Ask An Orthodox Priest #3 - Marijuana, Women In The Priesthood, New Converts...
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Fr. Theophan Mackey answers YOUR questions. Questions are submitted through our "Ask an Orthodox Priest" posts on Instagram - follow us on Instagram to stay updated and ask your questions! (@rootsoforthodoxy) Please see below for time stamps on questions:
0:00 - 2:14 - Orthodox Stance on Marijuana usage?
2:15 - 3:29 - Advice to a new convert to Orthodoxy?
3:30 - 5:31 - How Should An Orthodox Christian handle scrupulosity?
5:32 - 7:54 - How can we fight to kill the ego?
7:55 - 9:13 Why are priests allowed to be married in Orthodoxy?
9:14 - 10:12 Advice for an Orthodox Couple dealing with infertility?
10:13 - 11:28 - How to be Orthodox if there is no church near you?
11:28 - 12:43 - Why Can't Women Be Priests?
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I smoked marijauna almost everyday for nearly 20 years. After deciding to convert to Holy Orthodoxy i gave it up with the help of the Jesus Prayer. It was one of the best things i could have done. I found it to inhibit my prayers. Ultimately I had to ask myself, if Christ were to return right now and find me stoned, what would he say?
Hahahahahahaha like meeeeee💪🏻❤️🙏🏼 orthodoxy forever 🙏🏼
This one hit.
@@jay.xplorelol 😅
Yo bro your a w
are you waiting for jesus to return lol
I could cry pure joy right now. You said plainly "a marriage is not made valid with children". Your goal is "to get each other to heaven". My husband and I got married and then immediately he got reproductive cancer. He's 100% unable to have children and I am very unsafe to carry with hormone sensitive seizures.
This is the first public statement I have seen from The Church (I know this is no Council of Nicea but still) that says marriage matters outside children. I spent 10 years of literal blood sweat and tears trying to subvert God's order for our lives. Clearly He said no children in the [Last Name] home and I took too many stubborn fights with dad to learn to live wit it. I understand why now but it still hurts like hell randomly.
Being denied children was never something I saw. From basically birth I expected to have 2.5 kids and a white picket fence. I have the home now but still no plans for children. I volunteer with foster kids but we will never actively adopt. I had that miscarriage back during 2020 and never again.
Thank you so much for staying you are whole without children. I undoubtedly would be a useless ack of hormonal goo without my husband's guidance and strength. We absolutely had to be married to have the level of influence over each other we do. Your marriage is complete without children.
Thank God.
Beautiful ❤
Thank you for sharing your story ❤❤
God bless you, sister.
Please consider adoption. There’s so many beautiful children out there who deserve the love you have for them
@@kanyekubrick5391 we did try foster care but it was a traumatic loss of a psuedopregnacy when it fell through. So now I am a volunteer legal advocate for a child in the foster system National CASA/GAL is an invaluable third party check on the system
That was the most measured, sensible, prudent, and reality-based analysis I have heard. Thank you, Father.
Thank you. Thank God
I completely agree! This is what people should hear!
He's right about taking your time converting to Orthodoxy. I have been sprinting, but thanks to my wife I'm am taking it slow now.
By the way, to answer the person's question about how to kill the ego. The answer is quite simple, teach high school for one day 😁.
Not only will you not have an ego anymore but you will also lose your self esteem and the desire to exist 😉.
I volunteered in my church with the youth for 6 months and had to stop seeing new generations being so loud, talkative, and not listening when we (the leaders/volunteers) would ask them to be silent during the prayer or singing. Some of these boys belong to the well-known solid men of God in the church, and for my sanity, i had to pause or even quit (still debating with myself) because i cannot understand that someone won't stop talking even when you tell them 5 times and you are right there standing or sitting behind them, and should you tell their parents or not. But kudos to you :D
Dude I subbed one day youre not lying
@@TheNikolinho
Yes tell their parents they need to know so they can act
You people do realize that “converting to orthodoxy” is sort of a ridiculous statement. The only one you need is Jesus . You convert to Jesus. Not any man made church building. No man made rules that differ among the different man made buildings called churches matter . It is all about JESUS
You’re so right. I’m a high school teacher, and now I’m converting to Eastern Catholicism. God save us!
I’ve been in a vicious cycle of weed and porn. This is due to being overwhelmed with feelings of anxiety/unhappiness. I’ve asked Jesus Christ to lighten the load a little bit in my head, and ive asked this during stretches of quitting it and trying to repent for a couple of months. I’m tired of this cycle. It’s boring and unsatisfying, and I’ve been praying about this for too long
Praying for you my friend
you mention anxiety so ide bet all the tea in china that you are on meds now. the real problem.
Hey Jacob, I know how it is, I'm battling anxiety and depression and some physical illness too, and it's not easy. God does wants to see us show some effort, like you mentioned giving up porn and weed. And also our personal prayer is important and if it is emotional and deep it's stronger and more powerful then. But I do think that in addition to personal prayer and the effort you are showing, something else might help you, you do need to be patient and read it every day, it's the Akathist to the Guardian Angel. It helped me a lot with my anxiety, but you have to be persistent and read it every day. Also The Book of Psalms helps, I read one or two kathisma(chapter) before going to bed. And after I finish the whole book (20 chapters in total), I just start again, and I try my best to never let a day go by without reading at least one chapter. God bless you Jacob, I hope Jesus will give you strength to carry on and win all those battles. ☦️
I know you are taking meds, get off them now, you are losing badly. dont go to your therapist, dont take meds, its a rabbit hole you never can come out of, sorry for the bluntness but im not wrong about u@@daydreamer1159
Jacob start reading the bible as the first step. It will help with anxiousness.
One should avoid every dependency because dependency is slavery and a slave cannot be free. However, no one is completely free of every influence while they are alive in this fallen world; the best we can hope for is to minimize the influences of the world and maximize our dependence on the Lord. Putting yourself under the influence of an earthly substance is like adding weight to your burden. Be as free as you can be and thank the Lord.
Amen, I quit vaping tobacco and delta 9 products. I also quit drinking energy drinks. It was poisoning my body and soul. I now have more energy! I ascribe all thanks and praise to my lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Having lived through youth being around weed and using it, I’d say in hindsight that it’s not good for young people whose brains are developing, unless they have specific maladies that THC, CBD etc. might help. But old folks can use it to good effect, because it’s the least harmful and cheapest relief for chronic pain. Wait until you get old and encounter the burden of physical pain that can rob you of sleep at night and all joy in the day. A mild soporific with few side effects (for olds) is definitely a Godsend.
I fall in love with Orthodoxy more every day. I thank God for leading me to His Church to become a part of His body. Glory to God!
Fantastic video.
I am starting my journey to Orthodoxy now. Like a newborn
The path to humility (killing the ego) lies in service to others. If you put the needs of others ahead of your own in every small (even seemingly insignificant) decision you make, you find the ego melt away and Love for God and your brother grows exponentially. I learned this by driving for a living. By choosing to be considerate in all the small decisions I make on the road - don't block driveways, let people in even if it means I miss a green light, stay behind the slower truck so others can pass me on the highway even though it makes it take me longer to get over that steep hill. At gas stations and rest areas I try to make sure I leave the place in as good or better order than I found it. It's amazing how cleaning up a public toilet by choice can promote humility - it is not beneath you. These little things do more than we realize to make the lives of others just a little better and if everyone took the time to act like this we would all have a less stressful and annoying life. These things are far bigger than we think.
I've been trying to think of it this way: What is God always doing in this world?
He creates
He maintains order out of chaos
He feeds the poor and hungry
He cares for orphans and widows
He loves everyone
He brings joy to life
He is long suffering
He sacrifices Himself for the sake of others, even if they hate Him
There is much more that He is doing, but the point is, look for ways to participate in His works, no matter how small it seems. It will transform you. This is justification - to be made righteous. This is synergy - cooperation with the Lord's energies. This is Grace and we have the opportunity to be the conduit through which it enters into the lives of others. This is the key to all the problems the world faces. We all have a responsibility to participate in God's act of saving the world. It's through this that we are the Light of the World, and by showing Love in this way, we show love to Him and are known by the world to be His disciples.
Father Spyridon has a good video about weed.
He said that it ages the brain! There's no science that says that these days. That comes from the *long* debunked study that was paid for by the Nixon administration, where they augmented gas masks to be able to pump smoke into them, put the masks on chimps and proceeded to pump 50 joints worth of smoke, over a 4 hour period, daily. Chimps were dying because they weren't getting enough oxygen to the brain. The methodology was awful but it wasn't exposed for like 2 decades.
I commented that I have CTE (punchdrunk) from a car accident, and that the plague that builds up around the damaged part of the brain which causes the symptoms is cleared by THC.
Waking up every morning feeling like you've drank a bottle of whiskey the night before, even though you hadn't, is not a nice experience. I don't have that experience if I've smoked the night before, and I can actually get to work on time.
Spyridon should have stuck to the spiritual arguments. I know a fair amount (for a layman) about the recent science regarding cannabis, and he showed he knew very little in that regard.
Pot can be a problem for me at times and I'll quit if I feel I'm abusing it. For my 73 year old mother it works miracles compared to the pharmaceutical gargabe her doctors got her addicted to when I was younger and spent 4 years getting her off. (opiates) One plant has done for her what they had about 16 drugs plus 3 different opiates doing for her about 7 years ago. she's only on 3 now plus pot. I'd say its up to the individual to weight the impact it has on their life and those around them when they use it and go from there with praying for guidance at the same time.
I hear most customers at legal dispensaries are over 60, for the reason you cite. That the devil’s lettuce is still a schedule 1 substance federally is straightup evil, a burden on suffering people. My wife told me a story of a deacon in Georgia (the country) who had bad health and used weed (indigenous to the Caucasus) to improve his condition. He was arrested and imprisoned according to their evil Soviet-era drug laws.
@@TheDelNoah Does it matter?
The rastas always cite the scripture about the plants being for mans use, cant remember it rn
I struggle with the habit of smoking marijuana. I have such a hard time shaking it, sometimes even for just a day. Would very much appreciate prayers and any spiritual guidance you can point me to. I will have to get very good at The Jesus Prayer, I know this. God bless you all ☦🙏
I don’t have spiritual advice but believe most all mental health professionals regard marijuana as an addictive substance and I would think that if you go to your primary doctor they can point you in the direction of professional addiction support or you can at least look for an addiction support group in your area. God be with you 🙏
God bless you too. I say a prayer for you. Pleasw keep trying to get of it.
The hole and emptiness that you feel inside you cannot be treated with marijuana,porn or any drugs! Your soul and body is hurting because is missing God ! Go to church fill yourself with God and you will never have an addiction again 😊
@ianisipo there is only one god, allah.
Thank you for the loving word, Fr Theophan!
“God loves us. There’s joy in that.” I really needed to hear that today. Thank you Fr.
Always so sensible and compassionate in very Orthodox answers.
Thank you.
So much the very opposite of the self proclaimed, “orthobros” on social media. May our merciful savior grant you many years, Father!
@@jessemwakajumba6552thank you. I do not want their voices to be the loudest. Orthodoxy will never make one hate another person.
As an occasional smoker, Fr. Theophan's stance on marijuana makes a lot of sense to me, especially regarding the "end goal" to its usage. Spiritually, I believe the biggest danger with substances like alcohol and weed are that they have high potential to make you weaker against the temptation to sin. Alcohol frequently weakens one against lust (at least for me), and for some people against wrath, greed, and pride. Marijuana can weaken one's resistance to sloth and gluttony (while for others, I have seen it make them more productive and all-around better humans). So, while taking these substances is not inherently and directly sinful, they can easily be indirectly sinful by weakening your resistance to temptation, and therefore causing you to fall to sin.
Well said!
Greetings from Republica Moldova
11:03
Please forgive me here, Father, it was actually Sartre that said that, not Nietzsche. That’s okay, though. I was actually convinced Schopenhauer said it and when I went to double check found that it was Jean-Paul Sartre. Of course, Father’s point still stands either way, no matter who said it. 🙏
I think I knew that. I apologize.
Thank you Father for this video. I am a hopeful convert. This video is a blessing as I am especially struggling with not being to zealous and/or in over my head, ..and also with marijuana. I ask for prayers! Bless you Fr Theophan
Some wonderful, inspiring and reassuring words, Father - as I am on the road to Chrismation. ❤🙏
Ganja(Sanskrit for weed) in Hinduism is associated with shiva.
For you all dears let me describe who shive is, according to the sanskrit scriptures.
- an eternally fallen angel of light(Tallingam bhagavan shambhur Jyotir rupa sanatana)
-the source of false ego (ahankaratmakam vishvam tasmad etad vyajayata)
-the giver of boons to demons(like ravana)
-the avatar of material ignorance (tamo guna avatara)
-the one who leads the world into destruction (bs 5.45)
-an incarnation of anger (canto 3 chapter 12 bhagavatam)
-the lord of ghastly spirits (also canto 3 bhagavatam)
Devils Lettuce is really not too inaccurate a thing to say, dear ones.
I smoked a lot of weed in my life and knew a lot of people who smoked a lot. Basically all of them including me always tried to stop and said they wanted to in passing. But I’ve met almost nobody who’s ever been able to stop smoking weed. It blankets your emotions and dulls your mind, and without it everything seems not worth it. Although it’s not physically dangerous or life threatening, in my own experience at the very least, completely; it is extremely spiritually destructive. After all it is the plant associated with the avatar of the material mode of ignorance of Hinduism. 🙏🏼☦️
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All you dears please pray for my baptism and the salvation of me and my hindu wife. Her heart is now taken by a beautiful, hungry wolf who calls himself god. God bless you in Jesus name. ☦️
thank you for this!
@@yourneighbour3309 yes if you look up the sanskrit you can find the verse citations to use as evidence for yourself god bless you ☦️
Bless you Brother. I am praying for you and your wife with each of my own prayers, as often as I do and I can. Like Father Theophan said, you have your whole life. Jesus IS the kind shepherd, the herald of truth and eternal life. He cares and guides us with love into faith through small steps; he does not himself nor wish for us to thrust ourselves quickly or fanatically into it. Know you are being prayed for from across the world Brother
God has illumined you. Stay on the straight and narrow path and pray for your wife.
I had a scary demonic experience once after smoking a lot of weed, and I never wanted to touch it again after that
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Great homily Fr Theophan. I needed to hear this. Many thanks.
Very well spoken father! Blessings from Romania!❤
Great presentation as always, Fr. Theophan! Glad you're not shying away from the controversial topics. Cannabis will be an ongoing issue, I personally expect it will be legal nationwide in a few years, given demographic trends. People not using it for medical purposes (it does have value to some people in that context) should be careful about using, as with anything else.
Beautiful answer. Thank you
Fr. Great counsels just in time thank you 🙏🙏
I’m so grateful that I found this RUclips channel. It’s so wonderful to hear from priests with their own parishes. There is so much wisdom in these videos, including this one. PS It was Jean-Paul Sartre who is credited with the statement, He’ll is other people. Like Nietzsche, he was an atheist.
Thank you good sir for answering a lot of questions for us.
I appreciate the nuanced view on ‘the devil’s lettuce’. Being a person of a certain age, the question of personal marijuana usage differs from my use of it presently than did for me as a young person. Statistics of usage show that most people buying legal weed are over 60, for good reasons. It’s the least expensive, least debilitating soporific for the aches and pains of an aging body. My own usage is vanishingly slight, and when I do use it I’m very sparing with it, to achieve a microdose of THC and CDB to numb a specific pain or cure nausea. Thank God I’m in excellent general health but the weed is an excellent pain reliever that doesn’t harm liver or kidneys and is far cheaper than any other medications.
These are really excellent answers! Thank you so much.
Drinking alcohol is not a sin in itself. But, if someone lets alcohol alter their state of mind, then they have sinned and they need to confess.
Thank you father. This was a very informative video. May God bless you always.
To the point. I’m really thankful to Jesus for your wisdom.
What I love about watching these orthodox priests is that they never wag there finger at you and judge you. They always say to use your own wisdom and judgment in decision making. It's very refreshing.
Thank you for your kind words. I do get judgemental sometimes, but unless it's a blatantly moral decision, just do your best.
Bless you father
From the experience of my youth & found weed completly demotivated me to do anything much, I lost all my drive which I naturally have a lot of. These days weed seems to be far stronger. It is mind-altering in a strong way. I can't square its use within Christianity as being in any way a good thing. I think most people know that within themselves.
I'm crying! I just found all of these videos, I am so thankful! Thank you Father Theophan.
"Very easy to go too hard and burn out." I do believe this has happened to me.
I am back in full swing, I did go too hard. I burned the scholasticism out of me. Am trying harder to find a Church out here in Appalachia to become apart of and find this community, after a few years I am realizing my husband and I deeply need this sense of community. It's all coming back around making more sense.
Also you've touched on scrupulosity....😢 kind of why I've avoided the church since leaving Rome as well. Thank you again Father for these heartfelt and wholesome videos.
Thank God! It's my honor to help.
i don't know how far that is from you:
Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery, 505 Holy Cross Rd, Wayne, WV 25570,
@@andreasrademacher5715 4 hr and 30 min north of me!
God bless this man.
Sir. I am 71 years old…I am a retired semi-operator! I suffer from insomnia. I have a medical card so I may use it for sleep! I tried everything, lack of sleep was starting to ruine my health! I am a traditional Catholic, I attend daily Mass! Just Iike all things, the devil mocks, and abuses everything!
Merry Christmas and Happy New year! Great talk thank you
These answers and questions, and topics in these videos, are just great. Very well needed and id love or cant wait until you dive into and get into more detail about many Important topics for everyone and inquiers!!💙☦️
Praying for the Ukrainian people 🙏. May God protect them.
The term diacones was present in didascalia Apostolorum and the Apostolic constitutions, with age limits, and a strict requirement of monasticism. The first Ecumenical council rubrics used the Didascalia and the Apostolic Constitutions as it's template, and it replaced the term deacones with the term καλόγρια (nun/female monk). So the Orthodox church had deaconeses, now known as καλόγρια and anything that they do liturgically is limited to functioning in the monastary.
“You have people who you care for dearly, that don’t listen to you.” LOL😂❤🎉 RIGHT ON.😊
Very rational and simple answers and perspectives.
May God bless you and guide us
Amen Praise the lord ☦️🛐
thank you for this video!!!
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (1 Cor 6,12)
I believe the right question is : does this glorify my Lord? If you hesitate to answer, if you are unsure or if the answer is straight up no, then the matter is set : do NOT do it.
I've been going to Catholic mass since mid-last year, I still don't consider myself a Catholic, but the Father's advice about taking your time and not being saved alone rings true...fun fact, Seraphim Rose was inspired by a performance of Bach (a Lutheran)
I have this Orthodox book, The Way of a Pilgrim, I plan on rereading for my first Lent
It's a cozy story about a pious layman who wanders Tsarist Russia after he's taught the Jesus Prayer, it's lovely, God bless us all
It is a wonderful book! It teaches the Jesus prayer.
It is a book everyone should read and it is fun. Cordial greetings!
Helpful content, thank you 👍
i love this guy!!!
I love you too, man!
Well said , patience
Amen and Amen!
I thank god for this video ❤
This was a great video. It was soft, comforting, and sort of gave me hope. Here is the strange part, it makes me want to become a Eastern Catholic. Strange right?
What are you now?
Thank you!
The saying “ hell is other people” is by Sartre not Nietzsche. The right string but the wrong yo yo so to speak. Great video by the way, keep up the good work!👍
Agreed , and will say that in practice with God , it def important to stay that hand , esp in cultures of consumption. Hope that make sense … well said , wisdom esp on the path
I use to live in Espanola, Sante Fe & Los Alamos in the 80's & 90's. My father was the chef at the Los Alamos Inn.
Very cool!
I love how nuanced your perspective on Marijuana is. I feel like a lot of Christians will jump onto an immediate "any use of this recreationally is sinful and a bad decision" but really, God put it on this Earth like everything else and it has its uses, just like Alcohol.
Proverbs 31: 6-7 It is not for kings, Lemuel- it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish! Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
Psalm 104: 14-15 You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
God bless you Theophan!
Orthodoxy really grabs my interest. I grew up Protestant but sort of fell away and went down an Ecclesiastes road, searching for truth...when I had it the whole time. By the grace of God, Christ called me home in my darkest moments. It's been put on me that I should probably seek communion. The one thing that holds me from Orthodoxy is that the LORD put a revelation on me that I have not been able to shake as of yet. I wish for it to be tested. Ecclesia in carne revelata est Corpus Christi Mysticum. If the root is holy, are the branches unholy? God bless you all.
I'm an inquirer and this was so helpful, thank you
You're welcome. Keep inquiring!
I sometimes smoke Marijuana when I had severe seizures. Depending on the person how much they use and consume. Use in moderation but not excessive.
this actually helped so much, I use medicinal weed for pain that cannot be helped and its far better than the pharmaceutical drugs I was on. and as has only very recently discovered the lord and as I'm leaning into orthodox church. this has helped wonders for a few questions I have been trying to find the answers too. I started reading the bible for the first time and if anything it just leaves me with so many more questions than answers so thank you father.
You're welcome! Keep going!
1:00 Those saints is spoken about conquering the passion of smoking and drinking(that they had)
People forget about the parish counsels when they consider "power" in the church.
Your take on marijuana was more fair and honest than I expected. Not that I expected dishonesty. But it is pretty typical when the subject comes up in these type of situations unfortunately. I'm glad you mentioned caffeine. nicotine and caffeine are a lot more addictive than marijuana physically.
Very balanced outlook. I partake of marijuana here and there as part of my creative process when writing music. Not used as a way of escape but to transcend, a sacrament of sorts.
This begs a question. Why are there no orthodox female evangelists and teachers outside the church now. I only know of one. So many female saints including mother Mary was a disciple and evangelist especially after Jesus passing. I was even told off by a priest for thinking such and have quenched the desire. It grieves me. Any answers would b helpful.
I know of two amazing Orthodox female authors, Frost and Constantinu, they are prolific and brilliant. May God bless us with many more like them.
Dare I say because they are smarter than men in that they listen and focus their hearts on what should be done. I remember hearing a talk by an orthodox priest - I forgot who - and they pointed out that the Theotokos was very quiet (verbally) in the Bible. She listened, pondered and probably spoke when necessary. I also believe we need to talk less, listen more, and ponder the most. (Heart and mind)
I hear goodness from him.
Good topic. In Chistian Orthodox Church there is no female priests but there are female monks. One of the most famous monastery of Serbian Orthodox Church is Gračanica near Priština, Serbia. Gračanica is female monastery. ☦️🇷🇸
They aren't monks, they're nuns, but both are monastics.
@@LadyMaria I did not remember how in English saying female monks.
That part about kids as ego killers... That was stroke of genius! 😂
For those who may argue that there was a female diaconate in The Early Church, it was created in order to help/assist in the baptism of many adult women who were coming into the Orthodox Faith. In those days, people were baptized without clothing, just like babies.
Female deacons also had other duties around women who were sick and care for the poor. But the cannons and tradition are clear that the woman deacon was subordinate to the male deacon and assisted the bishop and male deacon in the care of women within the the church.
There is also a clear theological distinction between the role of the diaconate as the assistant of the bishop and the presbyters who are the bishop's representatives in the parish and counselors.
They also weren't Ordained. And were generally older women who were widows.
@@acekoala457 they were widows or virgins (including some like St Olympia who were virgins but also widows due to short manages where no intimacy had occurred.
The Ordination question is more complicated, there are many writers more qualified than I who have written on the subject and it is still debated based on the liturgical evidence. The service for the creation of a deaconess looks smells and acts like the one for a deacon not one for the making of a subdeacon or reader, or that of the creation of a monastic. I would suggest you look into all the literature on the subject and there is much written by faithful Orthodox scholars before proclaiming a view in such a certain way. It is also worth asking the many sainted deaconesses themselves as they will answer such questions.
Where can I learn more about these women? I have never heard this.
Women are the helpers...just as important as the man, but always different roles. Where men are on the scene, there are always women behind those great men assisting alongside.
Orthodoxy is life. A free life.
Much love
That quote is by Jean Paul Sartre.
I stand corrected
I stopped smoking weed after having two dreams of the rapture and being saved from God….. so I’m done smoking, it made my anxiety worse and I’m better off without it. Now I have accepted orthodox Christianity for life
Love the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. They are both Holy
the thing with being high (or drunk) is that it can make u more easily influenced to commit sins.
Thank you Father … for sharing the Orthodox Christian teaching … at a time of woke cancel culture … a time of unhinged liberalism … and the petulant narcissism … woke creates … I find the Orthodox principles … provide a foundational purpose and meaning … that is entirely absent in woke liberalism … and which enables a life of purpose beyond the profane … and genuine happiness … so absent in the complaining, miserable liberals … stuck in pointing out the faults of others … oblivious of their own faults and sense of being lost … and as Christians … Given how other strands of Christs teaching / church have lost their way in liberalism … Orthodoxy becomes a natural path to serve Christ … to purpose, wisdom and happiness … from self-service to the service of others … in a higher purpose … AND I love that you said ‘use wisdom’ … that which woke fears most …
Please ask Ethiopian Orthodox Church priest fr, zebene Lema he live Washington dc and he his very popular priest in Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Martin Luther ended up where he ended up because of scrupulosity…
Also, the Catholic Church also has married priests in the Eastern Rites.
Another an excellent video! God bless! 🙏🏽
Where did scrupulosity get Luther? Out of the Catholic cult and closer to the truth?
@@br.m Lol, you don’t even know the story? 👀 typical…Protestants talk a lot and know very little. Maybe go read his life first before you come on here embarrassing yourself for everyone to see. Go and read the Luther had daddy issues , only became a priest because he was superstitious and has such terrible scrupulosity that he actually came up with his own made up doctrine called “Saved by the faith alone” (which the Bible doesn’t teach) to alleviate his scrupulosity. Oh and, by the way, Luther himself even said what he had his doctrinal “breakthrough” when he we sitting on the toilet and Satan appeared to him and revealed this doctrine to him….yeah, Luther himself even what it came from Satan. He was disturbed. Go read a book and then come back when you’re ready to talk with the adults.
@@br.mdefinitely not closer to the truth, that's why the reformation shattered into 40k pieces. Luther is a heretic in Orthodoxy, not just Catholicism.
@@br.myou mean out of the only Apostolic Church extant in XV c. Germany, and into his own deracinated cult, sophomore! If you knew Luther from jack s. you wouldn’t defend his apostasy. He was infamous for his hatred of workers, urging rebellious ones to be liquidated with vehemence. He was a nasty, hateful man who invented a false god from his perverted imagination fed by a guilty conscience and gloomy outlook on life. Luther lived inside the worst distortion of dark medieval northern Catholic culture and fell through its bottom.
The Eastern Rite having Married Priests isn't an argument really in favor of Rome. Because it's not because Rome thinks Married Clerics are ok, it's because Eastern Catholicism is built on a false pretense of unity.
Is there an email address or website where questions can be submitted? I have a question that involves my physical health that I don't want to share with the whole internet.
You can privately DM me on Instagram! @rootsoforthodoxy and I will do my best to present your question to one of the many priests I work with.
Women have the greatest role possible in the church, raising children.
Look at it like this. Whats your end goal of drinking that day? To get a buzz? Well then you went to far. Keep a sober mind. Same thing with any other type of drug.
What can one that grew up in Orthodoxy but lives now in Catholic and Protestant country do to belong, and have community? I listen to Sermons and Liturgies online in my home, but I do miss people, at first it was easy without people because I did not like people at all, but Holy Spirit is changing me and putting on my heart wish for community
Where do you live?
Contact an Orthodox priest I possible and see what options are available. I've heard Byzantine Rite churches are very similar to Orthodox Rites, but ask a priest or Bishop.
I’m a Roman Catholic exploring the Orthodox Church
Keep going! Do not be discouraged.
Forgive me, but just want to say that the advice regarding cannabis here was counter productive to me quitting. As a Catechumen, I watched this video and felt that it excused my cannabis habit (just smoking a little every night). It was only until I confessed this sin and with urgency he told me I must stop that I took the matter seriously. Comparing it to coffee and cigarettes made me feel like what I was doing was maybe not a big deal- but it does cloud the nous.
good word, bother. and about cannabis clouding the nous : i share with you, years before being a follower of the Way, i was a follower of an avatar/incarnation sat guru in Sanatana Dharma for 10+ years and sober most of that time but took a few jaunts getting high again even once on acid, and i found being high and for the time it's known to be in the body's fat cells, (27 days), it kept me trapped in the psychic realm, which was a huge bummer because not being able to soar whatsoever in meditation after getting the power from the blessing/ power-transmission and sitting eyes closed in the presence of the guru. So, likewise, in Christ, it keeps one trapped in the mental functioning/psychic realm.
about coffee, James, i live in Kona. Hawai'i and see how much Round-up/Honcho weed killer and commercial fertilizers are use and even heard about a scam "organic" producer. and so tell you from bu-koo experience: organic yerba mate is a way better source of caffeine and fun in the ritual of it's traditional preparation for me using a wooden cup (vs. metal, ceramic, etc.) The way to do it is mix 10-40% of trad/smoked/non-100% smokeless yerba mate with a 100% smoke-free yerba mate, intrested? gotta order from Argentina mostly, but ask if u r all-intrested and ready to go , and i will share the info on which brands, etc.
God Bless.
I Need To Grab A prayer Book. I Have A Couple Of Books I'm reading Right Now, One Of them Is Saint Ignatius's Letters. I know alot of people Recommend The Orthodox Study Bible, I Like Using The ESV At The Moment. I Also Like The KJV.
Can you explain more in depth the difference between women apostles verses priest
Eastern Catholic here. Many of us in the Byzantine Rite consider ourselves Orthodox in communion with Rome. Often to the dismay of both Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox alike. But we have icons instead of statues, Divine Liturgy instead of Mass, everything is sung or chanted instead of spoken (mumbled), our priests can marry, concelebrate, ad orientem, we say the actual Nicene Creed without the filioque, and you’re likely to see a chotki and not a rosary. Many of the Eastern Catholic Churches were Eastern Orthodox after the Schism and have come back into communion with Rome over the centuries. Out of curiosity, are the Orthodox Churches seeing a rise in new converts given the crisis the current Pope is inflicting upon The Church? The Eastern Catholic Churches are certainly seeing an uptick from the people seeking refuge in sacred tradition. Anyway, just wanted to say that as a Byzantine Catholic, we love our Orthodox brothers and sisters. God Bless
Thank you Father what a great explanation, I am a Catholic but I am really interested in the orthodoxy because of its rich history and liturgy. Pls if anyone help me to find books or any material to learn more about orthodoxy.
Small steps into the kingdom is a good one.
"The Truth of Our Faith" by elder Cleopa of Romania, "For the Life of the World" by Alexander Schmemann, "Spiritual Counsels" of elder Paisios the Athonite, and (with a pinch of salt) earlier editions of Kallistos Ware's books...
I can also recommend channels "Trisagion Films" and "Patristic Nectar Films", as well as "Orthodox Teaching of the Elders" and "Ancient Faith Radio"
Go priesthood of all believers
😂The joy is real
Sometimes suppressing my ego has proven to work against me in a negative way,... Father. That is why whenever I am not at Church, or I am not observing a Penitential Season of Abstaining from certain foods,... I am willing to be extremely Humble,....but there are sometimes when I need to have a little bit of ego. But Triune God helps me control it. Furthermore,... I have been keeping your Parish Church in my Prayers. May Triune God help you realize that it is not truly Orthodox Christian, to allow for the women to be in the Choir, (unless they are Nuns), and/or allow them to be on the Parish Council. Much Christian Love.
More videos on marijuana. There isn't a lot out there on it from orthodoxy. And if so it's vague and generic. Nothing I can't get outside of orthodoxy. I need more depth so I can deny it more. It's one of my biggest struggles
agreed
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If it's causing you problems, renounce it. Anything in excess can harm your soul.
dont deny it , embrace that shit
@ChileVerdeDavid talk to a Priest. It is not an intellectual issue, you are just beating around the bush. A Priest will speak to your heart and you will receive the message.
Good teaching on marijuana. I want to quit, along with other passions, but its one of the very few things keeping me from possibly irreparable situations. Unfortunately the church, at least in the west, doesnt offer community or fellowship jf you're lower class or mixed race.
Pray with your whole heart for the solution. A church, confession and a spiritual Father because his prayers are most powerful! May God bless you and Happy New Year 2024
If you went to our small Russian Parish you'd have family. We're many different ethnicities there like Russian, Greek, Serbian, other Slav, other European, Hispanic, Romanian, etc. No one cares what "race" a person is there as we're all just Orthodox Christians (for visitors, they are welcomed warmly by both clergy and Parishioners, especially at trapeza when we eat as a family). Also no one cares about economic status as many of us are struggling. Our Vladyka says to stewardship that God will provide.
@@mariavlahochristos7756 thanks. I have a spiritual father and godfather. Sometimes I think we must go it alone to some degree, though. 'My grace is sufficient' i think God said once. Either way I have a long way to become a bit decent so I take the difficulties as part of God's healing providence best I can.
@@LadyMaria that sounds like a lovely parish. I'm aware of at least a couple such places, but none in my country. Thank you for sharing and God keep you.
What would your response be to people who would argue that smoking marijuana breaks the command to stay sober minded?
My response as a struggling user is you're right.
Every time i hear an orthodox priest speak.. it seems so much more wise than Protestantism. I definitely need to so more time attendinf an orthodox xhurxh and tall to aomeonenthere ive only been once..then started attebditng a Protestant church because its a much easier "start"