The dialogue between Christ and the devil in hell | Mother Christofora | English subtitles
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Mother Christofora (+2019) of the Monastery of Saint Kendeas (Cyprus), tells us how Christ truly descended into Hades and trampled down death by death. She recounts the dialogue between Christ, the devil and the prophets from the Old Testament.
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Abbess Christophora:
As soon as he said: “It is finished”, a big earthquake occurred. 120 tombs were opened, and 120 dead people were resurrected. The sun hid his rays and there was darkness without a moon, without stars, a deep darkness from the 3 rd until the 9 th hour… from the 6 th until the 9 th hour… 3 hours...
Among these dead people was St. Simeon the God-receiver who circumcised Christ. The people of God, the family of St. Simeon the God-receiver wrote down his testimony which described the way Christ visited Hades while Simeon, himself, was also in Hades. He said: “We heard three knocks. It was the Lord. And He was knocking as a most noble Lord and wanted them to open Hades for Him. Although, He could open Hades Himself as a sovereign, most noble as He is, He was asking them to open.”
And said “Lift up the gates, O you rulers, And be lifted up, you everlasting doors, And the King of glory shall enter”
Up until that point, the doors which were locked eternally should be opened because the King of glory visited hell and the doors should be opened before Him. Behind the doors of Hell was the Devil. All the other demons had deserted him and left him alone.
The Devil would not leave. And he answered:
“Who is this King of Glory?”
“Who are you that you call yourself “King of Glory”? I don’t know you. I am not opening.”
Christ repeated His words one more time and the Devil repeated also the same: “Who is this King of Glory?”
The third time, after the Devil wanted to know who this King of Glory is, Christ answered like this:
“The Lord of powers, He is the King of Glory” and immediately the Devil was lost, the doors fell off on their own and entered inside the Sovereign, the Creator of the world, the Light of the world, the Joy of those who were expecting him in Hell.
Because the prophets were prophesizing that the Messiah is close. But when St. John the Forerunner met them [said]: “Rejoice, the Messiah has come! I was the one who baptized Him!”
Then, St. Simeon went and told them “I was the one to circumscribe Him” St. John the Forerunner went and told them “I was the one who baptized Him”.
And they were expecting a little more time for Him to appear and save them from the darkness of hell. As soon as the voice of God was heard, His light shined more than [the light of] sun, Hades was filled with light, joy, hope and the Christ shouted:
“Where are the first men [“protoplastoi”], everybody rushed to Him. The first men, the prophets,
St. John the Forerunner, St. Simeon. And the Ascension started. He said: “All those who believe in Me, come near me to take you to heaven.”
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The souls were going to heaven and they were overjoyed that they were freed of darkness and hell and were now going to heaven. Those were told by St. Simeon to his family with whom he was in contact for 40 days. And not just Simeon, the same with the rest 119 souls who were saying the same and they were joyful in narrating the triumph of the Resurrection of Christ.
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“Those who have believed in Christ are superior to the world. You have beaten the world.
Do not be afraid! All those who have believed in Christ are children of God and the children of God have nothing to fear…”
As the Lord said: “Yes, they will persecute you because of Me, but not a hair of your head shall be lost.”
I will save you, I will take you with me in heaven and you will rejoice for the centuries of centuries. We do not accept distortion of our faith! We are Orthodox Christians and we will remain Orthodox until our death. We believe that heaven was opened after the Crucifixion of Christ and He accepts all the souls that are in the world and depart but do not go to hell because they believe in Christ, do obedience to the Gospel and they will not die the second death, meaning the spiritual death, meaning go to hell. For this Christ says: “And whoever lives and believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”
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Foarte frumos!
Va multumesc.
Dumnezeu sa va bine cuvanteze!
“We are Orthodox Christians and we will remain Orthodox until our death.” Amen
beter then that remain in Christ
Christian first ..orthodox later.. Yes I do believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
@GoldenChannel Im orthodox too.. I too had a similar issue as u now seem to be having... But as a church elder i noticed , many orthodox including the priests and bishops were barely christian forget about orthodox... At the same time i realised that good christians exist in every denomination... Hence im christian first...orthodox next... and the communion of saints is not limited to any one denomination..
How Blessed we are to Hear this Testimony!!!! Thank you Mother Christofora. what great Joy this is!!!! Lord, Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on us sinners 🛐☦☦
As a Roman Catholic, I see more of a zeal for Our Lord in this woman than the current Pontiff. Praying for the church. 🌹
Bless you
Bless you, sister. Keep your eyes on Jesus, our Saviour. Amen!
Be Orthodox Christian
@KELİME TV Leaving the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is never the answer.
@@lovesrlady2
The One Holy and Catholic Church is The Orthodox Church🤣🤣🤣
I have never heard this before! Thank you for sharing!
Our faith has so many treasures! I hope God "Logos" illuminates us to always stay in faith by HIM! Christ is risen!!
It's a beautiful story. Truly He is Risen!
@@otelders wheere did she get this story from ???where does the story of Jesus in hades come from ????
@@Athleta_Christi Bible
@@otelders ..maybe you could give us book chapter and verse
May the Lord bless Mother Critofora for blessing us with such lovely words of hope and truth and love! They are so encouraging! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙏☦️🌸💞
First time seeing her. Who is her, and where does she gets all these accounts?
I am coptic orthodox
Really i like your church you are very close to us in every thing plus you kept your faith despite of the struggle wz atheism in Europe god bless you praying to have the full union again between our two churches
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CHRIST IS RISEN! DEATH HAS LOST ITS STING! 🙏🏼☦️🤍
He is Risen Indeed!
He Is Risen Indeed🎊
Beloved sister of God is definitely Blessed with the Anointing of Jesus Christ 💗
Many Atheist ask what happened to people who lived before Christ, Jesus came for them 🙏
The people before Christ were saved as long as they were just and didn't worship the Devil.
Hades was pillaged of its prisoners, and noone remained there but the demons and their ''friends''
Simply beautiful. Thanks and Praise God!
Amen!
Glory be to God.
He is Risen. 🙏🌷🙏❤️✝️
ALLELJUIA To CHRIST OUR GOD ,🙏🙏🙏
Christ is Risen!
Truly He is Risen!
God bless you, Mother Christofora! Listening to you was like listening to my Greek grandmother who was a woman of incredible faith. How I longed, once again, to sit at her feet and listen to her talk about Jesus! Thank you for this information. It was so illuminating! Sending you love all the way from Australia.
Thank you, Dev. May her memory be eternal!
Born as an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and shall die as Orthodox Christian...Thank you for posting this. May God's Glory Shine Forever More! We Love You, Lord! We Miss You! Come Back Soon!
haleluya 🙏🙏🙏
"Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice" (John5:28).
pray for us christians in indonesia
Praying for the unity of the church.. no longer Catholic nor Orthodox, One Holy Apostolic Church, the way our Lord established it before the ego of men divided it. Amen.
💕 Our merciful God.
Hristos a înviat!
Mulțumim pentru subtitrări!
Vă dorim multă sănătate, fericire și mântuire! ♥️🥚♥️
Wow wow wow,the blood of Jesus Christ, wow the resurrection, amen, wow just mind blowing, thanks mama
That was beautiful and well spoken she's a true Christian speaks the word Glory to God glory to the living God All Praising glory be his. Praise be his only son Jesus Christ
Such an awesome testimony.
Xristos Anesti!
Truly He is Risen!
Τις Θεός μέγας ως ο Θεός ημών...
Praise be to our Saviour !!
So beautiful! Praise our God.
There is what's titled An Ancient Homily that both Orthodox and Roman catholics read during Pascha/ Western Easter that tells a beautiful story of Christ preaching to Hell's captives. But there is no source that is ever given for this homily. It's one of the most beautiful and poetic homilies, imo, and i just wonder where it is found in the church's tradition, of anyone knows.
Me too.
Do you mean St. John Chrysostom's Paschal homily, which is very poetic and beautiful? Not sure if this is what you mean but you can check it if you type it in Google. :)
@@pilgrim-songs no, although that is a very beautiful sermon. I mean this one: www.orthodox.net/pascha/holy-saturday-homily.html
Sabes que tu país está siendo proxeneta a los musulmanes, ¿correcto? segundo, ¿vas a confesarte?
Glory to God!
For all things!
Thank you Mother
What a blessing to have been able to hear this. Thank you for posting it.
Frumos si interesant sa auzim aceste cuvinte mintuitoare pt suflet dar cine crede se va mintui cine nu crede se va osandii asa spune Hristos
May your blessing be up on us.from ethiopian orthodox church❤
Regards from a Cathar friend.
Sa va dea dumnezeu sanatate măicuță
Are they any writings from the Fathers that speak of this?
I did not know about this thank very much
Wow! Where can we find the written testimony of St.Simeon's family? I'd love to read it
Ειμαστε Ορθόδοξοι χριστιανοί και θα παραμείνουμε Ορθόδοξοι μέχρι θανάτου😔💙☝️🇬🇷✨✨💯💯💯
Thank you!
I believe you. I love St. Simeon. Mask his help to present my soul and life before the Lord.
Amen!
Hristos a înviat!
Adevarat a inviat!
CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! TRAMPLING DOWN DEATH BY DEATH! ☦
amin!
Christ is risen ☦️☦️☦️
Truly He is Risen!
Amen!!!
Many are skeptical about this claim. Anybody can make any comment about any Religion. Only you can believe and accept it. Do your research.
Ce tare e maicuta felicitări
Interesant
Are the words Hades and Hell being interchanged here? At first she uses the word Hades then changes to hell. The Saint could not have been in Hell. But she says the people in hell were looking forward to Jesus coming. Does she mean Hades as in Limbo, the waiting place of the just who died before the gates of Heaven were opened?
Hades was a place away from God - it was what SIN did - DEATH caused MAN to lose that close connection of immortality - DEATH passed onto all mankind -
Hell was then created for the fallen angels ‘demons’ - the Devil having hatred then planned to take as many people with him through lies and deception and case confusion to further take Man away from God +
- since GOD had yet to be incarnated from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary ALL MEN went to hades - gates were closed guarded by Archangel Michael +
The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ our God also preached in Hades and those that accepted went to Heaven as God had Intended all MANKIND to be immortal +
The Last Judgement which is just before Antichrist finishes his rule on earth 7 yrs - God will appear in the heavens and Judgment day begins for all MANKIND- those that are alive and those that are in the graves +
- we have prayers for the now dead awaiting Judgement - ‘the prayer of the rightious availeth much’through our prayers and the Saints , Theotokos Gods Mercy all Can be forgiven as long as it’s free will choice of those that accept -
Prayer
Repentance
And humility +
Lord have mercy +++
@@elenihelenmelb !"ALL MEN went to hades - gates were closed guarded by Archangel Michael +
The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ our God also preached in Hades and those that accepted went to Heaven as God had Intended all MANKIND to be immortal"! So when Jesus preached the Gospel in Hades, some accepted the gospel, but some did not?
Your testimony is inaccurate..according to the book found in the desert, there were 12,000 saints that were resurrected. 120 souls were too few starting from adam to the 12 patriarch to david, to john the baptist. You can read in psalm 18 how that david said that when he was still alive he prophesize how the lord go down to hell and lift up the everlasting gates.
There must be some misunderstanding here. Why would one think that the tomb of Adam was in Jerusalem? The HolyTradition says 120 tombs were opened and many of the resurrected visited friends and families and wandered in the town of Jerusalem for days. But 12,000 people wandering in the town? They would outnumber the local population. Anyway, the Abbess here is repeating the dialogue found in psalm 23.
Adam was relocated and tradition has it that his skull is at the base of Golgotja
What a wonderful Message. I am katholic, I never heard, that poor Souls can get out of HELL. It would be EVERLASTING.....It is confusing
The creed says that he,Christ, descended into hell or to the dead. There was only one place to go after life on earth until heaven was opened by Christ. This is not the case now. If you end up in hell it is forever at this point.
I wonder what she means with "perfect resurrection" in this case. I think those who resurrected at the moment of Out Lord's death had a resurrection like that of Lazarus, not a "perfect" one. Christ had to be the first one having a perfect, glorious Resurrection, the foremost of the Resurrection of Flesh at the end of the world, followed by His Holy Mother.
Can I find this book about Saint Simeon?
Where is the source of this story located?
It seems that this is from the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. Not sure if that is a good source or not.
Not everything has a written source.Many things are based on the unwritten tradition that is almost as important. Before script,was a church.The church was first,for about 300 years.and if for some reason the Bible will be gone,the church will still be the same.
I heard none other than beauty. Hell might be eternal but not the person in it.
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Any book I can read on the testimony of the 120
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How does she know this? Is this an official church teaching. I think private revelations like this are dangerous.
Besides Holy Bible ,we have Holy Tradition .It's not "private reveliation".
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I've never heard of demons being saved because of their prior knowledge of God that they were with in heaven salvation was not offered to them. This part does not sit with orthodox theology.
I didn't see that in the video - the demons had fled yes? She was speaking (I believe) of the reposed dead - and still there were many who still rejected Him. Orthodox teaching (as far as I understand) is that the demons can't / won't repent - they chose in eternity, while we choose continually in time.
How did this lady know what happened in hell
Wonder how this lady knew all that
No mention of St Joseph in the Afterlife.......pity!
Καλά ο Προδρομος γιατι ηταν στην Κολαση?
Όλες οι ψυχές, πριν την κάθοδο του Χριστού στον άδη, πήγαιναν στην κόλαση.
whats the source of this story?
Too many holes in her story...but then again I'm Roman Catholic. God bless her though.
what holes do you mean?
If he could rescue people in hell that time why cant he do it now is it cause the people in it didn't know they had sinned against him as law wasn't written that time
Why don't we see such miracles today hmmm?
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As you can see, in Greece, we don't have many mental institutions so the monasteries have to accept some of the crazy ones. It's better this way, instead of having them roaming the society.
She lived in Cyprus...
@@otelders So what? Is there any main difference? I live in Greece so I know.
Μπορείς να μη βάζεις στο στόμα σου ανθρώπους που ζουν σε ψυχικά ιδρύματα σε παρακαλώ; Έχεις ιδέα τι σημαίνει ψυχική διαταραχή και ποια είναι τα αίτια της ... μάλλον απολαμβάνεις να βλέπεις άρρωστους ανθρώπους κλεισμένους σε ιδρύματα, έξω από το κόσμο γιατί σου χαλάνε την αισθητική (;) .... και θα τολμήσεις να βάλεις στο στόμα σου τη καλόγρια ...βρε πάνε να δεις κανά βίντεο του Μεσαίωνα για το πως καθαρίζουν στάβλους στο History Channel γιατί με τις ιδέες σου για εκεί σε κόβω....
@@jacobnash1885 Το τι θα βάζω στο στόμα μου θα το αποφασίζω εγώ κι όχι εσύ. Κι όχι δεν απολαμβάνω τη δυστυχία των άλλων, απλά ειρωνεύομαι και κοροϊδεύω θρησκόπληκτους ανθρώπους σαν τη καλόγρια και σαν ένα σωρό άλλους που η πίστη τους έχει κάψει το μυαλό και ξερουρνίζουν ένα κάρο ασυνάρτητες μαλακίες. Ονομάζεται χιούμορ αλλά που να το πιάσεις εσύ. Όσο για το Μεσαίωνα δεν χρειάζομαι το History Channel και ειδικά όχι έναν αμόρφωτο και υπερευαίσθητο κομπλεξικό σαν κι εσένα για να μάθω κάτι. Μελετάω και διαβάζω το ζήτημα πάνω από 20 χρόνια. Βιβλία κι όχι βιντεάκια. Τράβα να μάθεις στον Μεσαίωνα πως συμπεριφέρονταν οι καλοί χριστιανοί στους άνθρώπους με ψυχικά προβλήματα και ύστερα τόλμα να μου ξαναμιλήσεις.
@Vic _M And who are you? My fairy godmother?.. But you may actually have a point there. Arguing with religious people is like trying to communicate with a wall and boredom is not far away. But if I am stupid we must share the same affliction. Why are you seeing my name around? What are you secretly looking for? Confirmation for your primitive faith? Are you having doubts?
But but... The devil is not locked up yet or in hell. This is a sweet lady but this story is heretic. Hhh
She isn't speaking of Hell. Hell doesn't yet exist. she is speaking of Hades, or what the Hebrews referred to as Sheol.
I dont want to be a party pooper, but this is so made up and unconvincing.
Christ is Risen!
Truly He is Risen!
Amen !!!