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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
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...
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
Last words before death | 94 years old | Fr. Simeon...
Fr. Simeon (Zaharia) of Sihastria Monastery, Romania, gives us his last advice, his last words before death. He is now 94 years old and...
DIVINE SERVICES
Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo: “I see Thy bridal chamber…”
It's been almost 5 years since Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) has been kidnapped in the province of Aleppo, Syria, together with the Syriac Orthodox archbishop, Mor...
TODAY'S PICKS
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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...
00:11:25
Witnessing the Miraculous: Meeting Saints Porphyrios, Paisios, and Iakovos | Fr....
In this video, Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos recounts his recent visit to the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, where he engages in a heartfelt discussion with...
Prayers of the prisoners
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Fr. Sofian talks about prayers of the prisoners, mostly those who...
00:08:04
An Archangel was sent from Heaven to say to the Mother...
In this video recording, Fr. Abraham Dabour from Jordan talks about the moment when the Archangel Gabriel was sent from Heaven to say to...
Saint Sophrony – On Prayer
I once read a newspaper account of an engineer testing the jet engine of a plane who carelessly stepped into the air stream which...
TESTIMONIES
00:02:43
Fr. Rafail – My First Encounter with Father Sophrony
Fr. Rafail remembers his first encounter with his spiritual father, Fr. Sophrony Sakharov at Essex Monastery in the '60s.
Subtitles: English (YTranslations Ltd), Romanian
Fr. Rafail:...
00:05:29
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...
00:03:11
”Did you forget that Christ is Risen?” (Metr. George Khodr)
Metropolitan Georges Khodr of Mount Lebanon has been a Shepherd of the Church for almost 50 years and a masterful theologian. He recently resigned...
00:11:29
Saint Paisios and the homosexual man | Mount Athos | testimony...
In this video, Fr. Evangelos talks about the meeting of St. Paisios with Stamatis (a homosexual man). This is the testimony of a direct...
00:01:45
Fr. Sophrony giving candies to a child
Fr. Rafail, a disciple of Fr. Sophrony, talks about how Fr. Sophrony used to give candies to children... he had his own style...
This video...
PRAYERS
00:12:10
Divine Liturgy with Saint Porphyrios (Audio Recording)
Today, the Orthodox Church commemorates our Venerable Father Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia († 2 December 1991).
Here you have an audio recording of the Divine Liturgy...
00:00:46
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...
00:04:17
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...
Theology and Spirituality (TS) Series
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