So true I spent 10+ years in occult / esoteric studies before realising how lost and prideful I was. The beauty of Christ is that the truth is exoteric and you can know Christians by their fruits, it's in the open light and truth of their actions. Completely opposite to an occult/esoteric orientation. Glory to God!

I’m an Indian Hindu who has converted to Orthodoxy. While I still think that there is some truth in Hinduism, after a long period of exploration and reflection, I came to feel that Orthodoxy has the fullness of the truth. I think a lot of these things St Paisios is saying about Hinduism are true, but there are also some genuine holy people in Hinduism who truly love God and search for Him with all their heart. I don’t think all of Hinduism is demonic or satanic. But certainly, the version of Hinduism that has been exported to the West has become very twisted and perverted. All that being said, I do find it really weird and inappropriate for an Orthodox bishop to be inaugurating the opening of a Hindu temple! That really doesn’t make any sense.

As a former member of a western Hindu meditation guru cult, I appreciate this! Self deification is NOT True. I never did Yoga, but bowed to stone and metal idols and worshiped a very flawed Indian woman and “myself.” I had plenty of “spiritual experiences” that were real. Demonically inspired and REAL. These will be described in my book if I can get the preface and epilogue finished.

Imagine a pagan temple in the persecutions of Diocletian. Now imagine a Christian Bishop going to one of these temples and praising it as a "beautiful shrine". That's the equivalent.

Christ be merciful to me, a worthless sinner

Lord have Mercy on us and Save us. Enlighten us to do your will

Sanskrit is older than ancient Greek. Greeks use the Hindu Numeral System not the Roman numerals. Yoga is a part of Hindu practice. Idolatry is any symbol or word that represents God. Hindu mathematics predates European mathematics. India is NOT poor, it was LOOTED by Abrahamic faiths. India is far richer than Greece today ,only after 75 years of freedom. India was the richest part of the world before the Abrahamic faiths invaded India. The Abrahamic faiths had to loot other countries because they are poor. Hindu scriptures like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are more ancient , is written in ancient sanskrit which is older than classical Greek and more perfect than classical Greek is written in verse format AND is considerably more vast than the Illiad or the Odyssey. Hindus are vegetarian Hindus are teetotal Hindus do not do drugs, smoke. Hindus don't eat egss, mushrooms, onions and garlic Hindus believe in waking before sunrise everyday in order to meditate on The Supreme Hindus are taught to REVERE all living things and to practice NON VIOLENCE Hindus gave martial arts Millions around the world have benefited from yoga asanas ...simply look at a yogi and see how fit they are. To be fit is NOT to show off the body BUT to be physically and mentally fit so that they can practice God Consciousness. No one needs to be hungry in India, EVER. Hindu and Sikh temples provide FREE FOOD to ALL, rich or poor. The logic according to this video ..Hinduism is satanic.

Elpidophoros seems like he's competing with the Pope to see who can be the biggest heretic.

During my journey towards Truth (Christ and His Church), i've been Roman Catholic, it was my "craddle" faith, "Reddit Atheist" and Agnostic/Agnostic Theist. All of these have been "phases" i've overcome since, well, truth cannot be found in none of the worldviews i said to profess. But these.. eastern religions/positions (i.e, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and, to a lesser extent, Hinduism and Shinto) have always kept appearing, God forbid, interesting to me. Please, pray for that i never betray The Lord or His Church for these delusions

Christianity love bashing other faiths, but when its called out regarding its foolish supernatural claims they play the victim.

I don’t understand his claim about the meditating Hindu ignoring the drowning man. This seems a baseless claim. Are we to ignore our own experiences of friends and acquaintances, and perhaps of even our own selves, who have practiced mediation and yet also exhibited, at least, a minimal amount of compassion sufficient enough to save (or try to save) this theoretical drowning man? Is he suggesting that meditation itself precludes compassion? Or that the label of Hindu (a rather imprecise and flexible label) precludes compassion?

Amen Praise the lord ☦️🛐

Yes Hinduism twisted the Vedic knowledge as well...and sell it to the West...

3:50 Not true. Hinduism is thousands of yeara older than Chriatianity. This guy got a few ideas and is making up theories.

What makes you so sure that jesus was not 'false' or 'demonic' either? Christianity has caused wars and killed so many, its truly Christianity that has caused a lot of damage.

Why these Abrahamic religions are crying in every nook and corner about Hinduism?? Lol... Cry harder!!

may narayan bless your brain and you may finally understand the lord

I am Hindu. My Reaction -(😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂)

In St. Fursa's vision, which I was just reading about, the angels were very clear that fasting and ascetic struggles are profitless if we don't struggle against the deceit, envy and greed within us. I favoured these practices after encountering God and wanting to know more and God convicted me enough of the pride that I saw through the goal and those gurus who had seized it with pride. It was after almost accidentally awakening a demonic force then that I ran to God and He answered with the Bible until very much against my will I obeyed and read it. Thank the Lord I was baptised a few years later. I am curious about something though - not so much a contradictory as a complementary factor to the topic at hand I think. I have read that the Orthodox Church does not replace culture at large (obv it does replace sinful aspects) but it sanctifies it. I have also read that different gentile nations learned different truths to prepare them to recognise the Gospel Truth during these tumes. We see this at the Areopagus in Acts, for example. In my own Irish hagiography we have saints like Erc, Dubhtach, Fiacc and others who were the leading pagan druids and bards in St Patrick's time and they immediately recognised him and disobeyed their kings for his sake and like many of the last druids became the first Irish priests (ironic for the modern "druidic revivalists" I think). I heard that their grasp of triune patterns of nature was in part what prepared them to recognise God as Holy Trinity. So I would be very interested if yourself or anybody else can refer me to any Church Fathers who have written on this aspect - the incomplete knowledge granted to the scattered nations that prepares them to receive the Gospel and repent of their old idols and sins. Thank you for even reading this long winded query, Timothy, and for all that you do. May God bless you!

Incredible wisdom for a man like us. ☦️

how does this effect the mount position though? surely you’ll want to keep a mount with spines aligned

Glory to Christ had a similar talk last night about good works don’t equate spiritual Goodness

I have collected many germs. Please pray for me (a protestand) 16:03

Bishop Athenogoras repented and publicly apologized. As Christians, we are to forgive just as we would want forgiveness for our own sins.

This is so difficult for me to understand when I don't know about the devil yet. I'm a convert to Christianity and I come from a nonreligious family. Struggling to learn. Though sometimes it seems like I won't ever understand something so scary as hell.

We must listen our Saints and learn from them. AMEN

How many wars are Christians fighting many, how many Hindus fighting wars 0.

امين. Amen. Thank you so much brother.

Constantinople canonised Sister Gavrila who was quite involved with Hindus in India

One would have a very distorted understanding of Christianity as well if your experience of it was from a Kenneth Copeland video.

Thank you for your teachings!! I'm catholic and we never get taught any of this!!!

Amen

This makes me so sad, poor people, led astray by the devil Lets pray that God has mercy on them... Gospode Isuse Hriste, sine Božiji, pomiluj nas

Sir,christianity has many similarities with Hinduism thereby violating 2 cardinal principles of Abrahmic 3 sibling faiths. 1. Trinity violates monotheism as male God appears in 3 forms: Father,Son(Jesus Christ),Holy Spirit. 2. Formlessness and worship of idols as Jesus Christ,Mary depicted in churches. In fact God appearing in human form is a cardinal principle of hindu faith. And Jesus Christ appearing in human form replicates it. There are many more similarities like folding hands while praying,monks and nuns in monasteries and so on.

Did Paul contradict Jesus? Tell us about the Jewish Kabbalah. Tell us about the mystics in religions. Tell us the truth if you know it.

I'm a Practicing Hindu and St.Paisios was sadly mistaken just like Seraphim Rose about our religion. The crux of all these videos all comes down to crude particularism here, like if you technically dont use particulars of Christ and Church, its all demonic. Which is a fundamentally uncritical and nonsensical position to hold. God is not limited to one religion alone.

Has not one Orthodox Bishop asked for resignation of Archbishop Elpidophorus and Bishop Athenagoras since October 4 2023?

St. Francis Xavier obliterated brahmas in India and exposed them. He even raised many people from the dead in the name of Christ and converted thousands. prayer of St. Francis My God, I love thee; not because I hope for heaven thereby, nor yet because who love thee not are lost eternally. Thou, O my Jesus, thou didst me upon the cross embrace; for me didst bear the nails and spear, and manifold disgrace. And griefs and torments numberless and sweat of agony; even death itself, and all for one Who was thine enemy. Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ should I not love thee well? not for the hope of winning heaven, or of escaping hell. not with the hope of gaining aught, nor seeking a reward, but as thyself has lovèd me, O ever-loving Lord! Even so I love thee, and will love and in thy praise will sing, solely because thou art my God, and my eternal king.

He said, the prophets Elijah & Enoch which the hidden scriptures say. Id thought it said Enoch & the thief at 1⃣ point yet think was wrong as makes sense since these 2 did not die

I think you should read more of Hinduism philosophy especially the Bavgaita a conversation between Krishna and Arjun it’s very similar to what you teach

the Lord Yeshu Hamashiyah IS the Truth. there is no truth but in Him. He is our God and Lord and Savior. all else are false and deceptive

Who was it that blessed the hindu “temple”, that this video was in response to?

Like some people say that Abraham is brama from India or something. There are blue eyed statues in India and even blue eyed buddhas. There’s some overlap between India and Christianity. Some think it’s cause of Alexander the Great being in India that meditation Beads made it back to Europe and why Catholics have pray beads

No to vedas

Did he said "St Constantine'?

Talk more like a robot please

What happened to love thy neighbour.

All things said here are reasonable. One thing I want to ask, "Why they kept skulls in Athos Monastery?". Keeping grave goods is not according to will of God.

Paisos also told a man he would marry royalty. Never happened.

This video provides no genuine arguments against Sanātana Dharma (Hinduism).

I heard on youtube that even most witches meditate,do yoga and pray to hindu gods...

What a bunch of half-truths, exaggerations and utter nonsense about Hinduism.

What needs to do an Orthodox Christian after commiting sin ? How is the proces?

The same idolatry and delusion cultural Hinduism is dealing with is the same that cultural Christianity and Orthodoxy is dealing with.

Do you think these “demonic delusions” which you accuse Hinduism of are not present in your own religious system ? I assure you that they are just as relevant and rampant. Religious institutions that seek to put themselves in between man’s personal relationship with the divine are all “synagogues of satan”. Omnia Vestra In Caritate Fiant Blessed art thou 93 93/93

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Catholicism is not heresy 😊

Watch A WOMAN RIDES TH BEAST DAVE Hunt, its called ECUMENISM

lying is a sin so stop lying

Thanks to Allah/god/elohim/ilaah ..for islam❤

Not all hinduism are demonic , many yes but if you watch jhagadguru kripula maharaji he is the only one i trust other than orthodoxy ☦️