A Protestant Learns About Orthodoxy From an Orthodox Priest 

sounds like jordan peterson

His “channel” is, in a sense, his flock

@@activenothing6330 you know about Jonathan pageau? He’s a buddy of Peterson’s. Very orthodox too

@@thomasbrodrecht6137 Yep! He was first to re-invigorate my effort to find out more about my ancestral faith :)

I am Athiest ex-Hindu but I really like Eastern orthodox Christianity . But I have a question I am vegan and Is it ok to be Vegan and Christian ?

So I would say the relationship between parishioners like I've gotten so much better because I feel like at least how we venerate and worship we have very much the same intentions. It's obviously more of the higher up issues and some deeper theological things.

A preposterous notion that insults the councils and the Holy Fathers. We Orthodox don’t agree with this assessment as it was ONE patriarchate that divided east and west. Not the other four.

Come and see a Liturgy

@@mattbellacotti not really. Preposterous even by your comment it’s seem like we are saying the same thing.

@@TheMichaelMonroeDoctrine Just ignore them. Daniel has the better answer just come to the liturgy 😁😄

Ethiopia the stealer of hearts God bless you brother Have you watched jonathan pageau videos on ethiopia?

Are you albanian orthodox?

they are the most important, they guard the Arc

coptic?

they wouldn't be in Communion with Father Paul, the Ethiopians are Miaphysite and this split is even older than the one with Rome.

Here are some great Orthodox RU-vid channels: The Orthodox Ethos Father Spyridon Orthodox Wisdom Gregory Decapolite Nicodemos Hagiorite

Same!

Same

I converted last July after a 5-year period of searching and learning. I am very grateful that I made the move into Orthodoxy. I was a Reformed Baptist for several decades prior.

I'm also considering orthodoxy may visit an orthodox mass this sunday.

Adevărat a înviat!

He has risen indeed, Alleluia!!!!

Truly He is Risen!

I'm a Lutheran who agrees that He is risen indeed. From what Fr. Paul is saying, perhaps our Fr. Martin was 464 years late to the party.

Adevarat a Înviat

Can you share some of what led you to eastern orthodoxy as opposed to eastern catholicism?

I’m with you brother. Nondenominational Protestant most of my life, then Catholic for 4 years and now Eastern Orthodox. I read a comment by an Orthodox Bishop that clearly explained the difference between Catholics and Orthodox. The Bishop said Catholics pray the way they think and Orthodox think the way they pray.

That’s great!

@@flisom what does that mean? Lots of traditions (including several Protestant) pray pre-written prayers so it can’t mean that. The Book of Common prayer that Anglicans use certainly train us to think true and gospel thoughts about the Lord. Many (most?) of the prayers date back to the patristic period. How is EO different/better?

@@adamsmith4195 the difference is that as Catholics change the way they think about their faith, Catholic prayers are changed to accommodate this new way of thinking. Orthodox Christians let our traditional prayers change the way we think. That is why Orthodox will tell someone to simply attend the Liturgy to learn about the Orthodox faith.

Praying for you! 🙏❤️

The faith of the spouse can be good for the other. Attend and express your deep commitment

I say go where your heart wants to go and to where you feel called, even if it's different to your spouse. Otherwise you are being unfaithful to yourself. It doesn't mean you can't still love each other and get along.

Don't base your theology on your experience/feelings!

Orthodox is very similar to Catholic beliefs. Check out Torben Sondergard. He was Lutheran (which also has similarities to Catholicism) until he was baptized in the Holy Spirit. He then started preaching the Gospel, praying for healing and casting out demons & making other disciples. He left Denmark (if memory serves me) to seek asylum in the US when he started getting persecuted for teaching others to make disciples- preach the gospel, heal the sick, & cast out demons. He has been here for 2-3 years, making disciples here (the Last Reformation). He has now been locked up for over 3 months now on bogus charges [that he didn't find out for a long time] that can be proven false. He is now being persecuted here, in the US. His wife and kids are suffering, too. We were told the "body of Christ" will suffer persecution. It has started here in the United States.

This is what the world should be like, no matter your belief, be open and kind to other beliefs

Become Christian. You likely have forefathers that were Christian anyway.

We are all brothers/sisters and should never fight against each other

As a Christian, I’m telling you the truth which is God of Jacob aka JESUS is gonna destroy Muslim nations who wants to wipe Israel. Try to know the truth

@@Watermelon-dj8be That's not very Christian of you. We are supposed to love thy neighbor as thyself. Telling someone of another faith that Jesus is gonna destroy majority-Muslim nations goes against the teachings of Jesus.

I might be a monk

I am Coptic Christian, I ❤️ my Catholic brethern too and I believ in ONE Body of Chris, which is One United CHURCH❤️💒❤️

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." -- Voltaire

​@@AtamMardesReddit would be that way 👉🏻🚪

Forgive me friends but if holy spirit said in us,the Byzantine empire was lost because our sins and because the rome was ready to started and to take it,so holy trinity was giving it in muhhamend the conqueror for us the east Christians not lose the clean faith,thats mean we cant folllow the heretics.

Brother we are all foreigners on Earth. We are on a journey to Heaven together.

@@acekoala457 Brother, take your time - first you need to live your earthly life with dignity! God bless you!

Ethiopia❤

What do you think about Russian church calling to kill Ukranian ? Any thoughts or nothing ?

@@blessedandhopeful Go to church and pray! The Lord will surely grant you intelligence! I will also pray for you!

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welcome brother

Synergism (Arminianism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) and Calvinism are both heresies rooted in prideful human reason. In his dogmatics John Theodore Mueller writes: "If God alone works conversion in man, then it cannot be maintained that He really desires the salvation of all men; for, actually He does not convert all. To this we reply that Holy Scripture teaches both the sola gratia and the gratia universalis; that is, God alone converts and saves sinners, and He earnestly desires to save all sinners. Both doctrines must therefore be taught side by side without any modification or qualification of either of them. It is true, if this is done, the theologian is confronted with the perplexing problem, which human reason cannot solve, "Why, then, are not all saved?" (Cur alii, alii nonf Cur alii prae aliisf) Calvinism solves the mystery by denying the universalis gratia; synergism, by denying the sola gratia, whereas the theologian who is loyal to Scripture does not attempt any solution of the mystery at all, just as little as he endeavors to solve the mysteries involved in the doctrines of the Holy Trinity, the personal union, the real presence, etc. Reason indeed argues thus: Since all men are in the same state of guilt (in eadem culpa) and only God, who earnestly desires to save all men (universalis gratia), can save sinners (sola gratia), the actual conversion of all men must needs follow. But the true theologian does not recognize reason as his principle of faith (principium cognoscendi) ; he is bound to Scrip- ture as the only source and rule of faith, which, however, does not explain this crux theologorum."

Are you a Christian though?

Is there a Orthodox Church in South Korea?

@@SoldierAndrew the Easter miracle of Holy Fire , that happens within the Holy Tomb on Easter eve

but to see the miracle of the holy fire you'd have to go to jerusalem and not greece?

I wish... But this covid madness separates us from each other...

@@foteinimanou5516 This occurs only in Jerusalem, not anywhere in Greece.

@@vaska1999 yes, the tomb of Christ is in Jerusalem.

Bonus points for the great beards!

That'd be Catholicism.

Not really.

Depend on your definition of "beauty"

why?

@JV Harbin have you found anything ?

@@novaxdjokovic9592 sure. I don’t really buy into denominational differences. We are all one under Christ. Do you worship a different deity then I?

@@novaxdjokovic9592 your creed has been made by men, not Christ. Do you read a different Bible? By what commandments has he made your church the ‘one’ over the people I go to church with? There is one Christ man, and just because we worship him differently doesn’t make us different past the differences we make.

@@novaxdjokovic9592 guess we’ll find out on judgement day won’t we? in my eyes orthodox follow the laws and traditions of men

@@novaxdjokovic9592 jeez youre a fanatic. So what about people who cant take eucharist for health reasons, they arent christian? 😂

Welcome home ☦️💞

He don’t even know that salvation is by faith alone if you watch the video

@@Watermelon-dj8be Demons have faith. Are they saved?

@Ελληνας Γραικος Are you a Jew?? Who do you think Jesus was?? A Jewish king and the whole bible is about Jews and to Jews cuz they follow mosaic law and after his death he gave paul the doctrine of salvation (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

@@ImNotJoshPotter demons say Jesus isn’t GOD, do you believe that?? No right. We’re not Jews who works for their salvation. By grace through faith which means the god so loved this world that he died for his creation so we can have eternal life with him

Orthodoxie is a way of live and not just a religion. We have 2000 years of history with people like as that are witnesses and examples for as so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel again and again.

I left a Reformed church as well. They dontunderstand the Orthodox view of the atonement- we think the point of life is to be sanctified (Theosis) whereas they think they just need to be declared not guilty by God. We do not believe salvation is earned through works.

Welcome brother's to the clean faith in holy trinity. Holy trinity with you!

We need people like you badly. You are the rest of the family who is missing. And even in the most celebrated moments and biggest feasts I always felt something is missing though. Now I know. Is not missing something but someone.And not only someone but all of you,the rest of the family. Come home guys. You have no idea how much we miss you. Just come home and we'll figure out the details sometime later. In fact all the rest is God's job. You just come home.

Same here!!! I left the evangelical church to become orthodox

@@a.kamileon Glory to God

@@a.kamileon Hallelujah!

Me too. If you haven't watched it yet, I recommend finding and viewing the RU-vid video series titled "finding the church that Jesus built 101"; the videos were shot back in like 2001 in Oklahoma, it was a seminar series.. the videos are not in order but the first two are important, so flip through and find the first two-- the guy pretty much smashes Protestant thinking (kindly) and explains the historical beginnings of the church, the breaking away of Catholicism and then the formation of each main Protestant sect in a somewhat entertaining way, as well as the general foundations of western church thinking, a lot of information is provided there in just a couple of hours.✌️ God bless

I guess the nature of the religion helps. There is noting else but love and respect in Christianity while in others there is a lot of hate and killing.

Like your first two points! A small tidbit might be that the Pope is basically a centralising figure which helps propel the "earthy" political side of power and thus keeps Catholics together unlike other branches. Almost all about control, we could say. Regarding the last point, from a central European pov, I think that there are so many beautiful and light filled Rococo & neoclassical churches, both Catholic (with white walls and gold everywhere, example: the Dom of Salzburg) and Protestant, that equaling Catholicism with Gothic style is kinda simplistic. It's just that Catholics in the late 1800s when building new churches went full "Neo-gothic and neo-romanic" with dark interiors and an overall depressing atmosphere. But yeah, overall I understand how orthodox churches feel more "aboriginal" and "closer" to the ancient ways. Thankfully it's good to have variety

im orthodox too and dissagree with everything you just said

Ive seen a lot of comments here about the Orthodox Church “feeling right.“ It’s a similar false notion protestants use, they “feel” more spiritual when they’re doing their Jesus rock music and feel good preaching. Truth does not care about your feelings. The orthodox misrepresent of the unifying power of the see of Peter, allowance of multiple divorces and adulterous remarriage, nationalistic communities based on ethnicity…huge glaring problems in the Orthodox Church.

@@verum-in-omnibus1035 every faith has its own flaws

That is so true ))

☦️ Populli shkavell duhet ti kthyer pronat kishtare në Dardani tek pronarit të vërtet, na e dina që populli jon ka qenë krishtere kur shkau nuk ka dit as qka është kisha. We owe that one to Fan Noli, Kristo Negovani and many, many of our own clerics before them.

То је ствар, прво су се раздвојили Римски Католицизам и Провославни Католицизам, а тек послије су се раздвојили други од Римокатолика.

Miodraze mali vraze

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

dje si kuco junacka,....

a touch of Holy Spirit

Thanks for hanging out!

Same. Even if I don't believe it myself, theological discussion is always fascinating when civil

And how interesting it is that you also believe.

There are no atheists. Everybody believes in something. Whether that is God, luck, self, aliens, etc.

@@georgegabriel7766 so all belief is religion?

I am also a Georgian Orthodox)

Glory to God.

I’m also in the Antiochian archdiocese. I love watching videos like these to kind of drill the basics of the Faith into me.

Christos anesti! Many years, brother! ☦️

@@IAMFISH92 Alithos Anesti

Welcome. Convert into ROCOR here. This was a great discussion. That parish is blessed to have this priest.

That's probably due to the fact that must be English and he's not stumbling with words or meaning like plenty of our ethnic clergy

Приветствую из Православной Украины, брат!

Greetings to the infinitely suffering and martyred Serbian brothers and sisters from Steve Kovacevich in Texas. You people have totally more character and class than us over here in the land of sodom. I wish my ancestors had never left Zhabljak in Crna Gora. Zhivela Srbija zauvek!

Which country do you live in?

Али проблем је то да наш календар и није толико тачан као што је Грегоријански.

@@Donald_Trump_2024 Заправо скоро сви православци осим нас и Руса, су прихватили Миланковићев календар који је најтачнији калнедар икад направљен. Тај његов календар се све до 2700 не знам које године поклапа са Грегоријанским.

same here! I love how he talks and explains things. I’m an albanian muslim that wants to convert to orthodoxy tho haha

@@Anonymous-zk7nv ALBANIAN DETECTED

@@user-vi4zw6zu4c А јој да, Милутин је направио онај његов тачан календар, 2 секунде дужи од Грегоријанског календара, врло тачан календар.

Welcome home brother. Romanian orthodox here.

I'm not orthodox myself but this fills me with hope. There seems to be a relatively large exodus out of the "evangelical" church, largely what seems to be due (in my opinion anyway) to a lack of unified, logically and theologically consistent doctrine. Discussing theology has literally become "taboo" in some circles. Progressivism is infiltrating the church and many north Americans have no firm ground on which to stand, instead swayed this way and that by the winds of relativist politics.

Hello brother! OCA too here in Syracuse :D

Churches can only survive by recruiting/indoctrinating new members all the time, its the core function of a church regardless of faith.

are you American and converted to Orthodoxy or you have roots in some orthodox country? would like to hear about and how come you re interested in orthodox faith?

South Carolina resident here. My father was Orthodox, my mother Roman Catholic. I was raised in the Roman Catholic church, saved by the grace of God in the Methodist church and now attend a Baptist church. God, in His divine providence, uses them all despite the overwhelming differences.

@@featurebroadcast297 ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

haide frate la Ortodoxie!! hello from Romania!

​@@Lucian0O love y'all Romanians beautiful language beautiful people and beautiful religion.❤.

Look at history. Catholicism came into reality as a rupture, a break away from the Orthoxox church, and - surprise, surprise :) - it was always militaristic. Actually, the first wars done by the Catholics were against the Orthodox, because of greed, for plunder, for riches, etc. The great “schisma” when the new Catholic branch of Christianity appeared was a political rupture engineered almost a thousand years ago, done to be able to plunder, exploit and rage wars against the Orthodox Christianity in the East, from Byzantium, to Greece, all the way East to the old Dacia, the first nation to adopt Christianity through Saint Andrew, al the way eastward to the Russians (which have always been attacked by the West - France, Germany… Catholics). It is still visible today, that mentality of exploitation, occupation, and militarism… remember how Greece was treated after the financial crisis of 2008, although in EU there were Catholic countries which were in a much worse financial condition than Greece? How about the pattern of wars and colonization of the Catholic countries against the Orthodox Christian nations? How come Orthodox Christianity never had any colonies like say in Africa? (The Protestants, in whatever form, Anglicans and so on, were deviations from Catholicism, probably even more militarized - ref the Evangelical Christian’s created by the English, the Anglican Church, of which I found out very recently). In all predominantly Christian Orthodox nations there is a certain deep spirituality, the key to their resilience, that holds together the nation (with diverse people regardless of ethnicity, religion, etc) like the roots of a majestic tree hold it in sunshine as well as in any storm. In powerful storms, a tree may bend, but with deep healthy roots, it just never falls. Some other telling difference, just ask yourself “why?” like that : In Orthodox Christianity, never, never, there were actions like burning people alive, like the Catholics did extensively for years during the Inquisition. Something like this, like that Inquisition widespread inside Catholicism, would have never even been imaginable in the Orthodox Christianity spirituality, which is centered around the idea that all lives are to be protected, cherished, all people helped, respected, and each Orthodox Christian should never hurt another person, but do only good to all the people. That’s the focus.. It may be weakness, often nativity, when confronted with militarism and aggression - but the truth is that’s something so based, so valuable, that it is actually strength and resilience.

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God bless you. I hope you join an orthodox church soon☦️

God bless you. I hope you join an orthodox church soon☦️

God bless you. I hope you join an orthodox church soon☦️

God bless you. I hope you join an orthodox church soon☦️

Thanks Kurt!

Synergism (Arminianism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) and Calvinism are both heresies rooted in prideful human reason. In his dogmatics John Theodore Mueller writes: "If God alone works conversion in man, then it cannot be maintained that He really desires the salvation of all men; for, actually He does not convert all. To this we reply that Holy Scripture teaches both the sola gratia and the gratia universalis; that is, God alone converts and saves sinners, and He earnestly desires to save all sinners. Both doctrines must therefore be taught side by side without any modification or qualification of either of them. It is true, if this is done, the theologian is confronted with the perplexing problem, which human reason cannot solve, "Why, then, are not all saved?" (Cur alii, alii nonf Cur alii prae aliisf) Calvinism solves the mystery by denying the universalis gratia; synergism, by denying the sola gratia, whereas the theologian who is loyal to Scripture does not attempt any solution of the mystery at all, just as little as he endeavors to solve the mysteries involved in the doctrines of the Holy Trinity, the personal union, the real presence, etc. Reason indeed argues thus: Since all men are in the same state of guilt (in eadem culpa) and only God, who earnestly desires to save all men (universalis gratia), can save sinners (sola gratia), the actual conversion of all men must needs follow. But the true theologian does not recognize reason as his principle of faith (principium cognoscendi) ; he is bound to Scrip- ture as the only source and rule of faith, which, however, does not explain this crux theologorum."

@@eternaljunker8300 There is a question that is epistemically prior to scripture: Where does the Bible come from? I think it’s important that nobody read monergism into scripture before the Reformers. Doesn’t that completely refute the idea that the “gospel” that you teach is not that which was passed down from the apostles?

@@eternaljunker8300 Protestantism is demonic

​@@neyou6940 Much of "protestantism" is utterly subverted and has little to do with Luther. You need to keep in mind that Luther (and Chemnitz and Gerhard to name other notable Lutheran theologians) taught the bodily real presence in the Eucharist, as Lutheranism still does, but "protestantism" usually does not - thus this umbrella term is misleading - it is like when people say "ancient churches" and pretend that Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Assyrian Church of the East and Oriental Orthodoxy are one and the same - although they are in schism with each other. When it comes to cultural subversion I would argue that Western Christendom suffered more from liberalism than Eastern Christendom suffered from communism - because liberalism is more subversive in the long run. But sth. to think about is that anyone writing a book about the J as Luther did, would face harsh consequences in any church - which tells you how lukewarm all of them have become.

''I'm protestant'' Orthodoxy is apostolic protestantism 😂 so go for it, you wont have the fullness of the truth as years of pastor brainwashing has veiled your understanding but you will certainly have valid sacraments, *THE EUCARIST (Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ)* (thank you Lord) and beautiful liturgy, it's a no brainer

I agree it's hard to understand without the liturgy.

@@grantguikema9821 Yes, the Liturgy teaches us.

Lutheran (LCMS) liturgy taught me a lot, but it taught the head, not the heart. I went to Lutheran schools K-9 and could recite Luther's Small Catechism front to back. I was 4th generation German Lutheran in the US and was proud of it. It took me a while to realize that beside my mind, God had gifted me with a heart and a soul that also needed to be committed to Him.

@@Bilabius amen. We should praise the orthodoxy found in protestant faith. The idea of the noose really spoke to me about the unifying of the mind and the heart.

@@grantguikema9821 I'm sorry, I must have missed the part about the noose. Please enlighten me.

Yes...and their Lord of Spirits podcast is incredible.

Giants!

@@brettscotland889 Counsel of God too.

Yes!

Yes! It would be cool to see him have more convos with orthodox people

Thanks for breaking this down. I appreciated the segment at 30:00 where Father Paul described the inadequacy of words to describe God. Lots to consider there.....

That would be really great to see

They won't...usually when they talk about orthodoxy they mean the eastern orthodox....oriental orthodoxy is often considered inferior and not important enough to even discuss about...

@@realzhella6817 what makes you make the bogus claim thar Oriental Orthodox isnt important enough to talk about? All of modern Christianity stems from Oriental Orthodoxy We are the one who gave you the faith Not some dude in Rome or some plumber in Texas

@@vivekaugustine9583 I am oriental orthodox brother...but have u ever seen anyone talk about oriental orthodox when they refer to orthodoxy...its almost always eastern orthodox...the number of oriental orthodox is only around 80 million which is way less than other denominations hence not often given much importance

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The greatest journey a man can make is the 18 inches from his head to his heart! ☦️

Amen! Fr. Paul touches on this in the tour video. We often want to understand before experiencing, but in Orthodoxy, experience comes before understanding.

@@jeffrey5966 that is my experience as well. Chrismated Holy Saturday, 2021.

@@JimmyGarcia58 Welcome Home!! I was Chrismated last Pentecost Weekend so this past Sunday was my 1 year anniversary!! Glory be to God!!

Sounds Gnostic

@Igor Zlatkovic mmmm well now that you mention it we follow the church founded by Christ. You my friend are a member of one of many Orthodox Church that is separated from the true Church. Even so Merry Christmas my Orthodox Brother.

Really? Did that happen when 4 out of 5 Pentarchy members kicked out 5th one? Is that "kicked one" actually "true" Church? Tell me more about that.

​@@englishlearningcenter1470 Rome left the 4 other churches. It's pretty easy to see who left. There are multiple versions of Roman Catholicism that are not in communion with Rome. One is the SSPX. There is onyl one Orthodox Church, there are just different jurisdictions. What Catholics don't seem to understand is that centralized authority is not the only type of authority- variation and consensus is okay. The other problem is that even if there were only one claimant to being true Roman Catholicism (rather than 4 or 5), the Western Church is split into 10,000 different denominations including Protestantism. Protestantism is the "egg that Rome layed," and Rome doesn't get to disown that child.

Wow that is awesome brother

Synergism (Arminianism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) and Calvinism are both heresies rooted in prideful human reason. In his dogmatics John Theodore Mueller writes: "If God alone works conversion in man, then it cannot be maintained that He really desires the salvation of all men; for, actually He does not convert all. To this we reply that Holy Scripture teaches both the sola gratia and the gratia universalis; that is, God alone converts and saves sinners, and He earnestly desires to save all sinners. Both doctrines must therefore be taught side by side without any modification or qualification of either of them. It is true, if this is done, the theologian is confronted with the perplexing problem, which human reason cannot solve, "Why, then, are not all saved?" (Cur alii, alii nonf Cur alii prae aliisf) Calvinism solves the mystery by denying the universalis gratia; synergism, by denying the sola gratia, whereas the theologian who is loyal to Scripture does not attempt any solution of the mystery at all, just as little as he endeavors to solve the mysteries involved in the doctrines of the Holy Trinity, the personal union, the real presence, etc. Reason indeed argues thus: Since all men are in the same state of guilt (in eadem culpa) and only God, who earnestly desires to save all men (universalis gratia), can save sinners (sola gratia), the actual conversion of all men must needs follow. But the true theologian does not recognize reason as his principle of faith (principium cognoscendi) ; he is bound to Scrip- ture as the only source and rule of faith, which, however, does not explain this crux theologorum."

@Nastro Adhesivo nice try, officer

@Nastro Adhesivo I am Athiest ex-Hindu but I really like Eastern orthodox Christianity . But I am vegan and Is it ok to be Vegan and Christian ?

@Nastro Adhesivo what does that mean ?

@Nastro Adhesivo i am not shorter than 150 cm I am 180cm

@@holytemplars3568 you can be vegan all you want orthodox dont care about your choice of diet

Ramona, Mexico having such a beautiful Catholic tradition, with that wondrous apparition of the most holy theotokos at Guadalupe, Mother of all America and you became russian orthodox?

Congratulations for your Greek.

Христос Воскресе!)

Why your writing in Arabic?

@@ndrechtseiter воистину воскресе!

What about Христос Воскресе? Bulgarian orthodox church is the oldest in Europe, apart from Constantinople Patriarchy...

I second the interview with Fr. Stephen. That video would be interesting and probably very popular on this channel.

At least start listening to the Lord of Spirits podcast.

A convo with Father De Young would be amazing. Please make it happen Matt - he really knows his stuff.

@Dissonant Timbres Yes the essence and energies distinction was a big reason for my conversion to Orthodoxy.

За ВСЕ!) 🙏😊❤️

Slava Bogu! Glory to God! And greetings to all Christians all over the world from an Orthodox Christian.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly, but i think its important to see the story in their eyes

I’ve had the opposite experience with Catholics in Texas. Most of them didn’t even know about Orthodoxy or the history of Rome which surprised me.

@@nickdelacruz4229 I probably should’ve prefaced my post clarifying “Catholics who understand the differences.” Many Catholics have about a ninth grade understanding of Catholicism because that’s around the age they get the Sacrament of Confirmation (Chrismation). Many don’t delve deeper after that or ever study other traditions or religions.

Even deeply schooled theologians on either side of the divide have widely varying opinions how wide the divide is.

Perhaps it's because of the Catholic perspective. The historical animus is Orthodox vs Catholicism vs Protestantism (Catholics purposely in the middle). And the latter opposition is historically extremely hostile. There isn't historical animus between Protestants and Orthodox because of their separation. I think the fact we see can the massive differences between Catholicism and the various forms of Protestantism makes the few differences we have with Orthodoxy seem almost trivial (which frankly after doing research, aside from the Papacy, the differences are utterly trivial (i.e. differences in terminology to say effectively the same thing)). The Orthodox have not had an offshoot like Protestantism, nor much contact with it, to provide this perspective.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate it Ismail!

Only Here you can escape the fire, only Here...

I also agree. That one may not at all convert to orthodox church, but for one to be right in faith must have some orthodoxy in him.