Challenges in a secular society: Three Priests, Fr. Michael Tishel, Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou and Fr. John Brown have a formal discussion about the challenges faced by Orthodox Christians in our rapidly changing secular society. Round Table Discussion at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, Marietta GA. Sunday, June 23, 2019.
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My Dear Orthodox Brothers and Sisters. I am a I Roman Catholic from Asia. Living in America. Please be strong in the True Faith – Faith in Our Divine Lord Jesus Christ and the prayers of the Most Holy Mother of God. I pray for you and read about you and am deeply heart broken at the persecution of our orthodox christians in muslim lands. in America, please brothers. Orthodox Brothers. Stand for your Faith!!! Proclaim proudly that you are the children of the Most Holy Theotokos. We Roman Catholics in the East, rely on the Most Holy Theotokos for our protection. Please stay strong in the Faith. Make Our Mother, the Most Holy Theotokos, proud.
People believe they need to maintain certain life conditions and lifestyles in order to exist happily and succesfully. This is simply not true, we can live simply and be happy simultaneously.
Jesus said we must be like children. Like a child depends on his parents; we must learn to depend on the Father, Son and Holy Spirt solely.
Otherwise we struggle to maintain every aspect of our lives. As a result, we suffer anxiety and depression.
Who should we depend on and have trust in, ourselves? or God?
"Outside the culture of society" means to me mainstream society…..yuck! I'm not a fan of mainstream society.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner.
I am an American living in China and am returning to the U.S. only for the purposes of becoming an Orthodox Christian
RE: 9:42
Matthew 10 : 34-36
Thank you
Yes it is a challenge and always has been. But it is such a worthwhile one! The virgin Theotokos will always be there and will always help. God bless orthodoxy, God bless everyone with them own personal struggles. If. we keep on with our faith, we will.get there in the end. And isn't that what Theosis is about?
What are the catacomb churches?
Long live orthodoxy the true church,the true belief Syriac orthodox from India love to all orthodox brs and srs of whole world
Im glad you said Orthodox culture, not just ie., greek, russian etc. Thank you for this inspiring dialogue. All of this from God, its the Alpha and the Omega.
People are drawn to our Festivals, why? What are they seeking other than the food or the exotic experience? My question is how can we transition our Festivals to God's Glory not man's and draw the soul of our visitors closer " orthodoxically" to recieve a true "taste" of our faith?
This is a wonderful discussion!! Thank you!!! It's definitely not easy to find God — in anytime, in any era. Why? Because satan is always finding a way to distract us. Truthfully, God loves us all and if we pray to Him and continually say the Lord's Prayer — God will lead us to the truth. God knows it is difficult to find Him here on earth. However, still — we find Him because of our love for God. God bless you Fathers for loving us so much that you put this discussion to the forefront that we may find the path to our Lord. I agree with what the Fathers are saying — through the Greek Orthodox Church, confession, willingness on our part to live an honest life without judgment, prayer and community service — we will find God and therefore true happiness. I pray all of us to find God, through our Lord, Jesus Christ.
love you Pater Panayioti O Theos na sou Dini dynamo! XRISTOS ANESTI!
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I don't know what will happen to the church when we lose this elder generation, the young priest here sounds like a pop psychologist. I know he doesn't mean to and I'm sure he's a wonderful person and priest but he sounds like the world, not the church.
The dislikes is from the heterodox
Is there something wrong with me that I can't feel the evil one? Decades and decades ago I did but since I walked away from a bad situation I have never felt the evil one in my life or being able to feel or see it. I have spent my life and will continue to spend my life until I die caring for others and wanting to make others happy and have a better life. Even if I pack lunches for the homeless that is something they have that they wouldn't have had without me. I think I have done good but I'm not 100% sure either.
My family all stayed together but now they are all dead and my contacts are very surface-level. In the near future I will be buying a home in the neighborhood where I will have neighbors and I can ride my wheelchair up to my mailbox and meet people while I am out. Right now I live on the 5th floor of an apartment building for the disabled and nobody speaks just like everywhere else. I also lived in the UK for many years and many other countries and they still have it the way it was when I grew up in the late 60s and 70s. Nabors still look after each other. I could die in here and nobody would know until my caregiver came Monday afternoon that's just the way it is and it feels horrible to someone like me with a huge heart and a generally happy person who wants to help!
Sex without love will leave a huge gaping hole in your life!
You really hit the nail on the head. This society is sick and isolates people. It appears that we are all "connected" but its just an illusion. There is always a feeling of being watched by someone. We always have to be careful about what we say or 1000 strangers will pick us apart and judge us. We all exist in echo chambers where we have no exposure to other ideas. The Church really needs to step up and provide that sense of community. We need God more than ever.
is it just me or was the priest on the left with black hair about to say the F WORD ..THATS A GOOD F QUESTION THATS A VERY GOOD QUESTION…….HE SAID ABOUT 7;45 SECONDS
Visit the Ethiopian Orthodox tewahdo church
The secular society is already a threat. Their love for guns and racism and violence is pervasive.
such meaning discussion, rising levels of depression in West Europe are definitely assosiated with rising levels of atheism, and this is confirmed by statistical research
Very truly. Love the Orthodox teaching.
The difficult thing today from any other age is the way technically is changing us Psychologically . We must discern the spirits and that is a gift from God . Then even in the Orthodox Church there is the spirit of secularism that is making us weak. The spirit of the Antichrist is strong and will move forward. Not everyone that says Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of God. Big Subject .
4:15 Keep us from evil 5:03 Pray
Be prepared to not be heard
6:50 Watchfulness 7:21 Danger, Sick
7:49 Young People
• Anxiety • Depression • Fragility • Frailty • Prone to problems
Community life disintegration
lack of depth
9:48 Lost strong bonds among family
Family, Community, Enjoyed Presence
Friendship, Company, Feel Shared Stability
12:32 Is That Enough?
12:53 Attention between Church and World 14:00 Boundaries, sense of humility 15:13
16:20 The Culture: Architecture, Music, Parking Lot, Icons, Incense 17:35 Hymns, 2000 year old roots.
19:02 Christ at the center
The Church
Helps To The Kingdom
21:24 Truth, Materialism – desire for more over and over to the point of uncontrolled obsessiveness
23:28 Envy “One upping someone else” “better or worse binary”
24:54 We should have nice things, we should not obsess over them
25:28
We must tune out the outside world aa much as we can.
Without God, the World is dead.
I am not from your tradition but I respect it as the bastion of western and possibly east European culture. That is ; the belief system that those collective cultures spring from. And I, along with all deep thinking westerners, understand the basic tennents very well.
What is not well explained however is what is meant by the word 'God' . Also the word' Christ' . As well as this term;' Holy Ghost' . And the relationship between the three.
I know you all rattle it off like we are all on the same 'page' and know what you are meaning and are in agreement . This is not so.
The meaning of these terms varies considerably in various religions even though the terms used are often the same. Having the same terms used for different meanings is an obvious source of confusion and conflict.
Respectfully