Humility.

Glory to our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has consecrated to Himself such a humble, pious man! Thank you & God bless you, Met. Neophytes, for acting in such humility to sooth any hint of scandal. A true pastor!

This is a great example of humility. Inspiring.

I would also have thought a non-vested cleric of another church or faith to not be “common prayer” but what an example of obedience and humility.

Glory toGod

Thank you for addressing this!

Glory to God! True humility. Imagine not being satisfied by this.

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Hierarchs make mistakes like anyone else, but that doesn’t mean they can’t humble themselves and repent. Even the saints made mistakes when they were alive: St. Porphyrios is a great example. We don’t have a Pope in Orthodoxy, and that’s a great thing.

I can't remember when I saw something as inspiring as this.

I have a good friend who is a Maronite priest, too. We don't pray in the same Church, but he is a very dear friend 😀

Great to have reflective and repentant leaders in the church. A great example.

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PLS friends from 2.44 till the end can you explain me where are these monasteries? They are fantastic places

Is it wrong for us to go to holy confession or to lithurgy to a priest that prays with the catholics or protestants?

I think all Orthodox in the world should pray together NOW and stop all this nonsense, they all agree in so much

How is this different from an inquirer coming into the church to visit? Seriously, I'm not trolling. Is the problem generally that these heterodox clergy stands "up there" in front of the altar sided with the orthodox clergy? What if a maronite bishop visits an orthodox service and sits at the regular pews (or stands with the congregation)? Is that also bad?

Orthodox Christians in the Christian part of Lebanon are a small minority, and we Maronite although we are the majority of Christians respect them very much , and when we have a common prayer we invite them to assist and they are always in our Churches. Orthodox lay people attend a lot of our Maronite Churches, schools, hospitals, universities.... and no one ever told them you are heretics or schismatics or any of that insult comments. The real problem is a long history hatred between the Greeks and the Latins, that divided the church between East and West and we Maronites are paying the price, in the midst of all those historical divisions, we were fighting and trying to survive under the muslim rule to preserve our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. And for those who do not know, northern Cyprus was all Maronite until the ottoman invasion that butchered and killed most of the Maronites and destroyed almost all villages, exept 4 villages and still two of them are occupied by turkish army. in the northern part of the island. Today we are a minority in Cyprus but if we weren't killed we would became the majority. And plus in ancient times the first people who lived and created cities in Cyprus where the Lebanese Phoenicians way before the Greeks so we are not

That's why they call him a heretic. But he isn't...... l

As someone who is considering orthodoxy would it no longer be allowed to pray with my very religious reformed family members?

What’s the chant in the end of the video?

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So we should not invite any non Orthodox people to our services? We should not pray when out and about in a restaurant, grocery store, airport, work, etc, because we are in the presence of non Orthodox? Someone needs to clarify this. Yes, if you are actively, intentionally participating in, praying with the words, making prostrations, singing along the heterodox services, or if you are a heterodox clergy going into the altar area of an Orthodox church and actively in a priestly manner participating in the liturgy, obviously no. Or, vice versa, you are a lay person and Orthodox, and you do the same at an heterodox service, then no, obviously. But just physically being in the same room at the same time or in the same space at the same time? We are not Samaritans, who I think completely disallow any non Samaritans from attending their services, and if one does, the completely stop the service and go home. Someone needs to clarify this because it doesn't make sense.

as a Catholic, am I not allowed to visit an Orthodox church for Vespers? or is it only wrong if I were a priest praying alongside an Orthodox priest? just asking out of curiosity, as Catholics wouldn't have a problem with Orthodox priests or lay persons praying with us even in the holy Mass

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Maronites and Chaldeans are the only Eastern Catholics that say the filioque because they accept the latinization of their respective churches.

I have a question: this Maronite man did not pray during the Divine Liturgy, yet was still barred from attending for being a Maronite, does that mean simply attending a Divine Liturgy as a non-orthodox Christian constitute common prayer?

As a Maronite catholic I find it sad we can't see our hierarchy share vespers together, at one stage in history we would've been direct brethren, but now you address us as 'heretics'. How sad.

This is a Great example of the fall of our hierarchs in Greece and Cyprus. Ecumenism has gone through the entire Church and in those who seem to confessors of Orthodoxy like Metr.Neophytos. Those all are excuses. Our Holy Fathers would never do such things as you Metr.Neophytos. This is not humility this is ECUMENISM. This is condescension with the Heresy.

Hold on....so he said that his Elder Gabriel told him it was wrong of him to have had a heretic there during the Vesper service but at the same time there is a video from last year, in which Met. Neophytos admits his fellow hierarchs are heretics including the EP but everyone needs to still recognize his authority (which sounds like papist ecclesiology) and remain in communion with. Plus he also believes the New Calendar is superior to the Old Calendar in that same video. Things aren't adding up.

Those who are scandalised should judge not those who they see praying in the proscribed way, but should judge their own hearts... When we pray, God regards the motives of the heart, not who might be standing next to us.... Is a man disqualified by who stands next to him? If I willfully pray in an unproscribed way with the unorthodox, then I disqualify myself... These are simple things to grasp are they not? Judge not...🙏☦️♥️

the OE acted as an inquisitor during many opportunities...covid, in "wrongly performed" Baptisms, etc. Although I agree with the criticisms, I have never seen the benefit of doubt being given in other circumstances... I know that priests and deacons are literally obliged to participate in these joint prayers, or "baptize only the head" and so on... .and I've never seen a balanced word, always the "hammer" beating...but with Metropolitan Neophytos it was different...yeah, maybe this friend's omophorion is heavy...in the end it's all about friendship.

The YT Shorts from OE is better instruction me. Thank you Very Much. Ο Θεος ειναι μαζι σας. IC XC NIKA

I think Jesus would say thank you for my names sake but all churches missed the point of his words and of course praying out loud, go back and read it again of course surely you'll have to give up your favorite high seat And your tokens . You study your whole life and receive nothing and you receive the same reward as the last to repent.

I wonder wether they would alow our Lord and the apostels to pray with them as they were Jews

To those out there considering joining the orthodox church thinking that somehow it is free of squabbles, schisms, major disagreements, contradiction and scandal, i present exhibit A....ie this video.

While Rome blesses Same Sex unions and where Fernandez is author of Porno book the same Fernandez exposed in occult video recently made by Kennedy Hall Phanar welcomes Gay Politicians and fully supports Rome It is time to get your priorities Right

So PRESENCE of any priest from other church,catholic in our Ortodox church is like praying together?

Be aware of New Calendarist apolgists "But if, on the basis of the Sacred Canons, it is impossible for us to accept the New Calendar in its entirety, then by the same token it is impossible for us Orthodox Christians to accept the New Calendar in the form of a compromise. This compromise has been discernible of late in the life of certain Orthodox Churches and consists in the fact that Pascha is celebrated according to the old Orthodox Paschalion, whereas all of the fixed Feasts are celebrated according to the New Calendar. But such a mixed calendar cannot possibly be accepted by the Orthodox, because it simultaneously gives rise to violations of other ecclesiastical ordinances, too, which are found in the Typikon and which we ought to observe religiously and steadfastly, since we should not deviate from obedience to our Mother, the Church. The New Calendarists are guilty of such disobedience... A particularly shocking transgression of the Typikon by the New Calendarists is to be observed in connection with the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The Holy Church honors these great Apostles to such an extent that she prepares for their Feast (29 June) with a fast lasting from eight to forty-two days. But with the introduction of the New Calendar, this Fast, contrary to the Typikon, is always abbreviated. And when Pascha is celebrated during the period from 20-25 April, then the Apostles’ Fast is completely abolished, because there is no time left over for it!* One could say that this violation of the Typikon does not constitute a serious sin, because it does not involve any violation of dogma. But the words of Christ, “If he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican,”* do not refer to the violation of one or another dogmatic truth of our Faith. And yet, according to the testimony of these Divine words themselves, anyone of us who does not show obedience to the Church is to be cut off from her and enters into the ranks of great sinners, because in the case in question the severest punishment is imposed: excision from the Church. Furthermore, through their contempt for her Typikon, the New Calendarists commit the sin of disobedience to the Church publicly and brazenly. From the standpoint of the Orthodox Faith, such a contemptuous attitude towards the Typikon is not permissible for the children of the Holy Church, just as any violation of her dogmatic or canonical ordinances is impermissible. And this is quite understandable. Just as contempt for dogmatic or canonical ordinances leads to alienation from Orthodoxy, so contempt for the Typikon also leads to such alienation." etc Saint Seraphim Sobolev