Thank you Sister, St John Chrysostom is my confirmation Saint. Another note about him: his quotes about the Authority of the Bishop of Rome are a great example to share with our Eastern Orthodox brethren
This is excellent. We all need reminders--me--I need ZILLIONS. The focus part & loving oneself were such important points. I got the message. Thank you for delivering it, Sr. Vassa.
Thank you so much. That was an excellent and academic presentation. Plus you shared his love of the poor. And you talked about the disease to please. May the Lord reward you
Subtitles: ENGLISH, ROMANIAN, SLOVAK, RUSSIAN, GERMAN, SERBIAN, GREEK, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, BULGARIAN and ITALIAN. Find more at: www.coffeewithsistervassa.com/ Please support our show at www.patreon.com/user?u=278121... A weekly, brief reflection on the church calendar, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin of the University of Vienna, Austria. This episode is on St. Basil the Great. Basil the Great was born into a very saintly and wealthy family in the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia, in Asia Minor, in ca. 330. By the way, we did talk about this family already, in our episode on St. Macrina, who was Basil‘s elder sister. Basil was the second-eldest child of Basil the Elder and Emmelia, who are both canonized saints, as are several of their children, including St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Peter of Sebaste, Basil‘s younger brothers. Basil was born at a time of great transitions and controversies both within the Church and in the Roman Empire. About 17 years before Basil‘s birth, Emperor Constantine the Great (+337) granted official toleration to Christians within the Empire, in an agreement he made together with his rival, Emperor Licinius (+324) in AD 313, an agreement known as the Edict of Milan. Constantine himself embraced the Christian faith, and became interested in church matters, including theological questions, which had thus far been brewing in the underground of a persecuted Church. Just 5 years before Basil‘s birth, in AD 325, Constantine summoned the First Ecumenical Council in the city of Nicaea, not far from the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. This Council officially condemned the teaching of Arius, called Arianism, which rejected the divinity of Christ, saying He was created by God the Father, and hence not co-eternal and consubstantial with the Father. Although the Council rejected this teaching and proclaimed that Christ is, indeed, consubstantial with the Father, it actually marked only the beginning of the battle with Arianism. Because, as it turned out, most bishops of the East actually believed in some form of Arianism, even though they sign-ed the decree of the Council. The emperor himself also ended up siding with Arianism, somewhat after the Council, as did several emperors after him. But let‘s get back to St. Basil. He received the best education available at the time, and not only in the Christian faith. He studied first in Caesarea, and then in Constantinople and Athens, along with another student, Gregory of Nazianz (+ca. 390), who became his close friend. Basil very industriously studied the subjects of Rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing), Grammar, Philosophy, Astronomy, Geometry, and Medicine. He was later to put all these subjects to good use in his theological works. When he returned home after his studies, as Gregory of Nyssa describes, he was „all puffed up“ about his academic achievements, and began to pursue an illustrious career in law and teaching rhetoric. But, largely under the influence of his elder sister Macrina, he soon decided to abandon his career and devote his life entirely to God, and become a monk. He was baptised at this point, in 356, at the age of 26, in Caesarea - because you see, it was not yet customary to baptise infants. He then traveled to various monastic centers in the East, and observed various forms of monasticism, and he found he was more drawn to the communal monastic life. So he settled on his family‘s isolated estate near Annesi (modern Sonusa or Uluköy), together with a group of like-minded monastics. Although St. Basil lived in this monastic community for only 5 years, it was here that he wrote his very important instructions on monastic communal life, which were to influence the development of monastic traditions not only in the East, but also in the West. In 364 Basil was summoned by the local bishop to Caesarea, where Basil was ordained priest and assisted the bishop in managing the diocese, combating various forms of the Arian heresy, and working hard to attain Church unity in a very complicated church-political climate. When the local bishop died, Basil was chosen to succeed him and was consecrated bishop of Caesarea in the year 370, at the age of 40. As bishop, St. Basil is described by his contemporaries as sometimes hot-blooded and imperious, but also generous and very sympathetic. He built a large complex outside Caesarea, which included a poorhouse, a hospice, and a hospital. And we know from his letters - we have many of his letters - that he personally worked to reform prostitutes and thieves. He was a very popular and ardent preacher, preaching every morning and evening in his own church. He also continued as bishop his efforts to achieve church unity, as well as his theological writing, which contributed to defining the Church‘s teaching on the Holy Trinity with precision. St. Basil died in 379, at the age of 49. Kategori Människor och bloggar
Thank you. When are you going to the States, or, have you gone for those lectures you mention awhile back? Perhaps, we should be more God lovers enable to confront and heal the holes in people´s hearts by His love through us.
@John Chrysostom Rev 3:9 Everyone that has experienced the remission of their sins through the blood of the lamb is a Christ killer because without your sin, He wouldn't have needed to die. The Lord Himself said, "No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.” Paul who said, "For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people-my own flesh and blood, who are Israelites." Hate filled comments like these make it difficult for people to see the true Holiness and love that is in the Orthodox church. When you make these kinds of comments you stand in the place of the Pharisee, not the publican. "Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, The Sinner."
And who decides what is “biblical”? Which of the 30,000 different Protestant denominations reads and interprets the bible correctly? Or is it the Mormons who got it right? And where did the Bible come from? When Christ ascended, He left a Church, not a book. Orthodoxy is not just another denomination; Orthodoxy is pre-denominational, and it holds to faith handed down from the Apostles. Come home to the true Church, brother, and may God bless you. Glory to Jesus Christ!
Infant baptism came in due to St Augustine who was heavely influenced by Gnosticism, Stoicism and Manichaiesm. That's where determinism came in and the beliefe that babies must be baptised to get rid of original sin. All unbiblical.
hes like Shakyamuni Buddha is to the Amida Buddha of the western pureland. St John Chrysostom is to the Christian Christ. Gautama Buddha is to Amida Buddha.:)
noo that cant be right what was i thinking? st john chrystrom was just a regular saint of christ wasnt he? my previous statement is confusing me, gautama buddha is to amida buddha thougha thoiugh but i fail to see the christian parraalel oi was getting at.
God bless you sister Vassa
Thank you Sister, St John Chrysostom is my confirmation Saint. Another note about him: his quotes about the Authority of the Bishop of Rome are a great example to share with our Eastern Orthodox brethren
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Thank you sister.
All your videos are amazing. Thank you.
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Thanks a lot Sr. Vassa for comprehensive and interesting way of explanation....
This is excellent. We all need reminders--me--I need ZILLIONS. The focus part & loving oneself were such important points. I got the message. Thank you for delivering it, Sr. Vassa.
🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️ st chrysostoms pray for us
Sister Vassa--great episode! You also speak with a golden tongue!
Thank you so much. That was an excellent and academic presentation. Plus you shared his love of the poor. And you talked about the disease to please. May the Lord reward you
fascinating Sr. thanks for your dedication xxx God bless
Thanks for your thoughts regarding people pleasing. Very insightful and helpful. God bless you.
Great video. I highly appreciate your beautiful work and whoever is helping you. God bless you all.
Nice talk Sr. Vassa. I think I might have to join you for coffee from time to time.
Very exciting episode.
Thank you very much.
One of the trillions :)
Great.thank God and his messengers. Lov dr.sr Latin
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A weekly, brief reflection on the church calendar, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin of the University of Vienna, Austria. This episode is on St. Basil the Great.
Basil the Great was born into a very saintly and wealthy family in the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia, in Asia Minor, in ca. 330. By the way, we did talk about this family already, in our episode on St. Macrina, who was Basil‘s elder sister. Basil was the second-eldest child of Basil the Elder and Emmelia, who are both canonized saints, as are several of their children, including St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Peter of Sebaste, Basil‘s younger brothers.
Basil was born at a time of great transitions and controversies both within the Church and in the Roman Empire. About 17 years before Basil‘s birth, Emperor Constantine the Great (+337) granted official toleration to Christians within the Empire, in an agreement he made together with his rival, Emperor Licinius (+324) in AD 313, an agreement known as the Edict of Milan. Constantine himself embraced the Christian
faith, and became interested in church matters, including theological questions, which had thus far been brewing in the underground of a persecuted Church. Just 5 years before Basil‘s birth, in AD 325, Constantine summoned the First Ecumenical Council in the city of Nicaea, not far from the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. This Council officially condemned the teaching of Arius, called Arianism, which rejected the divinity of Christ, saying He was created by God the Father, and hence not co-eternal and consubstantial with the Father.
Although the Council rejected this teaching and proclaimed that Christ is, indeed, consubstantial with the Father, it actually marked only the beginning of the battle with Arianism. Because, as it turned out, most bishops of the East actually believed in some form of Arianism, even though they sign-ed the decree of the Council. The emperor himself also ended up siding with Arianism, somewhat after the Council, as did several emperors after him. But let‘s get back to St. Basil.
He received the best education available at the time, and not only in the Christian faith. He studied first in Caesarea, and then in Constantinople and Athens, along with another student, Gregory of Nazianz (+ca. 390), who became his close friend. Basil very industriously studied the subjects of Rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing), Grammar, Philosophy, Astronomy, Geometry, and Medicine. He was later to put all these subjects to good use in his theological works. When he returned home after his studies, as Gregory of Nyssa describes, he was „all puffed up“ about his academic achievements, and began to pursue an illustrious career in law and teaching rhetoric. But, largely under the influence of his elder sister Macrina, he soon decided to abandon his career and devote his life entirely to God, and become a monk. He was baptised at this point, in 356, at the age of 26, in Caesarea - because you see, it was not yet customary to baptise infants. He then traveled to various monastic centers in the East, and observed various forms of monasticism, and he found he was more drawn to the communal monastic life.
So he settled on his family‘s isolated estate near Annesi (modern Sonusa or Uluköy), together with a group of like-minded monastics. Although St. Basil lived in this monastic community for only 5 years, it was here that he wrote his very important instructions on monastic communal life, which were to influence the development of monastic traditions not only in the East, but also in the West.
In 364 Basil was summoned by the local bishop to Caesarea, where Basil was ordained priest and assisted the bishop in managing the diocese, combating various forms of the Arian heresy, and working hard to attain Church unity in a very complicated church-political climate. When the local bishop died, Basil was chosen to succeed him and was consecrated bishop of Caesarea in the year 370, at the age of 40. As bishop, St. Basil is described by his contemporaries as sometimes hot-blooded and imperious, but also generous and very sympathetic. He built a large complex outside Caesarea, which included a poorhouse, a hospice, and a hospital. And we know from his letters - we have many of his letters - that he personally worked to reform prostitutes and thieves. He was a very popular and ardent preacher, preaching every morning and evening in his own church. He also continued as bishop his efforts to achieve church unity, as well as his theological writing, which contributed to defining the Church‘s teaching on the Holy Trinity with precision. St. Basil died in 379, at the age of 49.
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Thank you. When are you going to the States, or, have you gone for those lectures you mention awhile back? Perhaps, we should be more God lovers enable to confront and heal the holes in people´s hearts by His love through us.
***** You have a website now?!? This zillion is super excited! ^_^
Why does Sr Vassa's order not wear a cross somewhere that is visible? She could be mistaken for a muslim.
Whom are you serving sister Vasa? Can you say it?
"you've gotta serve somebody" - Bob Dylan admitted in an interview who he serves. (not the Lord)
Your point?
@John Chrysostom Rev 3:9 Everyone that has experienced the remission of their sins through the blood of the lamb is a Christ killer because without your sin, He wouldn't have needed to die. The Lord Himself said, "No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.” Paul who said, "For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people-my own flesh and blood, who are Israelites." Hate filled comments like these make it difficult for people to see the true Holiness and love that is in the Orthodox church. When you make these kinds of comments you stand in the place of the Pharisee, not the publican. "Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me, The Sinner."
So at which monastery are you a sister? You are a novice? You are a nun? What are you?
drop everything????? WHAT ABOUT THE ZILLIONS OF MUGS?
Great lent, veneration of figures, the keeping of relics as if they're holy , veneration of the cross, are all unbiblical.
And who decides what is “biblical”? Which of the 30,000 different Protestant denominations reads and interprets the bible correctly? Or is it the Mormons who got it right? And where did the Bible come from? When Christ ascended, He left a Church, not a book. Orthodoxy is not just another denomination; Orthodoxy is pre-denominational, and it holds to faith handed down from the Apostles. Come home to the true Church, brother, and may God bless you. Glory to Jesus Christ!
Infant baptism came in due to St Augustine who was heavely influenced by Gnosticism, Stoicism and Manichaiesm. That's where determinism came in and the beliefe that babies must be baptised to get rid of original sin. All unbiblical.
hes like Shakyamuni Buddha is to the Amida Buddha of the western pureland. St John
Chrysostom is to the Christian Christ. Gautama Buddha is to Amida Buddha.:)
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noo that cant be right what was i thinking? st john chrystrom was just a regular saint of christ wasnt he? my previous statement is confusing me, gautama buddha is to amida buddha thougha thoiugh but i fail to see the christian parraalel oi was getting at.