WISDOM FROM MOUNT ATHOS (WMA) SERIES
Why God Doesn’t Always Answer Your Prayers | St. Dionisie of...
In this rare video recording, the recently canonized Romanian Elder, Saint Dionisie Ignat of Mount Athos explains why God sometimes leaves our prayers seemingly...
SIGNS OF THE END TIMES (SET) SERIES
The Christian “Special Forces” fighting against antichrist
In this video recording, Elder Ephraim of Arizona talks about the importance of monasteries in the End Times, as beacons of Orthodox spirituality, “Special...
THE PATH OF HUMILITY (TPH) SERIES
Fr Proclu – The stupid should stay silent (TPH, S01E02)
How the true humility works: a short recording with the contemporary Romanian Hermit, Fr Proclu.
Series: The Path of Humility (THP, S01E02)
Fr Proclu:
"I heard someone saying...
FATHER OF PEACE (FP) SERIES
”Who can fight against love?” (Elder Thaddeus)
In this video recording Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica talks about the unique power of Christian love, showing that "there is no weapon that can...
DEATH AND DYING (DD) SERIES
Should We Fight for Life or Let God Decide? | An...
In this video, Fr. Rafail Noica addresses one of the hardest questions we face: when a loved one is dying, do we keep fighting...
DIVINE SERVICES
Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Arabic with English subtitles
The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in Arabic with English subtitles chanted by the Mount Lebanon Orthodox Choir (The School of Ecclesiastic Music)...
TODAY'S PICKS
God does not stop us! (Fr. Rafail)
Fr. Rafail, disciple of Fr. Sophrony from Essex, talks about the gentleness of our God who does not stop us from doing what we...
The ICON OF THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD at the Temple...
In the 4th episode of the "Orthodox Icons Explained" series, Fr. John explains the icon of the Presentation of our Lord at the Temple,...
Am I saved? An Orthodox perspective (Fr. Arsenie Papacioc)
Fr. Arsenie Papacioc talks about humility as a precondition of salvation. He suffered while imprisoned for his Christian faith under the atheist (communist) regime...
The Lost Strength of Fasting | St. Sophrony’s Reflections on Great...
In this rare audio recording, St. Sophrony the Athonite (+July 11, 1993) speaks to his monastic brotherhood about the true spirit of Great Lent,...
From Atheist to Orthodox Christian: Mother Siluana’s Inspiring Journey | Marxism,...
In this video, Mother Siluana (Vlad) talks about her captivating journey from atheism to Orthodox Christianity. Explore her profound encounters with philosophy, atheism, and...
TESTIMONIES
A miracle in my first day in a monastery (Bp. Justinian)
An emotional testimony of Archbishop Justinian (✝2016) of Maramures and Satu Mare (Romania) in which he recounts a beautiful memory of how he entered...
Fr. Sophrony: “I bow before all people”
In this video recording, Fr. Rafail is trying to explain why Father Sophrony used to say that he bows before all people...
Subtitles: English (YTranslations...
Elder Aimilianos: “Do you know why God put your eyes right...
Fr. Iakovos, a disciple of Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra (Mount Athos) remembers one of his encounters with his spiritual father.
Location & video source: St....
Miracles of Saint Porphyrios in Greece | Direct witness | Elder...
In this video interview, the former abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. Symeon the New Theologian in Kalamos, Attika, Greece, Archimandrite Christodoulos, talks...
How Fr. Gervasios expelled a demon on Monday after Pentecost
In this video, Elder Ephraim of St. Andrew's Skete recalls the day when Elder Gervasios Paraskeuopoulos of Patra expelled a demon from a...
PRAYERS
Prayer for the little girls (Metropolitan Ioan)
Heart touching video of Metropolitan John of Timisoara who asks for prayer for healing for three little girls, one of them suffering from leukemia.
"You...
A Prayer of Elder Sophrony Sakharov
In this recording, Fr. Rafail, a disciple of Fr. Sophrony, prays with the prayer of his spiritual father:
"О ALMIGHTY GOD and our FATHER,
Fount of...
Fr. Ioan Iovan – Prayer of Absolution
Archimandrite Ioan Iovan (1922-2008), who spent 10 years in the Romania's Communist prisons, says the prayer of Absolution in the Holy Mistery of Confession.
This...
Theology and Spirituality (TS) Series
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