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This was incredible. When I hear people talk about an orthodox WAY of being, or teaching, this is it. Talking about experiences of the love of God while exuding love for God.
48:51 Today makes my second Sunday going to a Greek Orthodox Church and everyone both today and last week have been nothing but the utmost nicest people and welcoming and accepting people I’ve ever met. Even the Father was extremely welcoming and he genuinely seemed happy and excited me and my wife and kids were there and were eager and ready to learn and eventually convert into Orthodoxy from Protestantism.
So this is one of the most beautiful and important video on RU-vid. It's hat a blessing the Theodokus is bringing upon all of us who are watching. And it happened to be recorded on my birthday. No more signs needed. ☦️
This is the holiest clip on the YT This Preast with Holy icon and two guys crying at this humble studio WOW This is amazing please pray for guy on Motocycle
I was raised a Ukrainian Greek Catholic, a church (baptized and chrismated) which I would argue has an "Orthodox soul". In consultation with an Orthodox priest I was told that to join the Orthodox Church I would only need to go to confession (I'm guessing that it might be a longer confession to renounce the Pope and some Catholic dogmas that honestly I am not particularly attached to). I've been considering it for years, but some of the politics of the Moscow patriarchate vs the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. As you might imagine, given the current war, I am not a fan of the Moscow patriarchate. That being said, I currently attend a Latin rite church (no UGKCs near me) and see some really big differences between the latin rite and eastern rite. As a consequence I pray from an Orthodox prayer book and read a lot of Orthodox literature and feel much more at home (beyond just "at home", it's sort of in my bones) with the Orthodox world view. I worry about Protestant converts bringing a "Protestant worldview" into the Orthodox Church. I can imagine that it would take a long time to convert from Protestant to Orthodox.
Like unto a divinely guided star, thy precious icon traversed the Russian land and its cities, O Lady. Kings reverently bowed down before it, queens adorned it with love, hierarchs greeted it with awe, and multitudes of the faithful, spiritually keeping festival, cried out: Alleluia! ☦️
I agree. I am an EO catechumen and have seen in Protestantism, RC, and EO people that come there for the spectacle. I’ve also seen many that have few bad experiences and assume that the faith as a whole is bad. No, you had a bad experience with people. Don’t see things through a bad lense. Try to see the faith itself and not priest, bishop, or partitioners that hurt you. Best advice that I had as a young Christian was, “keep your eyes on Jesus Christ “
I lost my brother to suicide 10 years ago. I was angry at God and fell into a depraved life. Never be angry at God for losing a loved one. It's not worth losing your soul over.
“Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives” was a transformative read. It helped me forgive a great sin against me, to see my own sin that contributed to what happened and to set aside anger. I highly recommend the book.
