How-To Orthodoxy: A Practical Guide
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- The Orthodox Ethos Extended Podcast
Watch also PART TWO of this practical guide:
How-To Intro to Orthodoxy: A Practical Guide for Inquirers
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Practical tips on daily Orthodoxy, so you can go deeper.
05:20 How to make the Sign of the Cross
11:03 Why do we light candles?
18:40 How to greet an Orthodox priest or bishop
22:36 Why do we kiss the priest's hand?
28:54 Ecclesiastical etiquette in church
45:39 Women wear head coverings
51:12 What is the prayer rope?
55:21 A prayer rule with the prayer rope
1:04:21 What is a prayer rule?
1:16:54 Can I use the prayer rope instead of the divine services?
1:20:38 The Orthodox prayer corner
1:28:22 How to prepare for Holy Confession
1:36:55 How to prepare for Holy Communion
1:46:38 Daily prostrations in our kelli
1:49:56 The day of the Lord: How-to live it / No prostrations on Sunday? How-to and why
1:57:20 What is Kolyva
1:59:59 Kolyva: History and Symbolism
2:03:29 Monastic recipe for Kolyva
2:03:57 How to baptize babies
2:05:10 How to baptize adults
2:06:59 How not to baptize
Q&A SESSION:
2:07:45 Wearing makeup
2:11:59 Why do Orthodox priests marry?
2:14:55 What should we be thinking as we light candles?
2:16:11 Why do we have theosis and tollhouses?
2:18:33 Reading lives of martyrs to young children
2:20:40 Why are Orthodox not as sure as Protestants about going to heaven?
2:26:27 Go to a parish where don’t understand the liturgy’s language
2:28:05 Women covering their hair
2:28:33 Daily Vespers service
2:29:25 If you see someone crossing their legs in church should you tell them?
2:30:45 General confession
2:34:01 Confession as a catechumen
2:35:15 Eating antidoron as non-Orthodox
2:37:11 Should women wear head-coverings in everyday life?
2:41:14 Deacon’s son coming to church wearing a dress
2:44:22 Confessing only to monastery
2:45:43 Where do I go to get a spiritual father?
2:48:03 Use of myrrh or oil at home
2:50:03 Do we conduct our prayer rule on Sunday?
2:50:20 Is it disrespectful to wear the cross during workout or shower?
2:51:18 Prostrate on Sundays in private prayer
2:52:35 Difference between Sabbath and Sunday?
2:53:56 What is the Greek work for healthy self-forgetfulness?
2:54:41 Is forgetfulness a sin?
2:57:24 If you have fornicated can you become a priest?
3:02:23 Does Matthew 10:8 apply as a command to all bishops
3:04:15 How does one pray to a saint?
3:05:45 Is nationalism a sin?
3:07:30 Should I get my pentagram tattoo removed?
3:08:20 How do I confess if I fall over and over again?
3:14:00 Is it an issue my wife and I decided not to have kids?
3:16:10 Why do we refer to priest by first name rather than last name?
3:17:18 Should proud be used outside of the context of the sin of pride?
3:18:35 Should someone baptized in Methodist church be baptized again in Orthodox church?
3:21:30 Lifelong confession multiple times?
3:22:25 What advice would you give to someone who will be ordained a priest soon?
3:27:53 What to do with someone who has walked away from the faith?
3:28:50 Are we allowed to eat food besides prosphora inside church buildings?
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Timestamps for all topics covered in the lesson:
05:20 How to make the Sign of the Cross
11:03 Why do we light candles?
18:40 How to greet an Orthodox priest or bishop
22:36 Why do we kiss the priest's hand?
28:54 Ecclesiastical etiquette in church
45:39 Women wear head coverings
51:12 What is the prayer rope?
55:21 A prayer rule with the prayer rope
1:04:21 What is a prayer rule?
1:16:54 Can I use the prayer rope instead of the divine services?
1:20:38 The Orthodox prayer corner
1:28:22 How to prepare for Holy Confession
1:36:55 How to prepare for Holy Communion
1:46:38 Daily prostrations in our kelli
1:49:56 The day of the Lord: How-to live it / No prostrations on Sunday? How-to and why
1:57:20 What is Kolyva
1:59:59 Kolyva: History and Symbolism
2:03:29 Monastic recipe for Kolyva
2:03:57 How to baptize babies
2:05:10 How to baptize adults
2:06:59 How not to baptize
2:07:45 Wearing makeup
2:11:59 Why do Orthodox priests marry?
2:14:55 What should we be thinking as we light candles?
2:16:11 Why do we have theosis and tollhouses?
2:18:33 Reading lives of martyrs to young children
2:20:40 Why are Orthodox not as sure as Protestants about going to heaven?
2:26:27 Go to a parish where don’t understand the liturgy’s language
2:28:05 Women covering their hair
2:28:33 Daily Vespers service
2:29:25 If you see someone crossing their legs in church should you tell them?
2:30:45 General confession
2:34:01 Confession as a catechumen
2:35:15 Eating antidoron as non-Orthodox
2:37:11 Should women wear head-coverings in everyday life?
2:41:14 Deacon’s son coming to church wearing a dress
2:44:22 Confessing only to monastery
2:45:43 Where do I go to get a spiritual father?
2:48:03 Use of myrrh or oil at home
2:50:03 Do we conduct our prayer rule on Sunday?
2:50:20 Is it disrespectful to wear the cross during workout or shower?
2:51:18 Prostrate on Sundays in private prayer
2:52:35 Difference between Sabbath and Sunday?
2:53:56 What is the Greek work for healthy self-forgetfulness?
2:54:41 Is forgetfulness a sin?
2:57:24 If you have fornicated can you become a priest?
3:02:23 Does Matthew 10:8 apply as a command to all bishops
3:04:15 How does one pray to a saint?
3:05:45 Is nationalism a sin?
3:07:30 Should I get my pentagram tattoo removed?
3:08:20 How do I confess if I fall over and over again?
3:14:00 Is it an issue my wife and I decided not to have kids?
3:16:10 Why do we refer to priest by first name rather than last name?
3:17:18 Should proud be used outside of the context of the sin of pride?
3:18:35 Should someone baptized in Methodist church be baptized again in Orthodox church?
3:21:30 Lifelong confession multiple times?
3:22:25 What advice would you give to someone who will be ordained a priest soon?
3:27:53 What to do with someone who has walked away from the faith?
3:28:50 Are we allowed to eat food besides prosphora inside church buildings?
Thank you
Thank you
@YAJUN YUAN
2:13:10 Wearing makeup
2:17:24 Why do Orthodox priests marry?
2:20:20 What should we be thinking as we light candles?
2:21:36 Why do we have theosis and tollhouses?
2:23:58 Reading lives of martyrs to young children
2:26:05 Why are Orthodox not as sure as Protestants about going to heaven?
2:31:52 Go to a parish where don’t understand the liturgy’s language
2:33:30 Women covering their hair
2:33:58 Daily Vespers service
2:34:50 If you see someone crossing their legs in church should you tell them?
2:36:10 General confession
2:39:26 Confession as a catechumen
2:40:40 Eating antidoron as non-Orthodox
2:42:36 Should women wear head-coverings in everyday life?
2:46:39 Deacon’s son coming to church wearing a dress
2:49:47 Confessing only to monastery
2:51:08 Where do I go to get a spiritual father?
2:53:28 Use of myrrh or oil at home
2:55:28 Do we conduct our prayer rule on Sunday?
2:55:45 Is it disrespectful to wear the cross during workout or shower?
2:56:43 Prostrate on Sundays in private prayer
2:58:00 Difference between Sabbath and Sunday?
2:59:21 What is the Greek work for healthy self-forgetfulness?
3:00:06 Is forgetfulness a sin?
3:02:49 If you have fornicated can you become a priest?
3:07:48 Does Matthew 10:8 apply as a command to all bishops
3:09:40 How does one pray to a saint?
3 11:10 Is nationalism a sin?
3:12:55 Should I get my pentagram tattoo removed?
3:13:45 How do I confess if I fall over and over again?
3:19:25 Is it an issue my wife and I decided not to have kids?
3:21:35 Why do we refer to priest by first name rather than last name?
3:22:43 Should proud be used outside of the context of the sin of pride?
3:24:00 Should someone baptized in Methodist church be baptized again in Orthodox church?
3:26:55 Lifelong confession multiple times?
3:27:50 What advice would you give to someone who will be ordained a priest soon?
3:33:18 What to do with someone who has walked away from the faith?
3:34:15 Are we allowed to eat food besides prosphora inside church buildings?
Thank you very much to OrthodoxEthos and ArthurSimeon2620 for the timestamps!
I really appreciate and enjoyed this talk!
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Attended Divine Liturgy for the first time a month ago or so. I have been raised protestant my whole life and we have raised our children that way also. We honestly did not know any better. That being said, glory to God for opening us up to his true church! My soul has been longing for this without me knowing exactly what was missing.
Praise the Lord. My God bless you & your family on your new journey. You may find the channel below helpful
th-cam.com/video/QLr-L4il8W8/w-d-xo.html
The same happened to me. I can completely understand. Glory to God ☦️
I'm with you. Same same.
INDEED:
“In Him we move and have our being…”
In Him means the Church; Christ is the Church: He is the Head and we are members of His Body.
We all yearn to be at home in this world, but we are strangers in a strange place. Only the Church is home here. Only in the Church do we find the paradise that He created and intended for us.
@@OrthodoxEthos
I read that Father Seraphim Rose mentioned “lord Jesus Christ, spare me from shameful passions” as another common prayer
"If you have a television, and that's the center of your family, and you wanna be an Orthodox Christian, take that, throw it out into the garbage, and replace it with your icon corner." - Fr. Peter Heers, 2022.
Giga chad
And also block those who send you Tiktok messages.
@@Bh9140 If they send you tiktok messages, it means you have a tiktok account. Delete that crap ASAP
“Kill your television.” A bumper sticker I saw many years ago.
I luckily dont have a TV at all so I am spared of that addiction.
My local Orthodox Priest gave me an Orthodox Study Bible. Without being Catechized or baptized into Orthodoxy (from Protestantism), I can say that the Lord is changing my heart - and my life - through prayer. Seek and you shall find, indeed.
Thank you father for this wonderful introduction to the Ancient Faith and it's practices!
I know this is late but the same thing is happening to me! How exciting! My heart is changing on things I never thought it would change
@@WittyWisdomRiderand me, it's so supernatural, holy spirit
What a wonderful warm welcome. 😀
Been a Baptist most of my life. That’s officially changed.
Same.
I have been an struggling orthodox Christian for fifty years. This was both helpful and informative.
Thank you for saying that . I have been struggling for several years, primarily because my medical condition has robbed me of my ability to walk or drive, and therefore I cannot attend Divine Liturgy.
I am a catechumen and this was a great video to get some new approaches to be an orthodox Christian! This teaching strengthened my orthodox mind. These were important things to learn!
I have been in a long process to become to think as an orthodox Christian.
Thank you so much for this. I've been watching in small portions. I am not Orthodox, but I also do not think I can attend protestant services any longer. I am being drawn in. So much I don't understand, but it feels like I'm coming home. My husband is unsure, but willing to test the waters with me. He has a lot more to unravel from being raised protestant and attaching himself to certain reformers and beliefs. Pray for us, please!
God bless you both. I'm in a similar boat. My wife and I have left the Pentecostal church, but she is still very much protestant. She is fine with me going to Orthodox church, but prefers to attend a Baptist church.
Catholic convert to the Roman Catholic church, went from the NO, to the Traditional Latin Mass, flash forward after years of feeling pulled to the Orthodox church and much research, I took the leap and hopefully some time this year, I'll be baptized and confirmed.
So wonderful to hear that you will be baptized and received and live the life of Christ in the Church, imitating the Saints, following the holy fathers, and making progress toward illumination and glorification!
@@OrthodoxEthos Thank you, it was a long and difficult journey. Glad that I had the strength to make the leap to Orthodox church. God bless.☦
I have been an enquirer for a few years now. This past year I have been attending far more and over the past holy week I've been attending almost every day. Never have I felt closer to God.
Soon I will begin my catachesis. Let me tell you all that the demonic attacks I have experienced recently are no joke. Please pray for me. Glory to God!
Christ is risen! ☦️
I've been attending a few Orthodox services. Coming from a Baptist background, this all seems foreign and yet correct. It has been a very interesting few months for me. Thankyou for this well done presentation.
"this all seems foreign and yet correct"
It took me three days to finish it all but I am so glad I did. Thank you Fr Peter. It was very helpful.
Concerning the Liturgy of the Faithful, some of us Orthodox Christians can't commune sometimes, but want be there for the service. People at least receive Grace and Blessing from being present.
Yes
Thank you so much for this video!!!! I recently was saved from new age by jesus and I am learning about ortodoxy. Thank you so much for this videos because it is answering many questions I had, God bless you for your work!!
Thanks for telling me about not crossing legs, as I just did that! Oops! I'm just coming to the church as an American so I need to be told about these things. Thanks for covering the basics. I'm hoping to become a catechumen soon, after ten years of being Christian finding the Orthodox church last year through stories of saints online. I have gone to different churches to find the proper one, I sometimes go to a Catholic grotto, but something was keeping me from converting. I know when I was in churches without saints it felt empty. I didn't know what Christian orthodoxy was really until last year or so, which now seems unbelievable. There is a phenomenon of American converts to Christianity becoming born again at first, of which I was doing, but it didn't leave me with much framework, which is needed. I appreciate your videos I've started the lessons and looking forward to them. I especially am benefiting from the Russian New Martyrs lessons as I've been trying to learn about them and what happened in Russia during that time and you seem to be the only one doing them any justice that I've found, except for the one other TH-cam channel that you reference.
Thank you.
Thank you for your comments! Wonderful to hear about your path and progress! May the Lord bless your struggle and crown it with a thorough catechism and baptism-chrismation-communion!
The biggest amount of martyrs, in history of Christianity, happened quite recently..... Russian martyrs.
And such a strange silence about it.
@@chrisdonohue1607no one is allowed to mention who did it. See Soljenytsine's "200 Years Together"
Your blessing Father, really appreciating these types of videos. When your in the church for a while it’s really good to hear again/learn more. Please make more!
*you’re
Hello Sir, thank you very much for the Upload. I have been interested in Orthodoxy since quite a few years now, only checking out online info from time to time. But i have never had a specific explanation of the customs and pillars of an Orthodox Christian Life. Therefore i am excited to learn this now, and maybe take a closer step in my daily life towards Orthodox Christianity. God bless you.
Become Orthodox my brother and drink of the myrrh of Christ.
If you become an Orthodox make sure to call him, Father! 🙂
This stream is perfect timing for me! I’ve been going to liturgy and Vespers for a few weeks now and have had some pointers from the parishioners, but it is still all very foreign to me from a practical perspective. Thanks!
For a warmer perspective take a look at "Orthodoxy 101 Boot Camp" an excellent series of videos more concerned with spirituality and Jesus then endless opinions on rules.
@@danieljclark5922 I’ll check that out too haha
Thank you Father for the information provided. I have been and is Keenly interested in Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth. The practical guide is very informative for those willing to join the Orthodox faith. Pray for me in this journey.
Praying for your succesfull and prosperous journey! 🙏❤
I love candles. The light is beautiful. I love Gregorian chant also. I prefer prayer that generates awe love gratitude not fear self hatred depression.
I am new to the Orthodoxy and wanted to know how to make the sign of the Cross.
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you 🥺 Praise the Lord for making his available trough His faithful servants
What a wonderful study for those seeking.
I always enjoy your videos.
Very comforting to know there is still a Loyalty to Our God and King that remains a stronghold to fight a Good Fight in and with the Lord and perform it.
May God be merciful to the decieved who call evil good and the Good of the Lord evil. 🕊.... 💞
Very happy with you Father! I will continue to purchase from your store. Thank you
Excellent, interesting, clear and exciting teaching, thank you Father.
This promises to be edifying, albeit I see the comments being preoccupied by what other people do🙏
In the latin tridentine Mass women also have to cover the head with a veil. White for single women, black for married women. It is true you kept the traditions and the liturgy in a purer form. The modern mass in the catholic church is very protestantized. Thats why i go in the latin one as much as possible. 2hours pass and you feel it was so fast. Its a blessing
There are mantilla rules, but my most used veils are a light brown (similar to my hair colour so it blends in) and dark purple.
The Latin mass is very protestantized. Trent created the Tridentine mass to counter Protestants specifically. They made changes to attract Protestants. I was a Latin mass trad for almost a decade before converting to orthodoxy.
A low mass is thirty minutes a high mass is an hour.
Thank you Father Peter
Thank you, Father Peter! Today, I experienced my first Divine Liturgy, and it moved me to tears of joy. My wife, who remains devoted to her Protestant faith, has been incredibly supportive of my journey towards conversion. It's a process, but I am blessed to have found a wonderful spiritual father in my area to guide me. Each day, I feel my heart growing and turning away from sin and misguided theology. I pray that my wife will also come to see the truth in her own time.
Thank you very much Fr. Heers for all your education and support. I’m starting my orthodox journey soon and found me a church here in Ohio. Greg😊
GLORY TO GOD, GREG!!
GLORY TO GOD!
Please let us know how we can help!
Good struggles!
May I ask, which parish?
- FR. Peter
This is absolutely the holy spirit working through you father. After such a long time answering comments!
Brother John P! Christ is Risen☦️ blessings from Cheektowaga
Thank you very much for this video. It is so helpful for someone like me who wants to fully incorporate Orthodoxy into my life.
As someone from a Baptist background it’s amazing to me how some baptists despise the sign of the cross with their fingers yet wear a golden cross necklace
Thank you so so much. Please post more of these and in more depth if possible, for those in need!
the bells and chimes gave great comfort to me
Regarding not bending the knee on Sunday.... I started my Orthodox Journey in an Orthodox Church that had pews & kneelers, we knelt every Sunday on the kneelers. The only time we didn't was after Pascha for 40 days (if I recall?? I don't attend there anymore). This all seems strange in light of what you're teaching.
Father what are we to do if we have really bad memory. I have prayed the Creed an uncountable amount of time and yet I still struggle to remember it by heart. It took me YEARS to remember just the Our Father. I can't imagine being able to remember so many different prayers for different circumstances. It's something I wish God would change in me.
Do your best. Let the rest offered up to God‘s mercy. Don’t worry!
I also have struggled my entire life with memorizing. There is no shame in using a prayer book. I follow the Liturgy with my Liturgy book.
Had been praying to God to help me find the right true church and i came across the orthodox church . It just stuck out for me . I am searching for a church in my area . I feel i belong
❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful. Glory to God.
Saul, the apostle Paul I believe had this ephilagence. With fire
Most helpful thanks 🙏
In my parish the catechumens stay after the part where the priest says let no catechumen remain. As a catechumen myself I always find it uncomfortable to stay there while everyone is receiving Christ that I close my eyes and keep my head towards the floor the whole time. I have been in the church for a year now and I'm still uncomfortable as I'm not baptized yet...now I understand why.
God bless you, dearest to Christ!
I think St. Mary of Egypt is among the fewest icons that do not have any headcover.
God bless!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!
We are indebted to you! Please pray for us!
Good struggles!
How are you? I pray you are well!
@@OrthodoxEthos would a response be visible to all on YT? 😊
I had never even heard of crossing legs being a problem...but my church doesn't have pews. Yet another of the many problems generated by having pews.
A few questions for those who left protestantism to go into orthodoxy, 1) why the switch?
2) what Orthodox doctrines was hard for you accept and why did you accept it?
3) Did you find the orthodox practices foreign/strange at first?
4) Do you still hold certain beliefs/doctrines from protestantism and which ones?
5) why Orthodoxy and not Catholicism or Lutheranism?
I am on rhe edge of converting to orthodox but it is very different from reformed protestantism. Not to mention i have my wife looking into this... and she's "not sold". I appreciate your time and answers. God bless.
I read The Way of the Pilgrim. Laborious until it got to Jesus prayer. However it certainly increased patience tolerance and you learnt to be honest with yourself however painful. Not for those with pathological guilt.
I love the warning at the end
What is that beautiful chant called before the stream begins? The one playing with the window opened and the church below? I couldn't find the same version as is in the video.
I grew up in a Catholic family, as an adult I thought the Church had lost its spirit so I moved on and started practicing meditation in Theravada Buddhist monasteries, which I did for over 25 years but I have a devotional nature so I miss the worship side of Christianity.
I heard that to be an Orthodox one need to be a quasi-saint 😇 which I'm not😔
Thank you, Father ❤️
We are all sinners. We are saved, being saved, and will be saved. We are on a journey. We desire communion with him in Whose image we are made. Every human being desires this ultimately. Make a beginning. Trust God. Love him above all else. And move forward. Salvation is for everyone.
@@pah9730 Thank you!
Jesus what a gift.thank u🌻🙏🏻📿☦️👑❤️🇬🇷💝🦅💟💟💟💟
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!
Thank you so much for your support!
We are indebted to you! Please pray for us!
Good struggles!
In an Orthodox baptism, if the baby is not fully immersed but only up to the chest, and the head is sprinkled with water, is the baptism valid?
There is a degree to which God can fill in what is lacking in terms of the weakness or the laxity of the priest. If there was not some intention to not do a proper baptism and the priest maybe was nervous about dunking the child all the way or something like that then I think we could trust God to fill in for the priests weakness there. But always it is best to go and ask an experienced spiritual elder.
I used to visit an orthodox church pretty often when I lived in a city and always felt and overwhelming sense of warmth and safety, though I never attended any services. The town I have lived in for the last five years doesn't have one, but a liturgy is going to be held here the coming weekend. I'm interested in going. I was raised "culturally lutheran" and my family only went to church a few times a year. I never felt much of a connection. Now, I want to find God again. I know there's only a very small group of orthodox christians in my town and if I go to the liturgy, I'll 10000% be noticed and it makes me nervous, on top of already being nervous about trying a new thing. Any words of encouragement or experiences especially from other people who converted from lutherans?
Please don’t hesitate to visit. Many Orthodox in America are converts from Lutheran and other faiths. It would be good to go and stand in the back and observe and don’t feel obligated to fit in or scared about causing any offense. If you want, you could call the priest of the parish ahead of time in case he might have some specific advice regarding attending that particular parish for the first time. Orthodox churches can differ a lot from one to another with regard to their makeup, for instance some may use very little English and be mostly comprised of people who have come from another country, while others may use mostly English and be comprised of mostly American converts with different faith backgrounds. If you don’t have a good experience at one Orthodox church, try to visit others.
I just started going to a Orthodox just and already talking about being a catechumen
Wonderful! Let us know...
Listening to Fr Seraphim of Mull Monastery, and Fr Spyridon, "Beloved...." Love. Love. Love is embued in . Not just intellectual information thrown out to the table for the guests, but exemplified in attitude. It is palatable. Not in a worldly way, but an example lived out in reality.
I might be wrong to make to point that out. It's painful to listen here. Very informative tho. Maybe I'm expecting or asking too much. Forgive me.
Painful? Please provide specifics so we can understand whether that pain is a good pain which uproots pride and sin and produces change or a pain which is inflicted by our passions.
I’ve been traveling in a rural Wyoming north, and there’s no Orthodox presence out here. I didn’t want to have to skip liturgy twice, so I stooped to attend a Roman mass. Sigh. Novis Ordo is more empty than ever! Many Episcopal parishes are more traditionally western than most Romans these days. I might as well gone to the park and meditate on the psalms while watching the water.
It would be better to get a prayer book, or print out the services and read them at home than to go to a heretical church.
It is prohibited for us Orthodox to go to heretical "churches". Their "eucharist" doesn't give you Christ, it gives you demons.
They do it that way in the Catholic church, where they will dismiss the catechumens during service at a certain time, and then do their own study together. But for anyone coming to experience the Orthodox Church for the first time or second time or whenever, they need to be able to sit through it all and not be told to remove themselves during communion time. That would not welcome people, or draw people into the Orthodox Church it at all, but make them afraid, or feel rejected.
Re:prayer rope what about “vain repetition s”?
Ευλογείτε πάτερ!
Concerning music, to ensure we are vigilant over the course of the day while at work and in church, and at home within our icon corner, what do you recommend as acceptable? Classical and Church music is mainly what I listen to, although I find myself distracted at times with Mozart or Beethoven while praying. Thank you in advance, Father! May the Lord keep you.
Also curious about this
From a member of the OE Team (if you want to ask Fr. Peter directly, let us know here or reach him privately on Facebook or team@orthodoxethos.com): Classical music, being far more appropriate than "rock and other forms of psuedo-music" as Fr. Seraphim Rose refers to them, remains something lesser than ecclesiastical music. If something distracts you from prayer and turns your nous away from Christ, then put it aside. I am still learning how to apply the wisdom of the Saints on this matter, but I do believe that much benefit has come to my soul as I have almost entirely eliminated popular music from my life, only retaining occasional classical music and embracing Orthodox music/chanting. I hope this helps.
Father Peter,
and blessed Team Member of OE, this is very helpful and practical advice that is easily digestible. Thank you, Father! Ο θεός πάντα μαζί ζετέ!
Good morning I wanted to know how I can receive your power point transcript? This is very helpful for me as a new catechumen.
1:32:13 bro was judging me for second 😭🙏😂
Do we do the cross each time we do the Jesus Prayer on a prayer rope or bracelet?
I'm finding a lot of the links you give are no longer maintained, or functioning. Strange, though I suppose the use of the internet is not advised anyway, but it does make learning fast and convenient. I'm completdly new. This is a great video!
What can we do? That’s where most people are: a link to their catechism. Books are better.
Thank God and you, Father. What if you visit a monastery and the priestmonk suggests a different prayer rule than you’re Spiritual Confessor/Father?
From a member of the OE Team: be obedient to your spiritual father, assuming you have that kind of relationship with him. If you don't have a spiritual father in the traditional sense, prayerfully search for one. Sometimes, especially if you have a spiritual father, it is harmful to receive advice on something like this from two different sources. If you have a spiritual father, seek his guidance.
I am also wondering if I should be leaving, as a catechumen, at the expulsion of the catechumens? I think the obvious answer is Yes! But, Glory to God, our church has many catechumens right now and I don’t want to scandalize anyone or appear self righteous, yet, I feel an extreme pain of conscience after the expulsion as I remain in my place standing there, knowing I am not supposed to be there. Would happily hear anyones thoughts on this.
Most catechumens stay throughout the length of liturgy nowadays at my parish and the others in my region.
What is/ are the bell music and chanting at the beginning and where can I find it??
here:
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And also here:
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17 min. mark and further for the particular section showcased.
The prayer rope I was given by my parish, which was acquired from Mount Athos during a recent pilgrimage, has 151 knots and 7 beads. 7 is the number of completion, but I'm not so sure about the 151 knots. Anyone have any ideas?
@@-Justinus- good catch. I have only just started reading through them, so I was unaware. The Protestant version of Psalms has just 150. Thanks.
God rested 7th day. 6th day was the completion.
Thank you for this video. Regarding the sign of the cross, there are two illustrations shown. Can you explain why please? Thank you so much.
1:29:00 Father, also Saint Kosmas the Aetolian (+ 1779) said about tv: "Θα 'ρθεί καιρός που μέσα στα σπίτια, θα μπει ο καταραμένος διάβολος και τα κέρατά του θα είναι στα κεραμίδια / there will come a time when the cursed devil will enter the houses and his horns will be on the tiles (roof)."
Question: is a Spiritual Father the priest of my church or is it someone else?
Could be either.
Romanian church neel on Sundays.
St Mary of Egypt is one female saint icon I can think of that does not have a head covering
The hair grew to cover her body. Maybe thats why?
Peace! Is this a good source for someone who wants to know about orthodoxy and the truth about this religion ?
We still have to mask because I have a family member with cancer and as per their doctors ' orders. I am not sure how any of this is handled? Specifically, kissing the priest's hand, kissing icons.
Are we saying anything as we do prostrations or crossing ourselves before we go down? Pardon me if you mentioned this.
Thank you this video.
Is it acceptable to do prostrations to Saints? Saying something like "O, God pleaser, Saint Nektarios, intercede with Christ for my Salvation" ? I have been doing this to my favourite saints but it occurred to me watching this that I did not really know if it is okay or not.
I remember growing up kissing the Priests hand
Salvation is not dependent on how good we are.
OK. And?
What is salvation? Communion with God, no? Union with God. Are there presuppositions for this? Can you sin / miss the mark / turn away AND be in union with God? Obviously not.
On the question of a Spiritual Father or Mother...
They don't have to be a priest or a monk. They can be a wise and humble Orthodox person within your parish, or some other Orthodox person.
There are many lay people who may be more appropriate for an individual than the priest.
That wouldn’t be a spiritual father strictly speaking but a spiritual guide generally.
@@OrthodoxEthos Ahh I see, Father.
My spiritual father was my Godfather until his death about 10 years ago. He was a very wise man and humble man, a translator from Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew, and a cantor at my Greek church. I couldn't have wished for a better spiritual father, and was fortunate that my dear Archimandrite friend (fr Efrem Lash) refused me.
Certainly here in the UK in the Greek tradition, the possibilities of a spiritual father being a layman is quite normal. Maybe that's a regional thing.
Orthdox church intro got some beats 🎶
I am from a Protestant background and have been searching for the true church and have found orthodoxy by Gods grace but I haven’t been to the local Orthodox Church near me or anything. Would you say I shouldn’t pray the Jesus prayer or have an icon or anything to do with orthodoxy until I’ve met with a priest ?
There is no reason to wait for anything you mentioned. Jesus prayer take in slowly tho..
Thanks for this lecture Father Peter! 2 Questions: 1. To the sign of the cross, on older Icons we see the Saints doing the sign of the cross with their thumb together with the little finger and their third- or ringfinger.
I found that this was changed around 1650 towards the sign now in use in many dominations, due to some modernism in the church of Constantinopel, which handsign is more appropriate cause in my church both handpositions are allowed and in use?!
2. And since when is it allowed that in churches are benches for all believers? Saw this lately in the greek orthodox church, I visited for an Icon of St. john the Baptist. We only have a few seats for the ill and sick, all other stand for 2, 3 even 4 hours and longer! We stand for our King and God, the highest and only authority on earth and in heaven, how could you sit there?
Orthodoxy doesn't do a sign of the Cross that is done by other denominations., and the current one couldn't have been adopted in 1650, as there are earlier attestations to it.
Lol so you're saying you stand for God, and yet you go around barking at other people in the comments??? You realize you're being a hypocrite??
@@livathloniw3254 where do I do so?
What does it mean to receive a blessing? What exactly is a blessing?
A blessing is when the priest makes the sign of the cross over you. It represents God’s blessing upon you as the priest acts as His representative.
Thanks for the episode. Do Orthodox have any doctrine of assurance? The Bible clearly speaks and uses assurance langauge. Presumption is clearly dangerous, especially if therebl is no pursuit of holiness, but to have no assurance of any salvation in the end seems at odds with Scripture.
The Orthodox follow the Holy Fathers, the great teachers of the Faith from the earlier apostolic times until today. When one comes and sits at their feet to learn from them as from the Apostles, as successors of the apostles, he immediately sees his total lack and weakness, and sees the modern attempts of academic theologians to understand the faith as woefully inadequate.
The Fathers teach that we have been saved by Christ - all of humanity will rise on the last day. No one will remain in the grave. Not one body will remain but all will be reunited to their soul and stand before the judgement seat.
The Fathers teach that we are being saved - most of the phrases the Lord uses - BE PERFECT… or FOLLOW ME…. - are, in Greek, continuous present. I.e. keep on following me, keep on become perfect. . . Perfection, salvation, IN CHRIST is an ongoing, ever-present, and eternal reality.
And that we WILL be saved on the last day.
And, yet, there is both an objective salvation - #1 above - and the need for a “subjective” acceptance and appropriation of the Gift. There is need for SYNERGY: man cooperates with God. He must use his free will according God’s commandments. He can, until his last moment, turn away and deny Christ, as many have done.
@@OrthodoxEthos This is helpful answer. Thank you. I certainly appreciate it. I certainty see that the majority of NT allusions to salvation are in the present and future tense.
However, I am trying to understand this teaching in a Pastoral context. If a parishioner who is living the life of the Orthodox Church, practicing prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and pursuing holy virtues comes to a priest and says "Father, I look inward and outward and find sin in myself. I am afraid that I will not make it to the end. I feel weak and afraid of hell. Etc.. What would be the pastoral and spiritual counsel given to such a one? How and where do they derive comfort and, peace to persevere to the end to be saved (Matt 24:13)?
Please know that my question is no way seeking to be polemic or challenging. I am wanting to understand Orthodoxy not in mere doctrinal propositions but pastorally as well.
Thank you for your time. God bless.
I have a question, can you mix having icons and family pictures on your walls of your family room?
Yes. No problem there... I would perhaps arrange them in a way that Lord's icon is on the top tho...
@Genesis 12:3 = Matthew 25:31-46
Abraham's Faith
Jesus the Christ
goats sheep
Matthew 6:20-21. (20. But lay up for
yourselves treasures in Heaven...(21.
For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also. God bless you!!!
At the start of the video I see image of Christ and a circle with what I assume to the cross behind him and letters what do they mean?
ICXC NIKA
Jesus Christ Conquers
Father, please don’t think you know what is in the heart of those who make the sign of the cross. I am 72 and have a plate and screws holding my right shoulder together……hence, I am unable to make the sign in a full and complete manner. I can assure you that I am making my cross with much love, faith, and sincerity each time. If that’s true for me, surely there are many who can’t/don’t meet with your approval, as they make their cross. Please, this kind of thinking is not befitting of a Priest.
Of course, dear one. You are the EXCEPTION which proves the rule.
The icon that can be seen in the thumbnail is of Christ Pantocrator or is it some other Christ? I'm curious what is the origin of it? Is it a "new" icon? Or is it something like The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai?
From Iveron monastery on Mount Athos
@@OrthodoxEthos That was swift, thank you!
About the story of st Anthony soul going to heaven and not having pride , that was not the point of the question the point of the question is having trust and hope that God granted us salvation.I was born into orthodoxy for decades I was able to appreciate the theology the fasts , seasons and liturgy. I would not fast Wednesdays and Fridays. I can’t stop having a coffee before going to work . I do not think that I have to give up such a simple thing thinking that God will be pleased if skip my coffee . Forgive me father ,I am struggling with the thoughts that Orthodoxy is the modern day Pharisees.The orthodox teachers have too much pride as the only true church and love to put more practices on people making the way of God and narrower. I am suffering from a pathological sense of guilt that I can not follow all these rules. I pray , fast serve and struggle with common sins and I do not see any hope that orthodoxy will lead me to a relationship with God. While the info you provided is useful . The spiritual dryness and the burden of all these rules make it hard for anybody.Also I see orthodox father with gloomy faces and icon are dark and depressing where is the joy in God . Too much works and no room for God to transform anybody. I do not know if I leave orthodoxy where I could go as all the other denominations are border line demonic with too much secularism. I wish orthodoxy was not that brutal.
1:58 Isn't it Sabbath is Saturday?
Yes the sabbath is Saturday. Sunday is the Lords day. We commemorate both in the Orthodox Church. Saturday is generally focused on praying for the dead. Sunday is focused on the resurrection.
Really every day of the week has a theme. And every “hour” of the day has a theme. Also, every day of the calendar year has saints to commemorate. The Church sanctifies time by breaking it into seasons and cycles that helps keep our focus on God
Hi Father Peter I have a question. My husband and I are getting ready to be Catechumens. I was previously married and had 4 c sections and then had my tubes tied. I can’t afford to have them untied. Does that mean we aren’t supposed to have sex? Have there been any miracles in which one conceived after a tubal? Is this something I should pray for?
Oh, dearest to Christ, I did not see this question! I would welcome you to send it to OE via email and we can help you out with it. ok?
Can we light a candle for ourselves?
Or is it meant only to light it for others?
La Sfânta Liturghie aprindem lumânări pentru vii (inclusiv pentru propria persoană) și pentru cei morți .@@heatherwebster5545
What is your opinion of Dr. Eugenia Constantinou? She seems to have a feminist phronema?
What makes you say that?
If a woman has committed carnal sin after baptism can she still become a presbytera?
Her husband cannot become a priest.
@@saka2456 does that include the sin of self-satisfaction?
@@hannahlincoln4201 I don't think so
I know of no canon of the church which specifies on this matter. I may be missing something but.…
@@saka2456 man you are no orthodox... read your bible, and see what Jesus, our God and Lord, does to women and men with carnal sin, John chapter 4 for example.....
“Return on investment” ? Disappointing terminology.
You get what you give, it's a great analogy.
Not really, since Jesus used this type of language as well. Parable of the talents and so on.
“I said, “You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High. But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.””
Psalms 82:6-7 NKJV
This is referring to the fallen angels, not men. It begins with “God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.”
Psalms 82:1 NKJV
We can definitely say we currently are not in the congregation of their counsel.
Then it says
Among the gods in Hebrew was understood as heavenly beings, other spirits, but our Lord was THE Lord of spirits. Thats why it says “ye are gods but you shall die like men” …
Then it says ““Arise, O God, judge the earth; For You shall inherit all nations.”
Psalms 82:8 NKJV
For in the Bible there’s often a dispute with powers and principalities, because Satan deceived mankind, God judges.
In Isaiah, it says “Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,”
Isaiah 14:16 NKJV
He’s speaking about Satan here. That when God judges the earth, man shall look at Satan and say “is this the man who shook the earth?”
Does anyone listen to Ortjodox priest podcast “THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD?” - it’s good. He digs deep into theology, references, historical context, so awesome.
God bless. Thank you.
The sign of the cross, Jesus died on the Cross, it is the sign of the faithful, and the dread of the devil, if you are a true Christian do not be fooled by the devil, the ultimate deceiver. The proper way to make the sign of the cross is to: take your Thumb, First, and Middle finger, put them together, this represents the Holy Trinity. Your ring and pinky finger should fold over, this represents both of Jesus natures, human, and divine. Now bring your fingers to your forehead, then to your belly button, then to your shoulder from Right to left. Do not be lazy when doing this, do not be ashamed, do it correct and like you mean it. Christos Anesti
Can you be baptized by fire