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Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen.

There is no other path. He is the path.

I love you, brothers and sisters. ☺️❤️☦️ I am your new born baby brother in the family of the Eastern Orthodox Church of our beloved and precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and I’m so grateful to be here 🥹

Thank you,thank you,thank you, thank you for holding up THE TRUTH, 🙏❤️

As an orthodox Christian, I know and believe with all my being Christ is the only way. However, when surrounded by so many different people of different religions, who suffer, struggle and are better than me 1000 times… What I struggle with is why me? What did I do to deserve knowing the truth and how poor of a witness I am to the rest of the world . Lord , forgive me ! .., Gods sovereignty is hard to understand at times. For now I take refuge in saints stories like saint Moses the strong, a story of transformation that reminds me of God’s individual call to each of us. I pray we may all live and breath and have our being through Christ alone 🙏🥰✝️

Thank you Fr.Seraphim, you always hit the spot. May God bless you & protect you. May our mother St.Mary intercede and pray for the monetary. Much love ❤

I work as a firefighter is a very blighted, violent city. When I’m in the truck just…looking at the environment and what we have done to each other. It breaks my heart to pieces. I pray to God to forgive us. And I pray God to forgive me my anger, rage and disgust at what I see us do to each other. ☦️☦️☦️

❤❤Armine and Artak thank you

It is truly the truth, there is no salvation except through Christ

If there is a monk who could reach the young adults and “educated” youth, I believe it’s you, Father Seraphim. You’re an inspiration. Christ’s love and mercy on you!

CHRIST: I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE ✝️ AMIN

To Father Seraphim and all of my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ: Me and my mother are in desperate need of your prayers, for the enemy has relentlessly and brutally attacked us without end for almost two years, and we are going through never ending hardships one after the other. Whatever prayers you can spare would be most appreciated. May our Lord and savior Jesus Christ be with all of you! ☦

Much love from Canada, father bless.

That I am only able to dream about. Blessings to you 🙏🙏🙏

Yes - the Christ centred way is the source of all truth.

Prayers and much love from Bulgaria 🇧🇬☦️

'Never condemn, but never dillute the faith' . Wise words to meditate on, Father. I can see how sometimes, due to your loving and empathetic attitude, some people may mistake your message as being permissive to all personal truths and spiritual doctrines, but as a true Orthodox monk, you stay faithful to the One and Only Truth. And it is also interesting that you pointed out the ways in which Orthodoxy has adapted to the wordly changes, as a means of saving our souls, without compromising the original Faith, i never thought about it that way, as an orthodox. God bless and may God help you carry through all the work in the coming days for the monastery.

Thank you so much for all your videos, father, especially this one. It is so important that people understand this. 🙏🏻☦️❤️📿

He was wounded for our transgressions,crushed for our iniquites;by His wounds we are healed.Isaiah53,700 BC😔🥺💔🙏

Praying for you. Please pray for me, your humble servant. ☦️

Eye on the cross , it’s saved me too

May God bless all!

Words of wisdom indeed father. Thank you

God Bless! Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners! Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ, Υιέ του Θεού, ελέησον ημάς τους αμαρτωλούς!

You are a shining star., Father! Sending much love and prayers for your community every day.

God made it simple. He gave one way through faith in Jesus Christ.

☦️🙏🕊❤️ Thank you Father for the truth of your videos.

I pray! Lord what am I lacking?

Thank you Father Seraphim for your message and your important work. May God bless you and the brothers and sisters on Mull and Iona! You study the scriptures diligently, supposing that in having them you have eternal life; yet, although their testimony points to me, you refuse to come to me for that life. John 5:39

Thank you Father. I will continue to keep you in my prayers, my prayers from where I live in California, San Diego. Thank you for saying “being spiritual means nothing.” That is a common phrase, “I am spiritual but not religious,” I have heard many times and not only here. I wanted to hear you say, but I know that you would never utter such vulgar language, “being spiritual is pure BS!”

Thank you for sharing! Prayers God Bless. Staying strong is difficult! May God have mercy. Keep your in my prayers!

"Give witness to the TRUTH of Christ"❤

Your video messages have become so important to me. I thank you for this.

Amen Father Aldea for this interesting message from your heart. May God Bless you and your communities. You will remain always in my prayers as long as I am able and remain on this earth. ❤

lord, have mercy on me a sinner.

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Hi Father Seraphim, I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am for your words of wisdom and for taking the time to bless us with the truth of Christ. My fiancé and I truly love you and are blessed to have you as an additional Spiritual Father in addition to our blessed Fathers here. Please keep us in your prayers, we, like you right now, are so busy with wedding planning and dealing with the expectations of our family and those around us, but we are desperately trying to keep our eyes on Christ and on the beauty and truth of the Sacrament we are about to enter together. I pray we can come visit Iona and Mull and meet you one day 🤍🙏 Blessings and greetings from Toronto

Thank you 🙏

Well said, good video Fr Seraphim. Christ is in our midst.

Thanks for your effort

One path indeed. Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”

Indeed father Indeed Christ is the only way

Great video man keep up the good work

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Father, thank you again. Your thoughts are my food (for thought). May you have a Blessed Consecration ❤

We should not be "like broken machines". We are divine creations. We should not be compared to a machine or anything mechanical. God created human beings. Sometimes we must go through the darkness in order to come into the light. To know the light and truth, we must also experience what its opposite is- otherwise, we do not know. Each person will have to find Christ through it all- the free will. I have discovered that through prayer, God always reveals the answer. May God be with you Father Seraphim and my prayers are with you. May God grant us all the wisdom to see beyond appearances.

Glory to God, father. And thank you always for your effort. What helped me when becoming Orthodox was learning God can save whom ever He wants. Any person outside of the Church who is granted salvation, is saved by Christ. There are no other Gods. Only The Holy Trinity. Only Jesus Christ can save you. And if God wills a Buddhist to be saved, given that Buddhist was maybe obedient to humility and self offering and Truth (despite and in contrast to their confession of faith) than it is up to God to grant that person salvation THROUGH Christ only. Truly Jesus is the only path to Eternal Life because He Himself IS Eternal Life. And if anyone off of that path receives salvation, it will never be the god they worship who is saving them, it will be Jesus Christ the Only Begotten Son of God through Whom all things were made. That’s entirely up to God the Father. And how it works is a mystery. And how often that happens is a mystery as well. Do you think this is all okay to say, Fr. Seraphim?

What a blessing your sharing is, prayers to you and the monastery xxx

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Hoping I can come to mull on pilgrimage at some point.

Thank you, Father Seraphim. The illumination of truth that shines through these words is a testament to heartfelt devotion, and that is inspiring. In a different video, you mentioned that ancient cultures such as Iraq and India have very deep roots. The Enuma Elish and the Epic of Gilgamesh are stories from Mesopotamia, aka Iraq. The Enuma Elish depicts a great deluge, and there are similarities to Genesis 6-8. The serpent that robs Gilgamesh of renewed life, as well as the "house of dust" tracks very well with the events depicted in Genesis 3. Personally, my devotion to Christ has been strengthened by reading those stories. As an American, my access to deep cultural roots is limited 😢. As you are from Eastern Europe, your cultural roots extend much deeper 🙂. Of course, Abraham is born as Abram, from Ur of the Chaldees, which is also Mesopotamian. In Hebrew, Ur translates as "Fire", or perhaps "Light of Fire." While it is true that people from Ur "worshipped other gods," this was henotheism, not polytheism. The ancient Hebrews were said to be monotheistic, but henotheism is more accurate. YHWH, El, Ha'Shem are titles for the Supreme God who has dominion over all. There is evidence that early India was visited by chariot riders from Mesopotamia. Agni, the first recorded word in Sanskrit, translates as "Fire" or "Priest of Sacrifice." Agni is already considered ancient in the Rig Veda, which dates back to 1500 BC or earlier. Agni and The Lord of Hosts in Isaiah are both displaying the dual nature of fire (salvific or destructive, depending on our own actions). I truly admire and appreciate the Orthodox church. Personally, I have had to look in many different places to cultivate true devotion. So, I sympathize with the many individuals who are looking all over the place for salvation. Christ has Risen!

I worked with a Muslim man in a school kitchen, he told me so many things to confuse me, I am sad for him 🙏 As it is he who is confused in his faith. Christ says I AM THE WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE ✝️

Jesus is the most direct and assired way and surely He is Lord. However, if He decides to pardon someone whom we would not, who are we to question Him? I would not underestimate His mercy.

Hi Father can I join your monastery? I am studying in a Roman Catholic seminary . I am troubled by what they teach

He is the only path.

Thank You Jesus for sending us brothers who are the voice of reason in this present darkness. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Psalm 2, 1-3)

Father - when we do as you say, in orthodox theology, can you hope that you can participate in some way, in the redemptive work of Christ? I mean something like in Christ, through prayer and sacrifice, can one 'help' (I don't know the language) to save souls?

And… “No man cometh….”

Zalig Feest.

Father, bless! Please, please expand on the saying from this video, that only the first marrage is sacramental perhaps a seperate video on the topic? Or point me to some sources regarding second marrages. And even more specifically, what does it mean to be a "кум"/ godfather at someones second marrage. Thank you!

As an old English Biblical Christian - an Anglican by birth - living out his last chapter(s) alone in Mexico - sadly at great odds with the errant direction of my Church - I fully and wholeheartedly support everything you say here about Christ and many that still call themselves Christians who are wayward and “spiritual” and confused. It is like C S Lewis says, (and G K Chesterton before him in ‘Orthodoxy) you cannot pick and choose your own personal Christ like a kit of parts… No! …Christ is 100% or 0%. He is ALL or nothing. He is either the greatest maniacal liar that ever lived - or He is God on Earth - the Son of God - the Alpha and Omega… You cannot say “He was one way of truth - one way to the Divine” “He was just a Holy man” - because He directly told you He was the ONLY way… If you doubt SOME of the Bible - you doubt it ALL… It comes tumbling down as an imperfect lie… GOD never lies - God is perfect. God IS the Trinity - Jesus Christ - King of kings is the ONLY way to Salvation and eternity. God Bless you with your Holy Church and with your exciting projects on the islands.

NO alternatives

much can be seen by how some preachers in the US now sometimes admit that Jesus isn't particularly helpful when attempting to advocate what's effectively a political belief system shrouded in the symbolism of faith in Christ

Cards face-down doesn't mean to be untruthful :)

Not sure what you mean by allowing multiple marriages…, isn’t that forbidden as fornication?