Fr Josiah Trenham: Eastern Orthodoxy & the Great Reset 

Fantastic discussion! I’m hunting for an English version of the book that was mentioned “Contra Mundum”. Does it exist yet? If not, are there plans for an English version?

blessings..just interested what was your issue with protestant doctrine?

@@kotchstevens2321, THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES ARE NOT THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST CREATED, THEY SPLIT FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER FIGHTING WITH THE POPE, ALL OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES ARE HERETICAL, GOD IS NOT THERE, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

@@kotchstevens2321 ,THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES ARE NOT THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST CREATED, THEY SPLIT FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER FIGHTING WITH THE POPE, GOD IS NOT THERE, HE IS ONLY INSIDE THE ORTHODOX CHURCH BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY CHURCH HE CREATED, STUDY WHAT HAPPENED IN 1054(THE GREAT SCHISMA)

Hallelujah

@@kotchstevens2321 you know, it wasn't really an issue with Protestantism that led me to leave it and look into orthodoxy. I had been gathering and collecting the best teachings in the protestant circles that I could find and picking up and setting down what didn't seem to work. My issue against orthodoxy was that I consider them to be more pagan Catholics and, where I come from, we were taught to despise the Catholic faith. But, my beliefs kept becoming more and more scandalous to protestants as I researched and looked for the truth. Mainly that the Bible speaks of spiritual beings ruling certain aspects of our calendars and natural elements and geographic locations. Eventually, I began praying and asking God for faith I could put my hands on and specifically I was desperately looking for a spiritual father. Nobody wanted to deal with my issues and nobody ever had any answers. I simply came to the bottom of the Protestant well and realize that there was no healing for me and that my only goal was just die and hope I made it to heaven. Around that time a friend of mine invited me to an orthodox service. I was trying to convert him out of orthodoxy so I went with it thinking it would be a good way to reminisce about my time in Romania, grab what I could gather intellectually, and come up with counter points. However, five minutes into the service, I felt the sudden dread of realizing that I screwed up. I saw everything that I ever wanted and couldn't find in prostatism staring at me in the face. I was in a "Oh shoot! Oh shoot! Oh shoot! I've screwed up! I have it all wrong!" Panic. I suddenly craved confession and a chance of being healed. What I found in orthodoxy was everything that protestants promised, but could not deliver. As time has gone on my relation to my protestant past has changed. Sometimes I'm frustrated and angry at all the ways I have been lied to by people. Other times I'm grateful for the earnest seekers who had provided me beautiful moments that ultimately led me to orthodoxy. Sometimes I'm heartbroken because I want all the Protestants to become orthodox as well. Sometimes I forget about them altogether. I guess it's all part of my deprogramming. Does that make sense?

Same route! Ex-Muslim Turk in America, first Protestant and now recently baptized Orthodox

Keep going and God bless your journey 🙏🏼 ☦️

Your ancestors were probably Orthodox before they were islamised by Ottoman Turks

Christ is King. God bless you sister.

Hello sister how do you navigate family relations? I'm bosnian too from muslim background looking into Orthodoxy... very tricky as u know

Were you a self-funded missionary, or did you have financial supporters? That must have been a tough announcement to declare to your Protestant sponsors that you had converted! Also, what do you think of Protestants who actually (albeit imperfectly) follow Jesus? What I mean by that is, do you think there may be some faithful Protestants counted among the sheep on that Great Day? And what of those in the Latin church? My own view on this has to do with what I find to be prescient language in Luke 23:38 and Mat13:33 >

@@AnHebrewChild I had supporters. With regard to Protestants, I heard a priest once say, “some Jesus is better than no Jesus”. I don’t resent my upbringing as a Protestant, but give thanks for being raised with faith and learning from an early age to love God. It was undoubtedly a foundation that prepared me for Orthodoxy. I suspect on that great day, we’ll be surprised who’s there and who isn’t. Mainly trying to focus on my own need for continued repentance.

Me too my dear brother. Me too.

Wow beautiful story keep growing as Orthodox Christian ☦️

Congratulations, you joined an older cult

@@progmanmikeI am curious, what is your definition of a cult?

@@progmanmike any belief outside of pure materialism is a cult? Bro u cant even trust ur brain because its just the result of chemical reactions. try again boomer.

​@@progmanmikeHopeless generalisation....

Worry not, the Roman Catholic Church isn't all dead yet. The hell's gates won't prevail.

Truly He is risen!

Αληθώς Ανέστη Ο Κύριος, Truly our Lord is Risen

What is a conversion from christian to christian? Is orthodoxy an other christianity ? Is Jesus Christ different in orthodoxy?

@@isabs8616 The Orthodox church is the Church of Christ and the Apostles from the very beginning. The Orthodox church is the living body of Christ here on earth, it exists no place else, every offshoot is a heresy.

​@@isabs8616 Yes. Protestantism preaches a different Christ to He that is found in Scripture. The Protestant Christ lacks a visible body, is ever changing with the times and isn't always God. The Orthodox Christ is Unchanging and His Body is Unchanging and He is Always God.

@@acekoala457 So Protestantism is like popculture, it keeps changing to fit populism?

@@orion9k Yes. Protestantism has always been used by the Powers that be to push forward Agendas, the German Princes in the HRE becoming Lutheran to weaken the Austrian and Bohemian Nobility, the Temperance Movement in late 1800s- early 1900s, modern evangelicalism being used to push "Christian Zionism".

Love to Poland ❤God bless you!

Fr. Josiah seems on the surface to be heavily western in his geopolitics and with his Calvinist background is at risk of westernizing orthodoxy from the inside out. He is a several generation Los Angeles resident. I would be concerned about cultural californication

Bună ziua! 😊

Christ is Risen

Love Serbians!

Mulțumim lui Dumnezeu pentru aceste călăuze adevărate.

What language is that? Romanian? If so, I find it interesting that I can (partly) read it with understanding. I speak English and Spanish. I was also surprised at this video's opening monologue: it actually sounded quite a lot like Spanish!

@@AnHebrewChild Yes, it is Romanian. For someone speeking Spanish, it's not quite difficult to read and understand a Romance language.

@@hazmatzuki right. It's a Romance language. I just had never had much interaction with Romanian. Take care

Wonder why those who grow up as orthodox are not attracted to holiness and instantly called to repentance. A lot is just a matter of what you are used to. For us in the east this many times boring and depending on each ones experience it can be associated with less pleasant experiences about eastern Orthodoxy. I mean, I can understand the curiosity of some american in this regard since is something quite new to him...

What about the other Christian churches ? What about the rest of the world ?

Me too.

​@@williamcordasco945O Lord Jesus Christ our God, forgive our iniquities. Through the intercessions of Thy most pure Mother, save the suffering American people from the yoke of the godless authority. Amen. I know we deserve our future, but we can repent.

I tend to agree, but am reminded of the words of the Lord by Jeremy the prophet, At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

In dreapta jos la video Settings, click pe butonul CC, click pe Subtitles, Auto-Translate, alegi lb. Romana.

❤️✝️❤️

Folosiți traducerea automata de la RU-vid

Nu este română pe autotranslate

Da si mie imi e ciuda pt ca sa fi vrut sa le trimit alor mei.

Da, totusi suntem in Romania, era normal daca te adresezi romanilor vorbesti in limba romaneasca. Ciudata treaba

Bai `romanilor`, exista traducere automata care functioneaza. Trebuie insa sa intrati de pe laptop.desktop, nu de pe mobil. Oricum, cei care nu stiu limba engleza, n-au pierdut nimic, Interviul nu e rau, dar nimic stralucit. Toti convertitii au anumite `sechele` care ii insotesc pana la moarte, in ce priveste asumarea, atitudinea in `noua` ortodoxie. Dreptcredinciosii nascuti in zone traditional ortodoxe, sa faca bine si sa puna mana sa citeasca acele carti care au importanta cu adevarat, nu vrajeala de asta `nou-protestanta`. Asta e pentru mediul lor. Dar cum avem atatia ortodocsi `protestanti` care doar superficial cunosc ortodoxia, interviurile de acest gen, prind.

☦️☦️☦️ Truly He is risen!

Of course!

In dreapta jos la video Settings, click pe butonul CC, click pe Subtitles, Auto-Translate, alegi lb. Romana.

Indeed He is risen!

Ethnocentrism is a sin?? Interesting take.

​@@shobudski6776 Maybe worded poorly, but Philotism (spelling) is viewed negatively in the Church and perhaps even is a heresy. Ask your priest about it. Not a problem in most parishes, but certain parishes have a reputation for giving the cold shoulder, if you aren't Greek, for example

​@@shobudski6776 Ethnophyletism is a Heresy. Many of these people still view the Church as a Servant to the Ethnic Ghettos first and a Mission second. The Saints of the 20th Century do not share this view at all.

Just finished it. What a story! What a holy man.

You’re referring to me. I’m a woman. I wasn’t being snide. I’m 5th gen Californian, was born in LA and reside in Ventura/Santa Barbara. It’s all one dialect here. In an interview he said he was born and raised in the Los Angeles area as were his parents. All these coastal communities are one larger metropolitan area. Sometimes his accent changes within a single sentence. My original comment was pointing out inauthenticity in adopting the accent of his spiritual teachers and mentors. It happens all the time in spiritual lineages. To me, it is a shame because I like this person very much but require authenticity and a degree of Christian perfection from my teachers. An adopted accent shows he’s not as far along the path as he portrays. It’s fine. I was stating my opinion as a 54-year old woman who has practiced the actual Presence of God for a good long time and was interested in this man’s work. Thank you for your kindness.

And again, I’m sorry, but a white person who grew up in this area, and whose parents did as well, does not speak like that. His native speech pattern shows itself within a single sentence where the rest of the sentence is spoken in the adopted pattern. When he was growing up here in this area, there’s no way he spoke that way. I imagine he adopted it when he was 18 or 19 and began attending Orthodox parishes with his wife’s brothers.

@@jro6979 “White” people don’t speak “that way?” I haven’t met such an expert on “Whiteness” since I had an in-depth discussion with a Klansman in Arkansas during the 1970s!

@@jro6979 I have known Fr. Josiah for 14 years and have never noticed an “accent.” What sort of accent do you believe that he has? Arabic? Spanish? Russian? Could you please clarify. By the way, unless you haven’t been in Ventura County in many years, you will notice many accents since people from around the world have settled there, including many you would consider “White.”

@@terencefrazier8998 I’m making the point that, yes, there are many people here in this area whose first language is not English BUT for multi-generational Southern California whites like Fr. Josiah and myself, we don’t speak with the accent he has adopted. I’m sorry you are having such a hard time with this.

I met Fr Moses a few years ago, and watched many videos about his life and journey. A dear and devoted Priest- Memory Eternal.

It’s kind of like the Africans who were converted to Christianity and now are more Christian than the people of the countries who converted them.

Si visul american isi cauta calea😅

​@@xbeabc9516 Americans are waking up from the Dream and realizing it was not from God.

Coptic do not believe in the divinity of Christ. Orthodox are not in communion with them. I believe they refer to Mary as the Christostokos (Christ bearer) where as we Orthodox refer to her as the Theotokos (God bearer). You are in the right place if you do not believe in Jesus being both God & man. I think the distinction came about during the 4th Ecumenical Council, so, that's what you're gonna want to go back and research as to why the Coptics split from Orthodoxy.

@@ValidityJ You are thinking of the Assyrian Church of the East in regards to the title of Christotokos, along with the overall nestorian slant which was condemned at the 3rd Ecumenical Council in Ephesus. The Coptic Orthodox Church is NOT nestorian, but rather miaphysite, or monophysite if you want to be reductive. It is true that they are not in communion with Eastern Orthodox churches. The coptics split off from Eastern Orthodoxy after the 4th EC which took place in Chalcedon over the issue of the exact number and composition of Christ's natures, among other things.

As for you martin, when I was first inquiring into Orthodoxy I attended a Coptic Orthodox church just like you. They are part of the anglospherically titled "Oriental Orthodox" communion, which is separate from that of the Eastern Orthodox. As I learned more I discerned there was a real difference between chalcedonian and non-chalcedonian Christianity, and though I am no Christological expert, I had learned enough to make the decision to remain Chalcedonian and convert to dyophysite Eastern Orthodoxy from my protestantism (which was also dyophysite) rather than convert to the miaphysite Oriental Orthodoxy. If you already knew all this, fair enough. If not, I hope it helps you make a more informed decision. I have nothing bad to say about the Coptics, because in all honesty they're closer to the apostolic faith than I ever was as a protestant, dodgy Christology or not.

which city or town are you in?

A lot of eatern Europeans simply hate russians. It's historical, it's not all but everywhere when you mix with eastern europeans... it completely blinds them to an objective point of view