THIS IS AN AMERICAN SAINT

"What is the Living Water, and what is the spring welling up to eternal life?

To understand these two concepts, I will give you an example—not from the saints, although this story itself could be considered the life of a saint—from a priest who lived in America.

This was Father Seraphim Rose. Many of you may have heard of him or read his works. Father Seraphim Rose, whose secular name was Eugene, was an intelligent, handsome, and gifted young man.

He was an excellent student, an active person, and what we might call a restless spirit.

After finishing high school, he began searching for the truth. What is truth? Where can truth be found?

He began with the Christianity he encountered in America, but he rejected it.

Why did he reject American Christianity?

Because he considered it worldly, weak, and false. In Protestantism, Anglicanism, Catholicism, and the various denominations that existed in America, he saw elements of worldliness, weakness, and insincerity. It did not satisfy him, and so he rejected Christianity.

After rejecting Christianity, he was drawn to the atheism of Nietzsche. He began studying and reading Nietzsche’s books, which were filled with atheistic ideas.

However, accepting the belief that God does not exist led him into complete despair. As he later described it, he felt as though he were living in a living hell.

He would say: “If we are born, live, and die, with nothing before and nothing after, then what is the point of living?”

He often walked beneath the stars. He loved walking at night and admiring the beauty of nature, but all of it only deepened his depression.

He would say, “I enjoy this today, but tomorrow I will not. Things exist today, and tomorrow they will be gone. Therefore, everything is meaningless.”

As a result, he turned to alcohol and became an alcoholic.

Yet even within the atheism he embraced, he felt as though God was pursuing him. Sometimes he would suddenly cry out, “Leave me alone!”—as though speaking to God.

“Stop bothering me. You do not exist.”

At one point, he climbed to the top of a high mountain, raised his fist toward the sky, cursed God, and said, “Send me to hell.”

In other words, he preferred to be in hell, where he would at least know that God exists, rather than continue living in the misery of this world, where he doubted and could not believe in God's existence.

He sank into an even greater emptiness, and his depression grew worse.

When even this failed to satisfy him, he turned to Buddhism during the 1950s.

Seraphim Rose was born in 1934. As a young man, he embraced Buddhism and, in order to immerse himself in the ancient Buddhist tradition, he taught himself Chinese and began reading ancient Chinese texts so that he could better understand Buddhism.

Yet there too he encountered only emptiness.

Again, depression overwhelmed him. He could not find the truth.

He then turned to the ancient religions. He studied all of them, but found nothing that satisfied him.

Then, in 1962, he happened to find himself outside an Orthodox church in San Francisco.

When he entered, as he later recounted, he felt something he had never felt anywhere else—in no Christian church, no Buddhist temple, and no place of worship of any other religion.

And he said to himself:

“I have arrived. I have come home.”

He felt that his journey of searching had come to an end simply by entering that church.

He then began studying Orthodoxy.

He found a spiritual father who would later become a saint: Saint John Maximovitch.

Saint John was serving as bishop in San Francisco at the time.

Gradually, Seraphim began to study more deeply.

Through his studies, he came to understand that truth is not something abstract. Truth is a Person.

Truth is Christ.

Yet the Christ he was seeking, he did not find in the various denominations and sects, but only within Orthodoxy.

He studied the Church Fathers, and whereas before he had suffered because he searched endlessly for the truth without finding it, now he suffered because he had found the truth and could not keep it to himself.

He wanted to share it with others.

He opened a bookstore in San Francisco where he distributed Orthodox Christian books.

Since most Orthodox literature was unavailable in English, he began translating works from Russian into English.

He also established a printing press and began publishing Orthodox texts in English. Many of his works were translated into Russian or written directly for Russian readers.

At that time, Russia was under communist rule. Millions of Russians secretly read the writings of the future Father Seraphim Rose.

As we have said, he later became a monk and received the name Seraphim.

He began writing his own books.

His writings influenced countless people in Russia, while in America, many learned about Orthodoxy through his work.

Thousands visited Father Seraphim Rose at the small monastery and hermitage he established in the wilderness of California, where many people were baptized and became Orthodox Christians.

In 1982, at a relatively young age, after a brief illness, Father Seraphim Rose passed into eternity.

Yet he left behind an immense legacy.

Today, many consider him the father of Orthodoxy in America and a spiritual enlightener of many Americans.

And now we come to the central question:

What is the Living Water?

The Living Water is Christ, who is the Truth.

Whoever truly tastes Him has no need to search for anything else.

Father Seraphim Rose traveled the world searching for the Living Water.

We already possess it.

Not only is it before us—we are immersed in it.

Orthodoxy is the Living Water that others are seeking.

Whoever drinks this Living Water and comes to understand the truth of Orthodoxy, which is Christ Himself, cannot keep it to himself.

Such a person becomes a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

My brothers and sisters, have we tasted this Living Water, or is it still before us while we have not yet touched it to our lips?

If we have truly tasted it, then we too will become springs of water welling up to eternal life.

We, too, will become proclaimers of the Gospel.

Through our example and our words, we will become missionaries.

Just as the Holy Samaritan Woman, Saint Photini, became an apostle and missionary, whom the Church commemorates today, along with the holy father I mentioned earlier."

EX MAGICIAN REVEALS

 

"It is impossible for a person who works as a medium to have a gift from God and be called to help others. According to the view of our Orthodox Church, this is impossible because such a person cooperates with demons.

In fact, there have been cases where, at the very moment magical rituals or acts of divination were being performed, if some Christians were praying or a Divine Liturgy was taking place, all of those ceremonies would become ineffective and come to a halt.

Did your teacher only remove spells, or did he also cast them?

Mostly, he cast them. And, to tell the truth, he never actually removed them, because he could not. He himself told me that we could never remove them because the Church is superior.

There were specific periods that he himself mentioned to me. At a time when I was not well and felt as though I was going mad, he told me about the period of theophany—from the day of theophany and for forty days afterward. Because of the great religious event of the Baptism of Jesus and the blessing of the waters, all these things, as Maros used to say, affected us.

We tried to protect and sustain ourselves with medication, tranquilizers, and painkillers because we suffered terrible pain, headaches, and a state of mental turmoil during the period of Theophany and for forty days afterward.

How do you explain this?

As I said, it can be explained. The Church can explain it even better. It is the great event and the great gift that God gives to humanity, especially to Orthodox Christians.

Through this sanctification that takes place in every Orthodox country, all spells are broken at the same time as a sign of God's gift for the baptism of His Son and for the Orthodox faithful.

Even if someone had cast spells on another person, all those spells would be undone. All the documents we had, all the cases we were working on, all the bindings and enchantments—everything was dissolved. It became, so to speak, ashes and smoke. And we suffered because of it.

What is characteristic is that, as I personally remember experiencing, and as Maros himself admitted, we both acknowledged the truth: Christ and the Church were stronger. Yet we could not leave what we were doing.

What did you tell your clients?

We would tell them various things because they came to us with serious complaints. They could see that everything had been turned upside down.

There were even cases of successful marriages that had supposedly been achieved through magic. During that period, those unions would break apart. Marriages dissolved, as did other affairs and arrangements, including inheritance matters and many other issues."

"What is your zodiac sign, Eirini?"

"I don't believe in zodiac signs at all."

"It doesn't matter."

"I don't believe in them. They are anti-Christian."

"No, they are not."

"These are magical things. I must say this as an Orthodox Christian: these things are a trap and a deception. They are magical practices. The Church opposes them because they do not agree with the Gospel.

God does not approve of them. How can I speak against the law of Christ? In the name of Christ and the Virgin Mary. Of course, we have all made mistakes, and that is why we have spiritual fathers and confession.

My children, it is wonderful to confess and receive Holy Communion. There is nothing like it. Nowadays, everyone runs to psychologists and psychiatrists. God helps greatly. He enlightens a person, and then you see things differently, truly and genuinely, in the Christian way, according to Christ.

Because when you have confessed and received Communion, your prayers are heard.

Many Christians marry Muslims."

"That is a betrayal of the soul."

"Why do you say that?"

"There are many examples. Christ Himself says so."

"Have you ended relationships in the past because of that?"

"No. They were all Christians."

"What if he were Catholic?"

"No. Catholicism is a heresy, my dear. There is only one Gospel of Christ. Catholicism is a heresy. Jehovah's Witnesses are a heresy. Orthodoxy is the true faith, the living faith.

Others talk to us about zodiac signs. Others are proud. Forgive me, Pavlos. Then there are Buddhas and various statues and figures. These are idols. They are dolls. They are false things, false gods.

There is only one God: Christ.

Whether they like it or not, I condemn these things. My faith is unwavering, firm, clear, and eternal in Christ, in the Holy Trinity, in Orthodoxy, in the Virgin Mary, and in the Holy Archangels.

Even if I had been born into a Muslim family, I would still be a Christian."

"I am Catholic, and when I come to Greece, I receive Communion in the Orthodox Church."

"Why? Do you think I will judge you? We are the same."

"We are not the same."

"We are all brothers and sisters."

"You receive communion with a wafer, whereas the Body and Blood of Christ are received as bread and wine.

And I will also say this about Muslims: many Muslims have beheaded Christians in order to force them to change their faith, and the Christians refused.

Have we ever cut off someone's head to make them become Christian? Never."

A young man from Greece had heard about Father Paisios

 A young man from Greece had heard about Father Paisios and how many people would visit him. It was said that he could perceive things about their lives, see aspects of the future, and offer a few words to each person according to their needs, helping them spiritually and emotionally.

The young man decided to visit him as well. However, he felt ashamed because, as he later admitted, he had been involved with many women, and he was afraid that Father Paisios would reveal this in front of others.

In the end, he decided to go anyway. He planned to stay until everyone else had left so that no one would hear what Father Paisios might say to him.

What happened next was the following remarkable event.

 

Η δεύτερη παρουσία του Χριστού

 Σύμφωνα με την Ορθόδοξη πίστη, κατά τη Δευτέρα Παρουσία ο Κύριος Ιησούς Χριστός θα έρθει με δόξα για να κρίνει ζωντανούς και νεκρούς. Θα γίνει η ανάσταση όλων των ανθρώπων, οι ψυχές θα ενωθούν ξανά με τα σώματά τους και όλοι θα σταθούν ενώπιον του Θεού.

Τότε θα φανερωθούν τα έργα, οι λόγοι και οι προθέσεις κάθε ανθρώπου. Οι δίκαιοι, όσοι αγωνίστηκαν με πίστη, μετάνοια και αγάπη, θα εισέλθουν στην αιώνια Βασιλεία του Θεού. Όσοι απέρριψαν τον Θεό και παρέμειναν αμετανόητοι θα βρεθούν μακριά από το φως και την κοινωνία Του.

Μετά την Τελική Κρίση θα υπάρξει «καινός ουρανός και καινή γη», και η Βασιλεία του Θεού δεν θα έχει τέλος. Η ακριβής ημέρα και ώρα της Δευτέρας Παρουσίας είναι άγνωστη στους ανθρώπους· γι’ αυτό η Εκκλησία καλεί τους πιστούς να βρίσκονται πάντοτε σε εγρήγορση, μετάνοια και προσευχή.

«Προσδοκῶ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Ἀμήν.»

learn what is coming

«Сито Божье началось, когда появился коронавирус.

Коронавирус был гонением на христианский мир.

Маски были кляпом. Если ты не носил маску, ты не мог войти в церковь. Это было гонение, господин Мицотакис и господин Иероним, и вы тоже способствовали этому гонению вместе со священниками и епископами, служа этим неверующим людям и врагам веры.

Это правда. Так нужно объяснять, чтобы не было недоразумений. Каждый день люди падают как мухи. Те, кто является врагами веры, радуются тому, что происходит.

Вот чего они добивались, и вот чего они достигли. Они не испытывают скорби из-за этого результата, из-за зла и смерти, которые происходят с людьми. Они потирают руки от удовлетворения.

Господин Мицотакис — современный тиран, который тиранизирует греков, православных христиан и народ. А люди всё ещё ничего не понимают и продолжают делать то же самое. Теперь мы ищем новых тиранов.

Выборы состоятся, и греки думают, что если они проголосуют за кого-то другого, они избегут того, что уже переживают. Но они будут страдать ещё хуже.

Я не занимаюсь политикой. Но Церковь — это свет, и пророчества исходят от Святого Духа. Сегодня люди спрашивают меня, кто спасёт эту страну.

Святой Паисий говорил о народе, людях и родине. Он сказал, что Грецией правит дьявол. И если бы Бог оставил политиков без вмешательства, мы были бы уничтожены.

Святой Паисий говорил конкретные вещи, и святой Порфирий, когда несколько дней плакал, был показан Богом то, что произойдёт.

Бог пошлёт человека, подобного Константину Великому, человека с великой верой в Бога. Бог пошлёт кого-то вроде Константина Великого, чтобы помочь не только Греции, но и всему человечеству.

Я видел странные вещи. Я видел женщину, которая недавно вошла в политику, делающую жесты и знаки руками, похожие на те, что делала Меркель.

Святого Порфирия спросили: «Старец, в какую эпоху мы живём?» Он ответил, что со времён Христа мир пришёл в жалкое состояние. Однако Бог не оставил мир.

Он сказал, что видел очень важного человека Божьего, который вдохновит и объединит людей к добру.

«И познаете истину, и истина сделает вас свободными».

Если святой Порфирий лгал, и если святой Паисий лгал, тогда я тоже лгу вам. Если только вам не нравятся ложь. В таком случае не верьте этим вещам.

Вместо этого верьте лжи Ципраса, Мицотакиса и других политиков.

Святой Порфирий хотел, чтобы мы голосовали за лучшего христианина, но святые не получают выгоды от выборов.

Теперь будет голосовать Бог. Святая Троица будет голосовать и уже проголосовала. Жребий брошен. Мы увидим, как мир перевернётся.

Святой Иаков, проходя через монастырь святого Иоанна Русского по пути на медицинское обследование, сказал, что будет великая война, и люди должны молиться Богу, чтобы этого не произошло, потому что войны приносят великие страдания.

Ответ был, что это должно случиться. Если этого не произойдёт — горе вам.

Бог допустит хаос, чтобы несколько оставшихся овечек могли быть спасены.

Греки — как брошенный сын, не только Европой, но и Америкой и Россией. Все нас пинают. Греция и греки становятся мишенью ударов со всех сторон.

Так что вы увидите, что вас всех ждёт.

Спасибо большое.»

God's sieve began when the coronavirus appeared.

The coronavirus was a persecution of the Christian world.

Masks were a muzzle. If you did not wear one, you could not enter churches. It was persecution, Mr. Mitsotakis, and Mr. Ieronymos, and you also contributed to this persecution, along with priests and bishops, serving these unbelieving people and enemies of the faith.

This is the truth. That is how things should be explained so there are no misunderstandings. Every day people are falling like flies. Those who are enemies of the faith rejoice at what is happening.

This is what they sought, and this is what they achieved. They feel no sorrow for this outcome, for the evil and death that is happening to people. They rub their hands with satisfaction.

Mr. Mitsotakis is a modern tyrant who tyrannizes the Greeks, the Orthodox Christians, and the people. And the people still understand nothing and continue doing the same things. Now we are looking for new tyrants.

Elections will take place, and Greeks believe that if they vote for someone else, they will escape what they are already experiencing. They will suffer even worse things.

I am not doing politics. But the Church is light, and prophecies flow from the Holy Spirit. Today people ask me who will save this country.

Saint Paisios spoke about the nation, the people, and the homeland. He said that Greece is governed by the devil. And if God were to leave politicians alone, we would be destroyed.

Saint Paisios said specific things, and Saint Porphyrios, when he wept for several days, was shown by God what would happen.

God will send a man like Constantine the Great, a man with great faith in God. God will send someone like Constantine the Great to help not only Greece but all humanity.

I saw strange things. I saw a woman who recently entered politics making gestures and hand signs, similar to those Merkel used to make.

Saint Porphyrios was asked, "Elder, in what era are we living now?" He replied that since the time of Christ, the world had reached a miserable condition. Yet God did not abandon the world.

He said that he saw a very important man of God who would inspire and unite people toward good.

"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."

If Saint Porphyrios lied, and if Saint Paisios lied, then I am also lying to you. Unless you enjoy lies. In that case, do not believe these things.

Instead, believe the lies of Tsipras, Mitsotakis, and the other politicians.

Saint Porphyrios wanted us to vote for the best Christian, but the saints will not benefit from elections.

Now God will vote. The Holy Trinity will vote and has already voted. The die has been cast. We will see the world turned upside down.

Saint Iakovos, while passing through Saint John the Russian's monastery on his way for medical examinations, was told that a great war would come and that people should pray to God that it would not happen, because wars bring great suffering.

The reply was that it must happen. If it does not happen, woe to you.

God will allow chaos so that the few little sheep who remain may be saved.

The Greeks are like an abandoned son, not only by Europe, but also by America and Russia. Everyone kicks us around. Greece and the Greeks are treated as the target of everyone's blows.

So you will see what awaits all of you.

Thank you very much.

«Η σωτηρία είναι πορεία εν Χριστώ, όχι απλώς γνώση κειμένων.»

 # Η Αγία Γραφή και η Ιερά Παράδοση στην Ορθόδοξη Πίστη

# The Holy Scriptures and Holy Tradition in the Orthodox Faith

# Священное Писание и Священное Предание в Православной Вере

## Ελληνικά

Η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία διδάσκει ότι η πίστη δεν στηρίζεται μόνο στην Αγία Γραφή, αλλά και στην Ιερά Παράδοση, η οποία μεταδίδεται μέσα από τους Αγίους Πατέρες, τις Οικουμενικές Συνόδους, τη λατρεία και τη ζωντανή εμπειρία της Εκκλησίας.

Η Αγία Γραφή είναι ο θεόπνευστος λόγος του Θεού και αποτελεί το θεμέλιο της χριστιανικής πίστης. Ωστόσο, η Εκκλησία πάντοτε ερμήνευε την Αγία Γραφή μέσα από την Παράδοση που παρέλαβε από τους Αποστόλους.

Θέματα όπως οι δοκιμασίες της ψυχής μετά τον θάνατο και τα λεγόμενα «τελώνια» δεν περιγράφονται αναλυτικά στην Αγία Γραφή. Υπάρχουν όμως αναφορές σε κείμενα Αγίων και Πατέρων της Εκκλησίας. Για το θέμα αυτό υπάρχουν διαφορετικές θεολογικές προσεγγίσεις μέσα στην Ορθόδοξη παράδοση.

Η σωτηρία δεν έρχεται απλώς με την ανάγνωση ενός βιβλίου. Είναι καρπός πίστης στον Χριστό, μετάνοιας, προσευχής, συμμετοχής στα Μυστήρια και ζωής μέσα στην Εκκλησία.

## English

The Orthodox Church teaches that the Christian faith is based not only on Holy Scripture but also on Holy Tradition, which is preserved through the Holy Fathers, the Ecumenical Councils, worship, and the living experience of the Church.

Holy Scripture is the inspired Word of God and the foundation of Christian faith. However, the Church has always interpreted Scripture within the Tradition received from the Apostles.

Subjects such as the soul's trials after death and the so-called "toll houses" are not described in detail in Scripture. Nevertheless, references to such themes can be found in the writings of various Saints and Church Fathers. Different theological interpretations exist within the Orthodox tradition.

Salvation does not come simply from reading a book. It is the fruit of faith in Christ, repentance, prayer, participation in the Sacraments, and life within the Church.

## Русский

Православная Церковь учит, что христианская вера основывается не только на Священном Писании, но и на Священном Предании, которое сохраняется через Святых Отцов, Вселенские Соборы, богослужение и живой опыт Церкви.

Священное Писание является богодухновенным Словом Божиим и основанием христианской веры. Однако Церковь всегда толковала Писание в свете Предания, полученного от Апостолов.

Такие вопросы, как посмертные испытания души и так называемые «мытарства», подробно не описаны в Священном Писании. Тем не менее упоминания об этом встречаются в трудах святых и отцов Церкви. В православной традиции существуют различные богословские подходы к этому вопросу.

Спасение приходит не только через чтение книги. Оно является плодом веры во Христа, покаяния, молитвы, участия в Таинствах и жизни в Церкви.

«Η σωτηρία είναι πορεία εν Χριστώ, όχι απλώς γνώση κειμένων.»

“Salvation is a journey in Christ, not merely knowledge of texts.”

«Спасение — это путь со Христом, а не только знание текстов.»

What do the prophecies of the Church say about Constantinople?

What do the prophecies of the Church say about Constantinople? What do the saints say about Hagia Sophia? Is the Queen of Cities a city lost forever or a city handed over for a time? And if history is not over, what does the Church’s tradition say about the Divine Liturgy that was interrupted and the priest who disappeared with the chalice?

Today, we will speak only about what exists within Orthodox tradition, patristic teaching, ecclesiastical memory, and apocalyptic literature.

The Church has a basic prophetic principle regarding holy cities: they may be handed over for a time, but they are not destroyed forever. Saint Andrew of Caesarea, interpreting the Book of Revelation, writes that holy cities are delivered to nations for a period, not for annihilation. In other words, holy cities may be given to other peoples for a time, but not for their complete disappearance.

This is the foundation of the Church’s expectation regarding Constantinople. Constantinople is not merely a historical city. It is the seat of a patriarchate, a center of Orthodoxy, and a city dedicated to the Mother of God. Church tradition states that Emperor Constantine dedicated the city to the Virgin Mary, and for this reason, the Church never regarded it as lost but rather as entrusted to others for a period.

Saint Germanus of Constantinople calls it a God-protected city. When a place is considered protected by God, its fall is not understood as an end but

as a trial.

The saints explain why holy cities fall. Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite writes that when sin increases among the people, divine protection is withdrawn. This withdrawal is not eternal. It is corrective and educational.

Thus, the Church views the fall of Constantinople not as a final loss, but as a period of silence. Just as Jerusalem was destroyed and remained for centuries without a temple, yet was not lost, so too there exists the expectation that what has been dedicated to God does not remain forever in foreign hands, because divine grace is not canceled by history.

This is especially true of Hagia Sophia. Hagia Sophia is not simply a church building. It is a place of theology, a place of councils, and a place where countless liturgies were celebrated.

Saint Symeon of Thessalonica says that a place where the Divine Liturgy has been celebrated remains sanctified until the end of time. Hagia Sophia hosted daily liturgies for centuries. Such a place does not lose its holiness.

Then we come to the year of the fall. Church memory preserves a moving tradition. It says that at the moment Constantinople fell, a Divine Liturgy was being celebrated inside Hagia Sophia. The priest had reached the Eucharistic prayer. The chalice was upon the Holy Table. The people were praying when the conquerors entered.

According to tradition, the priest took the chalice, entered the sanctuary, and disappeared. The mystery was not desecrated. The liturgy was not completed. It was interrupted.

The Church does not say that it ended. It says that it was interrupted. And what is interrupted can continue.

Saint Germanus of Constantinople writes that the Divine Liturgy is a work of the heavenly kingdom. If it belongs to the heavenly kingdom, it cannot be destroyed by an earthly fall. It may become silent, but it does not cease.

For this reason, the Church’s consciousness connects the hope for the city with the liturgy that awaits completion. The Divine Liturgy of Hagia Sophia was never finished. It is waiting.

When will it continue? The Church gives no dates and makes no political predictions. Instead, it offers a spiritual answer. When worship is once again permitted there, when Hagia Sophia serves as a church again, tradition says that the liturgy will continue from the point at which it was interrupted.

The priest with the chalice became a symbol. A symbol that grace never departed from. A symbol that the mystery was not desecrated. A symbol that worship is still waiting.

Thus, in Orthodox consciousness, Constantinople is not a lost city. It is a sanctified city, a city in silence, a city waiting, and a city where one Divine Liturgy was never completed.

I will conclude with the words of Christ: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

Empires pass. Cities change. Churches may remain silent for a time. But what has been dedicated to God does not come to an end.

For this reason, the Church remembers the Queen of Cities, Hagia Sophia, the hope associated with them, the interrupted liturgy, and the priest who disappeared with the chalice—not as a matter of the past, but as a matter of hope.

That was our topic for today. I hope you enjoyed it. Next Friday, we will upload the next video. May God bless you all, and have a blessed Lent.

WELL DONE TO THE GIRL

What is your zodiac sign, Irene?

I do not believe in zodiac signs at all.

That’s okay.

I don’t believe in them.

They are anti-Christian.

No, they are not. These are magical things. As Orthodox Christians, we have a duty to say that this is a trap and a deception. These are occult practices. The Church is against them.

Why?

Because the Gospel does not agree with them. God does not approve of them. How could I say something that goes against the law of Christ, against the name of Christ, and the Virgin Mary?

Of course, we all make mistakes. That is why we have spiritual fathers and confession. It is wonderful to confess and receive Holy Communion. There is nothing like it. Nowadays, everyone runs to psychologists and psychiatrists.

Because God helps greatly. He enlightens a person, and then you see things differently—truthfully, in a genuinely Christian way, with truth. When you have confessed and received Communion, your prayers are heard.

Many Christians get involved with Muslims.

That is a betrayal of the soul.

Why do you say that?

Because Christ says so.

Have you ended relationships in the past because they were not Christians?

No, they were all Christians.

What if someone were Catholic?

No. Catholicism is a heresy, my dear. There is only one Gospel of Christ. Catholicism is a heresy. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a heresy. Orthodoxy is the true faith, the living faith.

Some talk to us about zodiac signs. Others are proud. Forgive me, Pavlos. And then there are Buddhas, statues, and all sorts of things. These are idols. They are dolls. They are false gods.

There is only one God—Christ.

Whether they like it or not, I condemn those things. My faith is unwavering, absolute, clear, and eternal in Christ, in the Holy Trinity, in Orthodoxy, in the Virgin Mary, and in the Holy Archangels.

Even if I had been born into a Muslim family, I would still be a Christian.

I am Catholic, and when I visit Greece, I normally receive Communion in the Orthodox Church

.

Why? Am I going to judge you? We are the same.

We are not the same.

We are all brothers and sisters.

We are not the same. You receive communion with a wafer, while the Body and Blood of Christ are bread and wine.

And I will say this about Muslims: many Muslims have beheaded Christians to force them to change their faith, and the Christians said no.

Have we ever cut off anyone’s head to make them become Christian?

Never.