I watched your service. I am really in awe of your service. I am a Roman Catholic from Goa India. I like the old Latin Mass which we do not have here. Hence i appreciate your service. Very orthodox. God bless.
I really enjoyed experiencing the services at your parish virtually. It is very reverent. It reminds me of the parish I grew up attending. God bless you and your further labors!
This is an answer for this dear friend (@tommymassingale7551) below. As we know, the main Protestant argument about "idolatry" is a trick made by misinterpreting Ex. 20,4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness", which is sometimes quoted together with the beginning of the next verse: "You shall not bow down to them, nor worship them" Ex. 20.5. So here we are presented with the Second Commandment of the Decalogue as if it states that any kind of material object intended for religious use is a violation of a divine commandment. However, there is a serious problem: their claim is shown by the Bible to be contradictory to even blasphemous, when we know that God himself instructs people to make a statue/image for religious use and they do it: "said the Lord to "Moses, sing to yourself, so that ... every one who has been taught, behold, he lives, and Moses sings to you of bronze" (Num. 21,7-9). The bronze snake is a miraculous image that with the power of God heals people, and the order for the creation of this image is given by God himself and people carry it out, because God's commands contained in the Holy Bible, they are given to be observed and performed by us and not to be ignored or considered... "exceptions"(!) as Protestants usually justify. Consequently, two things can happen: either the Bible gives characteristically contradictory commands, or Protestants are fooling us. And of course, the second is true... For, if the Second Commandment on idolatry is formulated in its entirety, it reveals heretical sophistry as it then says: "I am ... a zealous god" (Ex. 20:5), i.e. do not make idols "for I am God who tolerates no other gods and I demand exclusivity." So, Ex. 20.5 explains to us that matter in general turns into what we call an idol/idolatry, only when someone consciously replaces or substitutes God with this matter. It does not refer generally and vaguely to matter or images. This is confirmed by the fact that God encourages and allows the creation of the miraculous image of the Bronze Serpent as well as the images of angels (Ex. 25:18 or 1 Kgs. 6:23-35). We also see that the condemnations of the Israelites are due not to the creation of images in the abstract, but to the creation of substitutes for God: - "They changed their glory into the likeness of a calf" (Psalm 105:20). - "These are your gods, Israel" (Exodus 32:4) [ie. the golden calf is now called "God"]. As the Apostle Paul says: "There is no need for them to think" that "the divine is like" "gold or silver or stone, carved by the art and memory of man" (Acts 17,29). After all, if it was "idolatry" every time man approached matter as a means of his prayer to God and as a channel for God's miracle, then the Protestants would have to reject the Holy Bible as well because: - God, as we said, works miracles with an "intermediary" of an Image (Num. 21,7-9). - God works miracles with an "intermediary" a... wood, such as Aaron's staff (Ex. 7:20), Moses' (Ex. 4:17) or Elisha's (2 Kings 4:29). - God works miracles with the "mediator" of a garment (2 Kings 2:14 or Matt. 14:36). - God works miracles by "mediating" the... human shadow (Acts 5,15). - God works miracles with the "intermediary" of the Holy Relics (2 Kgs. 13,21). - God works miracles with the "intermediary" of a handkerchief (Acts 19,12). So when will they understand that this is the teaching of the Bible and therefore their aversion to matter and its function as a channel for prayer and God's miracles is heresy? Do not let the Protestants be confused by the worldly embellishments of the word "spirit" and think that when they disparage matter they are... "superior people of the spirit"! Any theological devaluation of matter is spiritualism and Manichaeism, that is, anti-Christianity. The Fathers of the Church who were true ascetics and spiritual men, abhorred Manichaeism and defended matter as a religious medium, and Gregory of Nyssa, on the occasion of the water of baptism, notes after many examples: "And a bush showed theophanies to Moses, and he raised the remains of Elisha from the dead, and he enlightened the blind man with clay from his belly, and all these people, who were inanimate and insensible to the great miracles, mediated the power possessed by God"[18]. That is: The cotton bush showed Moses God, the relic of Elisha raised someone dead, and clay gave light to one who was blind from his mother's womb. All these are materially lifeless and insensible, but they mediated great miracles when they received the power of God. This also applies to Icons: God a) gives orders to create icons for religious use), b) teaches us that through an image or any material prayer can reach God and make miracles such as the healing of people, c) all this is absolutely permissible, as long as matter does not replace/replace God. According to the letter and the spirit of the Holy Bible, the Creed of the 7th Ecumenical Council forbids to give to the Icons an honor similar to "the true worship according to our faith, or must be the divine nature alone", and in fact, those "daring to think differently or they teach... but being bishops or clergymen we are deposed and protected, but being monastics or laity of society we are excommunicated"[19]. It is therefore obvious that the Church absolutely forbids its members to hold a different opinion ('fronein') or to teach something beyond what the Holy Bible teaches. Protestants use the word "idolatry" in a misleading way because they know that even the most naive and superficial Christian at least knows that God is "somewhere in heaven". Therefore, since they will not find people with such extreme illusions as to think of the Icons "these are my gods" - which constitutes the only hagiographic condition of idolatry - they have resorted to the misinterpretation of Ex. 20.4-5
Father, your homilies are such a blessing to my wife and me! We are in a mission church out west and do not yet have our own priest, so we especially benefit from them! Thank you! Is there any chance you can increase the quality of the sound, perhaps using some kind of noise reduction app? There is a lot of distracting noises and humming that makes it very difficult to hear you clearly. Kissing your right hand…
Just another wonderful homily by Father Ignatius. To anyone coming across this or any other video from our parish, please know that we welcome visitors. As the Apostle Andrew implored, "Come and see."
Oops. Technical difficulties??? Weird. The search shows 3:29:10 in length but this video begins at the end of the Divine Liturgy and just shows an empty nave for rest of the almost 1 hour and 20 mins.
Thank you very much... my child attended virtually part of the Liturgy and asked for the remainder in the afternoon when he could have had entertainment instead.
This seems so random and yet super organized, where can i find what is actually happening?
My granddaughter. God bless you little one
I watched your service. I am really in awe of your service. I am a Roman Catholic from Goa India. I like the old Latin Mass which we do not have here. Hence i appreciate your service. Very orthodox. God bless.
Glory to God! What a beautiful Divine Liturgy. Father, please bless and pray for me and my family. Thank you for always live streaming your services.
I absolutely love to see the women wearing scarfs. I can not find an orthodox church near me, that the women are wearing scarfs
انورفارس_ اذكروني والاسرة لانني امر باقسي ايام حياتي علي الاطلاق وبضيقة عظيمة وبحروب تخويف من ابليس اللعين اذكرني كثيرا واسرتي
اذكرواخلاص نفوس والصلح بين افراد أسرة سعد فارس وزوجتة وبنتة وشفاؤها
اذكرواخلاص نفس جورح انور بكندا ربنا يبارك حياتة ويوفر لة فرصة عمل مناسبة ويفرحني به
اذكرواخلاص نفس كاميلياداود وشفاؤها من الاكتئاب والتشاؤم الشديدين ترفض الوقوف معي للصلاة في البيت... البيت هيخرب...( زوجها )
اذكرواخلاص نفس ديناأنور مصابة باكتئاب شديد وهياج وخوف وانهيار وبكاء حاولت الانتحار ربنايشفيهاويدبر حياتها ومستقبلها ويفرحني بها
Nice
انورفارس_ اذكروني والاسرة لانني امر باقسي ايام حياتي علي الاطلاق وبضيقة عظيمة وبحروب تخويف من ابليس اللعين اذكرني كثيرا واسرتي
اذكرواخلاص نفس جورج أنور بكندا ربنا يبارك حياتة ويوفر لة فرصة عمل مناسبة ويفرحني به
اذكرواخلاص نفس كاميلياداود وشفاؤها من الاكتئاب والتشاؤم الشديدين ترفض الوقوف معي للصلاة في البيت... البيت هيخرب (زوجها )
اذكرواخلاص نفس ديناأنور مصابة باكتئاب شديد وهياج وخوف وانهيار وبكاء حاولت الانتحار ربنايشفيهاويدبر لها فرصة عمل ويدبر حياتها ومستقبلها ويفرحني بها
Are you an oca temple?
Yes, we are.
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I really enjoyed experiencing the services at your parish virtually. It is very reverent. It reminds me of the parish I grew up attending. God bless you and your further labors!
This is wonderful
beautiful!! greetings from germany😊
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This is an answer for this dear friend (@tommymassingale7551) below. As we know, the main Protestant argument about "idolatry" is a trick made by misinterpreting Ex. 20,4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness", which is sometimes quoted together with the beginning of the next verse: "You shall not bow down to them, nor worship them" Ex. 20.5. So here we are presented with the Second Commandment of the Decalogue as if it states that any kind of material object intended for religious use is a violation of a divine commandment. However, there is a serious problem: their claim is shown by the Bible to be contradictory to even blasphemous, when we know that God himself instructs people to make a statue/image for religious use and they do it: "said the Lord to "Moses, sing to yourself, so that ... every one who has been taught, behold, he lives, and Moses sings to you of bronze" (Num. 21,7-9). The bronze snake is a miraculous image that with the power of God heals people, and the order for the creation of this image is given by God himself and people carry it out, because God's commands contained in the Holy Bible, they are given to be observed and performed by us and not to be ignored or considered... "exceptions"(!) as Protestants usually justify. Consequently, two things can happen: either the Bible gives characteristically contradictory commands, or Protestants are fooling us. And of course, the second is true... For, if the Second Commandment on idolatry is formulated in its entirety, it reveals heretical sophistry as it then says: "I am ... a zealous god" (Ex. 20:5), i.e. do not make idols "for I am God who tolerates no other gods and I demand exclusivity." So, Ex. 20.5 explains to us that matter in general turns into what we call an idol/idolatry, only when someone consciously replaces or substitutes God with this matter. It does not refer generally and vaguely to matter or images. This is confirmed by the fact that God encourages and allows the creation of the miraculous image of the Bronze Serpent as well as the images of angels (Ex. 25:18 or 1 Kgs. 6:23-35). We also see that the condemnations of the Israelites are due not to the creation of images in the abstract, but to the creation of substitutes for God: - "They changed their glory into the likeness of a calf" (Psalm 105:20). - "These are your gods, Israel" (Exodus 32:4) [ie. the golden calf is now called "God"]. As the Apostle Paul says: "There is no need for them to think" that "the divine is like" "gold or silver or stone, carved by the art and memory of man" (Acts 17,29). After all, if it was "idolatry" every time man approached matter as a means of his prayer to God and as a channel for God's miracle, then the Protestants would have to reject the Holy Bible as well because: - God, as we said, works miracles with an "intermediary" of an Image (Num. 21,7-9). - God works miracles with an "intermediary" a... wood, such as Aaron's staff (Ex. 7:20), Moses' (Ex. 4:17) or Elisha's (2 Kings 4:29). - God works miracles with the "mediator" of a garment (2 Kings 2:14 or Matt. 14:36). - God works miracles by "mediating" the... human shadow (Acts 5,15). - God works miracles with the "intermediary" of the Holy Relics (2 Kgs. 13,21). - God works miracles with the "intermediary" of a handkerchief (Acts 19,12). So when will they understand that this is the teaching of the Bible and therefore their aversion to matter and its function as a channel for prayer and God's miracles is heresy? Do not let the Protestants be confused by the worldly embellishments of the word "spirit" and think that when they disparage matter they are... "superior people of the spirit"! Any theological devaluation of matter is spiritualism and Manichaeism, that is, anti-Christianity. The Fathers of the Church who were true ascetics and spiritual men, abhorred Manichaeism and defended matter as a religious medium, and Gregory of Nyssa, on the occasion of the water of baptism, notes after many examples: "And a bush showed theophanies to Moses, and he raised the remains of Elisha from the dead, and he enlightened the blind man with clay from his belly, and all these people, who were inanimate and insensible to the great miracles, mediated the power possessed by God"[18]. That is: The cotton bush showed Moses God, the relic of Elisha raised someone dead, and clay gave light to one who was blind from his mother's womb. All these are materially lifeless and insensible, but they mediated great miracles when they received the power of God. This also applies to Icons: God a) gives orders to create icons for religious use), b) teaches us that through an image or any material prayer can reach God and make miracles such as the healing of people, c) all this is absolutely permissible, as long as matter does not replace/replace God. According to the letter and the spirit of the Holy Bible, the Creed of the 7th Ecumenical Council forbids to give to the Icons an honor similar to "the true worship according to our faith, or must be the divine nature alone", and in fact, those "daring to think differently or they teach... but being bishops or clergymen we are deposed and protected, but being monastics or laity of society we are excommunicated"[19]. It is therefore obvious that the Church absolutely forbids its members to hold a different opinion ('fronein') or to teach something beyond what the Holy Bible teaches. Protestants use the word "idolatry" in a misleading way because they know that even the most naive and superficial Christian at least knows that God is "somewhere in heaven". Therefore, since they will not find people with such extreme illusions as to think of the Icons "these are my gods" - which constitutes the only hagiographic condition of idolatry - they have resorted to the misinterpretation of Ex. 20.4-5
Congratulations Olga!
Father, your homilies are such a blessing to my wife and me! We are in a mission church out west and do not yet have our own priest, so we especially benefit from them! Thank you! Is there any chance you can increase the quality of the sound, perhaps using some kind of noise reduction app? There is a lot of distracting noises and humming that makes it very difficult to hear you clearly. Kissing your right hand…
No sound?
There must have been an issue with the mic connection, there should have been sound. The next stream should not have a problem. Apologies!
I am Catholic,but I also go to the Orthodox Service...it is beautiful and so humble. For me it is a gift of the spirit.
Thanks for letting us know.
Unfortunately the audio was out.
Thank you for recording this.
Thank you for this. 🙏
وش ذا
Just another wonderful homily by Father Ignatius. To anyone coming across this or any other video from our parish, please know that we welcome visitors. As the Apostle Andrew implored, "Come and see."
Oops. Technical difficulties??? Weird. The search shows 3:29:10 in length but this video begins at the end of the Divine Liturgy and just shows an empty nave for rest of the almost 1 hour and 20 mins.
Yep, edited the stream but deleted the wrong part. The correct version should be available in a couple of hours.
@@holyapostlesorthodoxchurch3875 I thought I was the only one who did things like that!
@@43pace unfortunately, I do things like that all too often :)
You misspelled "Divine"
Thanks for the heads up!
Thank you very much... my child attended virtually part of the Liturgy and asked for the remainder in the afternoon when he could have had entertainment instead.
welcome to hom Zack
Sermon 02:24:00
Beautiful service!