Such an amazing channel, Orthodoxy is not a rigid set of rules, but a living relationship with God! God bless ☦️.

ربنا والهنا يسوع المسيح يا ابن الله الحي احرس كنيستك الارثوذكسية وشعبك امين

The thin barrier in the middle of the night

I take off my hat for those who choose to devote their entire life to God. Monasteries are our spiritual centres.

Listening to the tone of voice and kindness of heart you brothers speak is in itself a call to Orthodoxy. Unlike Protestantism, it is not harsh, but gentle.❤

Ask not what your Church can do for you, but what you can do for your Church

What a treasure your videos are

From Los Angeles and the Orthodox Church has been pulling in. Through research and faith, I believe God is guiding me to start worshipping my Lord Jesus Christ at this church. I am a former Jehovah Witness after my new road to my faith and I been wondering where to get baptized.

Christ is one body. He cannot be divided. He is the Church...the Orthodox Church.

So important. There are not two different spiritualities, there are not two different Gospels! The spiritual life is the same for monks and laypeople, the only difference is the intensity, the fundamentals are the same.

Father John here provides some great commentary about the Orthodox life. He is spot on. I am a Protestant chaplain. I would encourage anyone wanting to know some good brief information about the Monastic life, then you can listen to this video, and you will then be greatly informed. Very respectfully, Chaplain Brian Merk

Thank you, Father John. Beautiful.

wonderful video thank you!☦️💙

This channel is of such quality, a gem

The Desert and Hesychastic Farhers continue to be a source of inspiration Thanks be to God☦️🙏 I think what confuses many of our friends in the protestant world about monasticism, due in part to aberrations that developed in the medieval Roman catholic expressions of it. There is this either/or view where "if the monks are most Holy why try" this is the wrong way to look at it and to build on father's illustration of sports or musicians we don't tell the local high school sports player or casual musician "don't try because you aren't in the pro leagues". We struggle where God has placed us. Christianity is fundamenally an ascetic faith and when this centrality is lost calamity arises.

I'm enjoying this channel's focus on the Orthodox Church in New Mexico. Will there be a video on the monastery Father John is referencing?

Beautiful explanation Father. My first Divine Liturgy was at a Sister’s Monastery in Shannonbridge Ireland. Sister Iosifia is the head sister. It pushed all doubt out of my mind that Orthodoxy was the right path for me.

Im a 41 single guy in Canada. Recently became a catechumen, and without trying to sound prideful, I would love to be a monk. For me being Protestant for 40 years, Orthodoxy was always inevitable. Perhaps my odd disconnect and inability to relate to the world is what draws me to desire monkhood. I guess time will tell. For now, I will follow my Jesus every day wherever He leads me.

Love this.

Thank you for the amazing analogy!

So beautifully expressed! Thank you Father !

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Many years, Fr John

Father, may I quote you “..the food at the Monastry is the best in the world…because it is infused with prayers..because it is the kingdom of Heaven…!” That’s my takeaway from your sharing of your experiences in your visits at the monasteries around the world. Might I add that your delight and relish in the food at the monasteries is liken to that of a “banquet with angels”(to borrow a phrase that the Great St Athanasius mentioned in one of his quotes). It seems food at the monasteries indeed is empowered all the more with the infusion of prayers and thus the monks are able to accomplish what they set out to do which seems impossible to most ordinary beings. Might I add one more reflection that comes to mind that after all it is the Word that sustains the monks as Christ our Saviour demonstrates when He fasted for 40 days in the desert. With God everything is possible!!!

I love this

Us Protestants have our own version of monks historically, they're called Puritans. The more I read Puritan spirituality and the more I hear of orthodox monasticism, the more I see great similarities between the two. I think there's great room for ecumenical agreement and fellowship when we consider how similar the apex of Protestant spirituality compares with the apex of orthodox spirituality. .

Hello and Selam(ሰላም) from Ethiopia my beloved brothers...can you suggest me the best monastic books to read(top 3)? And I heard there are 10 degrees or stages of Christian spiritual enlightenment or purity from this world and where can I read about those, I'm not just asking for simply silly curiosity but because I need to know... thank you my beloveds by His holy grace may God bless you 🙏 በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን ✝️🙏❤️🛐

How do I become a orthodox monk in Australia?

I have a question. What language do you speak when in liturgies there in America

Does the Orthodox church believe that people can directly pray to or approach God or must we go through the priest?

A much more balanced and spiritual view then what you see on Twitter

Catholics and Orthodox are all still part of the single body of Christ - many disagree but you cant argue with Prophesy, St Paul and the prayers and Prophesy of Christ Himself...