What happened to Westsily the mechanic.? The guy who shot himself in the leg on a gun I gave him. In remembrance on Sonia who got shot. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us!
@Svetlana_Fomenko3 ай бұрын
Никогда не слышала Херувимскую песнь на английском языке... Если честно, напев такой русский, такой родной, что я думала, что поют на русском, но потом прислушалась - нет... Так неожиданно... И в то же время тепло.
@lucaspavanello70203 ай бұрын
ANÁTEMA sobre os cismaticos orientais negadores do Filioque!
@SwoleSlim2 ай бұрын
Anátema aos papistas francos por suas mentiras, documentos forjados e perseguições à Única Igreja Verdadeira.
@Eodat2 ай бұрын
@@SwoleSlimThose maderfukin papist robed our church power and deceived them christiens catholic papist with theyr red shoes and funny pointy hats 😤😤😤😡😡😡
@Eodat2 ай бұрын
Thats why we just national churches and state shoes kissing patriarchs with two new independent churches every fifti second
@SwoleSlim2 ай бұрын
@@Eodat You say this out of ignorance of church history. Show me where any church father, dogma, ecumenical council etc., speak about a Supreme Universal Bishop that has full authority over all other patrirachs within the first 1000 years.
@SwoleSlim2 ай бұрын
@@Eodat Your comment shows how uneducated you are on history, show me within the first 1000 years of the church there being a Supreme Universal Bishop that was the head of the entire church as lined out in Vatican I. You won't be able to, because it's simply a "doctrinal evolution" which is a mondernistic heresy even to your own church.
@user-fr7ce4ez9r4 ай бұрын
Благодарим Вас, отец! Вы о русском святом знаете более, чем мы, русские!..
@squintoncarbusier496311 ай бұрын
Could anyone here comment on the accuracy of the Russian translations of the NT? I've seen two main ones, the Synodal translation from the 19th century and the Modern Russian Translation. Do you know if either are based on the Greek Textus Receptus? I would tend to go for the older translation but I can't find any information as to which manuscripts either translation was based on. I've heard that the Synodal translation was based on Erasmus' Textus Receptus but I can't confirm it.
@dubbelkastrull Жыл бұрын
48:46 bookmark 18:15 bookmark
@macsenhayes Жыл бұрын
Please get Fr. Peter Heers back! I met him randomly in the bookstore and it was one of those shining moments in my catechism that deepened my faith so much. Also Fr. Theodore has been a very useful guide as well as the random seminarians who have a chat now and again.
@paisios2541 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@user-js6kh8bn1s Жыл бұрын
Кто автор?
@GertsenIvan Жыл бұрын
Father David has been used of God greatly in my life. He gave me a Bible in Russian when visiting inmates in Somerset County. That BIBLE I still have and cherish tremendously. Love this sincere pure man of God. Fr David thank you and the Lord Jesus reward you in eternity also.
@allidillard103 Жыл бұрын
We love you Vladyka, a true pastor and father, a good shepherd of a wayward flock. Many years.
@russianchristianity Жыл бұрын
Nice, filioque is still a hot topic
@mariorizkallah5383 Жыл бұрын
It is not a correct belief hence is the reason it will always be declared as so ❤
@tinttiakka202811 ай бұрын
Filioque is wrong
@tinttiakka202811 ай бұрын
@@myredeemerliveth83Filioque is not taught by 1. The Bible 2. The Church fathers and 3. it doesnt make sense philosophically Watch David Erhans video on filioque its easy to understand and shows catholic position to be WRONG
@saka245610 ай бұрын
@@myredeemerliveth83filioque is a garbage heresy. It belongs to hell.
@andersongoncalves33877 ай бұрын
@@myredeemerliveth83 1) the western church accepted the council of St Photios for hundreds of years which anathematized the filioque 2) The holy fathers of the first two councils anathematized anyone who augmented the creed outside of an ecumenical council So yes it is incorrect
@EO-John9540 Жыл бұрын
The journey of Patriarch Macarius of Antioch to Russia in the half of the 17th century, described by his son Archdeacon Paul of Aleppo: "As for their sign of the cross, it is enough to call it Moscow, it is performed by striking the fingers on the forehead and shoulders. Their boys and girls do the same, for they are nourished with the milk of faith and piety. How can they, being small, create such a sign of the cross ?! How can they bow to those present ?! And we do not know how to be baptized (cross) like them, for which they mocked us, saying: "Why do you draw scribbles on the chest, and do not strike your fingers on the forehead and shoulders, as we do?" We were happy with them. What a blessed country it is, purely Orthodox!" Holy Russia was real - its just modern academia who says its a mythos or 'romanticism' - these are academics with no ascesis, no purification, and part of why we see such a great apostacy with this protestanism logical minded coldness that took over seminaries. Academic knowledge without ascesis is dead-knowledge, and will always lead to blasphemy. Know them by their fruits.
@katyabourova56562 жыл бұрын
1спасибо за мнение. 2.что ты сказал? 3.ты пытаешься вызвать у меня чувство недовольства собой.4.у тебя ничего не выйдет,потому что я не впущу это в себя.5.люди,склонные к критике,критичнее всего относятся к самим себе.
@BecomeAnOrthodoxChristian2 жыл бұрын
I'm a new catechumen in the Orthodox Church and attended my first Holy Friday vespers this year. I'll never forget how much I cried after hearing this at my Church. It was one of the most moving things I've ever experienced!
@biki976 ай бұрын
Welcome Home! Cradle Orthodox here. The Good Friday 3pm service is one of the most beautiful ones. Since I was a child this hymn got to me as an adult- I need more tissues. As I get older the more emotional I get during this.
@jc50372 жыл бұрын
A 70's nightclub where the monks exchange gay porn and vodka.
@doonaldrizzer6 ай бұрын
Nope, very wrong grt your facts straight buddy
@alissonortodoxo51142 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful
@liam76643 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@liam76643 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@seanpatrick41553 жыл бұрын
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@dantesdivinecomedy69633 жыл бұрын
Great talk. Strickland's recent books on the Eastern and Western Tradition is highly recommended as well, especially for anyone having primarily lived in or been shaped by the Western Tradition. Important changes happened after the Great Schism and with the New Papacy in the following decades.
@brentgarner31433 жыл бұрын
WOW
@brentgarner31433 жыл бұрын
So beautiful Glory to God, Father Son and Holy Spirit amen
@brentgarner31433 жыл бұрын
Wow Glory to God, thank you for putting this on KZread
@IWANSHKA3 жыл бұрын
На англ?🤦🏻♂️
@mariorizkallah5383 Жыл бұрын
It should be in Spanish next!
@brentgarner31433 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Glory to God amen
@johnnyd23833 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful lecture on a very interesting topic. I was glad to hear it and it helps us to understand the need for our personal asceticism regardless of the vocation - layman or monastics... although layman's asceticism is in kindergarten when compared with the monastics' one. Nevertheless, both do exist and are essential for the salvation process we are so keen about. May God have a mercy on all of us.!
@chantebas81504 жыл бұрын
It is a great opportunity to work with a conductor of this quality.
@brandorev4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@brandorev4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@alaskanfrogman4 жыл бұрын
I miss my church... I still love my church. But ever since a priest wrongfully excommunicated myself and most of my siblings save for 2, a brother and a sister... I have felt withdrawn and fully disconnected to my church. I grew up Russian Orthodox. I was baptized in the original St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka in 1956. Now I drift aimlessly almost, disconnected and displaced from and by the very church I had known and loved my whole life. Sadly, watching this video, if only for a moment, I was moved and felt like I was ebbing on the verge of tears. Then, the distancing returned and all emotional ties to the church vanished again. This hymn "The Nobel Joseph," is one of my absolute favorite songs to hear and to sing. But the reminder of how I am no longer a part of the body took me away again, and I feel fully disconnected from the church once more. The emotions are calm and withstanding, and the tears have dissipated and vanished, much like the connection to the church dissipated and vanished. My heart aches because I miss my Parents, Matushka Anna & Father Michael... who are both in blessed repose. I am indeed, heartbroken that the church, the bishops and the metropolitan never saw fit to discredit, rebuke and reverse the decision by a priest who should never have been ordained into orthodoxy. He is a convert. For a brief time he was defrocked and excommunicated from the church. But like any good snake, he somehow found a way to slither his way back into the church, and convinced the church to reverse his excommunication and to return his cassock and robes to him, and he is yet again, an active priest in the church. He is the same man who along with several other perish members, had mocked, shunned and chastised my Dad and openly attacked and abused him right there in the church. I know that this is true because I witnessed it firsthand with my own eyes... I saw and witnessed the abuse and the condemnation they wrought against my father. I will not recant nor will I rescind a single vowel or syllable of anything I wrote here... ever. One of those among the people who condemned and attacked my dad is a practicing homosexual. He lied to the priests who came to investigate this claim and vehemently told the investigating clergy that he had rebuked and renounced his homosexual life. And then he told them that the man living with him in his home is is adopted brother. But the truth of the matter is, the man living with him is not only "Not Orthodox," he is also his live-in homosexual lover. Other facts that I know are absolutely true. The Investigators sent by the Metropolitan to investigate these claims took him at his word and left and have never been back. And that man who attacked my father along with his own mother and 2 others, is still an active tonsured reader, wearing a reader's stichar robe of one who was tonsured. He has no right serving and has no business in the church. There is so much more to this, but I will abstain. I know that no one of importance will ever read this, so it does not really matter. But that final act by the church to reinstate and reverse the priests condemnation of being defrocked, only served to sever any and all remaining ties I had with the church. After a final Divine Liturgy over 2 years ago, I withdrew before communion commenced and have not been back since. If the time comes and I am able to... only on the day of my death will I try to return to the church and ask for my final confession and last communion before taking my last breath. As one excommunicated, that is the only time I will ever be allowed to take communion for the rest of my life. That is what excommunication is according to Church Canon Law as I understand it. I did not conclude watching this video as much as I enjoyed and loved hearing that piece of music again. I am not worthy, and I have no place with the church, even just listening to the music that I once loved so much. I am not worthy and cannot and will not participate in any level, form or shape because I am excommunicated. So-be-it, and so shall it always be to my final hours.
@howardcurtis91384 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for your loss! I too had found myself ostracized by my church. It took me years to realize that Jesus would not have suffered ostracism, torture and death at the hands of a hidebound religious hierarchy and tyrannical government just to turn around ane establish another hidebound religious hierarchy. For me, the "church" is that invisible body of men and women who really are in tune with who Jesus was and what he was trying to teach us: things like, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you". When I was not able to approach the chalice, I began to practice spiritual communion, praying to Jesus to mold me the way He wants me to be. Being connected with Him is more important than being connected to any organized religious body. But, i agree, the Orthodox liturgy is beautiful and inspiring. I've been humming and singing The Noble Joseph all morning!
@alaskanfrogman4 жыл бұрын
@Kyril J No, there are no other churches nearby that I care to attend. My heart and my love for the church is completely soured and my ties are severed to the church. I have no wish nor desire to return now, or at anytime in the foreseeable future. Oddly enough, I have actually become far more spiritual and more mindful to prayer than before leaving the church altogether. It was a worthwhile trade I think. I say prayers daily and often now, not out of a sense of spiritual obligation, but because of a quiet desire to pray. I thank you Kyril J. for your kind thoughts and concern. Please don't worry about me. We've never met, and I am certain that you have so much more to be concerned about now. I think about the parable of when Christ asked his disciples "who do they say that I am?," and after several different answers, he asked them directly, "Who do you say that I am? His disciples discussed it at length and gave what they thought were reasonable answers. Peter who was always most impressionable and the most impulsive suddenly jumped to his feet and loudly proclaimed "You are the Christ!!! The Son of the Living God!!!" to which Christ immediately exclaimed in response "Bless you Peter, for you are the Rock upon which I shall build my house." In the original texts of the Old Testament, the translation clearly stated "House," and not "Church" as is commonly used in bibles today. But by that proclamation, Christ told his disciples to go forth into the world to spread his word. He made no mention of building churches, or synagogs and only mentioned "House" that one time. I firmly believe now, that Christ never intended for us to build churches and grandiose cathedrals in his name. His instructions to his disciples was simple and straight forward. His instructions to them, was to carry his teachings and his word to the people of every nation. Never once did he mention to build churches. And so after his crucifixion, death and resurrection, the disciples set about and began spreading his word as he had commanded them to. Never once did his disciples retain or claim anything for their own and kept or harbored any wealth of any kind. They followed his word to the best of their abilities. In telling Peter, "Bless you Peter, for you are the rock upon which I shall build my House, the disciples began spreading his word far and wide, thus laying the foundation of Christianity for the whole world. Because Christ wasn't referring to a Church, or synagog, or other physical manifestation when he spoke those words to Peter. He was referring to the world, because it was his wish and goal for the world to become his house to which he would judge us or shower us with salvation... And today we are realizing the fruition of that statement to Peter when he said "Bless you Peter, you are the Rock upon which I shall build my house." Because everywhere you go, everything you see stemming from this Covid-19, Coronavirus, you see all manner of people in their homes, in their houses, and they are all praying. Indeed, the world has now become the House of Christ, the House of God. The cathedrals and the churches are only empty buildings of worship to the egos of the men who designed and created them, and is NOT the spiritual house that Christ intended. I saw someone write about satan saying, "See what I've done, I have closed all your churches and cathedrals, to which christ replied, "but I have you beaten because I have opened thousands of more churches that is in every home and house." It was intended to be humorous, but speaks a great deal of truth. Kyril, please do not worry about me. Bless you for your kind words and thoughts and peace be with you always.
@paulharvdub2 жыл бұрын
JW, this all sounds pretty sordid, but if is any consolation, I could tell you about some of my experiences with Roman Catholicism. Now, not all of my experiences were horrible; There were some that fondly recall. Our Lord Jesus has seen fit to grant us spiritual fathers who are good and who will help us through the End Times. May the Theotokos intervene before her Divine Son on your behalf.
@cyriljorge986 Жыл бұрын
What in the world? That's not what excommunication is at all. Did you ever have a catechism? You're throwing your life away based on basic misunderstandings. Find an Orthodox church and find someone at least slightly knowledgeable to talk to. Deathbed? What in the world are you even talking about?
@cmc2198 Жыл бұрын
@@cyriljorge986 His father is a priest, so don't be scornful of his experience. He is most likely much, much better catechized than you are. My father is also an Orthodox priest and was similarly mistreated. You have no idea how painful it is to be slandered and mistreated by the very clergy that are supposed to be helping you to become closer to God. One of the great Church Fathers, St John Chrysostom?, said that being slandered is one of the worst kinds of pain to be experienced. I am so, so sorry that someone else has had the same bizarre experience that my family has suffered so much from.
@yaninamiller57114 жыл бұрын
RIP otec Vasiliy. He was the kindest.
@yaninamiller57114 жыл бұрын
I've been to this monastery as a pilgrim with my parents throughout the early 2000's
@michaelreilly98192 жыл бұрын
You should come back
@californiapilgrim4 жыл бұрын
Amazing story! Thank you for sharing!
@hlukhi4 жыл бұрын
А при чём здесь мастер класс, когда идёт живое Богослужение?
@WeeksLandscape15 жыл бұрын
I had the distinct pleasure, and good fortune to have Father John Strickland as my Russian History professor while earning my BA History at University California Davis, circa 1999-2002. Professor Strickland, as he was known to me at the time introduced me to Dostoevsky, through his great work, The Idiot. I have since gone on to read many of his other great works. Jordan B Peterson introduced me to Solzhenitsyn, and his Gulag Archipelago. It feels my heart with joy to know that Father Strickland went on to pursue a life in the Church, as he indicated to me that he planned to do while still my professor in 2001. I am thrilled to watch this interview, and look forward to reading "The Making of Holy Russian." Thank you for introducing me to Russian history, and the great authors from this country, John. I am forever in your debt. Paul Zachary Weeks
@ZoRoaStErR2299za5 жыл бұрын
can you allow caption contribution to the video?
@olgathehandmaid Жыл бұрын
Brother I don't know if you're still available to add English captions to this video, but if you translated them verbatim, I can add them to a separately uploaded version of this (with permission from the original)
@crosmanchallenger15 жыл бұрын
Can I add an English translation to this?
@olgathehandmaid Жыл бұрын
Brother I don't know if you're still available to add English captions to this video, but if you translated them verbatim, I can add them to a separately uploaded version of this (with permission from the original)
@georgekontos43075 жыл бұрын
Ο ευσχημων Ιωσηφ απο του ξυλου καθελων το αχραντο σου σωμα....Greetings to our Russian Orthodox brothers.
@teresachala65075 жыл бұрын
The hymns of the Orthodox church are incredibly beautiful and truly touch our souls. The Lenten and Holy week hymns honor the mother of God the Theotokos, the passion of our Lord, and His glorious Resurrection in heavenly music. Note the great Russian composers and ancient Byzantine hymns.
@MosesMedinaE5 жыл бұрын
How breathtakingly beautiful.
@paulricher69965 жыл бұрын
Good Friday? Orthodox call it Holy Friday
@nikolaibreckenridge22875 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's <<Вели́кїй пѧто́къ>>, or "Great Friday". But in normal English both "Good Friday", and "Holy Friday" are fine. "Good" in this sense is a synonym for "Holy".
@finick42084 жыл бұрын
As Russian, I can say we call it Great Friday (literally translating from russian). But translator translets it as Good Friday and Great Friday too.
@roccotoothycombs4 жыл бұрын
Stop splitting hairs. What we call it has no bearing on our salvation
@roccotoothycombs4 жыл бұрын
Who cares? The actual events matter not what we call it in English. Great means good or vice versa in English
@carolweaver32696 жыл бұрын
Just 'read' to follow along. ( IN English)
@lyralong6 жыл бұрын
thank you
@convertandbeorthodoxpls6 жыл бұрын
What melody is this?
@jonnybraun20265 жыл бұрын
I believe it’s Benedict sheehan’s Original composition. Here’s his Cherubic hymn performed by mixed choir. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5ao0daqc7Xbl6Q.html
@shekov606 жыл бұрын
Coming to that time of year again...
@shekov605 жыл бұрын
And again
@joanhughes77423 жыл бұрын
@@shekov60 and again
@annmariekassel30092 жыл бұрын
@@joanhughes7742 and again
@mariorizkallah5383 Жыл бұрын
@@annmariekassel3009 and again
@dominicn18376 жыл бұрын
May I please know the name of this particular arrangement of the hymn, or composer's name?
@nugrohosantoso11186 жыл бұрын
Who is from indonesian?
@mememe14686 жыл бұрын
Hello! Where can i find a full list of , i guess you'd call them , orthodox anathemas? If that is even a thing! If i type it into google, i either get a list of the 12 anathemas, or a short list of things the orthodox are generally against.
@TheronMathis6 жыл бұрын
Excellent. What’s the name of the book again that recommends modern writers?
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What happened to Westsily the mechanic.? The guy who shot himself in the leg on a gun I gave him. In remembrance on Sonia who got shot. Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us!
Никогда не слышала Херувимскую песнь на английском языке... Если честно, напев такой русский, такой родной, что я думала, что поют на русском, но потом прислушалась - нет... Так неожиданно... И в то же время тепло.
ANÁTEMA sobre os cismaticos orientais negadores do Filioque!
Anátema aos papistas francos por suas mentiras, documentos forjados e perseguições à Única Igreja Verdadeira.
@@SwoleSlimThose maderfukin papist robed our church power and deceived them christiens catholic papist with theyr red shoes and funny pointy hats 😤😤😤😡😡😡
Thats why we just national churches and state shoes kissing patriarchs with two new independent churches every fifti second
@@Eodat You say this out of ignorance of church history. Show me where any church father, dogma, ecumenical council etc., speak about a Supreme Universal Bishop that has full authority over all other patrirachs within the first 1000 years.
@@Eodat Your comment shows how uneducated you are on history, show me within the first 1000 years of the church there being a Supreme Universal Bishop that was the head of the entire church as lined out in Vatican I. You won't be able to, because it's simply a "doctrinal evolution" which is a mondernistic heresy even to your own church.
Благодарим Вас, отец! Вы о русском святом знаете более, чем мы, русские!..
Could anyone here comment on the accuracy of the Russian translations of the NT? I've seen two main ones, the Synodal translation from the 19th century and the Modern Russian Translation. Do you know if either are based on the Greek Textus Receptus? I would tend to go for the older translation but I can't find any information as to which manuscripts either translation was based on. I've heard that the Synodal translation was based on Erasmus' Textus Receptus but I can't confirm it.
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Please get Fr. Peter Heers back! I met him randomly in the bookstore and it was one of those shining moments in my catechism that deepened my faith so much. Also Fr. Theodore has been a very useful guide as well as the random seminarians who have a chat now and again.
Beautiful
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Father David has been used of God greatly in my life. He gave me a Bible in Russian when visiting inmates in Somerset County. That BIBLE I still have and cherish tremendously. Love this sincere pure man of God. Fr David thank you and the Lord Jesus reward you in eternity also.
We love you Vladyka, a true pastor and father, a good shepherd of a wayward flock. Many years.
Nice, filioque is still a hot topic
It is not a correct belief hence is the reason it will always be declared as so ❤
Filioque is wrong
@@myredeemerliveth83Filioque is not taught by 1. The Bible 2. The Church fathers and 3. it doesnt make sense philosophically Watch David Erhans video on filioque its easy to understand and shows catholic position to be WRONG
@@myredeemerliveth83filioque is a garbage heresy. It belongs to hell.
@@myredeemerliveth83 1) the western church accepted the council of St Photios for hundreds of years which anathematized the filioque 2) The holy fathers of the first two councils anathematized anyone who augmented the creed outside of an ecumenical council So yes it is incorrect
The journey of Patriarch Macarius of Antioch to Russia in the half of the 17th century, described by his son Archdeacon Paul of Aleppo: "As for their sign of the cross, it is enough to call it Moscow, it is performed by striking the fingers on the forehead and shoulders. Their boys and girls do the same, for they are nourished with the milk of faith and piety. How can they, being small, create such a sign of the cross ?! How can they bow to those present ?! And we do not know how to be baptized (cross) like them, for which they mocked us, saying: "Why do you draw scribbles on the chest, and do not strike your fingers on the forehead and shoulders, as we do?" We were happy with them. What a blessed country it is, purely Orthodox!" Holy Russia was real - its just modern academia who says its a mythos or 'romanticism' - these are academics with no ascesis, no purification, and part of why we see such a great apostacy with this protestanism logical minded coldness that took over seminaries. Academic knowledge without ascesis is dead-knowledge, and will always lead to blasphemy. Know them by their fruits.
1спасибо за мнение. 2.что ты сказал? 3.ты пытаешься вызвать у меня чувство недовольства собой.4.у тебя ничего не выйдет,потому что я не впущу это в себя.5.люди,склонные к критике,критичнее всего относятся к самим себе.
I'm a new catechumen in the Orthodox Church and attended my first Holy Friday vespers this year. I'll never forget how much I cried after hearing this at my Church. It was one of the most moving things I've ever experienced!
Welcome Home! Cradle Orthodox here. The Good Friday 3pm service is one of the most beautiful ones. Since I was a child this hymn got to me as an adult- I need more tissues. As I get older the more emotional I get during this.
A 70's nightclub where the monks exchange gay porn and vodka.
Nope, very wrong grt your facts straight buddy
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Great talk. Strickland's recent books on the Eastern and Western Tradition is highly recommended as well, especially for anyone having primarily lived in or been shaped by the Western Tradition. Important changes happened after the Great Schism and with the New Papacy in the following decades.
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So beautiful Glory to God, Father Son and Holy Spirit amen
Wow Glory to God, thank you for putting this on KZread
На англ?🤦🏻♂️
It should be in Spanish next!
Beautiful Glory to God amen
Thank you for this wonderful lecture on a very interesting topic. I was glad to hear it and it helps us to understand the need for our personal asceticism regardless of the vocation - layman or monastics... although layman's asceticism is in kindergarten when compared with the monastics' one. Nevertheless, both do exist and are essential for the salvation process we are so keen about. May God have a mercy on all of us.!
It is a great opportunity to work with a conductor of this quality.
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I miss my church... I still love my church. But ever since a priest wrongfully excommunicated myself and most of my siblings save for 2, a brother and a sister... I have felt withdrawn and fully disconnected to my church. I grew up Russian Orthodox. I was baptized in the original St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka in 1956. Now I drift aimlessly almost, disconnected and displaced from and by the very church I had known and loved my whole life. Sadly, watching this video, if only for a moment, I was moved and felt like I was ebbing on the verge of tears. Then, the distancing returned and all emotional ties to the church vanished again. This hymn "The Nobel Joseph," is one of my absolute favorite songs to hear and to sing. But the reminder of how I am no longer a part of the body took me away again, and I feel fully disconnected from the church once more. The emotions are calm and withstanding, and the tears have dissipated and vanished, much like the connection to the church dissipated and vanished. My heart aches because I miss my Parents, Matushka Anna & Father Michael... who are both in blessed repose. I am indeed, heartbroken that the church, the bishops and the metropolitan never saw fit to discredit, rebuke and reverse the decision by a priest who should never have been ordained into orthodoxy. He is a convert. For a brief time he was defrocked and excommunicated from the church. But like any good snake, he somehow found a way to slither his way back into the church, and convinced the church to reverse his excommunication and to return his cassock and robes to him, and he is yet again, an active priest in the church. He is the same man who along with several other perish members, had mocked, shunned and chastised my Dad and openly attacked and abused him right there in the church. I know that this is true because I witnessed it firsthand with my own eyes... I saw and witnessed the abuse and the condemnation they wrought against my father. I will not recant nor will I rescind a single vowel or syllable of anything I wrote here... ever. One of those among the people who condemned and attacked my dad is a practicing homosexual. He lied to the priests who came to investigate this claim and vehemently told the investigating clergy that he had rebuked and renounced his homosexual life. And then he told them that the man living with him in his home is is adopted brother. But the truth of the matter is, the man living with him is not only "Not Orthodox," he is also his live-in homosexual lover. Other facts that I know are absolutely true. The Investigators sent by the Metropolitan to investigate these claims took him at his word and left and have never been back. And that man who attacked my father along with his own mother and 2 others, is still an active tonsured reader, wearing a reader's stichar robe of one who was tonsured. He has no right serving and has no business in the church. There is so much more to this, but I will abstain. I know that no one of importance will ever read this, so it does not really matter. But that final act by the church to reinstate and reverse the priests condemnation of being defrocked, only served to sever any and all remaining ties I had with the church. After a final Divine Liturgy over 2 years ago, I withdrew before communion commenced and have not been back since. If the time comes and I am able to... only on the day of my death will I try to return to the church and ask for my final confession and last communion before taking my last breath. As one excommunicated, that is the only time I will ever be allowed to take communion for the rest of my life. That is what excommunication is according to Church Canon Law as I understand it. I did not conclude watching this video as much as I enjoyed and loved hearing that piece of music again. I am not worthy, and I have no place with the church, even just listening to the music that I once loved so much. I am not worthy and cannot and will not participate in any level, form or shape because I am excommunicated. So-be-it, and so shall it always be to my final hours.
I am so sorry for your loss! I too had found myself ostracized by my church. It took me years to realize that Jesus would not have suffered ostracism, torture and death at the hands of a hidebound religious hierarchy and tyrannical government just to turn around ane establish another hidebound religious hierarchy. For me, the "church" is that invisible body of men and women who really are in tune with who Jesus was and what he was trying to teach us: things like, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you". When I was not able to approach the chalice, I began to practice spiritual communion, praying to Jesus to mold me the way He wants me to be. Being connected with Him is more important than being connected to any organized religious body. But, i agree, the Orthodox liturgy is beautiful and inspiring. I've been humming and singing The Noble Joseph all morning!
@Kyril J No, there are no other churches nearby that I care to attend. My heart and my love for the church is completely soured and my ties are severed to the church. I have no wish nor desire to return now, or at anytime in the foreseeable future. Oddly enough, I have actually become far more spiritual and more mindful to prayer than before leaving the church altogether. It was a worthwhile trade I think. I say prayers daily and often now, not out of a sense of spiritual obligation, but because of a quiet desire to pray. I thank you Kyril J. for your kind thoughts and concern. Please don't worry about me. We've never met, and I am certain that you have so much more to be concerned about now. I think about the parable of when Christ asked his disciples "who do they say that I am?," and after several different answers, he asked them directly, "Who do you say that I am? His disciples discussed it at length and gave what they thought were reasonable answers. Peter who was always most impressionable and the most impulsive suddenly jumped to his feet and loudly proclaimed "You are the Christ!!! The Son of the Living God!!!" to which Christ immediately exclaimed in response "Bless you Peter, for you are the Rock upon which I shall build my house." In the original texts of the Old Testament, the translation clearly stated "House," and not "Church" as is commonly used in bibles today. But by that proclamation, Christ told his disciples to go forth into the world to spread his word. He made no mention of building churches, or synagogs and only mentioned "House" that one time. I firmly believe now, that Christ never intended for us to build churches and grandiose cathedrals in his name. His instructions to his disciples was simple and straight forward. His instructions to them, was to carry his teachings and his word to the people of every nation. Never once did he mention to build churches. And so after his crucifixion, death and resurrection, the disciples set about and began spreading his word as he had commanded them to. Never once did his disciples retain or claim anything for their own and kept or harbored any wealth of any kind. They followed his word to the best of their abilities. In telling Peter, "Bless you Peter, for you are the rock upon which I shall build my House, the disciples began spreading his word far and wide, thus laying the foundation of Christianity for the whole world. Because Christ wasn't referring to a Church, or synagog, or other physical manifestation when he spoke those words to Peter. He was referring to the world, because it was his wish and goal for the world to become his house to which he would judge us or shower us with salvation... And today we are realizing the fruition of that statement to Peter when he said "Bless you Peter, you are the Rock upon which I shall build my house." Because everywhere you go, everything you see stemming from this Covid-19, Coronavirus, you see all manner of people in their homes, in their houses, and they are all praying. Indeed, the world has now become the House of Christ, the House of God. The cathedrals and the churches are only empty buildings of worship to the egos of the men who designed and created them, and is NOT the spiritual house that Christ intended. I saw someone write about satan saying, "See what I've done, I have closed all your churches and cathedrals, to which christ replied, "but I have you beaten because I have opened thousands of more churches that is in every home and house." It was intended to be humorous, but speaks a great deal of truth. Kyril, please do not worry about me. Bless you for your kind words and thoughts and peace be with you always.
JW, this all sounds pretty sordid, but if is any consolation, I could tell you about some of my experiences with Roman Catholicism. Now, not all of my experiences were horrible; There were some that fondly recall. Our Lord Jesus has seen fit to grant us spiritual fathers who are good and who will help us through the End Times. May the Theotokos intervene before her Divine Son on your behalf.
What in the world? That's not what excommunication is at all. Did you ever have a catechism? You're throwing your life away based on basic misunderstandings. Find an Orthodox church and find someone at least slightly knowledgeable to talk to. Deathbed? What in the world are you even talking about?
@@cyriljorge986 His father is a priest, so don't be scornful of his experience. He is most likely much, much better catechized than you are. My father is also an Orthodox priest and was similarly mistreated. You have no idea how painful it is to be slandered and mistreated by the very clergy that are supposed to be helping you to become closer to God. One of the great Church Fathers, St John Chrysostom?, said that being slandered is one of the worst kinds of pain to be experienced. I am so, so sorry that someone else has had the same bizarre experience that my family has suffered so much from.
RIP otec Vasiliy. He was the kindest.
I've been to this monastery as a pilgrim with my parents throughout the early 2000's
You should come back
Amazing story! Thank you for sharing!
А при чём здесь мастер класс, когда идёт живое Богослужение?
I had the distinct pleasure, and good fortune to have Father John Strickland as my Russian History professor while earning my BA History at University California Davis, circa 1999-2002. Professor Strickland, as he was known to me at the time introduced me to Dostoevsky, through his great work, The Idiot. I have since gone on to read many of his other great works. Jordan B Peterson introduced me to Solzhenitsyn, and his Gulag Archipelago. It feels my heart with joy to know that Father Strickland went on to pursue a life in the Church, as he indicated to me that he planned to do while still my professor in 2001. I am thrilled to watch this interview, and look forward to reading "The Making of Holy Russian." Thank you for introducing me to Russian history, and the great authors from this country, John. I am forever in your debt. Paul Zachary Weeks
can you allow caption contribution to the video?
Brother I don't know if you're still available to add English captions to this video, but if you translated them verbatim, I can add them to a separately uploaded version of this (with permission from the original)
Can I add an English translation to this?
Brother I don't know if you're still available to add English captions to this video, but if you translated them verbatim, I can add them to a separately uploaded version of this (with permission from the original)
Ο ευσχημων Ιωσηφ απο του ξυλου καθελων το αχραντο σου σωμα....Greetings to our Russian Orthodox brothers.
The hymns of the Orthodox church are incredibly beautiful and truly touch our souls. The Lenten and Holy week hymns honor the mother of God the Theotokos, the passion of our Lord, and His glorious Resurrection in heavenly music. Note the great Russian composers and ancient Byzantine hymns.
How breathtakingly beautiful.
Good Friday? Orthodox call it Holy Friday
Actually, it's <<Вели́кїй пѧто́къ>>, or "Great Friday". But in normal English both "Good Friday", and "Holy Friday" are fine. "Good" in this sense is a synonym for "Holy".
As Russian, I can say we call it Great Friday (literally translating from russian). But translator translets it as Good Friday and Great Friday too.
Stop splitting hairs. What we call it has no bearing on our salvation
Who cares? The actual events matter not what we call it in English. Great means good or vice versa in English
Just 'read' to follow along. ( IN English)
thank you
What melody is this?
I believe it’s Benedict sheehan’s Original composition. Here’s his Cherubic hymn performed by mixed choir. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5ao0daqc7Xbl6Q.html
Coming to that time of year again...
And again
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May I please know the name of this particular arrangement of the hymn, or composer's name?
Who is from indonesian?
Hello! Where can i find a full list of , i guess you'd call them , orthodox anathemas? If that is even a thing! If i type it into google, i either get a list of the 12 anathemas, or a short list of things the orthodox are generally against.
Excellent. What’s the name of the book again that recommends modern writers?