leading example that said it all.....
Father bless
You know the real struggle is trying to get all those videos fitting into one playist maybe I should just give up and treat the entire channel as playlist
Love that. God bless.
When you said that either the soul is the slave of the body or the body is the slave of the soul, something came to my mind. In the past i thought of the body with all its pleasures as something guilty and has to be disciplined. Now it came to me: our body is not good or bad. It is inocent, neutral, like a land that can be inhabited by any kinds of people. But our mind can be guilty, because it sometimes abuses our body like a parasite, in order to get the pleasure creating dopamine. So not the body has to be a slave of the soul, but the mind has to serve God, than the body is the temple, and not the cave.
I’m not contradicting, I just think it is more accurate like this.
In Orthodox Theology, we prefer to talk about the Nous rather than the mind. Fr. Spyridon may have a video on this. The saints and Elders have all used Nous instead of the mind, especially since the so-called Enlightenment. Peace
Profound.
@@ryanlister4722 Good to know
The body is an animal seeking pleasure overload just like your dog does eat anything put in front of it. The mind is part of the body the only good thoughts come from God.
Not one man is good not one. This is scripture
@@off6848 amen amen🙏 understanding ✨🌹🎶🙏🌞🔥💛
run to christ
Thank you Fr. Spyridon.
Every sermon you give is gold, father. Though you do not understand yoga. They market it. But it is a very Christian set of precepts and exercises.
It's not about tight pants on nice butts.
This sermon is very yogic.
@@yury2749 There is a good understanding within the Orthodox tradition about the true spiritual nature of Yoga, it is after all at heart an Indian religious practice. The Saints of the 20th Century investigated it spiritually and told us to avoid it as a spiritual plague so the faithful Orthodox do that. If physical therapy is needful there are fully secular options based on physiotherapy.
There may be small amounts of Yoga and other teachings which point to Christ but it does not make them any more Christian than the Greek or Roman systems of gods. Orthodox Christianity has the fullness of the Truth which we will not leave for partial fragments although where something which is true can be used we will such as adapting traditional art to be used in icons or telling the Gospel story.
Really learn so much from all his teaching.
God bless!! I have a plan now💛
Its one of the hardest things in this life, becoming holy, daily spiritual warfare, this is imensly hard. In every way not easy, i pray to god we will make it to heaven. But im just not sure, everything is sin.
Thank you.
Thank you for your wisdom, Father.
Take it from me, demons are everywhere.🙄
AMAN!
You are my hero
Amen
Господе Исусе Христе сине Божији помилуј ме грешног
Amen🙏✝️
Thank you Father Spyridon for your teachings. It would be so helpful for me, if you would do a teaching about just fasting.
Please father Spyridon pray for my family thank you
thank you father
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Hello father, I am an inquirer of the faith, and I believe that the Orthodox church holds the truth to Christianity.
How should I pray to the Lord, now that I have asked of my local priest about the process of starting my catechumenation? Thank you
Ask the priest of your local church, they each have their own preferences, a good place to start us just attending regularly and on time (the latter concept is alien to some Orthodox, unfortunately) the services will teach you much, and a big thing do not rush, 9 to 12 months is a normal time to be a catechumen if there is no reason to speed it up although it can take longer.
Salvation by works.
What?
This is all sadly true.
Father, can you speak about Hesychasm? It would help Christians not fall into the trap of eastern traditions/religions of Yoga, Hinduism, and Zen - to name a few.
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FASTING & spiritual warfare; well I never!
AS a young enthusiastic CHRISTian I used to fast for 24 hours, & have no food & drink, once weekly.
I shall try again; every Wednesday will be fast/hunger strike day...just H20💧
The tradition allows us food with no oil on those days as the Church in her wisdom and experience has found this more beneficial than no food. The thing with fasting in the Orthodox tradition is that it is always done in obedience and never of our own will as pride is a greater risk than a full stomach.
@@PhoebeK food without olive oil, not all oil.
A friend of mine recently left monastery due to being unhappy about his unfinished worldly things, and this worries me greatly.
Is his soul in danger or lost for doing this or it's God's plan still working on him?
AMHN
Thank you for your wisdom as always Father Spyridon. I do have a question: what are your thoughts on the heschyia and hesychasm movement? As far as I can tell, these monks were using meditation practices to attain a higher sense of Christ consciousness. Even if there is a risk of encountering demons through various transcendental practices, many would say the risk of these chance encounters (especially for those who are initiated and prepared to deal with this situation) is worth the ability to attain Christ consciousness. What are your thoughts here?
father spyridon , is it a demon attack when you are just out of nowhere? It's unpure, though you think
And Call NO MAN 👨🏼 YOUR FATHER ON EARTH 🌏 😕🥺😰😰🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ FOR ONE! Is your FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN 👉 The ALMIGHTY GOD !!
Why does the quote at the end say that God will not allow our enemies to use violence against us? Isn't that a mark of a true Saint, to suffer in the flesh?
How does this fight look like....demonic possetion like depression or what?
Is this what the settlers said to the natives?
What?
You want spiritual help quickly pray the St. Michael Chaplet daily and the Rosary. Just sayin….you will move towards virtue as sins of the flesh start to decrease. God will initiate the dark night of the soul if you need it.
What does your two week fast consist of?
no meat, no dairy on any day of the fast. and no wine or oil except Saturdays and Sundays. this Friday is the feast of the Transfiguration, so fish wine and oil are allowed on that day. hope this helps
@@ouzoandchester when does the fast start??
@@ouzoandchester so I can eat for during this fast, but no meats or dairy or alcohol for two weeks starting this Friday??
@@QuixoticSativa Yes. You can eat. Some will suggest eating a little less overall, moderation, but no one is starving themselves. Also, no oil or eggs in addition to the meats, dairy, and wine. We increase our prayer time and almsgiving during the fasts of the Orthodox church, so as not to make fasting an idol in and of itself. The point is to turn ourselves more intently toward God.
@@triscatI thought it was only no olive oil?
Sir! I BLAME SATAN THE DEVIL FOR ALL HIS STUFF UPS ETC 😕🥺🤦🏻♂️
Today is the end of our dormition fast, does this mean my church is on a different calendar to you?
Yes. You are following the Revised/New Calendar. Greece, Antioch and a few other Orthodox Churches use this Roman Catholic Calendar, instead of the Julian Calendar, which is the Orthodox calendar properly speaking.
Fr. Spyridon is part of Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia and is under the old rite calendar.
@@ryanlister4722 Ok. I have heard of this before but still not wrapped my head around the history or whether it's important or not.
@@soare5182 Thanks
@@soare5182 No, properly speaking, Fr. Spyridon follows the Orthodox Calendar with the great majority of of the Orthodox world.
And call 👉NO MAN YOUR FATHER ON EARTH 🌏 OK
WITH all DUE RESPECT SIR ! 😕🥺😰🤦🏻♂️
Oh yes there is a cultures war one might even use word like spiritual to describe.
But i prefer not to use the world spiritual as it is usually based on the books like the Bible, Koran or Torah. Books that claim to be inspired by an immortal omnipotent all knowing God. But we find in their pages stories of floods covering the entire earth in the last 5000 years. We look for evidence of that and there is instead strong evidence against it. The books claim the law giving God is Just and merciful but they prescribe death to
apostates like me, adulterers, practicing homosexuals sabbath breakers....Midionite toddlers after their parents lost a war to the israelites. Seems like this was written by flawed people of their time not inspired by a creator.Would not be so bad if there was just one book or sect but there are so many giving flawed humans yet another excuse to divide ourselves into "us and them".
These books are not the way to peace. Note how some of the most secular countries have the lowest crime rates.
Hello John, most secular countries - North Korea and Russia - are not places I would want to live and raise my family.
The evidence for the flood is very strong. You can interpret features like the Grand Canyon as having been created slowly y a little water or quickly by a great deal of water, but it is interpretation. However, the sharp demarcation between sedentary lines indicates rapid not slow formation, pointing to the biblical flood.
Of course we could then get into debate about lots of evidence, but my point is, let's not pretend the scientific evidence only points to one conclusion - it all depends on what you believe.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR How did we get here? for me my parents sent me to 8 years of Sunday school in one of the Abrahamic religions. I decided that the things I was taught were not true.Then when they found out decades of
concern that this would make me unfit to raise children among other things. now in old age youtube sometimes sticks thumbnails like yours into view and I feel motivated to comment.
You claim that a the effort to practice Christianity will be infinitely smaller than the eternal reward it grants. I have no doubt that becoming a Christian would be the right choice if there were a Jesus in a heaven wishing to grant me an eternal happy afterlife for this small price. I just this claim is real for many reasons but will give three reasons.
FIRST REASON: In all of the Abrahamic religions are based on books making claims made that an all knowing just and benevolent creator approved things no benevolent creator would approve..
Slavery, being able to keep people as property and sell their children compelling them to work for you is described and condoned. Cruel punishments are advocated in the old testament and Koran. Specifically people like me who are apostates are supposed to be killed for doubting
the words of the "holy books" Stoned to death with the gays ( old testament at least Sabbath breakers and most notably the Midionite children. Many forget the Israelites had a war with the Midionites .
After capturing the Midionites God commanded that all the men be killed all the boys (toddlers too!) be killed. All the women who had known man by lying with him killed but " keep the girls for your selves" Sounds like a book
written by bronze age sheep herders who were not above genocide when they won a war.
SECOND REASON If there were a God that loved all humans all so much that he would send his (son/ himself ? it is kind of murky) as a sacrifice if we only believe I think the event would not have waited 1500 years to let the Hawaiians, North and South Americans, Australians, know of this. But all those unexposed to missionaries for 1500 years go to hell, Same with the Koran that did not reach these placed either. ( The Jews I think do not promise a heaven or hell so they may be exempt from this second reason....Except they also claim it is important to know and study the bible but their God has put so little effort into sending prophets in the last 2000 years...
THIRD REASON The Bible contradicts Science
There is a lake Sugetsu in Japan. each spring with the snow melt a layer of clay from incoming streams makes a dark layer. Each summer a layer of white material from diatoms ( microscopic algae) floating to the bottom. ~ 50,000 countable visible layers. There is no biblical flood layer. The carbon 14 dates correspond reasonably well to the layer position for almost 50,000 years. That is strong evidence that carbon 14 dating is good and as it realates a gas in the atmosphere it should be true world wide.What is worse for those who claim Adam and Eve as ancestors less than 10,000 years ago is the human remains going back tens of thousands or years over much of the world.
We can date their bones by their carbon 14 too.
Regarding your comment about Russia and North Korea I agree I would not want to live there. North Korea had in a sense created a religion that worships a dynasty of leaders. But place like Sweeden, Japan, Norway...
few more can't recall have sub 30% god belief rates and are quite good with regards to crime and prosperity.
Readers on can live outside of organized religion and find something else useful and enjoyable to do on weekend mornings.
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR I should add a relative was in the peace corps in equatorial Africa some decades ago. They had a belief in witches.
Witches were blamed for accidents and illness. The chief called " the witcher" to the village to find and eliminate the witch. The next day his wife was dead. And it was said she was the witch. That is a worst case scenario when you have people blaming problems on imaginary supernatural forces. She was murdered and no one was punished.
My foolish cousin saw the witcher in black robe wandering the darkness of the village at night with a light hovering several feet in from to him and convinced of their power..
Such an effect is achievable with a black stick holding a tiny flame or battery powered light in a paper lantern dangling from a black thread.
You failed to respond to any of my points 4 days ago which is understandable it is hard to defend the cruelty ( death penalties) and irrationality ( God wants us to believe and leaves half the world in the dark 1500 years) and scientifically observable mistakes ( there was no flood, there was no garden of Eden in the last 20,000 years by reliable carbon 14 I described)of the Bible
@@JohnSmith-fj3uf You do know that carbon dating is unreliable although scientists pefer to hide this so that they can claim the trillions of years the earth/universe existed to try and claim evolution (which is impossible, as anyone with a basic knowledge of science knows, protein from a spark of lightning off a rock? that becomes the complex living things on earth? pull the other one).
Surprised that you say Russia is secular, I thought 60% of the population professed the Russian Orthodox religion as do you. Surely you meant China? Or Japan? Or perhaps India?@@FatherSpyridonROCOR
I am doing a mountain dew fast. Man the holy things I've seen.
i am new to orthodox christian and i really wanna get closer to God so do you have any suggestions what i should do? ive said some horrible stuff in the past and im really ashamed of it and i wanna pray to God for forgivness but i dont know how to start with it can anyone help me please i would be really thankful 😄😄
Hey Srbsko, well where you live do you have an Orthodox church nearby? You can always visit. I am sure a father there can help you. But of course it is always good to pray and ask our lord for forgiveness too.
@@miguelgarzon6475 hello thanks for the response and yes i do have a monastery like really close to my house but im kind of embarrased and shy to speak to the monks haha also my parents wont let me go anywhere on my own sadly so idk what i should do