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@tennisboy13145 жыл бұрын
The love and humility in orthodoxy always gets to me. In my final catechumen class my parish priest said to me, “It doesn’t matter if I make it to heaven, my only job is to get you there.” He said his spiritual father told him the same thing. Thank you for this video.
@FolkBoyify5 жыл бұрын
Jared Kavan Wow, that’s..beautiful ☦️
@acarouselofantics5 жыл бұрын
That's such a beautiful statement!
@bonniejohnstone5 жыл бұрын
Hieromonk Serifim is so dear! (I can say this because he calls me grandma). If you can manage, go on a Pilgrimage! I went for my 70th Birthday last year (5 from my Parish so far).
@system.warfare5 жыл бұрын
Another great episode! Thank you so much for producing these. I look forward to them every week. I just wish they were longer!
@juliabartlam38785 жыл бұрын
I love these interviews. I have to meditate after them to fully digest if you will everything. It doesn't seem like a lot of info if you are not paying attention, but it's a library full!
@marymarysmarket35084 жыл бұрын
Lovely comment. So true. Repeats are helpful.
@shelleykatherine57935 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the time and dedication you put into creating these videos. Fr Seraphim’s wisdom is deeply inspiring. Much gratitude.
@ProtectingVeil4 жыл бұрын
Thanks to God...thank you for your encouragement!
@katkat23405 жыл бұрын
All my Priests are spiritual Fathers each one gifted by the Holy Spirit. They are truly God sent .
@vickykentrota90315 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all these great videos.God bless you and greetings from Greece.
@Walte252 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@benipet5 жыл бұрын
many thanks for this video
@stephen7955 жыл бұрын
This confirmed for me many things that I'm going through with my spiritual Father. Thanks for the video! Good timing... God's timing!
@SilverSingingMethod4 жыл бұрын
He is so amazing and a beautiful man.
@melaniejohnson18092 жыл бұрын
Very helpful
@strikeoneboxing43846 ай бұрын
This is absolutely gold! I got really sick of people or rigorists saying you should have a spiritual or ur just jeoperdizing ur salvation! Like u said it...if u dont feel u need one then dont nd no its not thedevil tempting you...a safety net, that is SO accurate. I only have a confessor now who is simply my parish priest.
@chrisgosey18215 жыл бұрын
Glory to God for this interview! Although I am Russian Orthodox now, thru this video, I've discovered that during my many years in the Greek Church, my "Spiritual Father" was my Presvytera, & not her Husband, to whom I confessed!!! I can't express enough how eye opening this realization is. May God bless & grow your ministry via this medium!
@acarouselofantics5 жыл бұрын
I hope to have a spiritual father some day.
@1222227705 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these videos. Thanks for creating them.
@wesselvandermerwe98225 жыл бұрын
A great explanation of a spiritual father and also a good explanation of familiarity between priest and people within the parish. Good wisdom.
@PiperMcPhersonTheWren4 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit fashionably late on replying, but I enjoy every interview you have with this man, and I hope for more in the future.
@ProtectingVeil4 жыл бұрын
Better late than never! Thanks for stopping by...there are more to come! :-)
@Ymirson99910 ай бұрын
I appreciated his concern and desire to achieve humility. I went to a Jesuit college and some of the priests there were just so crass and abrasive. And it was not "tough love" either. Besides, I had already spent four years in the military and was pretty done with putting up with people barking at me. I do understand that you have to subordinate yourself to people like a parish priest or a spiritual father, but at the same time, they have to be wise enough to guide you in a way that's constructive and helps you find a way; not hinder that process. Maybe that rougher way does work for some, but just speaking for myself, I would need a gentler approach from someone who would guide me.
@strikeoneboxing43842 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing interview, your orthodox brother from lebanon ☦ pray for me 🙏
@taxiarches-holyarchangelsm86555 жыл бұрын
God give is all wisdom, watchfullness, and strength! Sophia, Nepsis, e Dynamis!
@ninasaabiyeh9265 жыл бұрын
I have a spiritual father, yet I have learned new things now. Thanks !
@m.s.50655 жыл бұрын
As far as I know everybody needs a spiritual father cause they have to learn to obey (to GOSs word).
@strikeoneboxing43842 ай бұрын
Why everyone everywhere says that you MUST have a spiritual father? I dont feel that i need one at this point not out of pride but its just uncomfortable to me nd i just dont want one. I needed one when i converted to orthodoxy but now i dont want one. But this feeling of guilt is eating me on the inside because everyone says that you shouldnt leave your spiritual father and you have to b completely obedient etc...
@heliopijpe5 жыл бұрын
Wise
@joshua_finch4 жыл бұрын
Woah. Is this really deep or is it just exactly describing my life right now.
@eliambugi66094 жыл бұрын
Great
@toufekeskaf38495 жыл бұрын
Our Lord Jesus Christ He watch the heart of everyone of us, and He have A promises to us that John 14:21: "He that hath my com mandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." And not only but John 14:23: "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." Αμήν
@taxiarches-holyarchangelsm86555 жыл бұрын
You are our son...The mystical longsuffering "Mother" Church...is here...but rather somewhere elese ...in Heaven!
@syncleticasaint91343 жыл бұрын
Thank you Deer Father. But i must say the need for a spiritual Companion ; or Guide ; or Mother or Father is very great at this time of insanity in our world. And that Aid is or can be terribly hard to find!.And Yes the are Ammas ..Spiritual Mothers. Please try hard to get that Fact across to Orthodox. There is much you need to consider and pray to be given deep insight into concerning this very important topic! Great insight is needed here. A white beard does not make someone a Spiritual Father..that is fully a stereotype now . The Orthodox are worldwide now..in USA ; Canada etc..and the needs there are very different than they are in EU. There is so much to be discussed on this important topic!
@flickering_wick5 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to have a spiritual father that's not your sponsor/Godfather?
@hz39174 жыл бұрын
Yes
@taxiarches-holyarchangelsm86555 жыл бұрын
Efkaristu
@abounalaurencealeria58505 жыл бұрын
could i ask possibly the email of fr seraphim aldea?
@D-A-K5 жыл бұрын
He's pretty active on Facebook. You may want to start there if you can't find his direct email.
@abounalaurencealeria58505 жыл бұрын
@@D-A-K thank you for the info
@ProtectingVeil5 жыл бұрын
If you haven't managed to connect with him yet, feel free to send me you email and I will pass it on to him!