I came here to make a similar comment. Well put.

And deep, deep ,quiet, Love

i'm interested in Orthodox Christianity but i can't see the Jesus of the bible wanting to be feared by anyone. he's deserving of all the respect, worship, and praise in the world ofc but building a relationship with him plays a huge part for a more sustainable faith in the long run, i my opinion

@@Maniflore Good opinion to have.

​@@Maniflore fear not in a way someone fears a robber or darkness, but fearing the consequences of losing communion with God. fear of the consequences of our sins, fearing him like we fear a king, a dad, a president, or someone with authority.

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The world would be a much better place without the tradition of Orthodoxy. My goodness, just look at it's utterly depraved history. Time to give up our monkey traditions.

They actually didn’t become corrupt either my understanding

Very well said!

Please pray for me and wife, that we both must be open, I hope she will listen.

I pray that your hearts are continually humbled as humility ultimately leads us to Christ and his church 🩷 Remember that God reveals himself to those who seek him. Peace be with you. God be with you. ☦️

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Excellent video MRS…….please continue with the information

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@@itsmeAshley84 thank you!

Yeah, pathetic morons need to stick together.

No wonder our seminaries are cranking out heretics with folks like you on staff.

Thank you for your kind words! Congratulations with the upcoming baptism!

Thank you for sharing! I am learning new things myself every day about our faith!

Welcome to the truth! Слава Богу! Glory to God! I love you Brother and Sister! I believe and hope I will stand with you on the right side of our Holy Christ at the resurrection !

Study more and Christ bless you to become Orthodox before the second coming. I love you as our Christ loves you! The time is short;

@@cyprianbaruffi812 Thank you so much.I can't remember a time of having such a hunger to learn of our faith...I thank God for bestowing this yearning upon me.Thank you My Brother in Christ.God Bless!

@@cyprianbaruffi812 Amen

marital, not martial

Wow thats crazy and she had other children...people should read their Bibles more

​@@Rose-rr9xqExcept Mary didn't have other children. If she had, Jesus wouldn't have given her care over to St. John when He was on the Cross.

@waterotter3625 Joseph of arimeathea was his great uncle and he was the head of the family otherwise he wouldn't have been able to collect his body and I'm sorry Mary did have other children. Jesus's also spent alot of time between the ages of 12 and 30 with his uncle in England as Joseph was a wealthy tin merchant n had mines in england

@@Rose-rr9xq Sorry, you cannot maintain your Catholic Faith and say that the Virgin Mary had children besides our Lord Jesus Christ! Further the legend that Joseph of Arimethea bringing the Christ Child to England is merely a legend and has no historical value. Think seriously about your accusation of our Blessed Lady Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary before you fall deeper into heresy!

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Don't do it!!!

​@@gregorylatta8159lmao heretic

​@@gregorylatta8159 Oh, gregory, how sad to read such words

Jim, God, bless. You are on your way to learning wonderful things.. which have always existed in the Church but was not known to many of us for a long time. ☦💝📿💝☦

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What???

​​​​@@ingoelds yes - she was conceived naturally by St Anne and Joachim, but at conception ( and conception is the creation of life from ovum and sperm that happens after sexual union) she was and from here I quote: '.... enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role. In fact in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her vocation, it was necessary for her to be fully borne by God's grace' (catechism of Catholic Church, 490). Here the word 'borne' is the same as 'carried'. It's not 'born' as in 'given birth to', or 'conception'. There are more paragraphs that I won't quote here (492-493). None of them state that Mary was conceived supernaturally, that is, not a virgin birth. This is only Jesus. I also don't see any reference to original sin in these paragraphs but my theology doesn't extend far enough to speak about this. The Fathers of the Eastern tradition are referred to in para 493, ending with 'by the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long'. From what I have read (I wanted to double check I wasn't misleading) it seems that Catholics and Orthodox are at least very closely aligned. Again, I write this only to bring to light a common misunderstanding of my faith, and with full respect of Orthodox Christianity and the riches it bears in our world. I also see that this richness is rooted in the church fathers. Catholicism is too. Again, Sona I see the differences you have spoken about and do not intend offence or pushing a Catholic doctrine into your space. I particularly love the Orthodox position on marriage continuing after death and it feels intuitively more true to me than 'til death do us part' as you point out is our Catholic teaching. I wondered if orthodox people can remarry after the death of a spouse? My intuition is that this would be ok but maybe I'm wrong ....

Thank you for watching! I will definitely read more Catholic sources on this subject.

Thank you for your kind words! I really hope one will be built very soon in your neighborhood!

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Great cite about Orthodoxy!

In our Parish in Clarksvill Tennessee, we have a pan ethnic pairish,and it's wonde.

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Unfortunately they’re still heretical. Only Eastern Orthodox churches have the True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

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Took 24 years for my wife to want to attend Orthodox Church. She said no when I ask her to go. I never ask again although I knew that’s where I wanted to be. Just before Covid we had enough of our life long Protestant church. It was always looking for the next new thing. I told her I was done. We tried 2 mainstream liturgical churches; one preached about lgbt w no other spiritual comments. That night my wife came and said we were going to the local Orthodox Church. When we walked into the Nave the following Sunday; I told her I was home & she agreed. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT & she loved it!

Keep in prayer. When my husband approached me about converting to Orthodoxy, I was very upset and refused. I was Protestant and did not wish to change. I am now devoted to my Orthodox faith and are raising our children as such. Jesus may soften your wife’s heart as He did mine.

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Спасибо за добрые слова! Я очень рада, что видео помогло!

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We are not the same. You are heterodox and reject 4 of the 7 ecumenical councils. Ecumenism is a heresy in both our churches.

Saint Anthony was not a Monophysite. He would reject the Oriental “Orthodox” church today.

Indeed He is risen! Thank you for sharing!

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I have a question for you and it’s very personal and real…..any areas or doctrine within orthodox that you still are not 100% settled with?

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Please do some research into the earliest centuries of the church and infant baptism. You will find that infants were baptized from earliest times and that refusing to baptize infants is a departure from the tradition of the apostles.

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Thank you so much for your kind words! I had no idea that St. Arsema is St. Hripsime! I am so happy to hear that she is famous in Ethiopia! St. Hripsime is one of my favorite saints! You just made my day:)

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What is OO

Is it oriental orthodox

What you wrote is just a rephrasing of Original Sin!

@@parsaeye We suffer the consequences by being born into a fallen world, but we do not adopt Adam's sin per se.

Also, we Orthodox believe the Theotokos died (dormition) but her remains were assumed into heaven whereas the Romans believe she was just assumed.

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Christ has truly Risen from the grave!

Truly He is Risen!

Indeed He is Risen! Thank you for sharing!

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Thank you for your reply! Wasn't that a part of the debate between Dominicans and Franciscans back in the days? There are even iconic paintings in late Medieval Art that depict Mary's conception as a miracle that happened through the chaste kiss of her parents at the Golden Gate in Jerusalem. How else would it be possible for the Holy Virgin to be free from the stain of the original sin if it is inevitably passing through generation to generation, as RCC believes? If you have Catholic sources that talk about this matter, I would appreciate it if you send me links. Thank you!

@@holasona There is no record of anyone stating the belief that Mary’s parents did not produce her in the natural way. Giotto’s image of Joachim and Anna kissing depicts the reunited moment after they both separately learn from an angel that Anna would conceive. There is no evidence that anyone believed this kiss produced a child in Anna’s womb. No one who argued for the Immaculate Conception at that time, before that time, or since that time ever intimated that there was no natural relation. Conception does not just refer to the beginning of human life but refers specifically to the union of sperm and ovum. The use of the word conception to describe Mary’s natural origin is deliberate to designate that she is the product of normal sexual relations. That is why Jesus is not a Virgin Conception but a Virgin Birth. Unlike Mary, he was not conceived with the help of a man but his body was formed entirely from the material of his mother. As to how the transmission of Original Sin could be prevented in a natural conception, the Catholic answer is that it is a miracle performed by God. Pope Pius IX wrote in 1854: “the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.”

@@holasona Ggdivhjkjl is correct! There are as well Orthodox icons of Joachim and Anna kissing at the gate. this comes from the Protoevangelium of James which has the stories of the Theotokos' conception and early life. The Roman Church never espoused that Mary was conceived in any other way than sexually. The Immaculate Conception was a special grace from God keeping Mary free from sin that was bestowed upon her not by natural means, but by Divine gift. There were many arguments for and against this doctrine in both Dominican and Franciscan camps, but the evidence that anyone took seriously the conception of Mary in any other way but sexually is spurious.

Know also that St.Augustine when questioned as to how Original Sin was passed down conjectured that is was through sexual intercourse, though he wasn't completely satisfied with that answer. He pointed to Sacred Scripture Psalm 50/51 "Et in peccatis concepit me mater mea", "And in sin did my mother conceive me."

Shat shnorhakalem! Thank you very much!

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how can a myth 'bless'?

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Thank you for your kind words! In this video, I tried to talk about the things that unite all Orthodox churches. At some point, I will make another one about the differences between Eastern and Oriental churches.

@@holasona Great ! That will be really interesting 🤍

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I'm a Greek Orthodox and I'm glad to hear it! If you need any help sister,plz let me know. Greetings from Greece!

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Im also Eastern Orthodox, but Roman Catholic prior to that. The Roman Catholic teaching is that the guilt of Adam's sin is inherited, drawing largely from some of St. Augustine's writings.

@@bsdnfraje nope they absolutely deny original guilt. Although Augustine clearly did teach original guilt.

@@EricAlHarb Who knows what Catholics teach this year? But previously, as recently as the NewAdvent Catechism, they did. Otherwise the Immaculate Conception makes even less sense. Mary wasn't preserved at conception from concupiscence.

Not sure that is correct, since their doctrine of limbo speaks to the destiny of babies who die without baptism.

@@EricAlHarb Then the Limbo of the Fathers and the Immaculate Conception are unnecessary. Catholic catechisms from the last century taught it, but you may be right about the teaching of the Catholics today. What about next year though?

Thank you for your kind words! Of course! Our Eucharist theology might be a bit different, but we all believe that Holy Communion is the real Body and Blood of Christ!

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@@holasona yes , from Greece.(But i also like very much the oriental orthodox too... the so called heretics...but i think they are heroes ) you speak well.i seek to listen to the wisdom of the practitioners and i am impressed by people like you , i wouldn't believe that you are so many and so well educated,i will be listening to you (all of you) . Greetings to your family and children

@@Gigi-ho2qk Nothing poor about it, Jesus is the only one that gives us all things we need that pertain to life and Godliness. He did not come to organize denominations, if fact a lot of denominations have long ago departed from Jesus.

@@Gigi-ho2qk pre-denominational doesn't mean UN-corrupted or UN-biblical. I'm not saying they are either of these things but like Ps 118 vs 8 says put your trust in the lord not man or man made institutions. The traditions of the Church over the word of God......does anybody see a problem with this?

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