I fell into the deception that me as a (past) homosexual could never be cleaned of my sin since I was “born that way.” Such a notion I now understand is completely sinful and implies that God can make mistakes. Such a nation is not true; however, after much spiritual battle and help from God, I slowly broke out of it and hope to one day marry and have a family. Glory to God for healing me and restoring my God given attractions. May God forgive our sins. Amen.

I became devout not too long ago, and i'm becoming baptized sunday🙏 God bless

You absolutely SHOULD consider meeting regularly. People, young men especially, need your wisdom. God bless.

I attended a Greek Orthodox church yesterday, and I told them I want to be catecized and become a full member. I truly hope to lead my family to Orthodoxy by example.

My wife, my 4 children, and myself were baptized in August. And we have our 5th child due in December! I hope my children stick to Holy Orthodxy. We were baptised alongside a father and his son. Never seen this amount of change in ANY church. And I come from Protestantism where we visited many different denominations in Protestantism. I think the Holy Spirit is pulling who is open to Christ to the fullness of the Faith because times our drawing near the end. Lord, have mercy!

My family and I are being received onto the Church this Sunday. I’m truly blessed, far beyond anything that I deserve, to have my family join me for this. Both of these Fathers have helped along the way. Thank you. Truly.

Father Josiah Trenham is a generous man. The way he complements even the heterodox is admirable and we should be more like him.

Regular show? Yes, yes, YES!! 🙏🏼☦️

We became friends with another family through a tight knit, Tridentine Latin Mass community years ago. My wife, daughter, and I entered the Orthodox Church in America early in 2023. Our friends entered this same church with Mom, Dad, and their five children in October 2023. This parish is booming, with plans for starting another parish since divine Liturgy is getting so crowded each Sunday. Our human connections are strengthened through the weekly potluck lunch immediately following divine Liturgy. And we have SO MANY children and young, single men. Glory to God! ☦️

Two of my favorite Priests! Prayers for you and your families. What a wonderful and edifying collaboration. Glory to God!

I'm leaning towards Orthodoxy I hope and pray it keeps growing.

I also frequently get messages from people on Discord and Twitter of young men (usually) contemplating ending their lives. I try to keep in touch with them online over time. So far, no one has actually gone through with it (that I am aware of) Loneliness is probably the most common issue I hear of and get asked about.

Though I wasn't, and still technically am not Orthodox, as I really didn't know much about it until recently, it wasn't more than 2 months ago that my wife left me. All I wanted was someone to love, create a family with and teach our future children how to grow up in this deteriorating western world, but now I find myself at the lowest point of my life, alone. Please pray for me.

Hypocrisy, good deeds without love, voluntarily choosing evil, tears without repentance, self-centeredness...how much more? The well is deep. Turns out maybe we like Christ, but we dont really love Him. Forgive me

so nice to see two Priests having joy discussing spiritual things.

From protestant to orthodox these are some of my favorite Orthodox modern fathers you have inspired a love and care for the church in me thank you long before this video

Two of my favourites. I love these two spiritual fathers. I love the respect they have for each other. ❤

Now, there's a thought, Fathers! Your synergasia will break the Internet! Great idea!!!!

Glory to God for the new converts and the good shepherds that bring us closer to God.

Would love to have a weekly show of you and Fr Josiah , the funny thing is I was thinking the exact same thing myself.what a great discussion !please give us more.

What a godly, truthful, edifying, and wisdom-filled discussion! Thank you Fr. Josiah and Fr. Peter for creating and sharing this with us. May God bless your work and ministries!

In times of trouble, of apostacy, great men rise to fill the gap. These are such men. Praise God.

You two are helping me so much lately. I thank Jesus Christ for calling men like you save us wretched husks of men. You have literally saved my soul. I will be baptized as soon as my local Father returns from a retreat and begins my Catechumen process. In this void between spiritual death and life, you two among many blessed others are maintaining me and keeping my head above the dark waters of perdition. I will soar above the depths of hell. I will not drown. I will rise thanks to your work in Christ's name. I am expecting my third child and something happened in me that I can not explain. Christ is Risen. God willing, My family will be baptized into the Orthodox faith. I am moving slowly and letting God work as he did in me. In my past, I have sinned and have been overcome in my youth by the wilds of the devil. My Fathers family was destroyed and I was laid waste in eternal death. Slowly, over many years I crawled out of that grave. Here I am now. I have renounced evil but now I must declare to whom I belong and commit to a life in Christ's example. God will make a blessing of my curse. He will restore me. If I can earn even a single grain of sand from the shores of heaven then I will consider it all worth it. If I can save my own family and keep them from the devils that tormented and ruined my fathers house, I will know that I am unworthy but through his love he saved and restored us. Pray for me Fathers. My family name is Ordonez. Bless my family. I will dedicate my unborn son to the Church. I will give myself to Christ. I am his slave. I pray that I may be useful to him and pleasing to God. I will work for it. I will suffer my sins. I will not shrug off my cross. I may fall but I will get up every time. I dare not fail. I have wasted enough time. Forgive me for rambling, or seeming like I want to be pitied or praised. I dimly understand, that is not the way. I just want to encourage YOU Fathers. You are doing so much true good. Bless you. I just want to hug you two. Thank you. Bles you, bless you, bless you.

This could end up being a 7 day lecture.... Especially if we get into the issues regarding marriage and child rearing...... Basically something that makes it feel like almost nobody in the millennial and gen Z age groups are equipped to have pious marriage.

Not being able to make friends whom have a ounce of desire for virtue... & caring deeply for people who embrace sin and mock Christ

The goal of marriage life is Holiness☦️ Always and only possible by Christ, in Christ, and for Christ ☦️

May we all have your blessings Father Peter ☦️ The first Orthodox Baptism video I saw was from Father Josiah's parish Saint Andrew! Glory to Jesus Christ ☦️

like watching the Peter and Paul of our days! love the discussion, and the good-natured humour! thank you so much for your work of Faith, and your prayers, Fathers. this video is a great help to me, and to my brothers. please forgive me, a sinner. from Baraboo, Dismas Bailey

In the months leading up to my baptism I had a remarkably easy time resisting the fleshly temptations. Suddenly I could go 5 weeks without self-abuse, then 7 weeks, something which I hadn't been able to do for at least 15 years and which, I assumed, would only get easier after I had been baptized into the Orthodox Church. Naively, I thought that, with the grace of God, I had finally conquered my lust and started to let my guard down. I should've known, however, that the demons were only allowing this so that they could drag me down further than ever before. For almost immediately after my baptism, in the very same week, the temptations suddenly came back with such a force that I failed to resist and I have again been struggling with it ever since. So thanks for these words, dear Fathers, for they have reminded me to never give up the fight, no matter how disheartened you may become.

Listening to these topics spoken by knowledgeable Christians makes me feel so much more secure in my faith. Thank you.

A very informative and insightful discussion. I would add though that referencing bad men as women is beneath the church. The example of Fr Joseph attacking the demon was harrowing! When you added you felt you were not a man I laughed out loud. But I was taken aback when you then said “I am a woman”…. We are not bad, weak, better, worse or any other version of men. We are ourselves. We are women. We have our own strengths, struggles, weaknesses but they are not being inferior versions of a man. I can think of a few women saints who would have jumped on the demon and fought. How much more grace would be shown for a woman to fight a demon!

saying that times don't change is like staring into a flashlight all day and saying that the sun never went down.

So very edifying. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou.

I can't stay because of work. Fr. Please please please make this a full length video so we can see it in the entirely later!

I loved this conversation so much. So much good to take from this. I would LOVE to see you two have monthly conversations together..zoom makes everything possible!

Glory to God for these men and their ministries. Lord have mercy on us 🙏🏻☦️ Edit: “their” not “there”. 😅

Thank you, Father, for this fantastic video. I am a recent convert, and your teachings have been extremely helpful!

Needed to hear this. Thank you Fathers!

I love this conversation about the issues facing young people, actually all people in 2024. It's very important to talk about these things. Please continue to have them with leaders of the church. These "rules-words used by the flesh people" protect keep us from evil and keep us safe and solid in our walk with Jesus.

Great work on this

Great discussion. Thank you

Excellent interview ! Thank you Fr for your unceasing wisdom . AXIOS !

Thank you for this video. Great to see you two together.

This is a blessed conversation, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you!

You guys had me cracking up there at the end, please make this a regular thing! We need more videos like this in the world

This was amazing. God bless!

What a great discussion. Thank you Fathers.

This will be good

Your convercation literaly saved me, thank you a lot that for thing about us, young adults.

It would be awesome if you were able to talk with Orthodox Christian parishioners and get their take on the Church and some of their struggles. I think it helps give others light knowing the everday struggles and blessings people have. It always encourages me and strives me to become a better Christian. 😊

Wow! Glory to God for you 2🙏☦️! This message needs to be said on the housetops!! Thank you very much for this content! God is with us understand all you nations and submit yourself for God is with us!

Glory to God! Its so edifying when these two wonderful pastors get together to share their hearts and phronema with us. I would certainly tune in monthly if they made it a regular thing, but then maybe the old adage of 'less is more' is true in this case also. Thanks to all involved! 🙏☦️

Thank you fathers❤

Great discussion fathers. Very casual and comfortably said.

The most difficult part about rejecting the world is the beautiful girls , in my experience

God bless you fathers, I loved this show enjoyed it very much, you both are incredibly true Christ spiritual warriors, God Bless you both!❤

I would be nice to see more of you two doing these kind of talks. Very good for us who are new to the church. Thank you both!

Glory be to Jesus Christ! We need more of this!

Thanks!

I would welcome regular conversations between you two. I am enjoying, learning and growing through your messages and other Orthodox teachings on the Internet! Thank you, both!

Please get a lav mic for Father Heers as well if you continue with these meetings. I don't want to miss a word! God bless 🙏

Ευλογείτε Πάτερ could you please make a short on Halloween?

Ascetics who become Priests. This is what we need. Purified voices who can boom across the landscape with authority and self proof.

56:00 🙏🏻☦️ Amazing advice!

This channel is so good. So much wisdom. I hope that the west can eventually return to a semblance of normalcy.

Father Josiah says “what father picks up his child and hits/spits him in the face and doesn’t love him anymore right?” I agree contextually but there are those who have been abused or abandoned by their father (I have dear friends that have experienced great pain from this). So I would love to hear our dear Father talk about this very unfortunate situation and provide soul nourishing advice for them.

Im 23 studying clinical mental health counseling and I kid you not I have never heard of pre marital counseling. It sounds like something everyone needs though.

This conversation was truly a blessing!! I have to say this that every time I tried to watch this video I had to click off because of some distraction or other. Also, 2 times I found that the dislike button was activated from my like!!! Technology or something else I have to wonder!!

The self-abuse of women is much much more prevalent than people think because it is expressed differently: by profusely exposing themselves for attention. This temptation is seen in social media (eg instagram), choice of clothing, even the way they speak. And I don't mean just through physical appearance, that is only part. Men, don't get any ideas from this though, thinking you can blame them for your transgressions. We are worms and women will always be precious regardless.

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This teaching isn't just for young people

I'm sincerely looking into the Orthodox Church for myself and my family. I'm wondering: what happened with the other 51 catachumen that weren't accepted into the church? Was it their decision or the decision of Fr Josiah? Did they stop coming? Did Fr Josiah not feel they were sincere/ready? Are any of those not accepted still coming around? May God bless us all.

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Where was this filmed at? We're in Phoenix looking for a church to call home.🙏

I see a incline in the next 50 years, you may not have thousands of followers but the few that will choose orthodoxy will have gods strength. There are alot of young adults and kids that are hrowing up not quite like millennials. I think alot of us younger generation will come to god naturally. Its just a matter of the world and how much attachment they have to it.

where can I find the full version of the intro chant?

We should form our own Orthodox Christian neighborhoods

Saint Nicodemus in what text? Think your mic was off.

22:22 ⚾️ outta the park

Father Josiah,...I have met certain others who identify as Christians or So-called "Believers in Christ", who have told me, (as one who was given false hope by both Protestant Christianity and Roman Catholic Christianity, who wants to Journey towards Middle-Eastern Non-Chalcedonian Oriental Orthodox Christianity, since I was given false hope by the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well), they seem as though by certain words said in Theological discussions that I have had with them, that they believe Triune God is Unreasonably Authoritarian, (when it comes to such things as Church Worship, Doctrinal Correctness, and Scriptural Interpretation, as well as, working in Harmony with both Religion and Medical Science), like for example, I told this one Modern-Day Self-proclaimed Christian Arianism Heretic, that I had special Dietary Needs, and he told me that I had a Demon in me because of that, (the stupid Cowboy Atire wearing Nazi). I did not know what to say in my own defense back then, or maybe I forgot, because he kept interrupting me like as if he wanted to win an Argument with me. But I truly hope that Triune God is not Unreasonably Authoritarian like a Communist or Fascist Political Dictator or like one of the Pagan Dieties looking for any little petty excuse to strike us down with a bolt of Lightning 🌩 and Damn us to bloody Hell, which is how I sometimes feel that is how the Protestant Heretics perceive the Character and Nature of the Triune God.

Even that I was born Serbian, Orthodox by ancestors and birth! I was baptised only after my 20's, because of comunism, it was forbidden. Orthodoxy is the whole new world in my life. I am growing in faith for the last 30 years. And it is endless growth. It demands a lot of discipline! But Orthodoxy is everything for me, love, family, strength.

What is the name of that beautiful chant at the start?

I’m looking for a church in Vegas

Glory to God ❤

Please: what was the writing he mentioned with the footnote by St. Nicodemus? 28:37 (asking for a friend)

Can someone explain the difference between orthodox and catholic? Thanks!

Can someone link me the footnote from St Nicodemos that he wrote on self abuse

Can someone link the foot note which Fr Heers mentions at 28:37

I love this, but Father Peter needs a better microphone

One needs to encounter Christ for them to worship. Do the orthodox church teach any spirituality methods? I am Roman Catholic and we learn to encounter Christ

❤ Fr Trenham I love you as does my church family. Would have loved to have attended a Divine Liturgy to hear your sermon when in Riverside. The Liturgy of course heard any where is always just as beautiful unto God Our Lord. A bishop from the now very conservative Anglican tradition heard a clip of yours I posted in which you a bishop or priest had appealed to you fir consolation under such hard times as the pandemic had imposed and how American bishops Orthodox included had abandoned their flocks. You told them not to whine. And told them of the value of suffering for Christ. As if their priests had not already done so very well! He thought your humor was sincere at first but then it was clear that you could not address the claim they made of having felt abandoned by their bishops. You fail to hold accountable and could not even console the people that had journeyed to see you. For shame. For shame. I'm aware that some metropolitans have yelled in writing for my questioning respectfully anything such as stories that make no sense and terrify a child who is afraid of martyrdom and worse the pains of hell. In my humble opinion this kind of inhumane treatment will drive away people who see signs of cult behavior. The Orthodox Church is far above this. This is why more and more people are driven to Fr Spyridon and to Presbytera Matthews and so on. They won't call our good R Catholic brothers and sisters Papal Protestants which just inflames separation and is insulting and provoking. It depends on the context. And poor Fr Heers---does he ever sound anything but angry? And often condescending. I honor him. But gee. God have mercy. And forgive me the worst of sinners! (Edited immediately for corrections.)

I am a catechumen. In the USA, people need to know that the Orthodox church welcomes Americans. I'd always thought these churches were for foreigners. I world have come sooner if I knew Americans were welcome.

Actually, Andrew Tate's brother, who he lives with is an Orthodox Christian.

Why does the priest from Pasadena put on a fake accent?

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It is not young adults issues. It is church issues. The issues of pharisees that did nothing to protect tradition.

Orthodoxy is east AND west (not just "eastern Orthodoxy").