VIDEO: Father Lawrence Farley – What is the Hardest Thing About Being Orthodox in the West?

24 thoughts on “VIDEO: Father Lawrence Farley – What is the Hardest Thing About Being Orthodox in the West?”

1. Love the World and ador Holy Trinity,use de World as a tool for your salvations. Embrace the Holy Spitit and reject the world’s spitit. Thank you Fr.

2. Interesting.

3. Very good!

4. Excellent. A needed constant reminder. There is nothing lasting in this world. Our destiny is not this.

5. Listening to Father Lawrence speak is so relaxing.

6. Very
   Insightful

7. The whole east west attitude in Orthodoxy in America is such a cop out and a pretension; a real convert “thing”.
   It is tiresome and childish. It supports any number of neurosis,: general misanthropy, anti Americanism, anti intellectualism, to name a few. There is the stuff of Orthodoxy supporting fetishism, the fasts attract all kinds of folks with eating disorders. Communities associated with monastics foster the cult of personality and in such communities strict observances foster cultish , escapist behavior.
   Where is the leadership?

8. I also was an evangelical in the 1970's. Through a long spiritual journey I found Catholic and Orthodox Christianity. Today I am an Anglican priest. The biggest problem with Protestantism is they has no lens through which yo see the scriptures. That is why there are so many thousands of dominations.

9. Thank you Father.

10. How true! I’ve finally found someone who spells out my view/belief in flags and countries… our citizenship is in Heaven.

11. Love your people your nation your family your homeland but not more than your father who art in heaven

12. Is it a copy of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow in the background?

13. "I have never enjoyed living in the world."

14. I come back to Father Farley constantly. I am a catechumen at some point on the road to becoming orthodox. Fr Farley has a way of thinking that satisfies a restless postmodern intellect. By the way, I am so grateful for this channel! Bless you my brother!

15. All flags are flamable plus they are using its citizens for their agendas..

16. “Stick up for your President” and then a slight jab at the current President. Of course! When the most anti Christian President was in office…no jabs at all from the church in general. This to a lay person like me is totally confusing.

17. New subscriber and your intro music makes me either sad or actually cry.

18. Thank you for this! I needed this today

19. Fantastic!! I loved it

20. Thank you FR. Farley.
    Your message and teaching are a blessing. May our Lord continue to bless you. ☦️☦️☦️

21. Is the hardest thing not being constantly mistaken for Roman Catholic? 🤣

22. However, protestant nations are the ones who have brought progress despite what Fr. Farley calls individualsism. They are the nations that the rest of the world immigrated to. By their deeds shall ye know them, not by doctrine.

23. the christians are your people ? really ? it would be more correct to say the Orthodox christians are your people. outside of that, they are HERETICS over whom you should declare "anathema". 😛

24. 🙏

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