God bless you brother. A wonderful explanation of the relation of the church, the faithful and the world we live in....We cannot seek the Living among the dead!!!

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Fr Thomas Hopko Show probably be a Saint just for being ordinary.

So he isn't sure if we were created in the image/likeness of God or we evolved into the image/likeness? I think as a faithful Christian of any background, human evolution is bunk....period.

Father is right in pointing out people don't know _what_ they are. Too much focus on _who_ they are.

Father Thomas greatly help me in my reorientation from being a Protestant to living the life of the Church in Orthodoxy. He had the talent of taking esoteric things and bringing them down to the everyday human level. I greatly miss him to this day.

Memory Eternal, our beloved fr. Hopko 🙏☦️❤️

17:27 sorry to state the obvious, but the reason people find christianity threatening is likely the revelations stuff, hell, burning forever etc. It is kind of threatening.

At 3:00, I would respectfully observe that the Jewish people themselves and the author of Maccabees did not consider the Maccabean books to be Scripture.

I understand we can't deny the old testament, but I'm still not able to like it nonetheless. We shouldn't fornicate but a Abraham אברהם literally had sex with the slave from his wife, I find it very disturbing, my only moral compass is Jesus Christ, therefore i think with myself, would Christ consider moral for me to have sex with a slave?

At 3:20, “one should beware of beauty” as a Protestant belief: I am Protestant, and I think this is a helpful baseline presupposition to hold, because unlike truth and goodness, beauty is not an inherently trustworthy indicator of whether something is good or true. I would recommend “Beauty: A Very Short Introduction” by Roger Scruton in the Oxford series. Thank you for posting this interview

I can't believe the cult legacy church is allowed to advertise on this video

Beautifully stated. Anyone can understand this. Now they only have to choose to do it - which is, of course, always the difficult part 🙏🏻

Oh, I do agree in the one step after another and discipline we are a Tryon likeness of god. In other words not just body, soul and spirit although that’s true we have a brain we have emotions and we have either the spirit of the world or the spirit of God in us Scripture says test the spirits. Obviously that means there are two types. At least Jesus wept when Lazarus had passed away, and he raised him from the dead proving emotions do occur in the Godhead, and again likeness of God means we have emotions as well, throwing them away after you get saved is it logical at best , allowing for all three parts of us to be united and function in balance for gnostics only wanted to use the brain only scripture sola Scriptura like the Pharisees and that was a heresy. Then it is a heresy. Now your relationship must be balanced, and you will have goosebumps on occasion , so don’t reject them all together until you prayed. It’s not God in that situation. Otherwise are great video.

Sexism is a modernist term and not how any Christian should define their morals or faith. The Bible and Tradition are very clear on women’s roles and if people have a problem with that they can take their chances outside the church

It should mean we’re not active in politics. Dividing our energies between the aspirations of heaven the sublunary grope for power over others (the state) is misguided at best.

people place their hope in politicians for societal change not realising its only temporary, empires rise and fall, kingdoms collapse, the kingdom of heaven and its king Christ are eternal

I miss him. Sadly I got to know of him after his passing. Memory eternal Papa ❤ i sometimes call on him for help even if he's not confirmed as a saint and i received the helpful wisdom i needed.

Father Moses pray to God for us

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I would love to see the entire video, Thankyou for these clips.

Orthodox seems to be more pragmatic

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9=0.

I saw a toddler go behind the couch to have a bm i thought if he could do that he could be potty trained

This seems to be doctrinal acrobatics on baptism. Would not it be simpler to just baptize everyone? No, EO is simply a part of the Christian Church. The claims of utter exclusivity never stand up to Biblical or Historical scrutiny. Mark 9:38-50

Nuns IN the altar? I only heard of nuns entering the altar for the sole purpose of cleaning it, never for serving alongside the priest.

i never believed in myself until i believed in God

A very interesting take on an issue I myself face. I am being instructed as a catechumen right now - and in a Bavarian area that is overwhelming Roman Catholic and a 200 mile round trip to an Orthodox parish for Divine Litergy isnt easy. Though being here, I grew up as a Mormon. A lot disagree on the LDS even being Christian in that, in fundamental ways such as the rejection of the ecumenical councils and creeds, they certainly are not Orthodox. My baptism is a mish-mash quite frankly of yes and no. For those who do not know - LDS baptism is full immersion a single time and done "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." But Mormons are not trinitarian and not monotheistic - so is that baptism done in the name of the Holy Trinity or not as they use the words but mean something quite different. I have to have faith and trust that my priest and the bishop know what is best to do and have faith that, even if there is some error if they choose to receive me not through Orthodox Baptism, that it is the proper thing to do and that God will accept that intent. It has taken 40 years for me to come to this since my first passing talk online with a Greek Orthodox priest in 1994 when I was a teenager discussion religion. I do trust that God is more merciful to us than we are to each other many times. I often think that he chuckles at us as we argue, with good intentions, but argue much as boys argue over some game as a good parent often does. At any rate, I would prefer reception by baptism. But I have to trust those who are placed to shepherd me and who understand more than me and to not fall into the trap of over-legalism.

Not when our greatest example of being a Christian is the most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos.

While I wholeheartedly agree with Dr Ford's view of Orthodoxy, her answer to the question comes from a position which fails to take into account how local customs and cultures directly affect the practice of faith. Is Orthodox sexist? No, or at least as Dr Ford rightly points out the question itself is erroneous. Can local customs/traditions (with a small t) be sexist and therefore affect one's interpretation of orthodoxy? Absolutely.

As a female catechumen, this matches what I've experienced so far. I'm blessed to be part of a parish that has this regard for the laity. There is so much power in prayer! ☦️

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"We are all on a journey." It cannot be said any better.

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No way, Lord have mercy.

That great depends on whose definition of ‘sexist’ one is going with. By modern definition, certainly. But the modern definition of sexism towards women isn’t worth the time of day.

Once I found the church, I jumped into it completely. I did not slow down. I tried to drink from the fire hose 😂 I don’t think I could have followed this advise because I was so full of zeal. The precious pearl I had searched for all my life was before me and I had to get it. However I do know many people that had to take it in bite sizes.

This is Orthodoxy, this is our Faith, Thank you dear Appalachian Orthodox Priest, Dearly Beloved Fr. Stephen! Mercy. IC XC NIKA!

Saludos desde Flagstaff AZ estados unidos 🇲🇽🌵📿🕯☦️🕯🌵🇺🇸

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Lord Palmerston and British created 'greece' in 1832 for geopolitical purposew, southern cyprus is UK territory

Same thing happened to Macedonia in 1913, the capital Solun and agean part was given to British creation of greece, the Macedonians were forced to change their names to greek, speak only greek, relabelled all ancient Macedonian monasteries as greek. The eastern part Pirin, same thing given to bulgaristan, another western minion controlled then by the British now USA

Christ is king! America first!

Become God, yes my mind is blown, i dont understand what he meant by that.

This doesn't inform anything ive heard some self descriptions of Orthodox Christians. Jonathan is great at saying nothing

So… what should we know ?

Can anyone point to Cain and his Sister? Someone at Church is asking and I've NO idea

Zen practice leads to the non-dual or emptiness. But there's no sense of a creator. The Orthodox tradition seems to carry a mystical core which gives the faith experience validity.