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  • As an Orthodox myself, I respect this Elder's zeal, but I think we need to stop anathematizing people, making salvific pronouncements on others, and humbly remember that GOD, in His absolute freedom, decides who will be saved and who will not be saved. We humans cannot set limits on His Divine freedom. God's offer of salvation is open to every human being, without any exception whatsoever. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son...

  • @tpkatsa

    "They are anathematized... Ecumenical Councils have decided, because it wasn't done either by you or me. We cannot guarantee their salvation" QED

    I would suggest you follow the Church and the Holy Fathers and not your own interpretation. What Church do you belong to? Are you a cradle Orthodox or a convert?

  • The Savior never said that if you alter anything slightly it is anathematized. He's right about Ecumenism, but there is no such biblical passage.

  • at least he sounds like a good man.

  • Eucmenism mut be done, but when Pope and Catholics will come back to the Law of Ecumenical Counciles ...

  • @Capitanul9603 Or when the Eastern Orthodox abandon nationalism and re-unite with the See of St. Peter, who has universal jurisdiction. Rome is apostolic, Constantinople is not.

  • @assasincomedy I also belive on an Union viat Pope but under the law and tradition of the First Christians... that were on one true and correct Faith!

    And that Faith was Ortthodox Christianity.

    And Constantinopole is just an ilusion... If you want to talk about Constantinopole we must first have a Crusade, a Crusade of Truth and United Faith!

    United under Cross in a Truth Faith and without ignorace on atheisation Sects and Jewish and Muslim Invasion!

    DEUS VOLT!

  • @Capitanul9603 Orthodoxy does not recognise the Authority of St. Peter, which is apostolic. The early saints recognised the authority of the Roman Pontiff. He is not simply 'another Bishop'. Read the writings of St. Maximus the Confessor.

  • @assasincomedy

    We may recognise it if the Roman Pontiff will respect the old law.

    I gave you one short and fundamental exemple :

    At the Ecumenical Counciles and THE NICEEAN CREED! :

    Holy Spirit comes only from Father God and not from God and Jesus Christ! This is only one change by the Catholic Church.

  • @Capitanul9603 That is doctrinal development. The Orthodox refuse to believe any other ecumenical councils, which clarified belief and let better understanding take place.

  • @assasincomedy

    Ecumenical Councils are only Those who were adopted by an Ecumenical Christian Church.

    Filique is WRONG !

    P.S. By mt last anding Phrase DEVS VOLT!

    I'm proud to be latin and I will always sustain a CORRECT ECUMENISM!

  • @Capitanul9603 Wrong! Ecumenical Councils are those which the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is present. It does not have to be accepted by the whole Church. That is a logical fallacy, the Church has never been fully agreeing with each other! The first seven councils were largely used to fight Arianism, which had it's hold on a huge amount of Christians!

  • What a Wonderful man. I would like to know if books he's written are published in the English language. May God bless him!

  • @thatUkrainianguy

    I'm not aware of any, but now that he moved to the Triumphant Church, praying for us, there is hope... 

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  • interesant

  • comentarii....comantarii.....u­na este Biserica,cea Ortodoxa unde se respecta totul asa cum trebuie dogmele si Sfintele Taine.pe unii ii supara ca nu-s in adevar si atunci imediat ies la atac.Toti avem pacate si ne luptam cu ispitele.Nu aveti voi treaba cu altii,raportati-va la voi insiva tot timpul.PUNETI-VA LA PUNCT ASA CUM TREBUIE CU TRAIREA DUHOVNICEASCA .

  • Catolici,Protestanti...etc.sun­t ERETICI !!! Ortodoxia este singura biserica a lui IIsus Hristos

  • i will never understand it... we protestants are just doing whats written in the bible and they call us heretics and say we'll burn in hell although they consider the bible as holy as well...

  • @BlackBunch

    All that the Elder says is that we cannot guarantee salvation to people who are not in the Church. Is up to God what happens to them.

    In Christ

  • @ioancasian Jesus Christ said "whoever believes in me will be saved!"... he never said "you have to be a member of the Orthodox Church in order to be saved!", but thats what this priest says, he is adding something to the words of the Bible that is not in there and calls the people heretics who do not do such a thing...

  • @BlackBunch: You're misconstruing Theology here. Christ created One Church through Peter and that One Church is the Orthodox Church to this day. This One Church preaches, practices and is guided by the Holy Spirit.

  • @ioancasian You can't guarantee the salvation of people in the Church either.

  • @vladimir998

    No, but being in the Church is a step in the right direction...

  • @BlackBunch basically without the enlightment of the holy spirit no one can truly understand he holy bible. Why is it so that there are so many protestant churches. theres only one truth if think about it. Yet all prostestant churches have interpreted the holy bible however they wanted. I read many stories of protestants turning to orthodoxy and I must say.. if you want read this book: Thirsting for God n a Land of Shallow Wells

  • @BlackBunch You don't have the Holy tradition. You don't know what is Gods word. You don't understand what true Christianity is. The Holy tradition is the word of the living God, which we follow. You protestants only follow your own words, because you read the bible and follow what YOU think is right. But do you really know what is objectivly true? No. That is why you cannot read the bible and interpret it YOUR way. God himself, tought us what is true and so we follow Him, the truth.

  • @BlackBunch I was a protestant once.... we do not hold the truth, thats why i will become orthodox.

  • @BlackBunch It doesn't matter what your confession says as long as in your heart you know that it must be wrong. All confession pretend that their religion is good, but not all can touch your soul. There are many ways for the Bible interpretation.

  • By embracing ecumenism Patriarch Irinej along with other pawns in the SOC namely Atanasije Jevtic and Amfilohihije Radovic have embraced a belief in conflict with the teachings of “true” Christianity which is the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church

  • The Nicene Creed states the Orthodox Church's dogmatic basis, "I believe in one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I believe in one baptism." Ecumenism rejects these fundamental truths of the church by teaching that there are many churches and many baptisms.

    The beliefs of ecumenism and the beliefs of Orthodoxy are mutually exclusive. You can either believe in the Creed or you can believe in ecumenism, NOT BOTH.

  • Orthodoxy is the One and Only True Faith.

  • ce zice la minutul 1:13 ii cel mai mare adevar - ei nu pot sa ne garanteze mantuirea, numai Isus poate - sa nu-mi spuna mie ca unuia - care ii bautor, isi bate nevasta, bea si banii pe care ii primesc copii de la stat, merge duminica la slujba si se marturiseste si ia cuminecatura, apoi de luni incepe cu aceleasi lucruri - ii poate garanta mantuirea

  • @ZenithF

    Parintele se refera la faptul ca sectelor nu le putem garanta mantuirea in afara Bisericii, ascultati cu atentie.

  • @ioancasian pai eu inteleg foarte bine ce zice, ca sectantilor (inclusiv mie) nu le garanteaza mantuirea, dar din asta inteleg cum le poate garanta mantuirea "bunilor ortodocsi" care numai buni nu sunt (dupa cum i-am descris mai inainte)

    lucrul asta este cel mai cu "clenci", ca, dupa cum scrie si in Sfanta Scriptura, multi au zis "Doamne, Doamne" si nu au fost mantuiti - poate totusi ca asta se refera la cei ca mine si nu la drept-credinciosii care sunt cam lumesti?

  • @ZenithF

    Puteti extrapola in ce directie doriti dar subiectul e clar, se poate obtine mantuirea in afara Bisericii? Mai exact, in lipsa Duhului Sfant, a botezului, a Euharistiei, samd?

    Noi ortodocsii intr-adevar suntem pacatosi, Mantuitorul pentru noi a venit, pentru cei bolnavi.

  • Tank you for the video. Does someone know the adress of the great Romanian elder?

  • @venceslavh

    Christ is Risen!

    He lives in Techirghiol, South of Constanta, Dobrogea. The Monastery is Sfanta Maria (Saint Mary).

  • thanks for the great video

  • You need more than this to get some credibility. Why not refute each claim, one by one?

  • mi-ati sters comentariile din cauza limbajului meu? pai de ce nu scoate-ti video-ul din cauza limbajului sau? Daca ati trai in Germania sau in Franta, nici nu ati avea permisiunea sa publicati un asemenea "Interviu"! Sa va fie rusine! Pacat ca Biserica Ortodoxa nu ia masuri! Oare BO nu are Drept Canonic prin care sa va tina sub control? Si va mai rog ceva: nu ma luati cu asemenea cuvinte mangaietoare, ca am fost si eu in manastire ani de zile si va cunosc naravu!

  • Nu trebuie sa va pierdeti cumpatul, puteti sa argumentati. Nu ma mira ca in "lumea libera" adevarul este interzis, iti trebuie permisiune sa-l marturisesti! Parintii duhovnicesti ne-au avertizat ca ce vine dupa comunism va fi mai rau.

    DOamne ajuta!

  • @exlyon I respect all confession i don't hate anyone i just like to tell you that the priest knows more than you imagine about your church!!!! Orthodoxy is the most ancient church after ISUS CRISTOS being the withness of your decision to divide with the eastern church.ITS A LOGIC TO KNOW WHY THE CATHOLICS LIKED TO DIVIDE WITH US.FOR YOU ITS DIFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ABOUT SPEAKS OUR PRIEST. WE ARE SO DIFERENT.THE ORTHODOX LOVE GOD BY A DIFERENT WAY!

  • Long live the Orthodox Faith, unchanged and unmoving .. forever and ever

    return to the true faith... ecumenism is a compromise.. as the Elder says.. even the SMALLEST change (compromise) is a GREAT fall...

  • There is only ONE Church... as it stands in the Creed for now and forever and unto the ages of ages

    There is only ONE Christ not many Christs made up of what we think or want the Christ to be.

    When he was asked who was he? He said "I am I, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end"

    Christ is what HE said he is.. not what we want him to be. It is a great heresy to think that our feeble human minds could comprehend the essence of God.

  • WE stand at the edge of a Great Ocean that is God. Church and the Ecumenical councils, inspired by the Holy Spirit, determined where the "shore" and the beginning of the Great Ocean is...and we MUST know this to know who and what Holy Trinity IS...

  • HOWEVER. although we know the "outline" of the ocean... we are but small vessels.. and just as those vessels cannot hold the ocean, we will never be able to fully comprehend the Greatness of God.

    it is not up to us to even imagine to define the Heavens, and Christ and what Christ wants.. only to listen to the words and follow them

  • The problem with Orthodox Christians who believe Ecumenism sounds like a great idea is that when people in your daily lives lie to you in different aspects of your lives you believe it and dismiss it as giving them the benefit of the doubt.

    This is how people become victims of rape, kidnap, con artists, theft, heresy, cults, and believing that your government is an honest one.

    Do you believe that after years of people being Catholic they would convert back? Think again. The idea is ludicrous.

  • ecumenismul ortodox - heterodox este precum pacea între evrei și musulmani.

  • Jesus weeps...Why is it so difficult to stick to his message of love for all mankind and not get bogged down by what some synod said 1500 years ago?

  • "Some" synod? Are you aware of who the synod was and how they came to the agreements they came to as well as the inspirational root behind it? Apparently not.

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  • Pai din acest video rezulta ca Arsenie Papacioc este un prorooc mincinos deocarece isi permite sa afirme ca nu se mantuie nimeni in afara de ortodocsi iar Biblia afirma clar ca toti care cred in Isus Hristos si il primesc in viata lor vor fi mantuiti.

    Eu am fost si in alte tari si am vazut catolici mult mai morali decat ortodocsii si care ii ajuta pe cei din E Europei cu haine si mancare cand nu au de munca si apoi ortodocsii ii vorbesc de rau cand se intorc in tara.

    Citeste cap 14 din Fapte Ap!

  • Ce sa fiu lamurit cu sfintii?Ca nu am inteles intrebarea:ii respect din toata inima mea si sunt un model de urmat insa ata de ortodocsi exista acest aspect si anume ca nu ma inchin lor fiindca este scris ca numai Lui Dumnezeu treb sa ne inchinam.

    Apropo in caz ca esti preot ortodox domnule Ioan vreau sa iti cer parerea in legatura cu rugaciune ''Inger ingerasul meu'' pe care o invata copiii de mici...este corect din punct de vedere biblic sa ne inchinam la ingeri?

  • Pai atunci esti un ipocrit, Pastorul Wurmbrand pe care il respecti atat, se inchina Maicii Domnului si ii cerea ajutorul, o numea Fecioara si Preafericita, credea in sfinti, in icoane, in sfintele tainele (s-a spovedit, impartasit, miruns, samd). Tu de ce nu-l urmezi?

    Acum cateva luni intrebai acste lucruri. Vad ca toate comentariile la Pastorul Wurmbrand au disparut, te arde adevarul, crezi ca-l poti ascunde?

  • Iti recomand filmul ''Memorialul durerii'' cu episodul ''Daca zidurile ar putea vorbi''. Voi ortodocsii nu ati putut suporta ideea ca un om atat de cunoscut peste hotare nu este ortodox si l-ati facut voi cu ajutorul mass mediei mincinoase.Mai bine citeste scrisoare fiului sau Mihai in casa caruia a trait pana la moarte si ai sa vezi ca nu a trait intr-o manastire cum ai scis tu...arma ta cea mai puternica e minciuna..am sters acele minciuni precum si altele..ca s-a nacut in Armenia etc

  • N-am scris niciodata ca a trait intr-o manastire, din contra am corectat aceasta eroare.

    N-am scris niciodata ca s-a nascut in Armenia, inventezi lucruri. De fapt toata discutia mea este completa, pe canalul meu, n-ai putut sa o stergi.

    Te rog sa imi arati pe canalul meu unde sunt scrise lucrurile de care ma acuzi. Nu poti? Atunci tu esti mincinosul.

    Continui sa poluezi acest canal care este dedicat limbii engleze. De acum incolo, vom muta toate posturile tale pe canalul tau, in romaneste.

  • Nu dragul meu, ortodocsii doar spun ca s-a convertit la ortodoxie in puscarie si ca ortodocsii i-au salvat viata. A murit protestant.

    Voi sunteti cei care negati cu disperare acest lucru. Toate marturiile celor din puscarie impreuna cu ce a scris Pastorul Wurmbrand sunt disponibile, ei au fost acolo. Fiul lui n-a fost acolo si neaga adevaruri evidente, Pastorul nu neaga aceste lucruri care AU FOST FACUTE PUBLIC IN TIMPUL VIETII LUI.

    QED

  • Mai mult, sustii ca esti roman dar refuzi sa dai exemple din istorie pentru ca toata istoria este legata de ortodoxie, chiar batjocoresti rolul jucat in istorie de romani.

    Vorbesti de "marele Iorga" dar taci chitic cand Iorga spune ca romanii sunt ortodocsi si explica importanta manastirilor.

    Te lauzi cu Wurmbrand care va contrazice toate ereziile.

    Cum reusesti sa-ti minti constiinta in halul acesta?

  • Te faci ca nu pricepi, daca nu esti in dreapta credinta nu te mantuiesti. Sustii ca toate miile de secte protestante si neoprotestante sunt in dreapta credinta cand nici voi intre voi nu va intelegeti??

    Nu moralitatea te mantuieste, ci faptul ca esti in dreapta credinta, acelasi lucru ca mai sus. Sunt budisti sau ce vrei dumneata mai morali decat toti, dar asta nu inseamna ca se vor mantui.

  • care dreapta credinta? cine crede in Hristos se mantuieste! Isus nu vorbeste nicaieri de dreapta (catolica, ortodoxa, protestanta) credinta!

  • Imi pare rau ca din cauza limbajului pe care-l folositi sunt nevoit sa va sterg mesajele. Inteleg ca va tulbura cuvintele Parintelui Arsenie dar un minim de decenta se impune. Va voi raspunde cu placere intr-o discutie argumentata corespunzator.

  • nu se scrie Isus CI IISUS cu 2 de i! NU AU EXISTAT DECÂT 2 BISERICI ÎN BISERICA PRIMARĂ: Biserica de răsărit (ORTODOXĂ) ŞI Biserica de apus (CATOLICA), a se vedea marea schimă din 1054! ŞI TE VEI CONVINGE! Ιησούς (greaca nouă) în română se scrie IISUS NU Isus! În greacă veche se scrie după traducere cu 2 de Ii!

  • @mariushanganu Mai sa fie, deci dupa tine cine crede stramb se mantuieste?

    Normal ca e vorba de dreapta credinta, care este ortodoxia, asa cum ii spune si numele.

  • Arsenie Papacioc zice ca numai ortodocsii se mantuie.

    Biblia spune altceva:toti cei ce cred in DOmnul Isus Hristos vor fi mantuiti. Pavel si Sila i-au raspuns: "Crede in Domnul Isus, si vei fi mantuit tu si casa ta." (Fapt.16:31)

    Cine are dreptate:Arsenie Papacioc sau Apostolii Pavel si Sila?

  • Mai scrie in Bilbie ca vor aparea si hristosi si prooroci mincinosi, si daca ii vei urma nu te vei mantui. Mai scrie ca numai credinta, fara fapte, iarasi nu te va mantui.

    Deci au dreptate si Parintele Arsenie si Apostolii.

    Te-ai lamurit cum e cu sfintii, Maica Domnului, icoanele, Sfintele Taine, samd?

  • No one could claim Im.Conc. has ancient roots in Church since it was established ... 19 centuries after Pentecost. Amusingly, it was fully rejected by canonized "saints" of Papism such as Bernard, Bonaventure &Aquinas.The leading early proponents of this new dogma (Eadmer+Duns Scotus) were not canonised by papism! For much of late Middle Ages, Dominicans and Franciscans violently fought over it.

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  • For those who wish to know more on Papism

    Go to OODEGR COM, Bottom right click on English Contents, then top right click on PAPISM.

  • why is there no actual doctrinal arguments with support from the early Church Fathers on here? that is what we are looking for. what did the earliest Fathers believe about the primacy of the bishop of Rome. not what eastern Patriarchs said after 1028 AD.

  • In a 5 min talk?! You cannot be serious. If you wish to learn more I highly recommend the book "The Truth: What Every RC Should Know About the Orthodox Church" by Clark Calrton (Regina, Orthodox Press, 1999) esp. Chap. 4 However because most papists have no idea what we believe (e.g. they believe Bartholomew is like your Pope!) I recommend you read the entire book minus the appendices; only 190 pages. Then we can discuss things again. Good luck!

  • why not make some Videos on the topic? It's clear that youtube is lacking such content. I would be interested in watching it. my one suggestion would to be to leave the past in the past and only talk doctrine. unless you want to make a vid on why Orth. don't trust the Catholic Church. I'll look into the book though... *sigh* another one to the 5 others i'm reading XD

  • Wow replying to my own messages. Pretty sad :) Only to point out that unfortunately most of the good articles on RCism are missing from translation. Only about 10% of the over 2,600 articles that include digital books (!) has been translated into English.:( But they are (slowly) working on it although it seems they add new articles every day too (!) I'll try write to them to find out more!

  • this fellow is breathtakingly ignorant (and paranoid) about the papacy and the Catholic faith. I've always been shocked by Orthodox hostility toward Catholics, when we have nothing but love for them. Indeed, Christ said for his Church to be one, not hegemony. the irony is i'd probably be quite content at one of his sermons on morality. he has a clear understanding of the necessity of fidelity to the Gospel, albeit incomplete on the Ecumenism. i pray God Blesses him

  • The view on Ecumenism among the Orthodox Elders is clear, I guess you'd call it incomplete, but according to the Holy Tradition and the Holy Fathers. You kept innovating.

    You have to do better than just using words such as ignorant and paranoid to prove your point.

    As Orthodox, we're very aware that the Catholics "have nothing but love" for us, we remember the Crusaders in Constantinople, or the demolition with cannons of the Orthodox monasteries in Transylvania.

    In Christ

  • oh come on, if u want to talk doctrine then you don't get to bring up secular crap from centuries past. It is clear the eastern churches broke with the Catholics, not the other way round. just read the early fathers. But the Pope celebrating mass with Catholics is offensive? we have to use leavened bread? where does it say that? the immaculate conception is heresy? where is the evidence to contradict that given by the Church? we innovated the liturgy? how? (honest questions, not being rude)

  • explain why the pope should be the vicar of Christ when Christ is not dead but resurrected.

  • I'll answer ur question, when u answer mine. where does it say we must use leavened bread (Christ didn't us it)? where is there contradiction in the evidence of the doctrine of the immaculate conception provided by the Church? How did the Church innovate the liturgy? what early Church Fathers don't recognize the primacy of the authority of the Pope? we don't "answer" questions with questions in theology. I'm not treating u like a child, i expect the same treatment from u. give me evidence

  • Well, the "secular crap from centuries past" how you call it, we call it Holy Tradition. All we want is for you to return to the "early fathers", point clearly made at the recent closing of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church took place in Paphos, Cyprus, see next message.

  • "The Ecumenical Councils and the great Fathers of the first millennium are a guarantee of the authentic theological interpretation of the sacrament of the divine economy in Christ, and of its genuine experience by the faithful in the sacrament of the Church, which, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, extends the continuous and living presence of Jesus Christ in the world, until the end of time.

    There is nothing else to talk about.

  • no those things are not S. Tradition. S. Trad. is the deposit of Faith pased from the Apostles, through the Church Fathers to us. why St John, the Apostle, didn't protest Pope St Clement, taught by St Paul and consecrated bishop by St Peter, using papal primacy over the Corinthians. St Iraneus clearly claims primacy of the Roman pope over the whole Church. He, as i'm sure you know, is taught by St Polycarp, taught and consecrated bishop by St John. what early Fathers are you talking about then?

  • And exactly where does St Irenaeus "claims primacy of the Roman pope over the whole Church"??! Please provide the text.

    St Irenaeus' comment has nothing to do with the pope nor primacy, it has to do with the Church at Rome.

  • All these departures from the Truth lead to heresy and everything started from papal primacy.

    The best example of how important are the Holy Tradition, Holy Fathers, dogmas, etc. for the RC Church is the Uniat Church. They are exactly like the Orthodox but with one crucial difference, they bow down to the Pope!

    More recently is the invitation of Vatican to the Anglicans, bow down to the Pope "without abandoning their entire liturgical and spiritual patrimony".

    What's next, the muslims?

  • you haven't addressed the evidence from the early Church Fathers. you are presupposing your position is true without evidence. i'm willing to change my position if you can show me how these early fathers did not support papal primacy. again, we are not discussing Anglicans, crusades etc.

  • You forgot to mention St. Aloysius Stepinac canonized by John Paul II

    patristic.eastern-orthodoxy com / jp2 doc

  • I find it amazing how you speak about hostilities of Orthodox to Papism: destruction of Orthodox temples by Uniates in Ukraine, 1.5 million people slaughtered in WW2 by Ante Pavelic with the blessings of the Vatican. U also gave the world Crusades,Inquisition, and so on.

  • (although this is all historically inaccurate) what does any of this have to do with the doctrine of the immaculate conception? how does any of it provide evidence of doctrinal contradiction in the evidence provided by the Church for the Dogma? these other issues fall under the Lord's prayer, "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us." All these folks have gone to their reward, whatever that may be. we however are discussing doctrine.

  • You're losing all your credibility by denying these crimes. General Bukow destroyed Orthodox Monasteries in Transylvania with the cannons killing in the process thousands. "Saint" Ante Pavelic, AKA 'Butcher of the Balkans', forced the serbs to convert to catholicism before killing them by the hundred of thousands and moking them, you'll go to Paradise now, you're Catholics.

  • Please visit IMPantocratoros gr in order to read about the heresy of Ecumenism. Bartholomew is clearly a papo-phile but still canonical; priesthood is not removed "automatically" even when one heretises. Those at the top who fall always cause grief for the Ecclesia; alas.

  • I really like this man

  • Ecumenism now literally makes me fel SICK! Woe unto "Patriarch" Bartholomew! He is a freemason!

  • Is he really a Freemason? I know some of the former Patriarchs were, but I didn't know HAH was. Joining Freemasonry is a serious, demonic mistake. I hope it's not true.

  • I don't think there's any evidence that His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew is a Freemason. Unfortunately, he does inherit an attitude of compromise from his successors. May God guide him into the Truth, and I pray that the next Ecumenical Patriarch will be more traditional and right-believing- perhaps a holy monk from Mt. Athos is what we need.

  • There is no evidence he is a freemason. However he is clearly a papo-phile; read impantocrator gr (visit their English section on Ecumenism).

  • unfortunately, some orthodox hierachs are freemasons. please check for an image of the patriarchal throne of the patriarchate of jerusalem, and there above the icon of chirst you will clearly see their symbol.

    nevertheless, christ will deliver us to the end, in his glory. (these issues are just minor and very earthly. i know).

  • Random geometric symbols are not necessarily the masons'. But even if some were masons this is irrelevant to the Faith. They not minor in that we often suffer from their betrayal, like today thru ecumenism

  • most of critics he made against Catholicism are acceptable but why rejecting Oecumemical initiative?

    I'm afraid that such positions strenghten the status quo in division. However I'm agree with his last remark.

  • We're not against Ecumenical dialogues per se but in SOME dialogues only. The answer is given to you in the article Your Holiness WHAT pan-Orthodox decision? found at OODEGR COM in their English section (go to New Articles, second from the top)

  • Thank you for the link. This text shows the complexity of political and human factors.

    I heard one day on a Christian radio, a person belonging to an ecumenical group who said that dialog is easily experienced at a non-hierarchical level.

  • This is great!

    Christos voskrese!

  • dak nu cauta in una mai veche, scrisa cu mult inainte ca "iluminatii" tai pastori sa rescrie dupa bunul plac ce au gasit la altii.

    scz ca m-am deranjat sa scriu :D (nu-s convins ca merita).

    Doamne ajuta

    PS: comentariul era pt nellule1980 da nush dc nu la postat ca reply

  • THANK YOU for the English subtitles!

  • Amice mosclaudiu nu m-ai contrazis cu nici un verset,asa ca am sa continui.Mantuirea se obtine prin credinta in Domnul Isus Hristos.

    "Daca ne marturisim pacatele, El este credincios si drept, ca sa ne ierte pacatele si sa ne curateasca de orice nelegiuire. (1Ioan1:9)

    Ioan 3:16". Fiindca atat de mult a iubit Dumnezeu lumea, ca a dat pe singurul Lui Fiu, pentruca oricine crede in El, sa nu piara, ci sa aiba viata vecinica."

    Scrie clar ORICINE crede.Domnul sa va lumineze!

  • APOCALIPSA 14:

    3. "Şi cântau o cântare nouă, înaintea tronului şi înaintea celor patru fiinţe şi înaintea bătrânilor; şi nimeni nu putea să înveţe cântarea decât numai cei o sută patruzeci şi patru de mii, care fuseseră răscumpăraţi de pe pământ.

    4. Aceştia sunt care nu s-au întinat cu femei, căci sunt feciorelnici. Aceştia sunt care merg după Miel ori unde se va duce. Aceştia au fost răscumpăraţi dintre oameni, pârgă lui Dumnezeu şi Mielului. "

  • + Аминь ! +

  • Despre cine va fi mantuit se zice in Ioan 1

    11. A venit la ai Sai, si ai Sai nu L-au primit.

    12. Dar tuturor celor ce L-au primit, adica celorce cred in Numele Lui, le-a dat dreptul sa se faca copii ai lui Dumnezeu;

    Concluzia este ca ORICINE crede in Isus Hristos va fi mantuit indiferent din ce cult face parte.Exclusivistii au probleme de intelegere a Bibliei f grave.

    Recapitulare:ORICINE crede in Isus Hristos va fi mantuit.

  • APOCALIPSA 14:1. ''Şi m-am uitat şi iată Mielul stătea pe muntele Sion şi cu El o sută patruzeci şi patru de mii, care aveau numele Lui şi numele Tatălui Lui, scris pe frunţile lor.

    2. Atunci am auzit un glas din cer, ca un vuiet de ape multe şi ca bubuitul unui tunet puternic, iar glasul pe care l-am auzit ca glasul celor ce cântă cu alăutele lor. "

  • voi sectarii nu sunteţi oameni. Voi sunteţi draci fără de coarne, că voi căutaţi să distrugeţi Biserica şi să-i rupeţi pe oameni de la ea, ca să-i duceţi în iad. Măcar dracii au coarne, iar voi nu aveţi deşi faceţi ca ei.

  • DA, DUPA 1514 ANI DE LA INFINTAREA CRESTINUISMULUI ATI APARUT SI VOI CA CIPERCILE DUPA PLOAIE!

    SI NU TE CREDE MAI PRESUS DE HRISTOS: "Dupăcum este scris: <<Nu este drept nici unul;" ROMANI 3:10

    ROMANI 3:23:

    "Fiindcă toţi au păcătuit şi sunt lipsiţi de slava lui Dumnezeu,"

    FILIPENI 3: 2. "Păziţi-vă de câini! Păziţi-vă de lucrătorii cei răi! Păziţi-vă de tăierea împrejur. "

  • "Nu oricine Imi zice Doamne, Doamne, va intra in Imparatia Cerurilor, ci cel ce face voia Tatalui Meu, Celui din Ceruri." (Matei 7,21) si exemple mai sunt. nu sunt eu chiar asa vrednic si nu le tin minte cu exactitate. dar dak ai fi curios ai gasi si u exemple in care Domnul nostru Iisus Hristos ne arata nu doar simpla credinta ne mantuie. asa dak nu cumva ne alaturam fariseii care stim cat au fost criticati de Domnul si Dumnezeul Nostru. asta dak e in biblia voastra asa ceva.

  • "Nu oricine Imi zice Doamne, Doamne, va intra in Imparatia Cerurilor, ci cel ce face voia Tatalui Meu, Celui din Ceruri." (Matei 7,21)---corect dar nu ne putem mantui prin faptele bune ci prin credinta in Domnul Isus Hristos.

  • pe jumatate adevarat. nu ne putem mantui dak nu credem dar nici nu ne putem mantui doar dak credem. pur si simplu nu e de ajuns. e ca si cum ne-am satura doar gandindu-ne doar la mancare. cum zicea cineva. cum a trebuit (si inca mai trebuie - nota personala) sa invatam sa "fim cetateni europeni" pentru a intra in UE tot asa trebuie sa invatam sa devenim si cetateni ai Raiului entru a ajunge acolo. si asta cere efort, sacrificii nu doar idei si meditatii

  • Zici bine dar nu spui tot:nu ne mantuim prin fapte bune ci prin credinta in Domnul Isus Hristos.Normal ca in urma credintei vomface fapte bune si trairea practica este finalitatea credintei. Iti dau un exemplu din Biblie:talharul de pe cruce care a crezut in Domnul Isus a fost mantuit fara sa mai aiba posibilitatea sa faca fapte bune.Sper ca ai inteles si te indemn sa citesti in special Noul Testament!

  • Auzi, da am si eu o intrebare: bunaoara, diavolul crede in Iisus ? Desigur ca da, mai mult decat atat, L-a si recunoscut, pe vremea cand umbla pe pamant. Bun, si atunci de ce nu se mantuieste si satana ? Huh ? Dragilor, credinta fara fapte este MOARTA, "nu oricine imi zice Doamne Doamne va intra in imparatia tatalui Meu ci numai cei ce implinesc voia Lui", va sa zica, faptele cele din credinta te mantuiesc, ca o credinta fara fapte e doar demagogie. Diavolul e cel mai clar exemplu ca sa intelegi

  • We look forward to your new video - and praise our God and Savior Jesus Christ that this beloved Elder is alive still for us to hear! I am sharing this video far and wide! Thank you so much for providing English translation which is badly needed to be able to learn from him.

  • "The vicar does not exist unless the Master is dead"! These are true words. I do not think that it is right to have the Pope. The Catholic Church is too concerned with worldly power.

  • Va invit sa cititi Romana,limba vechii Europe sau Romanian,the first language of Europe ori macar sa vizitati grupul Originea reala a limbii romanesti.

  • God loves orthodox ways,because those are the closest to His truth

  • Părintele Arsenie Papacioc e unul dintre puținii preoți armăni , însă cel mai plin de har

  • Stefan cel Mare n-a fost baptist !

    Mircea cel Batran n-a fost evanghelist sau adventist !

    Alexandru cel Bun n-a fost martorul lui Iehova;

    nebunii astia care au iesit acum. Nici o secta nu exista in tara noastra pe atunci.

    Acestia vin din strainatate, platiti de masoni, sa ne strice dreapta credinta si originea noastra si radacina noastra de popor ortodox.

    Părintele Cleopa

    Nu mai trebuie sa adaug nimic. Citatul spune tot.

    Multumim parinte Arsenie Papacioc pentu ca spuneti adevarul!

  • Si este concludent ce credinta au avut oamenii mari ai Romaniei?Ca iti dau exemple de sute de oameni de stiinta din Anglia,Germania etc etc care au fost luterani,protestanti etc si au avut contributii la stiinta pe plan mondial IMENSE!Ai inteles?Crezi ca Romania este buricul pamantului?

    (Robert Boyle, Michael Faradey, Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, Blaise Pascal, Louis Pasteur, Johannes Kepler si Ambrose Fleming,GALILEO GALILEI,ISAAC NEWTON etc etc)

  • Wtih all respect to Elder Arsenie Papacioc.

    Orthodoxy Forever.God bless

  • The Catholic Church is behind the West's success, and it's ultimate failure.

  • LOL I love and respect this priest he seems to practice what he preaches. But What about Hesychasm that was not decided at the 7 Ecumenical Councils but yey you hold it to be Orthodoxy. Catholicism has always been the majority the established Church of Christ. It has committed error's and many of them but its no different in the human institution of the Orthodox Church. It has also made many mistakes with the Communist but that does not matter it does nto mean that they are not inspired.Frailty!

  • 's and repeating one word so many times that you start illusioning "the uncreated light of God", what the Apostles have seen. This is false mysticism, called quietism and thi9s is false and completely heretical. Some people took it so far that you get so pure and holy at that point that you are no longer obliged by obedience or the Law of the Church. Look up Quietism and you will see that the Eastern's are all Platonistic in nature. Just like Abba Evagrius who was condemned as a heresy his ideas

  • But, then again Orthodox church did have Jesuits, witch hunts, Inquisition, abuse of indulgenses, catholic-protestant wars, agressive prozelitism in South America, crusades...

  • ...did NOT, I think you mean...

  • @mariotime12

    You are also wrong as regards platonism. The papal philosophy originates in the writings of Augustine who was a neoplatonist. Hysechasm has nothing to do with platonism and that's evident in the writings of Saint Gregory Palamas.

    Papacy expressed the nationalism of the Franks who enslaved the Romans. That was the first nationalism and was paid back by the nationalism of protestantism. Romans were not nationalists. Orthodoxy was the faith of the Romans. Now Papacy just sells...

  • ...the lie that it is the early Christianity and the faith adopted by the Romans. But of course it is not the case. It is the distortion of the faith by the Frankish racist and illiterate nobility which made the biggest culture-cleansing in history, the forerunners of the nazis.

  • @mariotime12

    In the ninth ecumenical council which defended hesychasm, it was exactly the platonic mysticism that was condemned (as it was condemned by the Fathers traditionally) expressed by Barlaam of Calabria who had studied in Rome and after his ideas were condemned he went back to Calabria and eventually became a papal bishop.

  • you are misleading people: Orthodoxy practices Isihasm, NOT Quietism. If anyone is interested in the matter, look up Isihasm. God bless !

  • Otherwise known in English as, "hesychasm." St. Gregory Palamas, pray for us.

  • Orthodox theology is not unreasonable and perplexing at all, actually it is much less opressive then catholic faith, the priest is not a shepherd but the facilitator in communication with God, therefore it allows much more freedom and does not imply the guilt, which is something catholic church does. I guess you are not Orthodox and you rely on literature, I guess catholic. Not to mention the enlightening role Orthodox church has had.

  • Yes, Orthodoxy is nationalistic because the Bible was tranlated in non-Greek languages early on, pagan tradition was incoroporated into the Orthodox teachings, for example, Serbs still have SLAVA, a family feast in honour of a family saint, which is a pre-christian remnant incorporated in the Serbian Orthodox Church, my slava is St. John the Baptist. Futhermore, Serbian church preserved Serbian nation, literacy, language and faith during the 600-year Turkish invasion.

  • @mariontime12

    You hold wrong ideas about the Ecumenical Councils. They did not invent anything. They just defended and formulated what it was already known and true. The Christian faith has not changed at all in Orthodoxy since the time of the Apostles. Hesychasm was defended in the ninth ecumenical council.

    The idea of summoning synods in order to innovate things as it happened with the so-called infallibility of the Pope is foreign to Christianity and it is to be found only in Papacy.

  • Ecumenism is about all religions:

    Ecumenism part of NWO - orthodox-awareness-film [Part 1]

    watch?v=NEC6e8N0Wfk

    all 1-8 must see.

  • Thank you for the great video. Orthodoxy for ever.

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  • Schism was caused by politcal intrests.He dosnt want to acept that the Pope s the Vicar of X't on earth.But in AD600s,the GreekChurch gave greater role to the Empror ofConstantinple,calling him the X't on Earth.GreatSchism of AD1054 was the summit of long political conflict b/n the empires of Constantnople&Rome--popes had been refusing to grant the patriarchate of Constantnopl the honor as 2nd to Rom bcoz it was untraditional(Alexandria was 2nd,followed by Antioch established by St.Petr hmself).

  • Schism was caused by the west's twisting of the word of God, and their pope's exessive interest in the worldly affairs and power. There were five patriarchates at the time, your one left this union and created a new denomination based on heretival teachings that no true Christian could ever accept. Your sect's corruption and greed has expelled the Word of God from the West.

  • there were popes who had that personality.there were also heads of Constantinople who were also like them.what can you say about patriarchs Photius&Michael Cerularius?Although,Photius died in communion with Rome.Only in 701 that patriarchate of Constantinople was recognized by Rome when Antioch&Alexandria were reduced into minor Xtian communities by the Muslims.The Eastern Holy Fathers had always recognized the supreme authority of Rome over all the Churches.

  • if you are going to tell me that in the X or XI century a priest from Russia, Georgia or Asia Minor considerred the pope from Rome as his "supreme leader" and "vicar of Christ" then you'd better shut up, pal.

  • to immerse in history is to cease being Russian Orthodox.

  • Latin catholics don't have the Proskomidi, but they commemorate the deads after the anaphora, as the byzantines do.

  • We Catholics even have a commemoration of the dead which we celebrate every November 2.Praying for the dead is always part of the celebration of the Eucharist.

  • Please, write "latin catholics", because there are the eastern ones, like me, melkite, who am also byzantine and, then, I commemorate the deads at the Proskomidi.

  • What is Proskomidi?

  • Proskomidi is the first part of the Divine Liturgy in byzantine rite. It is a "private" service, executed only by the priest, where he prepares the holy gifts of bread and wine, relating it, through the prayers, to the birth and sacrifice of Christ (which also conect these two events between themself).

    All the Church is remember, including the dead, representing each Church's part with a bread's piece.

  • Many years! Many years! Many years! I was once a member of the Roman "Church", now I am by God's grace an Orthodox Christian. What a wonderful starets Elder Arsenie is!

  • many years! glory to God for your conversion, and for all things!

  • may I in heaven kiss the hand of this holy father. there is no privilege like that of being in the Right-Believing Church. I am overwhelmed.

  • Rated 5 stars :)

  • We should respect everyone; that is for sure.

    I have never heard of Orthodox monks who are not charitable against someone, no matter their religious background. We do live in a turmoiled world, but these people (and lay people, too) base their life on a tight connection between fasting, vigils, and charity. None works without the other and a life without charity is worth nothing, no matter how much fasting etc you'd keep, as St. John the Golden Mouth said. This is abc to any monk.

  • Being Orthodox also means understanding why you have to stick with its rules and principles. Like many others, I used to be quite relaxed myself until I saw how much sense that makes.

    The stake is my soul and I am certainly not going to take that lightly. It is a shame that Christianity branched out into other confessions to the point that now young people call them "other religions" and how we should "respect" them.

  • is this holy father reposed, or does he still live?

  • Father Arsenie is still alive, almost 94 years old. We should have another video in English pretty soon, God willing!

  • God bless him. He is a witness to the truth of Orthodoxy, and not afraid of telling ecumenists they are wrong. May God grant him many years! I look forward to more videos.

  • Makes you wonder why is it that Orthodox monks, for all of their long services and fastings and vigils, have such little charity to the non-Orthodox.

  • Truth can never trounce charity or vice-versa. This father never advocates any sort of uncharitable behavior toward non-Orthodox rather he proclaims the orthodox truth against heresy. How can one say that it is uncharitable to claim that certain ideas are erroneous and others are not?

  • Come on.. Pocaiti-va oameni buni inaintea lui Dumnezeu nu inaintea oamenilor. Si nu mai punetzi atat accentul pe denominatiune.. "Hristos in noi nadejdea Slavei"

  • Such authentic and straightforward honesty is SO rare in this age of Godless compromise and ecumenism! May Elder Arsenie be blessed with every Spiritual blessing in Christ!

  • For the blessed rejoining of Christ's chruch, everyone is going to have to change, not just those that left. That means even the Greeks. Us American Episcopals will have to give up immorality, the Baptists will have to give up comfort, the Catholics will probably have to give up the Pope, and Orthodox will have to loose their pride. We will all gain unity as the beloved church of Christ.

  • This priest should be Patriarch, because he speaks words of wisdom. Rather, God speaks through him!If all the Orthodox clergy were like him, we would need not worry.