How Do Orthodox Christians Participate In Lent?
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2024
- Fr. Timothy Pavlatos is the Pastor of St. Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler, Arizona.
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I left the roman church and became Orthodox
All glory to our only lord Jesuschrist ☦️
He showed me the way 💒
in taht case understand that Jesus was just a vessel of God, but worthy. they lie too like Vatican.
and i never fasted in my life but still God used me for rapture (and we dont have a word for it in Orthodox church btw).
still, church is as good as the peoples are. unlike vatican, otrhodox chruch by definition is consisted of people and church, so if people say something is out its out.
This is why I made this man my Spirtual father! Such full of wisdom and love for Christ!
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Hello brother
lol, we're all here huh?
Blessed Lent my brothers!
guess so@@georgemiller781
My wife and I are to be received into the Holy Orthodox Church this upcoming Holy Saturday. As I listened to Father's words I began to weep yet again at how our Glorious and Compassionate Lord could call to a man like me and lead me into this miraculous and overwhelming beauty of a life renewed and restored. Bless you Fr. Timothy for your kindness and gentleness, and my prayer is that all mankind come to know Christ in His Holy Spirit. Repentance is the beautiful path, the Way! Blessed Lent to all of us. Lord Jesus Christ Have Mercy on us and save us, amen!
Glory to God for all things!
Welcome brothers!
Orthodox fasting is less about the food but more about committing to God and controlling our passions. Praying more, Being sober minded, controlling our thoughts and making our thoughts obedient to Christ. the fasting is a method of training so to speak to assist us in our prayers and behaviour. Fasting does not qualify us, fasting is for us to gain self control. As Fr. Timothy here explains superbly that the food rules are not hard but a guide. Being sober minded so that we can focus our love on Him and to fill our heart with love as God is the author of love. Good fast my Orthodox brothers and sisters.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me and save me a sinner.
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What does Paul mean in 2Chorinthians 5:17?
In Christ how am i still a sinner?
Please explain.
Thank you.
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I am no teaching authority but I would point to this scripture, the two passages have to harmonize somehow with eachother.
1 John 1:8-10 ESV
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Father Timothy was absolutely right on saying that we focus on the food and lose the purpose. However, fasting has also some actual effects on the body that help the soul. Fasting stresses out the body, which in turn humbles the soul. Whenever our body is suffering, our soul is getting humbler. Thus monks devote their life on three things: 1. Worshipping God, 2. Studying spiritual books and the bible, 3. Manual labor. When fasting, our body gets thinner, both literally and metaphorically speaking, so it is easier for the spirit to get elevated and come closer to God. Last, abstaining from certain foods or eating habits, helps with the all sinful tendencies the body has. The Christian Orthodox Faith and the way we worship our Lord and live our life with him in the center is so wisely built. I am always in owe with all the answers behind my “whys” when I am trying to learn and understand how everything works, why we do this or that, etc.
GLORY TO CHRIST FOR ALL THINGS!!!! blessed Lent my brothers and sisters!!
This is why i left the protestants and became Orthodox. Lord have mercy...
Grew up protestant and always felt like I was missing something. Like I went thru the drive thru and something was missing with my order. One day, I read Matt 16:18. This time I questioned, Church, what did Jesus mean by Church. So I asked God to show me what Church did Jesus build? I began searching Church history and found the Orthodox Church. I found St. Barbara's Orthodox Church and decided to go. I'll confess, my first time was shocking coming from a protestant background. I went back that following Sunday and divorced myself of everything that I thought was Church. I asked the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to me. Then my eyes and my heart knew that I had found the one true church.
Welcome home bro! The most of us have the same story with you!
Jesus built an "ecclesia" which means a gathering of those summoned. He never meant for church buildings and denominations to arise.
@@DallasTheGreat28 and why jesus was send message to 7 churches then; and why apostles was build the church whitch gospel said the church is the body of jesus Christ.
I am also a Protestant looking into Orthodoxy. At first I was on the fence, as I was always taught Catholics worship saints and have idols. I assumed Orthodoxy was just another form of Catholicism (I never even knew what Orthodoxy was until a few months ago as in my culture, Hispanic, Orthodoxy is not really a thing. You're either Catholic, Protestant, or athiest). I began really reading and studying my Bible. (As a Protestant I was always taught that the Bible is the ultimate authority.) Verses such as John 20:23, James 5:16, and Revelation 8:4, really opened my eyes and I began questioning my own faith and if my entire life has been a lie. I began studying Church history and reading about the early church fathers, and I realized, how can Protestantism be a continuation of the true Church it it only began in the 16th century? Where is the original Church that Christ's apostles had founded? That gave me two options, the Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church. I realized it can't be the Catholic Church since they split from the communion of churches and have had many heresies in their history such as Papal infallibilty. This Sunday I will be attending my local Orthodox parish, a Russian Orthodox Church.
It’s amazing to see all of you have by followed the same path. I was raised Protestant and I feel like it swayed my focus away from Jesus Christ. I was always concerned with God and the Old Testament I think. And orthodox showed me to go back to the heart of Christ and everything He is. And I feel like I finally found the missing piece - Jesus. Plus the art is absolutely amazing. Still learning. But loving every bit of it AND Jesus of Nazareth.
Thank you Fr. Timothy: as a recent convert this is my first Great Lent and the clarity you offer here is most helpful. Glory be to God, thank you!
The same for me. I have to mention, I was just made a catechumen on Sunday the beginning of this Lent and had no idea how powerful that would be. I have expected that baptism/chrismation will be powerful, but no one warned me about just becoming a catechumen. It's like the world has changed. And everything about Lent has so much meaning now.
@@treewalker1070 pretty amazing, isn’t it? Thanks be to God!
I'm a new catechumen with so much to learn. This will be my first Great Lent and your explanation of Lent gives me so much clarity and peace. Thank you
Me too :)
It’s our first as a catechumen as well. We are so excited.
@laurahildebrand7023 I wasn't sure what to think of Forgiveness Sunday, but after hugging almost 200 of my fellow parishioners, including small children, I was in tears of joy. Like a huge weight was lifted from my soul. It was yet another beautiful part of orthodoxy.
God be with you
I just sent this video to my newly baptized godson of 32 years old, have a good Lenten period brothers and sisters in Christ Lord Jesus
Glory to God! Thank you, Fr. Timothy Pavlatos, for teaching us and for praying for us. Love in Christ, Thomas and Anna Ramey
I like this priest need more content of him
I know a guy who used to be into hinduism an new age stuff and he used to mock(in a friendly way) the fact that we Christians look so tired after 2-3 days of complete fasting(no food at all) while he can and does 7 days complete fasts a few times a year. He is a Christian now, Glory to God and he was incredibility surprised at first that he could not even do regular fasting for a single day in the beginning.
I haven’t been to church since I was like 13 and I’m 33 now with a wife who has never been baptized and 4 kids who have never been baptized nor chrismated. I grew up Protestant and I truly believe the Holy Spirit has been pushing me to Orthodoxy. I can’t explain it any other way. I went to my first Divine Liturgy this last Sunday and everyone around my wife and kids and I were so genuine and nice and non-judgmental. Including the Father. It was so welcoming and warm and filled my heart up so much with the love of Jesus Christ. I truly found my home and I can’t wait to go through Catechism classes and for all my family to be chrismated and baptized around Easter next year. Thank you God for your persistence to push me towards salvation for not just me but for my kids and my wife. ☦️
Dearest Father Pavlatos, your way of speaking is very calming and has reinforced very important teachings/suggestions in this short video. Your words are powerful and so true. Thank you Father, God Bless you 🙏
Thank you for this message, Fr. Pavlatos. Last Lent I tried to keep a strict fast out of pride. I complained to everyone how bad I felt because I was fasting. Then I became very sick with pneumonia. This year, my priest told me to take it easy, just leave off meat and focus on the purpose of this holy season.
Thanks you brother, greetings from the amazonian region of Colombia 🇨🇴☦️
You are always wellcome here
Blessed Lent to everyone
Weighing each and every word carefully as I pray, slowly and with intention, is the #1 thing I must consistently remind myself to do. I suspect I may spend my entire life struggling to learn how to truly offer prayer to God properly even just once. Thanks for another great video. 🙏🏽☦️
You hit the nail on the head: praying slowly and with intent. That’s when we feel God’s presence and are able to unite with Him. And that’s a great feeling! May God bless you all and Father Timothy…
He explains it so well and full of love for Christ ❤🙏🏼I need a spiritual father like him ,I miss real guidance on our new path in the orthodox church,we don't have that at the moment in our parish due to language barriers sadly,I pray we Will find our English speaking spiritual father somewhere here still 🙏🏼
Love this video - thank you for sharing the heart of this season. I appreciate the reverence you bring to the table as Orthodox believers. For me as a Pentecostal, I think we can miss that sometimes. But I love listening to your heart for Jesus here, so thank you for sharing. I was in Israel a year ago in May and was able to hear from several Orthodox followers of Jesus as well. It is a blessing to learn from my family in the faith. 😊 May the Lord have mercy on us all. ❤️
This guy is spot on in his theology. I really enjoyed listening to him.
I just want to say, I love this channel so much. I'm sort of a new orthodox christian and have a lot of questions, this channel helps answering those questions
I am new in the Orthodox faith so i am learning a lot ❤️🔥☦️
Thank you Father! To God be given Glory.
God bless you.
This is my first time hearing father Timothy. He is truly filled with the Holy Spirit. Can you please do more programs with him?
Yes, will do! Please stay tuned, I’ll have more videos coming up with him this week and next week.
He is my spiritual father and I just spent two hours with him last Sunday and he talked with me and my wife about similar things. I randomly saw this video in my feed and was like, what they heck! I just wept when I heard him in this video. My soul needed to hear what he had to say. I can't wait to see what else you have. @@RootsofOrthodoxy
I love how well he spoke. This really inspired me, as this is my first time as a Christian Orthodox that I want to take part in the Great Lent. The diet part is hard at some points because I am not used to it (still trying to do the best I can), but I am still gracefully putting more effort into focusing and reflecting on my faith, myself and others during this period.
Wanna procreate?
@@traviswilson36repent
It will be hard for some time but you will get used to it, trust me. :) and the end you will find youself happily waiting for Lent ^^ it was hard for all of us at some point but keep up and don't give up ❤
Great Lent - is Spring of soul
Thank you father and roots of orthodoxy for the highly illuminating message
Dear Fr. We are not known to each other, other than through Christ. Through our connection, Orthodoxy, we are brothers and I thank you for the riches of that which you speak. God bless and guide you. Amen
Thank you! And thanks be to God! Where I live there's no Orthodox Church, and it is needles to describe how I feel about it. However your message was so encouraging to keep following Christ's teachings and commandments despite being far away from any Orthodox church.
Thank you for your true words of wisdom!
Thank you for this beautiful message, blessed Lent my orthodox brothers and sisters 🙏☦️
Thank you indeed fr Timothy for this wonderful presentatiion- an exposition from the heart in great humility and breadth to help all those wanting to enter more fully into tbe life of Christ at this time.. With grateful appreciation. God's blessings be upon you.
Thank you Father Timothy. Glory to God for this clip. Amen☦️
This is profoundly beautiful ❤️ thank you so very much 🙏
LORD JESUS HAVE MERCY ON ME FOR I AM A SINNER
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Me too. 🙏🏼✝️♥️
Absolutely beautiful
Love god who showing me in the truth.
Of all the videos I've watched on Lent, this has impacted me the most. Thank you!
Wonderful explanation. Very helpful!
God bless you father I'm so glad to found this channel. Κυριε Ιησου Χριστε ελεησον με τον αμαρτωλο.
Truly God has provided the guidance I needed. I have been so wrapped up in the fasting aspect of Lent that I have completely ignored what I should be doing. I have not read the Bible nor prayed any more this week. I’m glad that I heard your thoughts on this so early in Lent.
I am not a cradle Orthodox and learned the hard way too. Now I make lists - grocery lists and recipe lists BEFORE lent begins. That way I can allow more
time for prayer, readings, services, etc. But it's ok - at least you started!
Thank you for this talk. As a newish convert I appreciate the instruction and I value learning as much as I can to grow closer to my Lord.
Thank you🙏
Thank you Lord Jesus!
Thank you for the explanation. God bless you
The spirit of humility in this man is great indeed and is a refreshing contrast to the, dare I say, confrontational nature of many in the online orthodox communities. I am grateful to be on this journey with all of you.
Thank you, God, for making me hear these words of wisdom, please guide me and all of my brothers and sisters throughout and after the Lent. Amen!
This was so beautiful and edifying. I have a chronic illness and utilize a ketogenic lifestyle to manage my pain. It's extremely hard to do the dietary aspects of Lent with this lifestyle. I have my Priest's blessing to allow some animal products but I always feel bad as if I'm failing in some way. My heart's intentions are too truly fast from my passions and sinful ways. Growing in holiness (I hope, lol). This Priest's soothing voice and perspective is so helpful .May God have mercy on me a sinner
I agree... He is very wise. I have limitations on my fasting as well, but in my mind, I still feel this push to fast more than I can or should. Pride is sneaky like that!
I understand this, as I used to have multiple sclerosis, but cured it with a mainly carnivorous diet. I am in a posture of inquiry with the orthodox church, and I’m grateful that we are all still seen and accommodated in our own individual limited capacities. Thank God we can plead for mercy. God himself told me how to cure myself, I had been a vegetarian for a very long time. God told me to “reverse engineer” my diet, so I did, and in three months I was cured. That was 11 years ago. I wasn’t even a believer.
I am also an Inquirer in the Orthodox church and just began keeping the full fast after being on a ketogenic diet for over a year. The switch was very shocking to my system and I'm pretty positive my body is upset with the influx of carbohydrates.
Of course, I wanted to be as pious as possible but perhaps this isn't the best way for me, and fasting in some other area might be better for me. I don't have a spiritual father currently who could bless me in that decision. I'm just a guy on the margins trying to keep up with the faithful
@@babyBmaj Peace and blessings, you could talk with the Priest of your local Church if you feel comfortable. I recently had a Priest say to me "You know the devil doesn't eat" so though we should keep to the church's guidance on such things fasting is so much more than dietary. My many sins/passions and vices come to mind, lol.
@@intherightlight That's so interesting. I was vegan for 17 years and soon after becoming Christian and the onset of my two autoimmune conditions the Lord convicted me that I had made an idol out of veganism. I also was advised by two medical professionals to eat red meat. I felt so much better when I did. I've been attempting ketovore/carnivore for about three years but keep falling off the wagon 😐. God bless
This channel is amazing!!!!! Thank you guys for your work.
May God grant my brothers and sisters in Christ a peaceful and spiritually profitable Great Lent!!
Absolutely amazing content. I’ve always asked and thought how should I️ pray. Just the framework that the Fr. outlined for prayer is so meaningful to me specifically and I’ve never heard anyone explain it
Thank you for sharing this as we enter into the Lenten season. I had to check my intentions regarding the fast as I listened.
For future videos, could you post the questions you ask on screen as your guest answers? It would help at least me. Loving all of your content so far! Keep up the good work.
Perfect timing !
The season of Bright Sadness
When i was listening to you, Father Timothy, it was as if God spoke through you. I have prayed to God to show me the right church for me, because I have a friend who is trying to get me into her church which is non-denominational I think. When we were studying the Bible, she was asking me are you saved and I said I am not Jesus Christ I can't know who is saved or not. That moment I released that sounds a bit of a brain washing than a church. I am baptized Orthodox Christian, however my family was not very active in the church life growing up. Also a lot of time they were criticizing the Orthodox Church, coming from Catholic background not knowing anything about Orthodoxy, which for me was not Christ like. We as Christians love to judge each other and to divide ourselves, but I don't think that is the will of Our Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you for the amazing words, Father Timothy the pints that you have made were all that I needed to know. God bless you!
Today I learned the biggest lesson about fasting. I’m Ethiopian Orthodox and we don’t eat absolutely nothing for 3 days ( from Good Friday tills Sunday) and I honestly did say I did it , which was absolutely wrong. Thank you priest for showing me how wrong I was.
RUclips kept interrupting Fr Timothy’s wonderful message with ads. (Apparently, RUclips thinks I should go to this fast food place or learn Python for data science.) How annoying! Nevertheless I liked this video. It’s one of the best things on the intertubes now. Glory to God!
This is a fantastic interview! Thank you! ☦️
Beautiful❤️🔥
This priest has confirmed my views and importance of the point and meaning of authentic followers of Christ. I am so blessed that before watching this I was already in tune with the importance of Christianity. Amen 🙏🏼♥️✝️
Excellent Piece! Blessed lent to all!
May the Holy Spirit abide in you
❤️🕊️🙏☦️ GOD BE WITH US ☦️🙏⛪️💪
Thank you. Just what I needed to hear!
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Amen 🙏
Καλη Σαρακοστη!
Evlogeite Fr Timothy kali sarakosti Kalo agona kali dynami
Forgive me a sinner 🙏🏻☦️❤️sophia& Menas
I am just a Child of God but I do believe this is true and is how I conduct my self. I am quite sure my worship is different though. Everything is to get closer to Jesus and express our love.
Can anyone help me? I’m an ex Muslim who converted, I was baptized in the Protestant church, but feel called by God to the Orthodox faith. I had a dream where the Holy Spirit was speaking to me and showed me a vision of me in an Orthodox Church accepting the Eucharist.
I’m a single mom and don’t know if I will be welcomed in. I have so many questions.
All are welcome to Christ’s church! Visit a close Eastern Orthodox Church (not Coptic or Ethiopian or Armenian, for they are not orthodox) but Greek, Russian, Serbian, Romanian, etc. and talk to a priest and attend a service!
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..Amen..
Hello, blessed greetings to you all. On the last note of the post, Paradise was mentioned and I’d like to know where that is if it is not on the other side of the great chasm.
Just when i thought i had it all figured out here comes this video and now i am more confused than ever.
If you have any questions, please comment them!
Why r u confused?
واما انت فمتى صمت فادهن راسك واغسل وجهك لكي لا تظهر للناس صائما بل لابيك الذي في الخفاء فابوك الذي يرى في الحقاء يجازيك علانية
صوما اربعينيا مقدس ومباركا اغفروا لي يا اخواتي انا الخاطئ بالمسيح
I'm a catechumen in the Russian
Orthodox Church with exceedingly little experience in the spirituel life. Should I participate in the fast with the OK of my priest?
Definitely. Talk to the priest about how hard you should get into it...
What is the artwork behind him called? How do I become an Orthodox Christian?
The beautiful artwork are called icons. If you are interested in Orthdoxy, look online to see if there are any Eastern Orthodox churches in your area. I don’t know where you live, but in the U.S. there might be a Greek Orthodox, Antiochian Orthdoox, or OCA (Orthodox Church in America). Speak to the priest of the local church about your interest. Start attending services and start reading and learning. Ancient Faith Ministries would be a good app to download. I hope this helps.
Hey guys, I'm already here. Will anyone ever believe me before I do miracles? This is the test from Father, to feel me from the heart, rather than believing from the mind. Big hug to all of you, love is the way
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Ah interesting..Catholics has lent to. We are in the Holy week and soon entering the tridum...God bless all Christians who worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
It's easy to be Christian. It's hard to be Orthodox ❤
интересно что через английский как то я внимаю суть,а по русски слушаю но как то не внимаю.
kali sarakoski pater
Nice conclusion. Its a million per cent that there are born again believers also outside of the Orthodox Church.
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Forgive me but that’s not what he said or teaches. He teaches that we can not judge people’s salvation outside the church. That’s not our job and we don’t know what happens to Protestants and Catholics. Are job is just to tell them to be orthodox. We don’t believe there are “Christians” outside of the church. We only call Catholics and Protestants “Christians” loosely because they call themselves Christians and trinitarians or what some of us say is “beginning Christians” because they are ignorant of the fullness of the truth but they have part of the truth correct. This is what we teach and what Fr.Timothy teaches, I know this because Ive sat down with him and have a long convo with him. We are very firm on our beliefs and dogmas and are very much against ecumenism.
Colossians 1 About Jesus:
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.
Rev 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS….
1- THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME
2- THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE
3- THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THY GOD IN VAIN
4- REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY
5- HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER
6- THOU SHALT NOT KILL
7- THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
8- THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
9- THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOURS
10- THOU SHALT NOT COVET
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Hebrews10:26-31- For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!!..
These few verses unmask deception and reveal idolatry:
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them. SO DO ALL WHO TRUST IN THEM. Psalm 135:15-18
Deuteronomy 4:16
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
Jeremiah 7:18-19 KJV
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the ¨queen of heaven¨, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Mary and saint worship, Mary the mediatrix and queen of heaven? God cleary told us Jesus is the ONLY mediator between God and mankind. Whoever else you use as mediator or pray to is IDOLATRY.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
Saints dont intermediate and dont listen to prayers, they are dead people like you and me, made of flesh and they died, Mary also is one of them, she was a normal woman who gave birth to Jesus and she and other people may not be worshipped.
God declared the dead as the following:
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. 6Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
If the dead are alive somewhere... then who are the ones Christ will resurrect at his arrival?
*Second commandment (Ex 20:4): Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, ...*
this includes rosary necklaces, Mary and saint statues, Jesus, Mary and saint images, crosses, 'holy relics' and many more items used in worship by most denominations. People bow down before these things, kiss them, pray with them and that is wrong.
Christ is the mediator we pray towards, close the door and pray to him honestly without any items or images, he is the living God and does not share his glory with manmade things.
It is time to return to the old Hebraic faith of Jesus (Yeshua) and do what he did (obey the Fathers commandments and laws). There was no Catholic church or hundreds of denominations each with their own views and opinions back in the days of Jesus and the prophets. Believers had the old testament back then, which is the foundation of all scripture and the key to understand the new testament. Most Cathechism practices like rosary prayers etc are just invented in the 16th century.. first pope existed in 538ad and not in the apostles their days. those things got nothing to do with Jesus, its the traditions and vanities of religious men who went far astray from the Fathers commands.
Matt 7:22
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’…
Berean Standard Bible
Only those who obey Gods commandments will enter the kingdom, there is a large familiar group of people who think they please Jesus but obviously they will be rejected by Him because they denied the commandments.
Many teachings and videos are available on our fb page lessons from Jesus
You misinterpreted those passages and our position.
Forgive me, why did God descend and rescue the dead along with Adam and Eve? I thought Adam and Eve were already in heaven, since Christ is a descendant from Adam.
Paradise was closed off from mankind and death and corruption was through the entire cosmos. Everyone before Christ was in Hades. But he conquered death by death through his resurrection. This is why he had to die on a cross and why he resurrected. For Satan has the keys to death. By now Christ has conquered and sanctified the entire cosmos and united and provided a way for healing for man by his incarnation, baptism, life and teachings, death, resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost. This is the Gospel.
@@OrthoNektarios thank you ☦️
Vegan diet is not lent. It’s a disrespect to us that do the biblical fast and go days without food.
Fasting from meat and dairy is what the Church prescribes for fasting periods, combine with avoiding avoiding over indulgence. The Church also says we should never talk about our fasting, that is how and what we fast, so we should never know that you go days without eating by practicing the “Biblical fast.”
“Biblical fast” is not starving yourselves. You can refer to Daniel and the Youths fast. This fast is also prescribed from the apostles themselves. You can read the didache which is a first century church document on this as well. This is what the early has practiced for 2000 years
YOU READ ur bible!! We do as Jesus did.. in fact we do it more leniently… He went into the desert for 40 days and completely fasted but we vegan Franken foods!! we should be focusing on internal there’s nothing pagan about a discipline for our soul! May God enlighten you🙏🏻
Work salvation is a lie. Only Faith believe trust In Christ. The thief on the cross was a thief = criminal…we are all sinners that why he gave himself no sacraments need. If you do it because of love for him that’s awesome but not for salvation that’s a lie
He never said that and we don’t believe that.
I really wish you guys came back to the one true church.. the Catholic Church
We are the True Catholic Church😂
@@OrthoNektarios sorry you are not. You are in schism.
@@OrthoNektarios sorry you are not.. you are a schismatic..its 1 universal church... each Orthodox Church has a different bishop and you are not in commune with each other.The Greek Orthodox isn't in communion with the Russian. You are Protestant but with a valid Eucharist and the other sacraments. We have different Rites in the Catholic Church but all believe the same thing and under 1 person the Pope
The roman church is not catholic
You must come back to Orthodoxy ☦️
Perhaps add positive life-giving comments instead of comments that cause further division. You will not win any Orthodox with comments such as these.
Is Lent Really in the Bible?
Lent is not mentioned in the Bible, but rather started in the fourth century AD. Even though there is no explicit evidence of Lent in Scripture, many believers have tried to argue that Lent is based on Jesus’ temptation in the desert for 40 days.
The 40 days before Easter is a preparation time known as Lent. During these 40 days, people in Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox traditions choose to give up something (a certain food or activity) in the form of fasting.
Many Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches also follow Lenten dietary rules during this time. The goal of Lent is to grow closer to the Lord as one prepares for the anniversary of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Even though many Christians cherish the Lenten season, the specific observation of Lent is not mentioned in the Bible. Some believers have tried to point to different examples in the Bible as the basis for Lent, but there is no explicit evidence of Lent in Scripture.
Furthermore, there are no commands for Christians in the Bible regarding mandatory fasting or dietary rules. Such acts are based purely on church and man-made tradition.
However, each Christian can choose whether to celebrate the Lenten season, remembering that certain activities and rituals do not gain God’s favor or grace.
Did you even watch the video?
@Christian-gn2cm I have read the bible,
@@donhaddix3770 So have I, why are you responding to a video you haven't even watched?
@Christian-gn2cm
Because I read the Bible.
@@donhaddix3770 so the Bible told you to be a troll? Interesting. Peace, brother. You obviously don't want a serious dialogue.
The Bible does not speak of a great and holy lent. Our Lord observed the Jewish Festivals.
Lent is a pagan practice the derives from the worship of tamuze.....look into it hence why it's not in the Bible...Acts 17:11....don't just believe what someone tells you Hou should do.....take it to the Bible and if it does not reflect it.l then it's not of God..
The Jews had fasts prior to Christianity. Lent is not pagan at all. Do some real reading in history. Did you even watch the video?
Lent is PAGAN!!!!! It's the 40 days of weeping for tammuz. estar is PAGAN!!! these things have nothing to do with Yeshua Messiah. Nothing to do with the ressurection. When was Yeshua crucified? was it good friday or PASSOVER. Put away your pagan sungod worship. Read your Bible.
I Pray god will only judge us on the accountability of what we understand, Tim. Irregardless, pray for us all.
Whether you realize it or not, Tim, what you articulate here is the teaching of a 19th century fraud, Alexander Hislop. It is not based in biblical truth or the true record of Church history. It has nothing to do with Orthodox Christianity. Further, it dishonors Christ and glorifies His enemies as more powerful. I challenge you to attend Orthodox services of Lent and tell us then it has nothing to do with Jesus as Messiah. I’ve been a student of the Scriptures for decades, and I can assure you traditional Christian Lent has absolutely everything to do with Jesus Christ and nothing else. One need only follow the daily Scripture readings for this season in the Orthodox Church to figure that out.
@@samreeve824 Good answer! ❤
Orthodox don't celebrate Easter; we celebrate Pascha, which is Greek for Passover. Lent is not pagan but has its roots in Jewish fasting, which Christ himself practiced. The 40 days primarily come from Christ's own 40-day fast in the desert.
@@samreeve824 You don't need to read many verses to find out that isn't the case. Ignorance is no excuse.