On ROCOR’s Growth in Appalachia and the New Book on This Subject
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- In this video, Fr. Jonah Campbell and Protodeacon Andrei Psarev discuss the prospective influx of new immigrants to the ROCOR parishes, the growth of a ROCOR community in West Virginia, and the new book by Dr. Sarah Ricciardi-Swartz, Between Heaven and Russia.
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And it is worth ordering from the priest in the church to read the akathist for your name of St. Cyprian and St. Justine and of St. Archangel Michael against magic and all enemies visible and unvisible. This is if you are baptized Orthodox. There always were sorcerers even after Jesus said it is from devil they remained in every country and on every second or third family something is put from a sorcerer. And when you intend to go to command the akathist in the church, such thoughts may appear: "Maybe tomorrow, or next week", "Maybe I'm such a freak and no one is watching me (girls or boys, if you can not anyways find a pair, or you can for some reason speak only with one girl or boy.)", "The life is this way with good times and bad times", " I am so(if you have impotence)". etc. These thoughts come from demons from sorcery spells because only the prayer of the priest can 100% protect from magic and enemies visible and invisible. Jesus Christ told the apostles(which are the first priests) "I give you the right to untie everything that is tied in heaven and on earth.". Faith and creed is opinion, is how somebody thinks with his head. Repent is changing and not auto-humiliation as many think. May be enherited soul ilnessses like despresia, schizofrenia, Tourette sindrom, insomnia, bifurcation of personality etc. as they are from soul illnesses. Firstly everyone must to eradicate schizofrenia, depression etc. from him and after that to planify making children, in order that they will not jump from balconie, have blood cancer, be born bodytobody joined twins or two headed and etc. These soul illnesses can be healed by eucharisty. In the afternoon before eucharist day you have to read " The prayers before eucharisty" where are asked from eucharisty such things like: soul and body healing, sins forgiveness, protection from devils etc.
It is better to go to confession in the morning in the day of eucharisty(before eucharisty)because from evening to morning everyone can make the same sins again and again and also other bigger sins. If not to forgive someone who asked for forgiveness it is not worth going to eucharisty because the sins will not be forgiven. Humbleness is awareness that in every doing you can fall and not auto-oppresion as most do and think, someone without auto-oppression is 100% free in moves in every direction, it is like a lion at freedom .
Entering(submersion 3 times with a certain prayer and crossing yourself) in water springs of orthodox saints (which are near or in monasteries)give very much power and sureness to people with depression, panic attacks, schizofrenia and other soul illnesses, there are some springs of mother of God Maria that even heal soul illnesses.
Is there a church near martinsburg, wv ?
check on synod.com
Is ROCOR in communion with OCA? I am confused about this.
Thank you
Yes. The ROCOR is in the eucharistic communion with the OCA.
@@ROCORstudies thanks its so confusing these days.
Let us make sure that we don't forget the following information.
The Old and Authentic ROCOR is the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) that was formed in 1920 by bishops who were forced to leave their homeland along with millions of Russian people, all fleeing the horrors of the communist system. The ROCA bishops, clergy, and laity remain loyal to the original mission of an independent ROCA.
Despite protests from within the ranks of bishops, clergy, and laypeople, on May 17, 2007, a large part of the ROCA entered into Eucharistic communion with the MP with the signing of the “Act of Canonical Communion” and is now known as the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR - MP). The Moscow Patriarchate (MP) and the current ROCOR-MP do need to repent of the heresies of Ecumenism and Sergianism.
The smaller part of ROCA that chose to remain loyal to the historical Russian Orthodox Church and to continue the mission of the ROCA is not in Eucharistic communion with the Moscow Patriarchate (MP), the state-controlled official Russian Church.
The Churches of the ROCA remnant are present today in the Diaspora District of ROCA. The list of Parishes is present on the rocana and auroca web sites. The ROCA Churches are located in Australia, New Zealand, St. Petersburg, as well as in the U.S. and Canada.
For these who would like to understand more about the history of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) they can read the article "ROCA the Beacon Of Light" by Protopriest Nikita Grigoriev on the rocana web site.
Also, we remember that the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) Council of Bishops in August 1983 in the person of its Metropolitan Philaret of New York (1903-1985), noting the extent of the Ecumenist contagion, issued an Anathema to Ecumenism in the straight line of the Holy Fathers, condemning anyone who participated in this heresy.
When the Church pronounces anathema on a certain heresy, we must NOT forget that it is for eternity.
Anathema to Ecumenism (1983)
"To those who attack the Church of Christ by teaching that Christ’s Church is divided into so-called “branches” which differ in doctrine and way of life, or that the Church does not exist visibly, but will be formed in the future when all “branches” or sects or denominations, and even religions will be united into one body; and who do not distinguish the priesthood and mysteries of the Church from those of the heretics, but say that the baptism and eucharist of heretics is effectual for salvation; therefore, to those who knowingly have communion with these aforementioned heretics or who advocate, disseminate, or defend their new heresy of Ecumenism under the pretext of brotherly love or the supposed unification of separated Christians, Anathema!
--- Note: The relics of Metropolitan Philaret of New York were found to be completely incorrupt in 1998.
I am interested in switching to ROCOR but I am concerned if they would want me get re Baptized from my current Orthodox Jurisdiction. Also I don’t like to talk about politics. I don’t like condemning other Jurisdictions or Bishops, Priests etc. My family are faithful pious Orthodox Christians
I don't know what you're reasons to switch, but if you do switch, I am sure there is plenty of places where other ROCOR people also have little time for "condemning other Orthodox."
I was born in the Romanian Orthodox Church but now I am about to get tontured as a reader in ROCOR, no the church abroad won't make you re-baptise or re-crismate or anything like that, they are canonical under the Moscow Patriarchate.
@@ROCORstudies we considering switching in search of a deeper more traditional faith.
@@Ag-wu4mi ROCOR will just give the pro-Russian form of Orthodox community, including being pro-war and pro-Putin. Russian orthodoxy has massive amounts of egg on its face these days for this reason. Also, Russian orthodoxy has long had extremely bad taste in its spirituality. It’s not for most Orthodox, it’s essentially a sect in America at this point. Avoid ROCOR altogether.
Is it the case in all ROCOR that men and women are separated in worship?
For some reason there has been a surge in the number of Russian Orthodox men in the diaspora. Will these new refugees be made welcome in the ROCOR?
Your comments don't reflect reality. Most of the Russian men who leave the country now could not go freely to the US. They go to the visa-free countries Serbia, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. I heard that Germany will grant asylum to those who avoid mobilization. I am not sure how easy is to get there. Then why did you decide that they are interested in attending churches? Stop communicating in statements and start to communicate in questions.
@@ROCORstudies ROCOR has parishes in Germany, no? Are the men - who have fled the Russian Federation because of the "partial mobilization" - considered refugees by the ROCOR?
@@ROCORstudies Re: "Then why did you decide that they are interested in attending churches?" I made the assumption that Russian Orthodox Abroad would begin to make efforts of outreach and charity to these refugees, because they are Russian men and ABROAD. It is safe to assume that at least some of these Russian refugee-men are also Orthodox Christians because they had so very recently fled from Holy Russia.
My local newspaper today quoted one of these new refugees:
"'The problem is that an old, weird generation is at the top in our country,' he said. 'They think differently from us and we can’t do anything about them. We went to protest, but nothing happened, and now people are very afraid.' Few of the men who are fleeing Russia now will ever go back, he predicted, and the exodus would affect the country for years to come. 'Of course, the best people are leaving,' he said."
Is ROCOR going to factor in the potential influx in of these "best people" into its body as a strategy for church growth or is ROCOR going to encourage these men to go back to Russia so that they can be conscripted to lay down their lives in Ukraine (but not before killing some Ukrainians with kindness!) and win the washing away of their sins to "be with God in his kingdom, glory and eternal life"?
@@ROCORstudies Reality Check 9/30/22: Today Newsweek reported: "Russians are welcome to come to the United States and apply for asylum, the White House said this week. The State Department appeared to express openness Wednesday to granting asylum to Russians fleeing conscription." Is the ROCOR going to be ready to receive these Russian men (another stream of membership growth!) or are these men going to be made unwelcome as traitors/deserters of the Fatherland?
This is hard for me to hear, but Appalachia would seem like fertile soil for The Orthodox! Theres a higher caliber of people in Appalachia where trustworthy, honest are or were known qualities. Just figure, Appalachia has snake handlers. Rattlesnakes. Which you have to go along to get along. But, I'm not willingly messing with them.
The ROCOR presence in Appalachia does nothing to change the situation among locals for the better. It’s documented that it actually functions as yet another form of colonialism. Orthodox settlers in the region like to brag about ‘ being Appalachian now’ but they remain outsiders driving up rents.
Can you explain why low-church Protestant Appalachia, the home of snake handlers seems like “fertile soil for The Orthodox? Fertile for Orthodox in general or ROCOR specifically?
@@orthoodoxchristianfirst2964 Orthodox. Which there's Orthodox already there.
@@Noone-rt6pw So is Orthodox Christianity really catching fire there, as the evangelical Protestants say there, like a “great revival?”
@@orthoodoxchristianfirst2964 I really do not know, except I am aware Orthodox are already present with some expansion.
Americans and America mix with Orthodoxy like oil and water.