this guy rugpulled viewers on his old channel disrupt tv and then dipped dont give him money lmao (edit: pretty sure u can go to disrupts old videos and hear him and i think they still have the vid up explaining how he took money)
Hey, i'm a Brazilian orthodox, thank you for asking for prayers in the end on the video! We really need it, there are faithful people that need to travel over 2 hours for the nearest church!
Was raised in an iconoclast culture, the Orthodox Church is my hospital. It took me some time, but now I can't imagine life without a window to the divine.
@@planes3333 WHAT?! That was the same with me!! I used to be a Baptist, converted to Lutheranism for a while and then found the Fullness of the Truth: The Orthodox path. May God be with you, friend!
I went to for first Divine Liturgy this past Sunday. Seeing all the icons on the walls actually everywhere made me feel powerful in the context of If God is for us, who is against us?. I’m still learning and this is the information I needed, thank you.
I think this has become the video on iconography. It includes so many historical evidences and is aimed at the veneration of the iconography and not just the existence of icons. Great job!
@@imminent777 I initially loved Batushka's use of Slavonic Orthodox Liturgia, costume and ritual in the songs of Batushka. But the new iteration of Batushka, "Patriarkh" seems intent on subtle blasphemy through their music & performance
This video needs to be played in museums world wide, bravo, this is if one of if not the greatest videos having a historical account on iconography! Much love!
It’s amazing how intuitive iconography is once you open your heart to it. Coming from an iconoclastic Protestant background, I now have an icon of Christ by my front door that I kiss when I leave and when I enter. As soon as the mezuzah was brought up I couldn’t help but laugh
Your channel is such a gem! I started watching your content shortly before becoming a catechumen in early October within the Orthodox Church and your videos have certainly taught me some incredibly intriguing things!
As a Christian, with Jewish heritage, who is an artist and interested in Orthodoxy but have hang-ups around icons and prayer to the saints, this video is SO awesome to see, thank you. While I have been contemplating this stuff lately, I realized that I indeed have a mezuzah which I “venerate” to remember the power of God. It made me rethink the act of kissing icons. Prostrating during prayer is obviously no problem but prostrating TO an icon and praying to saints however, I still don’t fully understand. God bless 🕊️
In the same way you venerate the Phylactery because of the Power of God, we Venerate the Saints because of the Power of God in them. They have fulfilled the Race and stand before God and participate in His energies.
I think Rev 3:9 shows Christ legitimizing venerating Saints. Regarding kissing, we are commanded to greet each other with a holy kiss (Rom 16:16, 1Thess 5:26), kissing icons is doing this to those alive in heaven. God bless.
May God give Dr. Ortlund and the Ortlundites charity. I've encountered a few Ortlundites and I find them to be well meaning. Sadly a lot of damage is done by well meaning people. Thank you for this wonderful documentary. There were several examples I was unaware of, and you made several connections I had not yet seen. Very educational. I think even some very well seasoned Orthodox Christians will have much to gain.
This channel was crucial in my inquiry and Catechism in the Orthodox Church. I love your channel and I just wanted to say thank you. Partly due to your educational content, I was baptized into the Church on November 9, 2024, feast day of Saint Nektarios on the new calendar. Glory to God for our artists
Welcome to the Orthodox Church! My wife and I, and our daughter, converted from Protestantism over 20 years ago, and haven't looked back! Glory to God for all things!! 🙏☦️
This is just stunning. How fitting that in a presentation on Christian art, you all employed such beauty and attention to detail! Not to mention a deeply convincing treasury of evidence supporting your argument. Well done! Glory to God!!
This is incredible! What a wonderful collaboration with Craig Truglia and Deo Creative. Keep up the good work. Harmony is my favorite Orthodox channel. Can't wait to see what comes next.
I also see how there is now a entire team behind these videos but I remember this whole channel started by one guy only who departed from another big youtube channel that used to make long content that change alone still amaze me
Esse canal chegou até no Brasil e é um prazer estar aqui com vocês, que a paz de nosso senhor Jesus Cristo, a paz que ninguem consegue mensurar esteja com vocês.
Last year I was in Corfu where there are both Orthodox and Catholic churches. While both beautiful in their own right, the Catholic church felt like a "museum" while the Orthodox felt like a true place of worship
I think thats how it should be. For example different sects do different things. One in praying is facing the cross which means to talk to god directly. Other faces the people which is like a show to make god happy. Although I can't remember which one was which...
@@fufutul3258there are no different sects. There’s only one Christ and His one body, undivided. Outside of the Orthodox Faith there is no salvation. If you are separated from Christs body you cannot enter Heaven.
@nickkerinklio8239 but thats what you think. Not that its right or wrong thats not my position to say but that is what you believe. What about other believers that truly think they are right? From other branches of Christianity? Sorry I didn't mean sect
@@fufutul3258 what about them? If they are genuinely seeking God they will find His Church, if possible. If they are living deep in the Amazon jungle, in a small tribe, not speaking any common language, but still answer the calling in their heart and live accordingly, then God will judge them according to what has been revealed to them. If they live in western society and have access to the internet, there is no excuse for them to not seek and find the Orthodox Church.
This was a superbly beautiful video. Every aspect from the background music to the articulate and soulful narration had that perfect "chef's kiss" quality to them.
Just did. They wanted to know where in the Bible this video was located. Otherwise, they couldn't accept it. They then told me to leave. Which I found to be ironic, since they had a rainbow flag outside of their church with "Everyone Welcome!" written on it.
This ambient music & video editing itself... especially with this voice - it give me feeling of freedom & chillness. my favorite video on your channel. big thank you
May the creators of this video become saints for their beautiful depiction of beautiful depictions. Then beautiful depictions shall be made of them 😃This video was just what I needed, thank you for the work you put into this.
On my way to becoming orthodox, the roots to the apostles, the history and depth it holds is truly beautiful. In the name of the, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spiriit, Amen.
How fortuitous that this video came out as i am diving into the rabbit hole of orthodoxy and considering conversion from protestanism, but have been hung up on this and a few other issues.
@tymon1928 the closest orthodox church is 1.5 hours away but I have contacted the priest and the first step will be saving money (for gas etc) and setting up a Sunday to attend Divine Liturgy and have a meeting with him afterward to discuss how we could work over the distance. I don't have the funds to travel like that every week or multiple times a week. I am confident God will make a way if it is His will.
watch the failure of eastern orthodoxy. The fathers were against icon veneration. John of Damascus re wrote the church view historically. This documentary opts for existence of images being Nicaeas forced iconduliia council. It was forbidden practice, Nicaea 2 doesn’t make it true all along
I am not religious. In my life, I have had bad experiences with people of religion, mostly Christians). I have said disrespectful things towards the Christian religion and all of its branches and its followers out of anger. Anger from disagreements and seeing wrong. I just discovered this channel, and it has helped me understand how beautiful and deep the Christian religion(s) are. It makes me not understand how some followers of Christ people I've met are filled with hate towards our brothers of this Earth, disliking people because of their skin or who they choose to love. I hope those kinds of people stop giving followers of Christ a bad reputation, because I dont want to believe that its in the nature of a follower of Christ to be so hateful and unaccepting of anyone whos different. I also want to apologize for my wrongdoings and what I have said about followers of Christ and Christ himself. I will do my best to become a more mature person, I just hope these bad people choose to do the same I do have a respect for religion, and I think it's beautiful and important. I may not believe in it, but to me, that's okay. I appreciate this content, it gives me a better understanding. Thank you for reading this, I'm open to answering any questions or giving my point of views on anything if asked Take care everybody.
One Quick reflection upon our lives and our actions towards others during the course of it, anyone may see quickly how many times he or she has acted in A hateful or angry way towards another, so therefore my brother look not down upon your brothers or call them that have scandalized you bad. But seeing how we all struggle be patient with them and also yourself. My reason for writing to you was pass along this wonderful saying by an elder of a monastery, with hopes that it might benefit you greatly. (I know you are not religious but I still think that this man’s words are for all) “Every person must bear the weaknesses of others. Who is perfect? Who can boast of keeping their heart unblemished? Therefore, we are all sick, and anyone who judges their brother does not realize that they themselves are sick, for a sick person does not judge another sick person. Love, endure, overlook, do not become angry, do not become irritated, forgive one another so that you may emulate our Christ and be deemed worthy to be near Him in His Kingdom. My children, avoid judgment, for it is a very great sin. God is deeply saddened when we judge and despise others. Let us only take care of our own faults; we should feel pain for them. Let us judge ourselves, and we will find mercy and grace from God.” -Elder Ephraim of Arizona ❤Love in Christ. -Diego
Roman Catholic here. I love this channel. Just to let you know that even though RC has become more laxed on religious art, we still are very much deep into iconography and only getting deeper into it. My parish has a big wall of saints bowing, praying, and looking to Infant Jesus, who's held by the blessed Theotokos, in the Eucharist Adoration Chapel, behind the host.
Unfortunately many Catholic apologists want to defend iconography as a "secondary issue" or even tertiary, as if an Ecumenical Council would be called for a secondary/tertiary issue. It is good to hear Catholics getting deeper into iconography. Please, share this video with them. Share the arguments and sources. Equip them for the best defense of iconography they can make, not needing to rely on Doctrinal Development for the Apostolic practice. Let us drive the final intellectual nail in the coffin for the iconoclasts.
Im grateful that you decieded to change the thumbnails. The first ones were too "clickbaity youtube style" and did not represent the spirit of this channel at all. This is much better. Amazing work as always, thank you.
“This is the faith of the Apostles, this is the faith of the Fathers, this is the faith of the Orthodox, this is the faith which has sustained the universe.”
Jonathan Pageau said it best when said that the crucifixion of Christ is the the pivitol point of christianity because it was the first time when the alter and the ark was joined together in flesh. That's why ancient christians carved and painted crosses everywhere.
Canonical icons combining the symbolism of Jewish practice and the realism of Gentile art is kind of symbolic itself: - Jews and Gentiles all being part of the Church - Christ having both a human and a divine nature in one person - Man being the bridge between the physical and spiritual
This is a great video. I think the misunderstanding of the second commandment is a real problem. Obviously Islam is the issue historically. By the time Martin Luther arrived on the scene, people had no concept of what an idol was. They conflate art with idols. An icon is more than art but it is nothing like an idol.
okay this might be schizo but it’s 3am and i was debating staying awake or sleeping. i was like ill stay awake and there’s a new harmony video and i open youtube and literally the second video was this. christ is king.
In apologetics, there has been a lot of reticence to discuss the explicit claims to icons in passages that people are used to interpreting figuratively. This is ironic, considering the claim is always made against the Orthodox that they "don't have explicit evidence." Yet, we have explicit statements of there being crucifixes. "But that's figurative!" Well, whose claims are not explicit now? I hope you saw your name in the acknowledgments.
@ I don’t see any direct reference to this. But St Justin Martyr may be alluding to the same practice when he speaks of lifting up the icon of the crucified Jesus
The visit to the Church of Alexander Nevsky in Jerusalem is what launched me to Orthodoxy. Grew up Catholic but one look at Koshelev's Passion series sitting in situ was clear evidence my life was empty of the Truth. All Glory and Honor to the Godhead that saved a wretch like me.
Thanks for watching, glory be to God!
You may enjoy the Director's other animated documentaries: th-cam.com/video/KUjKlUYXAfU/w-d-xo.html
Still I believe we do not have to glorify God, God is the glory that shines on us no matter were we are. Churches have made so many mistakes.
@@Mary-Kp9ie-p1wpsalm 115:1
This is probably the single best video for laying out the case and historicity of iconography. Great work guys!
I concur 100%
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam.
In fact, this may be THE best channel on TH-cam. So well done on all the levels. ☦️☦️☦️
trully
@TheRadChadDad yeah or one of the best 😮
this guy rugpulled viewers on his old channel disrupt tv and then dipped dont give him money lmao (edit: pretty sure u can go to disrupts old videos and hear him and i think they still have the vid up explaining how he took money)
@ I fr don’t care 🤷🏽♂️
Absolute peak of TH-cam, Harmony is constantly giving out these amazing videos that can teach me more about my faith. Thank you. Glory be to God!
Hey, i'm a Brazilian orthodox, thank you for asking for prayers in the end on the video! We really need it, there are faithful people that need to travel over 2 hours for the nearest church!
🥂
Rezando por ti irmão
Fala, Henrique! Tudo bem? Qual paróquia você frequenta?
@@civilizacaoig6708 wow rapaziada rising. 💪 ⚔️
@@civilizacaoig6708 boa tarde, frequento a catedral São Pedro.
Such a fantastic production.. truly deserving of the highest merit!
Was raised in an iconoclast culture, the Orthodox Church is my hospital. It took me some time, but now I can't imagine life without a window to the divine.
St Dionysius observed how necessary they are!
Same here! Thank you for sharing this! 🙏☦️
Ditto. Glory to God for all things.
Bless you. I am a baptist/lutheran in canada.
@@planes3333 WHAT?! That was the same with me!! I used to be a Baptist, converted to Lutheranism for a while and then found the Fullness of the Truth: The Orthodox path.
May God be with you, friend!
I went to for first Divine Liturgy this past Sunday. Seeing all the icons on the walls actually everywhere made me feel powerful in the context of If God is for us, who is against us?. I’m still learning and this is the information I needed, thank you.
My first liturgy, the icons reminded me that when we are in church the saints are with us worshiping our Creator.
I think this has become the video on iconography. It includes so many historical evidences and is aimed at the veneration of the iconography and not just the existence of icons. Great job!
May God use this to answer Protestant objections regarding holy images. Glory to Jesus Christ. ☦️
Amen
A man!!!! Jebuz nephilim trixter..seek prime source..true instructions of the most high..wake tFk up!!!
Explain please about the Protestant objections?
@ that icon veneration is idolatry
Pure cringe I just read.
I'm extremely happy I stopped my iconoclasm, humbled myself, and entered into the Orthodox Church.
@@imminent777how exactly is their sanctity destroyed?
@@imminent777 I initially loved Batushka's use of Slavonic Orthodox Liturgia, costume and ritual in the songs of Batushka.
But the new iteration of Batushka, "Patriarkh" seems intent on subtle blasphemy through their music & performance
repent only the light of rome under the catholic church will you
@@trueKENTUCKY yeah because anime mascots and a pope blessing gay union just oozes repentance
Pure cringe I just read.
It took me a while to let go of my iconoclasm. This will definitely help many inquirers get through this.
This is exceptional! Thank you so much! I will certainly be prayerfully sharing this.
This video needs to be played in museums world wide, bravo, this is if one of if not the greatest videos having a historical account on iconography! Much love!
It’s amazing how intuitive iconography is once you open your heart to it. Coming from an iconoclastic Protestant background, I now have an icon of Christ by my front door that I kiss when I leave and when I enter. As soon as the mezuzah was brought up I couldn’t help but laugh
Me too! I kiss it when I leave and say, “I renounce the devil and I unite myself to Christ!”
Your channel is such a gem! I started watching your content shortly before becoming a catechumen in early October within the Orthodox Church and your videos have certainly taught me some incredibly intriguing things!
MOM WAKE UP HARMONY DROPPED
My kid, one day, God willing
Craig Truglia x Harmony is the collab we didn't know we needed. They knocked it out of the park.
Also collabed with "History of the Papacy in 12 minutes"
As a Christian, with Jewish heritage, who is an artist and interested in Orthodoxy but have hang-ups around icons and prayer to the saints, this video is SO awesome to see, thank you. While I have been contemplating this stuff lately, I realized that I indeed have a mezuzah which I “venerate” to remember the power of God. It made me rethink the act of kissing icons. Prostrating during prayer is obviously no problem but prostrating TO an icon and praying to saints however, I still don’t fully understand. God bless 🕊️
In the same way you venerate the Phylactery because of the Power of God, we Venerate the Saints because of the Power of God in them. They have fulfilled the Race and stand before God and participate in His energies.
Read John Damascene's "Apologetical word on Icons" (three apologetical words). Has answer to all
Glory to God for all things. I'd say let it all marinate and watch the video again!
I think Rev 3:9 shows Christ legitimizing venerating Saints. Regarding kissing, we are commanded to greet each other with a holy kiss (Rom 16:16, 1Thess 5:26), kissing icons is doing this to those alive in heaven. God bless.
Perhaps it is just a misunderstanding. We do not pray "to" the saints we ask them to pray to God for us.
May God give Dr. Ortlund and the Ortlundites charity. I've encountered a few Ortlundites and I find them to be well meaning. Sadly a lot of damage is done by well meaning people. Thank you for this wonderful documentary. There were several examples I was unaware of, and you made several connections I had not yet seen. Very educational. I think even some very well seasoned Orthodox Christians will have much to gain.
Favorite TH-camr by far
The veneration of Icons is apostolic! Imagine that… they were right at Nicaea II
Absolutely stellar presentation. Thank you.
Glory to Jesus Christ
This channel was crucial in my inquiry and Catechism in the Orthodox Church. I love your channel and I just wanted to say thank you. Partly due to your educational content, I was baptized into the Church on November 9, 2024, feast day of Saint Nektarios on the new calendar. Glory to God for our artists
Welcome to the Orthodox Church! My wife and I, and our daughter, converted from Protestantism over 20 years ago, and haven't looked back! Glory to God for all things!! 🙏☦️
I joined the True Church on November 17! Glory to God ☦
Glory to God ☦️
Welcome home brother 🫶☦️
Same.
Please, pray for us all and save us, Panaghia Theotokos!
from Brazil 🇧🇷
This is just stunning. How fitting that in a presentation on Christian art, you all employed such beauty and attention to detail! Not to mention a deeply convincing treasury of evidence supporting your argument. Well done! Glory to God!!
This is incredible! What a wonderful collaboration with Craig Truglia and Deo Creative. Keep up the good work. Harmony is my favorite Orthodox channel. Can't wait to see what comes next.
A guy from my parish directed this video!!! I am so proud of you Jose, we love you!!! Glory to God! ☦️
I also see how there is now a entire team behind these videos but I remember this whole channel started by one guy only who departed from another big youtube channel that used to make long content
that change alone still amaze me
I don't know what we've done to deserve this youtube channel, but I give thanks to God for your work Sophrony.
St Christopher, pray for us 🙏☦
Esse canal chegou até no Brasil e é um prazer estar aqui com vocês, que a paz de nosso senhor Jesus Cristo, a paz que ninguem consegue mensurar esteja com vocês.
Sou do Brasil também, já sou inscrito dele faz tempo 🙂
Salve mano
É isso aí!
Deus abençoe a todos!
Last year I was in Corfu where there are both Orthodox and Catholic churches. While both beautiful in their own right, the Catholic church felt like a "museum" while the Orthodox felt like a true place of worship
I think thats how it should be. For example different sects do different things. One in praying is facing the cross which means to talk to god directly. Other faces the people which is like a show to make god happy. Although I can't remember which one was which...
@@fufutul3258there are no different sects. There’s only one Christ and His one body, undivided. Outside of the Orthodox Faith there is no salvation. If you are separated from Christs body you cannot enter Heaven.
@nickkerinklio8239 but thats what you think. Not that its right or wrong thats not my position to say but that is what you believe. What about other believers that truly think they are right? From other branches of Christianity? Sorry I didn't mean sect
@@fufutul3258 what about them? If they are genuinely seeking God they will find His Church, if possible.
If they are living deep in the Amazon jungle, in a small tribe, not speaking any common language, but still answer the calling in their heart and live accordingly, then God will judge them according to what has been revealed to them.
If they live in western society and have access to the internet, there is no excuse for them to not seek and find the Orthodox Church.
@nickkerinklio8239 thats a very very intresting point thank you very much
This was a superbly beautiful video. Every aspect from the background music to the articulate and soulful narration had that perfect "chef's kiss" quality to them.
im so happy you posted again!
Keep up the great work you do, as St. Paisios said, “Beauty will save the world.”
Show this to your local Protestant church
Do it!!!!🎉
Just did. They wanted to know where in the Bible this video was located. Otherwise, they couldn't accept it. They then told me to leave. Which I found to be ironic, since they had a rainbow flag outside of their church with "Everyone Welcome!" written on it.
@@PomazeBog1389what did you expect tho 😭
I’m a Protestant and I have no problem with this
This is Art, not Idolatry. "Christian Art"
This ambient music & video editing itself... especially with this voice - it give me feeling of freedom & chillness. my favorite video on your channel. big thank you
My favorite topic! Made so well! Thank you!! + God bless you!
This is as excellent a treatment of the subject of icons as I have ever seen or read! Praise God!
Best video I’ve seen on this integral part of the apostolic deposit of faith, God bless!
The quality of this is insane! Praise God
May the creators of this video become saints for their beautiful depiction of beautiful depictions. Then beautiful depictions shall be made of them 😃This video was just what I needed, thank you for the work you put into this.
On my way to becoming orthodox, the roots to the apostles, the history and depth it holds is truly beautiful. In the name of the, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spiriit, Amen.
Every single video by you guys turns out amazing. Truly Christ has blessed everyone involved with this channel
Who are you guys?! You knock it out of the park everytime!
This will now be my suggested video for my protestant friends inquiring about iconography.
I would suggest Gavin Ortlunds for you my friend sadly he strawmans is in this video about 99 times.
Thanks for producing, glory be to God!
Thanks for the video, loved this one!
God bless you abundantly : )
Incredible work and perfect timing to contribute to the conversation!!
This is so cogent, so scholarly, l will be permanently linking it for my students, and readers. Thanks be to God.
What do you teach?
This channel is truly a blessing! I’m beyond grateful for the incredible content you share. Thank you for the inspiration and value you bring! 🙏✨
How fortuitous that this video came out as i am diving into the rabbit hole of orthodoxy and considering conversion from protestanism, but have been hung up on this and a few other issues.
Its almost as if theres Someone who is actively working to bring you in :DDDDDD
God bless you brother and God give you resilience ☦🫂
@borislavfilev5742 it is isn't it, thank you and God bless and keep you!
Definitely don't be alone in this, bring your questions to the priest. God bless!
@tymon1928 the closest orthodox church is 1.5 hours away but I have contacted the priest and the first step will be saving money (for gas etc) and setting up a Sunday to attend Divine Liturgy and have a meeting with him afterward to discuss how we could work over the distance. I don't have the funds to travel like that every week or multiple times a week. I am confident God will make a way if it is His will.
watch the failure of eastern orthodoxy. The fathers were against icon veneration. John of Damascus re wrote the church view historically. This documentary opts for existence of images being Nicaeas forced iconduliia council. It was forbidden practice, Nicaea 2 doesn’t make it true all along
We are blessed by you guy's work yet again! Thank you for sharing your labors with us.
This is the best one yet wow.
This was a wonderful documentary. Thank you for making this educational and edifying video. ☦
Gavin Ortlund in the credits... awesome
Perhaps the best defense of iconography to date
::St. Theodore the Studite & St. John of Damascus have entered the chat::
@@PomazeBog1389they only came 1300 years before Protestantism, not 1600 years before it. Their teachings aren’t old enough to count!!!! (Sarcasm)
@@garrett2514 Very bad logic. Protestantism only came 1600 years after Christ, therefore it's too new to count!
Those are good defenses from a theological and philosophical perspective. This is more so archaeological in nature but draws on both.
Congrats @OrthodoxChristianTheology ; They also put out some excellent cover tunes; In the Air Tonight is my personal favorite.
Absolutely beautiful and informative video. Thank you Craig and Harmony. God bless! ☦️
Beautiful typography, layout and animation!
I am not religious. In my life, I have had bad experiences with people of religion, mostly Christians). I have said disrespectful things towards the Christian religion and all of its branches and its followers out of anger. Anger from disagreements and seeing wrong. I just discovered this channel, and it has helped me understand how beautiful and deep the Christian religion(s) are. It makes me not understand how some followers of Christ people I've met are filled with hate towards our brothers of this Earth, disliking people because of their skin or who they choose to love. I hope those kinds of people stop giving followers of Christ a bad reputation, because I dont want to believe that its in the nature of a follower of Christ to be so hateful and unaccepting of anyone whos different. I also want to apologize for my wrongdoings and what I have said about followers of Christ and Christ himself. I will do my best to become a more mature person, I just hope these bad people choose to do the same
I do have a respect for religion, and I think it's beautiful and important. I may not believe in it, but to me, that's okay. I appreciate this content, it gives me a better understanding. Thank you for reading this, I'm open to answering any questions or giving my point of views on anything if asked
Take care everybody.
God bless
One Quick reflection upon our lives and our actions towards others during the course of it, anyone may see quickly how many times he or she has acted in
A hateful or angry way towards another, so therefore my brother look not down upon your brothers or call them that have scandalized you bad. But seeing how we all struggle be patient with them and also yourself.
My reason for writing to you was pass along this wonderful saying by an elder of a monastery, with hopes that it might benefit you greatly. (I know you are not religious but I still think that this man’s words are for all)
“Every person must bear the weaknesses of others. Who is perfect? Who can boast of keeping their heart unblemished? Therefore, we are all sick, and anyone who judges their brother does not realize that they themselves are sick, for a sick person does not judge another sick person. Love, endure, overlook, do not become angry, do not become irritated, forgive one another so that you may emulate our Christ and be deemed worthy to be near Him in His Kingdom. My children, avoid judgment, for it is a very great sin. God is deeply saddened when we judge and despise others. Let us only take care of our own faults; we should feel pain for them. Let us judge ourselves, and we will find mercy and grace from God.”
-Elder Ephraim of Arizona
❤Love in Christ.
-Diego
Thank you for your wonderful videos
This was fantastic, thank you!
Always delighted when this channel drops another video.
Roman Catholic here. I love this channel.
Just to let you know that even though RC has become more laxed on religious art, we still are very much deep into iconography and only getting deeper into it. My parish has a big wall of saints bowing, praying, and looking to Infant Jesus, who's held by the blessed Theotokos, in the Eucharist Adoration Chapel, behind the host.
Please visit an Orthodox church!
Unfortunately many Catholic apologists want to defend iconography as a "secondary issue" or even tertiary, as if an Ecumenical Council would be called for a secondary/tertiary issue. It is good to hear Catholics getting deeper into iconography. Please, share this video with them. Share the arguments and sources. Equip them for the best defense of iconography they can make, not needing to rely on Doctrinal Development for the Apostolic practice. Let us drive the final intellectual nail in the coffin for the iconoclasts.
@billcynic1815 amen!☦️☦️☦️
@@billcynic1815amen
You are also into wokeism and promotion of religious Perennialism. How do you swallow those,?
Everything about these videos are so amazing. The narration, information, content, and videography is perfect. Thank you Harmony for your efforts.
this was amazing, thank you
As always, brilliant video!
Love the 40+ min videos. Super well done.
Glory to God
Im grateful that you decieded to change the thumbnails. The first ones were too "clickbaity youtube style" and did not represent the spirit of this channel at all. This is much better.
Amazing work as always, thank you.
It quality of your videos always blows me away.
Men of Orthodoxy…we meet again ☦️⚔️
And ladies 😊
@ 😁 absolutely….💯
We meet again, God bless ❤
I’m a Protestant fan✝️
Men who hold Christ true…we do definitely meet again ♾️⚜️❤️🔥⛓️💥💎👁️ 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
“This is the faith of the Apostles, this is the faith of the Fathers, this is the faith of the Orthodox, this is the faith which has sustained the universe.”
The Catholic faith is the Church Jesus established. The Orthodox split in the great schism.
Icons were basically Christian TH-cam for early Christians - doctrinal info for those who couldn’t read or didn’t have access to books.
Brilliant. Thanks to everybody involved in this video
A lot of work went into this, thank you!
Jonathan Pageau said it best when said that the crucifixion of Christ is the the pivitol point of christianity because it was the first time when the alter and the ark was joined together in flesh. That's why ancient christians carved and painted crosses everywhere.
And Jews had crosses too before Rabbinic Judasm.
@@OrthodoxChristianTheology Where did those come from if not associated with Roman crucifixion?
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St. Elias made a "Tau" on the forehead of the sick to heal them.
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Except crosses weren't a predominant symbol until during and after the iconoclasm movement in later centuries.
I'm constantly thankful for harmony
Canonical icons combining the symbolism of Jewish practice and the realism of Gentile art is kind of symbolic itself:
- Jews and Gentiles all being part of the Church
- Christ having both a human and a divine nature in one person
- Man being the bridge between the physical and spiritual
I'm so excited for this!
I am not the strongest theist on the block, but I do appreciate your honest, and intelligent analysis.
Thankyou to the creator of this it brought me to tears of realization 🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏾
May God bless you.
Praise be to our lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth ☦️
This is so well done. God bless you.
Beautifully done and properly told!
This is a great video.
I think the misunderstanding of the second commandment is a real problem. Obviously Islam is the issue historically. By the time Martin Luther arrived on the scene, people had no concept of what an idol was. They conflate art with idols. An icon is more than art but it is nothing like an idol.
i love this video on so many levels
The Patocrator was a painting of the Shroud. The late Dr. Allan Wanger made a lens to compare the two, and they are identical.
Great job with this video. Well spoken and amazing images.
okay this might be schizo but it’s 3am and i was debating staying awake or sleeping. i was like ill stay awake and there’s a new harmony video and i open youtube and literally the second video was this. christ is king.
It is not good to watch videos before bed, plus you can retain the information better when your wide awake
Christ is King. 🌟
An impressive and well-presented piece of scholarship. Thank you so much. An often unexplored area of Art History.
great video and insights as always. God bless
Please pray for me and my family I cannot find a church , I have been trying for years .
Babe wake up! Harmony just dropped a banger🙌
Loved learning so much about this topic and seeing the beautiful images
I've been wondering when Galatians 3 was going to make an appearance in this debate.
There’s more related stuff in Galatians, might be able to share stuff on Friday during the after party
In apologetics, there has been a lot of reticence to discuss the explicit claims to icons in passages that people are used to interpreting figuratively. This is ironic, considering the claim is always made against the Orthodox that they "don't have explicit evidence." Yet, we have explicit statements of there being crucifixes. "But that's figurative!" Well, whose claims are not explicit now?
I hope you saw your name in the acknowledgments.
@all my friends are in this comment/replies. Don't make me beg for all 3 of you to collaborate on a video
Is there a church father that uses this verse as an example of image veneration?
@ I don’t see any direct reference to this. But St Justin Martyr may be alluding to the same practice when he speaks of lifting up the icon of the crucified Jesus
hello! Thank you very much for some videos being subtitled in Portuguese. please enable more videos like this. Thank you very much!
Wow. Phenomenal work. Bravo!
Brother, God bless you. I love your channel since day 1.
Also, we need the final chapters of theosis !! ❤️
The visit to the Church of Alexander Nevsky in Jerusalem is what launched me to Orthodoxy. Grew up Catholic but one look at Koshelev's Passion series sitting in situ was clear evidence my life was empty of the Truth. All Glory and Honor to the Godhead that saved a wretch like me.
Why was your life empty of truth before that?
What is the Koshelev’s Passion series?
@@Philotimoman33 a series of Romanesque style Icons done by Nikolai Koshelev. 14:36 shows the Harrowing of Hades, my personal favorite