My wife is pregnant with our first child. She was nervous to get pregnant at first but she has totally embraced it and is now so in love. We cried when we saw the heart beating like a hummingbird! God is truly marvelous in his creations.

@wauliepalnuts6134

7 ай бұрын

I'm incredibly happy for you and your wife!

@Anonymousduck161

7 ай бұрын

@@wauliepalnuts6134 thank you!

@Anonymousduck161

7 ай бұрын

@@davidzakaryan2567 thank you!

@vsevolodtokarev

7 ай бұрын

May God grant your wife with healthy, easy pregnancy and delivery, and adorn your child with every good gift.

@OrthoDebo

7 ай бұрын

My first daughter is just over two months and I’ve never felt so blessed or had so much love towards anything more than my new little family. I’m just a catechumen but I can’t imagine life outside The Church. God grant you many years!

Would anyone reading this please pray for me and my wife, our names are Paul and Kimberly, and we just found out last weekend that she’s pregnant with what we hope will be a complications free and successful pregnancy. It’s early on in the game and we haven’t told anyone, please pray for the birth of our firstborn! 🙏

@maralfniqle5092

7 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼💐

@brassteeth3355

6 ай бұрын

You will be blessed.

@TG-yh1rv

6 ай бұрын

Praying for all good and healthy for this baby. Hope that in His mercy He will allow me become a mother too.

@user-gp7ih5vb7c

3 ай бұрын

Бог вас благословио Свако добро од Господа

@robertfrank6058

Ай бұрын

I would be happy to.

My wife is pregnant with twins! May the Lord help us raise them in His Church! Pray for us.

I'm 39 with 5 children, and I want more. The world tells me I should be done, but they have no idea how blessed I am.

@ieshjust16

5 ай бұрын

My grandmother had 16 kids. Don't listen to the world.

@CocotheNut

3 ай бұрын

Go for it! ❤️ We plan to keep having kids for as long as God gives them to us

I’m pregnant right now and my first child will be born in June. Please, Father, pray 🙏 for God’s servant Maria and for her child to be born. Thank you for this video ☦️☦️☦️

The worst is when people think you are crazy to want to be a mother or when they find out that you want to be a mother to multiple children. I was told I was mentally ill because I had 6 children and I still want more. My children are mostly grown. I still want more if the Lord will's it.

@katie7748

7 ай бұрын

For quite a few generations now society has told people they shouldn't have any children and if they do, no more than two. It's truly evil. Satan and his minions are working overtime.

@millier.206

6 ай бұрын

My sister’s husband has a great job and my family has been disappointment by any baby she’s had after baby #1. I just don’t get it.

@princezzpuffypants6287

6 ай бұрын

I don't think you're crazy, but I think you're built of sturdier stuff than me! 😂 I can only imagine having 6! But what a blessing it must be

@korennpendleton2027

6 ай бұрын

I must be utterly insane! I’m unmarried in my late 20’s and will likely never experience motherhood but I want, like, 10 children… At least. LOL

Glory to God I found the Orthodox Church and now have 2 beautiful babies. I was deep in the grasp of secularism and though I never wanted kids. Glory to God for this opportunity to be a mother!

I am pursuing a wife who wants to be a mother. It would be an honor to provide for such a woman!

@chronotriggerfan

6 ай бұрын

May God grant you a fitting wife and many years!

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

Let it be blessed! 🙏

@eeaotly

6 ай бұрын

It sounds that you'll find her pretty easily. The main reason of postponing motherhood is lack of financial stability (or even poverty), and first hand experience of such situation during childhood. So when meeting with a man who is willing and able to solve those problems, deal with them and provide a proper environment for growth on all planes, then the internal "maternity switch" will light on.

@theaspiecoach5934

6 ай бұрын

@@eeaotly if you are open to it I would reach out to you! Excellent comment

@theaspiecoach5934

6 ай бұрын

@@eeaotly in America all the women sleep around until 35 then expect a traditional man. They are angry and hostile. I'll only date women who are cradle Orthodox or from the old country.

Amen! I birthed five and they are all grown up now. I always felt one cannot out give God in terms of tender care and a mother’s time, and God proved faithful … i couldn’t have hand selected a greater group than these five blessings these five unique persons…

I am a catechumen and learning to become soft and gentle, the worldly ways of my mother are deep but God helps! 🙏🏼

So vitally important. Many are so brainwashed in numerous ways today. May God help all and O. parents and their precious Children. Thank you, Fr. Josiah.

Dear Father I'm mother of 6 little ones, the father left us. I don't have any other family so I'm absolutely on my own. Asking for help is very difficult, people get mad, and when I get courage to do that everywhere I go including my own parish they telling me get food stamps ( I already have it), go to homeless shelter and all other "great advises" that don't much reality. I'm terrified every day of falling into government hands in homeless shelters when my parental rights will be tied and my children's faith and well being will be killed. The amount of stress I'm going now it's incredible as an effect of trusting God with bringing lifes to the world. Im not saying God won't reward it in heaven but living on this world is like living hell. Some people see that and just don't wanna take risk of that, I do understand that, but you have to go through things to sometimes understand others. It's different when you live poor on low income, it's different when you completely without...and alone.

@asonofAbba2

7 ай бұрын

That is very hard. I'm sorry for what you're going through. Why is your parish not willing to fo more?

@Hurtin_Albertan

7 ай бұрын

I have six as well. Please have faith. It is really hard. What I found helped was remembering God always gave me enough. It wasn't always as much as I wanted, but we never went hungry. Cheerfully endure, nothing draws us closer to God than difficult times. I'm not writing this while living in luxury. I truly do understand how difficult it is. You aren't alone.

@anyam6016

7 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry for what you’re going through. Has anyone ever tried to create a go fund me to help you provide for your family? It’s hard for me to imagine a church community not helping as much as they can…

@joannathatcares

7 ай бұрын

I only share these so you can keep eyes open in your community for people in need, especially with small kids. You can't leave them alone and just go to work. I already tried everything I could. Thank you, and thank you for your prayers.

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

@@joannathatcares There are jobs to do at home.

Another Father Josiah mic drop. Love this man. How blessed are we!

@WillieUnvlkan

17 күн бұрын

Hi Kareyann Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

Thank you Father. This crazy world is the reason why I moved to a village on a Greek island. Thank God it's like time and trends move much slower here. Here are more then 10 little orthodox churches in a village of around 800 people.

@maryanazou9771

6 ай бұрын

Amazing ❤ Wherabouts did you locate ? I’d love to leave Australia too for this very reason.

Beautiful. God bless our mothers, wives, and daughters. Glory to God

I was never around younger children much growing up. Didn’t have any first cousins. I didn’t want kids at all. Was working suddenly in my 20’s in a situation where I had to work around kids. One boy got hurt on the playground and came up and hugged me. It was an instant in that moment that I developed “baby fever”. We think it’s our choice but I found that for me I just hadn’t ever had a meaningful connection with any youngsters. So happy I had that experience or I might’ve been like these childfree folks.

The amount of women on the parenting forum who are complaining bitterly about motherhood. I really feel sorry for the children to be honest. All the fathers who walk away from their wives and children too. Terrible. The North Koreans are starving in many places so can't really blame them for not having children. It's a brutal dictatorship 😢

@royalpitamamma

7 ай бұрын

Children are always a blessing. I have found when I complain about my children it is because I am being selfish.

@malibudolphin3109

6 ай бұрын

NK likely can't. Most women can't carry a baby when they are bone thin, nature doesn't work that way.

One of the deepest spiritual fights I have is trying to stay humble and not losing hope in the process of wanting to become a mother for many years now, despite not having any health issues. It is hard to stand by and watch many people around just having 3-4 kids in the same amount of time your are trying to have one at least, or people having children they do not want or raise neglectingly or even abandon and not to defy God's will, not asking "Why must it be so hard of a battle for me"?, "What are you trying to tell me God"? hoping that he is leading you through the valley of despair. Praying for all the couples going through these struggles. Amen.

Powerful. There is a growing undercurrent of men and women rejecting the secular gods. I think we will live to see this undercurrent burst forth to the surface. A great awakening and renewal is coming and soon.

@Drew070476

7 ай бұрын

@@youcantbeatk7006 two competing opinions, we’ll see what happens.

@Drew070476

7 ай бұрын

@@youcantbeatk7006 I can understand your pessimism. And I share it somewhat, but at least in my “small pond,” I’ve seen a lot of young families and, in particular, single young men returning to the Church. Maybe it’s not representative, that may be true. But at least where I am, there’s this undercurrent. It’s hard to explain. Maybe it will never bubble up to the surface, but it might. How it surfaces, however, whether as a thunderclap of backlash or a beautiful renewal, is anyone’s guess.

Please pray for my wife and I. We are blessed with 3 wonderful children (and are very thankful for them) but have not been able to have more so far due to multiple miscarriages. We have seen a specialist but still have no answer.

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

It's odd the specialist can't find an answer. I too have lost a little one in the womb and it's hard, and probably lost others that I don't know about. I don't wish that on anyone. Said a prayer to God for your wife and future little ones, also for you and your kids. Lord have mercy and God bless. ☦︎

@tradmama2417

6 ай бұрын

I knew of someone who went through this and she had a uterine infection which was not something you could test for, but resulted from a delivery which the waters were broken for longer than usual. She found a doctor that knew about this obscure thing (somewhere in the US) and he prescribed a strong antibiotic for 3 weeks (if I remember correctly?) and careful avoidance during antibiotics. She was healed and has had several more children.

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

@@tradmama2417 Glory to God! ☦

@malibudolphin3109

6 ай бұрын

Focus on what God has given you. Those 3 need your full attention. Accept God's will, stop stressing out especially being He's blessed you with 3 kids.

Beautifully said Pater Josiah. God give you strength to continue your mission.

Wonderful! Thank you very much father. Pregnant with our 4th child, stay at home wife and mother, homeschooling and very, very blessed. A question from our eldest, Franklin for PNP kids. What's it like being a priest? Bless you :)

I think this may be Father's best video yet.

Please keep the comments open on here more often!

I want a family, imagining my life without children and grandchildren seems so empty and devoid of fulfillment. I pray God grants me healing of my chronic illness and blesses me with a wonderful woman to marry and many beautiful children.

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

I can't have children but my life isn't empty or devoid of fulfillment as I have Christ. We adapt.

@HappyCupsInc

6 ай бұрын

@@LadyMaria I'm sorry to hear that. Thank you for your encouragement

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

@@HappyCupsInc May you find a faithful woman to marry and have wonderful children. All in God's time. May God bless you. ☦︎

@HappyCupsInc

6 ай бұрын

@@LadyMaria Thank you Maria, God bless you!

Amen. Amen. Amen. ☦️💝

Thank you Fr!

Lord have mercy

Thank you so much

Thank you Father 🙏🏻

Well said and very timely!

Thank you. I needed this reminder. 🙏🏽

Well said father!

I'd like to Godwilling get married to a Eastern Orthodox women, and have ten children. I got to take care of some things before that though. The current state of america on many fronts reminds me of the degradation of the pagan roman republic, transvestitism & degeneracy everywhere, horrible economy, rampant senatorial and governmental corruption, waining military might, mass ritualistic abortion giving way to mass immigration to supplement it, etc. Whatever times I find myself I want to have a normal Orthodox family in a abnormal secular barbarous age. God bless you all. ☦

@NicholasAlexanderHolt

7 ай бұрын

@@youcantbeatk7006 Maybe, maybe not.

@Hurtin_Albertan

7 ай бұрын

​@@NicholasAlexanderHoltit's not a pipe dream. It's an excellent plan

@katie7748

7 ай бұрын

Yes and it's not just America, either. The main focus is on the West as a whole but it's global.

@NicholasAlexanderHolt

7 ай бұрын

@@katie7748 To a certain degree yes. Unfortunately the U.S. state department, and CIA seek to spread this societal decay viciously throughout the world. A possible plus side should it be The Will of God, theres many indicators that America will become predominantly Eastern Orthodox, with a EO American Monarchy; but who knows perhaps we'll see The return of Christ instead! ☦

@meg3298

6 ай бұрын

Amazing. Same. To add, God has told me to warn everyone that he is sending foreign nations to make this land desolate. He reminds me each day for years. God bless you

Amen!

I've avoided trying to have children, mostly because the society we live in is not appreciative of the ways of child-rearing, both men and women. That and I have also refrained from becoming a father because I'm not in a state of being able to care for a wife and child or children at this time. But I do hope and pray that one day I will be able to share in such a blessing one day.

These days some people just cant afford kids even with a double income

@malibudolphin3109

7 ай бұрын

We are in richest times known to mankind. Kids need parents and their love most. They don't need a village or the latest clothes or electronics. Most of what people deem necessary is not. And all times are hard, yet only this time do people opt for mass murder of next generation. Which the making mothers murderers is bad for all. Birth control estrogen is now in public water, feminzing men.

@smilinbee9971

7 ай бұрын

I think if one takes a long hard look at what is a necessity and what is just an indulgence in their life, it will become clear that having children is feasible with even one income. People have become so confused by the propaganda of consumerism they don't realize how much they can truly do without, especially if it means bringing children into the world.

@chadpilled7913

7 ай бұрын

No Internet, small house, one vehicle paid off, no netflix, etc etc I think most people can do it. If you are burdened with student debt maybe the story is different. But almost anyone in America should be able to do it. I know plenty of people raising a large family on less than $50k/year

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

​@@chadpilled7913Internet is needed.

@katie7748

7 ай бұрын

That's another one of Satan's lies.

I was demonized by my sick narcissistic abusive husband who managed to steal the hearts of my children and 6 grandchildren. Pray they return to the church through Jesus Christ Our Lord

It is funny how our Lord works. I went from never wanting children, to meeting my husband to I would never be a stay at home Mother to giving up a nursing career to stay home and homeschool our children and care take our home. It is the most rewarding life I could have ever imagined. Thank you Lord for these blessings.

Blessed Be The Name Of Mary, Virgin, And Mother, .. 20.12.2023. Dublin. Ireland A People Betrayed To The Culture Of Death.

So many of my peers my age mid 20’s - 30, do not desire kids or believe that waiting a long time is the right choice. Granted a lot of us aren’t married, but I really do believe that marriage and childbearing should be prioritized at our age. Many believe that you should wait a few years after marriage before family planning but I’ve been learning that’s unbiblical. Praying that God brings my husband and opens my womb should it be His will 🫶🏼. Pray for our generation!

I am always curious to know what my liberal friends think their lives will be like when they are surrounded by foreigners who don’t speak their language, who openly disdain them for their liberal values, and they don’t have a nation or community of their own?

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What if we can't have children? I haven't seen very much talk about that in Orthodoxy. And for those of us who have lost children inutero.

@Notcoolmom

6 ай бұрын

If you have lost a child in utero, you are a mother. Even though your baby is not on earth

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

@@Notcoolmom 🤗💐

I have a deep need to write this... the president in north korea is not a good example. Who knows a little politics, understands why. Because of that example at minute 2:11, i will have to listen very carefull to what kind of information I receive next .

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Neither is death. ❤

I would encourage you to rethink the comment you made about not loving yourself. Yes, unhealthy self-love is wrong but honest humble self-love is a gift of God and essential for being a good mother who can teach her children to love.

@maralfniqle5092

7 ай бұрын

Indeed women need to learn to love themselves and see themselves through a Godly lens, so as to know themselves worthy of the gift of motherhood and disregard the ways society and many men see them as merely decorative playthings.

God bless you Father! Indeed when you have left God you start to see His gifts and blessings as nothing but that. What a shame how far we have fallen. I grew up as the only child and always hated it, I used to tell my mom I will have 10 children to make up for the siblings I never had. Finally at 37 by God's grace and the intercession of the Holy Theotokos, and the Arch Angel Rufael I have a son, who was born micro- preemie born at 23+1 Weeks. My son is now a strong healthy 6 year old who amazes me and reminds of God's love for us. Father pray for me that my son and I remain steadfast in the one True Faith and that God grants me to have more children to serve Him and be siblings to my sweet son May His will be done not mine!

If women continue being treated as playmates from men and men do not understand the spiritual responsibility they have to women and humanity at large (by coming to Christ and accepting him in their hearts) , women will continue to focus on their careers and their spiritual well being as single women, as they should, and probably be blessed by God to do so. Many women saints from the early church chose death/torture over marriage with unrepentant men and by default not having a family/children and by this they were sanctified and saved. Family and children are a blessing only at the appointed time and when they come from God. A ''blessing' when we demand it and have it our own way, can easily turn into a curse (and this is perfectly illustrated in many marriages these days). Also someone can want to have children as objects to acquire as well and not out of love. Not everyone is made out for family life and that is ok. I sense that all these people that reject family life are probably much more in touch with the sinfulness of this world and are actually closer to the truth than others. Christian communities are quire small and scattered and it is much harder for christian people to find their mate and some will have to wait longer and therefore sacrifice their fertility in the process. Motherhood/parenthood should NOT be promoted to everyone and it should be under the guidance of a spiritual father/lots of prayer that matters such as these are dealt with. I believe it was the Apostole Paul who said that during the end/sinful times, marriage might not be as spiritually beneficial to christians. Many women chosen by God were also barren and only had children at older age (as willed by God). The purpose of their marriage was not to bear children but loving communion with their husbands who were also faithful and christian (and therefore most likely had repented of fornication or was in the process to). Many many so called christians today are not actually chrisitans and many many men still to this day use christianity as another means to subjugate women and therefore continue on the ancestral curse of Eve onto women. A christian woman is a redeemed, free woman who can find love and happiness in Christ alone just as many nuns and martyrs of the past did so. As christians we are called to hope for the world to come and hate this world. God's love can still be accessible to those who dont bear children.

@user-qk4ht6yq4u

7 ай бұрын

Are you blaming men for christian women being degenerate? Shame on you! Christian women in the west should be reproducing but they love their passions more than they love Christ. They screw up at university and then come back to the Church when the clock starts to tick expecting men to except them for who they are. I don't wont to marry a female who is at a very high chance of divorce because the Church and her Dad did not instill morality in her youth.

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

​​​@@user-qk4ht6yq4uSo called Christian men blame women for everything they do wrong. Honestly I'm glad I'm not single as no guy would be good to court. Everyone should blame themselves for their own failings. That's what the Saints say. You do realize that the Church doesn't grant ecclesiastical divorce except in the cases of adultery and abuse, right? Civil divorce doesn't matter to the Church.

Do wifehood next!!

@user-qk4ht6yq4u

7 ай бұрын

wifehood is greater than a university degree

What about fatherhood and their roles??

Watching this right after I found out my mother no longer loves me. How does one reconcile this? There's no replacement for the one mother you're given. I guess the only way I can see is to turn to our heavenly mother Mary, and to Christ Himself. Other than that I personally cannot think of what to do in the face of such a soul crushing experience.

@imover9999

6 ай бұрын

@@youcantbeatk7006 Long story short, parents divorced and I've been trying to reconcile and rebuild that relationship with her for a long time. It's always one sided, and the other day I asked her if we could talk on the phone since I've not heard her voice in many years. She said "we'll see" and then I realized she wants nothing to do with me from that response.

@RuthvenMurgatroyd

6 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear this, brother. You don't deserve to be humiliated and rejected by your own mother. Does she know how rejected and estranged you feel by her coldness? Maybe ignore it and attempt to talk to her and see how the first conversation goes. If you feel comfortable confessing the hurt she made you feel to her then do so. Depending on how she reacts you'll know whether or not any part of her still loves you. Don't be quick to discard your mother but still, work on yourself and be as independent of her as possible since you clearly cannot rely on her. You are also apparently not as cold as she is based on your story. If you have a wife encourage her to be a better mother than your own (you don't have to say this explicitly to her). Give to your children what they couldn't have had (if you see yourself having any). I wish I could help you more but I'm forced to give the answer that's always true for these things: find strength in yourself through Jesus. God bless, man.

@imover9999

6 ай бұрын

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd Thank you so much for your kind and heartfelt message, my brother in Christ. I did pour my heart out to her this last time and told her there's a mom sized hole in my heart. So, she unfortunately knows exactly how I feel. But that is the blessing of suffering and things like this in general; you grow in compassion for those you love. If I'm ever blessed enough to have a wife, and even more blessed to have kids - they will be loved with every fiber of my being. From the deepest depths rise the highest heights, and Christ has been to both. If we conform our hearts and minds to be like Him, then love will have a perfect rock to stand on. And amen, Christ is the only reason I'm here today writing this message. 100%. God bless you and yours!

@malibudolphin3109

6 ай бұрын

You're right nothing to do. You've tried. Move on in God's grace. Turning to Saint Mary is wise.

I'm waiting for years to meet a good man and more importantly become a mother. Please pray for me!

@malibudolphin3109

6 ай бұрын

More importantly becoming a mother...being a good wife to a good man is the foundation of family and society. Most important is the marriage. Children are a byproduct of it not the reason for it.

@saras.1912

3 ай бұрын

Same...two years ago I thought I found mine, then it comes out he's deep into debt and lied about it. Many other things happened in between, now I'm alone again and nothing can repair the distrust and pain I feel. I haven't even heard "I'm sorry" from him. He just abandoned me.

I would argue not simply secularism but also globalism. The reduction of birthrate will dilute nation states to the point they will be even more pointless while global centralisation takes over

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The amount of women who are unable to even have children is astronomical. That’s something that needs to be discussed, what is going on? I personally know a lot of women who would love to be mothers but cannot get pregnant.

Panagia so soni más!

"motherhood, we bow before it, we esteem it as the highest of all human endeavours." Amen, Father. Edit: "the only thing to fear is loving yourself." Amen! Kyrie eleison!

we have inverted the order- family is now number one, monasticism number two. no wonder we are facing these issues. without people who live in virginity family is doomed. fr daniel sysoev explains this very well. nothing is shocking about this when we the orthodox have started to consider monasticism a calling not for most of us. that is the real issue. without monastics family and the world die. as long as we keep pushing family and not monasticism as fundamental our families will die. Christ and His Holy mother were monastics too as the Holy Fathers teach. The apostle Paul wanted very much for this format to be overcome-not so that people would fall into fornication, but so that marriage, while remaining as an institution, might give all who desire it the opportunity to rise to a higher level. It is a great sadness to me that young people do not even consider the option of monasticism. This is actually a sign of weakness of faith-a sign of considerable close mindedness and considerable hedonism. The reason is that people have grown fat and lazy, and have decided to make themselves at home here on earth.

Father Josiah , I am struggling to understand the Orthodox view of Marriage, Children and Celibacy - It's been affirmed by Orthodox Christians that marriage (union between Man and Women) is intrinsically good. Likewise, it has been affirmed that bearing children is intrinsically good. However, it has also been affirmed that Celibacy is neither intrinsically good nor bad - 'but becomes so from the disposition of those who practice it’. My question is the following: How can Marriage/Children be considered GOOD, yet inferior or less noteworthy to that which is neither good nor bad (Celibacy)? This is a genuine question and something I have been struggling to understand..

@atomicsnowflake

7 ай бұрын

They are both considered of equal importance, but a personal choice for the individual.

@joshuafischl8819

7 ай бұрын

@@atomicsnowflake This is not echoed by Orthodox Priests - it is affirmed that Celibacy is 'better', not equal.

@nightlysobbing

7 ай бұрын

There are a lot of really good things that are still less good than other things. Monasticism is a high calling and not everyone can do it. But it is the angelic and best way of life because you are able to dedicate your whole life to God, whereas married people still have to be concerned with the world.

@joshuafischl8819

7 ай бұрын

@@nightlysobbing I'm seeking an explanation - as to how that which is affirmed by the Orthodox Church as intrinsically Good (Marriage), can also be affirmed by the Orthodox Church as inferior or less noteworthy, than that which is affirmed by the Orthodox Church as neither good nor bad - yet is affirmed by the Orthodox Church as better (Celibacy).

@nightlysobbing

7 ай бұрын

@@joshuafischl8819 both marriage and celibacy are what you make of them, in short. Marriage for Christ's sake is Good. Monasticism for Christ's sake is Better. If you're celibate just cause you're not attracted to anybody or you don't want to deal with a wife, it does not profit you anything. In that sense, it celibacy is neutral because it is what you make of it Edit: "by the disposition of those who practice it" means exactly that

The title of the video perfectly sums up the misconception that has been indoctrinated in most people today. I am from gen z, and it’s incredibly sad to see how this devil’s work has brainwashed the overwhelming majority of the youth, I can definitely tell you that talking of starting a family is almost like a taboo among my peers. I have been longing all my life for a committed relationship, but there’s hardly any woman giving love back, at least in the west. I think all hope is gone for this part of the world, and if there’s any good woman left here, they’re probably muted and ostracized by the feminist cancer that has jeopardized most brains, making them unreachable for men. I pray God, after improving my relationship with Him first, sends me a biblical, beautiful wife to fulfill my days with. I plan to have at least 3 kids, probably even 4. God willing I’ll do it 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🙏❤️👨‍👩‍👧.

@saras.1912

3 ай бұрын

Are you Italian? Anyway yes, I can confirm it's a taboo.

😢😔🙏🙏💚 Wish none of us were failing or being bad or evil and obendence issues especially with a genuine true Loving Spirit with this and our roles of motherhood and family life issues and dramas we causenor get caught up in etc... It's when we get messed up mad with issues spittual weakness or sins and bad programing agendas and beliefs that get to us and effects us and especially with seeing yourself not so good or the the issues especially with a with world being evil influenced etc and told how that there's is over population issues or other negative agendas too 😔 Or even issues when told about how we must surrender all to Christ and follow Him... And the main thing if just like him (biblically) that he wasn't married with children... 😔 And then our own personal mentally spiritually physically emotionally issues struggles and beliefs and right Spirit of the true loving God Spirit connection relationships causing issues with this 😔 Help us all true loving God that we all with the true loving God source Spirit Creator and Krystos Christos Messiah Jesus saviour Yeshua 🙏💚😔

@glendagajsek-shears3890

6 ай бұрын

And not many of us growing up good culturally with "good"" traditional mother hood examples and ways of life etc 😔 and everything else that effects mother hood and careers money jobs focused and more demanding issues of life and issues with a good Godly standards and relationship connection... 😢 Wish we were all good mothers and parents and families of the true loving God not as evil or bad conditioning or programmed not to be good examples 😔💚🙏 And the real overwhelming balance harmony with life for not just the care of others but also your self care the right type of care and love needed too 💚😔🙏

North Korea is a hell hole. They are in survival mode. We need to pray for them.

I don't think that is the "the death of the human race" it's the decadence and death of the weastern world.

Maybe a lot of women simply realize that they do not have what it takes emotionally and psychologically to become a mommy, and they don't want to force a baby into the world when they know they are not able to care for the child and give it the life it deserves. YES, children are a gift from God. And not every parent is a gift to the child. This is not insanity, this is insight. To claim that women who do not want children do so because they don't love God is wrong, hurting and disrespectful.

Eat meat, and make a family.

This is not done to lack of belief in god, The World is religious of some kind, whether its Christianity or Islam. The lack of accountability is what changed. Religion won't take accountability for anything but only good because it is perfect, which is the false doctrines. Atheism is rising but it is not the dominant. Majority of those that commits crimes are religious is some type of ways. Religion keep blaming the atheism or the lack of god, etc. this is untrue. Every1 knows what goes in the catholic church, the church protects the priests, not the victims and expects not to have those that want to do harm become pastors, priests, when it indicates, that the church is their haven of safety, to harm the people, most victims comes from some sort of religion. The issue is accountability and reconciliation but you'll reconcile without accountability, and the church will always fall.

So every new generation gets a bit more percentage orthodox?

All those who treat motherhood as a pathology should just go and look their own mothers in the eyes

@malibudolphin3109

6 ай бұрын

Maybe their mother's are monsters.

This all stems from the curses placed on humanity back in Genesis 3. Men are abandoning their roles of provider, protector, and lover of their wives, meanwhile women have been deceived and quite frankly neglected to such a degree that women refuse to play the role God has given them. When men neglect their wives in any kind of capacity, it leaves the woman defenseless and easy to deceive in that area. Where was Adam when Eve was being deceived by Satan? Dunno but he sure wasnt there to protect her when he needed to be. He then felt he had the right to blame Eve and God because of his failures as a man. Eve took no responsibility for her own sin and blamed it on someone else, and usurped her role as support. That is exactly whats happening now en masse between men and women in the west, with a mix of Romans 1 judgment.

Respectfully Father, I disagree. It's not what you think. I am a very devoted person and understand the Christian worldview. I see despair among the young and many feel that we face cultural collapse. The world is now a morass of perversion . I think that its hopelessness that is driving women to not bring babies into it. I think its sacrifice of telos . Its not selfishness ...

@andrewwebb2257

7 ай бұрын

No, it's generally selfishness. Young women celebrate abortions, for example.

@violetreichert6470

7 ай бұрын

@@andrewwebb2257it’s not selfish, it’s a defense mechanism and they’re just doing what they’re told to. Mothers are treated worse than anyone in society. As a mother I have been called things I can’t even repeat here simply because I have children. Basically the only person I can rely on to respect me is my husband. This is not for the faint of heart. I was treated much better as a childless woman. For most women, having children puts a severe strain on both family and friend relationships. It’s not selfish to want to avoid this, it’s common sense. Men are primarily responsible for the degradation of mothers and men need to rebuild the image they destroyed in favor of porn stars and casual sex.

@Jyrro

7 ай бұрын

​@violetreichert6470 it is not just one thing pushing this behavior in women. There are many deliberate and incredibly strong influences aimed at women and men - created by specific groups of people. Satan weaves his lies and corruption ever which way he can. Here is a short list that pushed women to give up the sanctity of motherhood and try to imitate men. Working rather than building families. Contraception. Sexualized dress. Pornography. Girl Boss Attitude/I don't need no man. Tic Tok Celebrity. Only Fans Prostitution. Free s3x is freedom. Programming of all these things in decades of movies and media. Pushed into public light be Celebrity after Celebrity. This is purposeful. It is planned and there are common connections between them all.

@gregoryw4662

7 ай бұрын

​@@violetreichert6470 both men and women have a lot of work to do to build up the reputation of mothers. My wife has experienced some of the stigma and treatment you described as well. It has been very hard for her sometimes. It is not an easy road. God bless mothers of young children today. And men need to step up and value women as Fr. Josiah does in this reflection.

@Cre8Peace

7 ай бұрын

@lynnhood2198 I agree

I am unable to father children naturally, though my wife and I were able to have the most beautiful baby girl through IVF. She is my greatest blessing. What counsel do you have for those who do not share the world's outlook but find themselves, through the course of things, living in a way that seems to be in line with the world? I hear many in the Church encourage us to shun the world's outlook but I don't hear much said to those men and women who are grieved at not being able to live up to the Church's ideals. I mean no disrespect. God bless you, Father.

@RuthvenMurgatroyd

6 ай бұрын

It's almost irrelevant how she was born though. That's their child now and what matters is how they treat her and raise her and what sort of woman she will become. God bless, you all.

Then why did you send your daughters to university? As Gen Z Orthodox Chrsitian male. I look around at the women from my generation in the Church and most of them are attending universities. They are completely career focused materialist. They dress very immodestly and clearly are not pure for marriage. Their behaviors are instilled at university. Why would i ever want to get married and become a father?

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

What about the males who are promiscuous too (not pure; p0rn counts as promiscuity)? It is their choice to do so too even if it's sinful. They learn a lot of this debauchery at college as well. Everyone should maintain modesty and chastity, male or female. It is fine for a woman to have higher education. I went to college for four years (2002-2006) and never did anything you mentioned. I'm a housewife now.

@user-qk4ht6yq4u

6 ай бұрын

@@LadyMaria The video is about Orthodox Christian FEMALES who are at child bearing age (Gen z and millennials). That is the subject. And again this is not just about just your personal life experience. The data CLEARLY shows that Christian females who attend university overwhelmingly abandon their faith. Also females with a higher education are more likely to divorce. and they also have less children then females without higher education.

@LadyMaria

6 ай бұрын

​​@@user-qk4ht6yq4uYou can say women. Anyway, just focus on getting yourself ready for marriage one day in the future instead of focusing on everyone else. It takes a lot of prayer, maturity and stability. You'll get there one day. May God bless you. ☦

@Notcoolmom

6 ай бұрын

Traditional women get married young, and they tend to go for older gentlemen if they’re smart. Work on yourself for now. She will arrive in your life when you least expect it and you should pray that you’re prepared for that day when it comes so that you don’t blow it

@user-qk4ht6yq4u

6 ай бұрын

@@Notcoolmom Tell me how i am supposed to "work on my self" as an Orthodox Christian? oh wise one

The Thottpocalypse

@Jyrro

7 ай бұрын

Eve was corrupted first. It lead to both Adam and Eve to fall.

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

Men are right in there with it.

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

​@@JyrroAdam had a choice to make and could have refused but used Eve as a scapegoat.

If the woman you're interested in isn't talking about being a mother with enthusiasm, if she's "not ready yet" or isn't sure about kids, you should stop pursuing her immediately.

@olgathehandmaid

7 ай бұрын

Marriage is on of two salvific institutions (not birthgiving), as is monasticism. Having children is not one of the principal reasons to be married, according to the Church. Saint John Chrysostom talks about this.

@LadyMaria

7 ай бұрын

Some of us can't have children. Should we never marry?

@nageldev

7 ай бұрын

@@LadyMaria no you shouldn't marry. What's the point if you can't produce kids?

@olgathehandmaid

7 ай бұрын

@@nageldev Man, a neophyte giving advice to Orthodox Christians on the internet, how original!

@olgathehandmaid

7 ай бұрын

@@LadyMaria He's obviously wrong, sister, don't listen to anything he has to say. On Marriage and Family Life by Saint John Chysostom is a great read on the topic.