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The Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselengides, talks to us about the move by some to change the method of Holy Communion and the ensuing temptation of little Faith.00:35 - Question 1: The use of many lavides ("spoons"), is it blessed and in accordance with Holy Tradition? 02:14 - The "good uneasiness" of the Faithful is a god sign. 03:31 - The Church is led by the Holy Spirit; those faithful who are spiritually "deactivated" are in danger 06:01- The Canons of the Church define what may be done07:10 - The Church is always caring pastorally for the exactitude of safeguarding [Holy Communion]10:22 - We commune of the very Body and Blood that defeated death itself, defeated the evil one, defeated sin, and is thereafter a carrier of life.12:21 - If during this trial, this temptation, we fall into the temptation, we are essentially falling away from the Church15:03 - There are no testimonies for 2,000 years that any harm has come to priests through Holy Communion. 16:45 - Question 2: So it isn’t correct to say that we separate the spoon from Holy Communion, that the spoon does not participate, and so that it could be a carrier of sicknes?16:58 - This rationale leads us into rationalism and considering all the Holy Vessels as conduits for illness. 18:02 - The critical and all-important question is not so much what is done as why it is done.Biographical Details: Professor Tselengidis’ depth of knowledge, his education and studies, and his diligent research and labor have made him an internationally renowned academic theologian of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. His most important offering and characteristic, however, is his work’s fidelity to the Holy Tradition and the Deposit of the Holy Fathers, a faithfulness he acquired by following experiential theologians of our day, such as Saints Paisios of Mt. Athos and Ephraim of Katounakia. He considers himself a humble minister, always emphasizing the absolute interrelation of right doctrine with the right way of life, distancing himself from the creation of a sterile and cold academic discourse.   He is the author countless articles and seven books on Dogmatic Theology, covering a wide range of topics, including the theology of the icon, grace and freedom, critical studies of the doctrine of salvation in Luther and the satisfaction of divine justice in Anslem of Canterbury, the Soteriology of Western Christianity, and the presuppositions and criteria of Orthodox Theology. Through his many lectures, articles, and appeals to the hierarchy on pressing ecclesiastical matters such as the Orthodox-Roman Catholic, and Orthodox-Anti-Chalcedonian Dialogues, the documents of the Cretan council, and the Ukrainian schism Professor Tselingides has given much courage and consolation to the faithful. - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: -- https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: -- http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.a

A pernicious and dangerous re-definition of heresy is spreading among theologians and hierarchs which blurs the boundaries of Orthodoxy and heresy and thus blocks the path of return and salvation for many. In this podcast Fr. Peter examines the teaching of the Holy Fathers on heresy, heretics, and the key differences, including, first of all, the therapeutic methodology in the Church, the fruit of which, in every age, are the Saints and Holy Fathers. - - - - 00:29 - Commemorating the Fourth Ecumenical Council01:23 - Father George Metallinos: Successor of the Holy Fathers02:55 - The Epistle of the Apostle Paul to Titus04:17 - Heresy: What does it mean? 05:15 - A blurring of the boundaries06:40 - The True Theologians: The Holy Fathers11:52 - Charlatans, Quack Doctors: The Heretics15:56 - The Great Threat Today: Setting Aside the Patristic Understanding of Heresy17:24 - A Major Error: Using *Ourselves* as the Yard Stick of Orthodoxy18:17 - Compare Rather the Patristic Example and Teaching20:20 - We Must Follow the Holy Fathers in Everything20:53 - The claim that a Heretic is simply one that is Factious is False22:14 - That there is no heresy today: a pillar of the mindset leading to Antichrist- - - - OE is NOW ON PATREON, where you can also sign up for The Orthodox Survival Course: - Welcome VIDEO on New Patreon Page: https://youtu.be/9CGpyU0JdS4- Link to New Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/frpeterheers- Link to Announcement on OE: https://orthodoxethos.com/survival-course-2020- - - - -Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: -- https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: -- http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/Books: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumenism/

In this fourth part of our four-part discussion (4/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to the current crisis, including the contemporary challenge of Caesaropapism to Orthodoxy and the innovations surrounding our understanding of the Holy Things in the Holy Temple of God. - - - - 00:39 - Question 1: Should the Church be Obedient to the State even though it violates our internal life? 02:31 - The Synod supposed it could bless monastics to deny their vows04:37 - Science doesn't say the truth; it seeks the truth.06:56 - The Phenomenon of Caesaropapism11:59 - Question 2: What about when it is not the State but the Hierarch which Innovates and Imposes upon the Clergy and People?13:08 - Question 3: Is it so that "the faithful - not the faith - are in danger?13:49 - Question 4: Is there absolutely no reason to close the Churches?14:13 - Question 5: Since the government doesn't understand, what should we do? 15:04 - There are "red lines" for the "Crypto-Christians" as well. 15:37 - "Whosoever confesses IN Me...": Noetic Prayer a criterion for ecclesiality17:13 - Question 6: Is this 'crisis' the result of not fulfilling the presuppositions for communion?18:11- Question 7: Who discerns and excludes those unprepared from communing? 18:44 - The example of Fr. Athanasios Chamakiotis in Marousi (Athens)19:19 - Question 8: What should Christians who are cut off from communion do as to live in a Christian way until they can commune again?20:42 - Question 9: Should we not stand beside the priests and hierarchs to support them in doing the right thing?- - - - Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In the second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in this fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - OE is NOW ON PATREON, where you can also sign up for The Orthodox Survival Course: - Welcome VIDEO 

In this third part of our four-part discussion (3/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of the current persecution of Faith in Christ and to Him in the Church. - - - - 00:00:34 - Question 1: How will we live and survive this current situation? 00:01:14 - Answer 1: This crisis is pre-designed and we are under persecution00:02:59 - A matter of faith, a dogmatic issue00:04:07 - Question: Some say we are to bow before an icon, not kiss it. 00:05:30 - When we love God we also love our neighbor00:07:00 - The Priest is "a type and in the place of Christ"00:08:23 - St. Symeon the New Theologian: "Everything is expelled by Thy Light, o Christ"00:09:20 - An Incident in Our Days from Romania which teaches us 00:10:37 - [WHO Disgraced; march for global government]00:12:46 - Our Story in Romania: Communion Kills Virus- 00:14:49 - No need to change, for God Himself 'oikonomizes'00:15:49 - "Life will never be the same"? "No going back"? 00:16:24 - Ecclesiastical Leadership Follows Rulers of This World00:17:02 - What is said during the Consecration of the Temple00:17:54 - Locked in, and out, of the Sheepfold!00:19:37 - The Hierarch implores for the Temple to become "a refuge for patients"00:20:06 - Dogma and Ethos are inseparable; lose one, lost the other00:22:21 - The Temple: "an infirmary of passions, shelter of patients, expeller of demons."00:23:53 - First and Foremost: Become Firm in the Faith00:27:10 - Two abominations with regard to the Faith have led us here00:28:50 - Three are the greatest sins of modern Greeks00:30:45 - Spiritual Fathers without the Spirit00:32:13 - Rational Sheep must judge with righteous judgement- - - - Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In this second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In this third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr.

The second part of our four-part discussion (2/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, given on May 8th, on the need to find, have and come under the direction of a spiritual father.Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - 00:37 - Question 1: The Responsibilities of the Faithful  02:39 - Criterion given by St. Symeon the New Theologian - The Apostolic Life05:03 - The criterion is not that the priest, bishop or even Synod said it...05:45 - Question 2: Should I choose a Spiritual Father even if he lives hours away...by plane?07:28 - There will come a time when you will travel hundreds of miles to find a priest...08:16 - The Spiritual Father is a priest who has been purified and reached illumination10:33 - Question 3: What happens when a Spritual Father does not direct properly?12:18 - Question 4: How can the faithful discern whether or not he is being guided properly?14:13 - Illumination means the Noetic Prayer exists in the Spiritual Father14:55 - Examples of Spiritual Malpractice by Quack Spiritual Fathers17:10 - Examples of those coming to Confession without Repentance18:09 - A Spiritual Father must reach the level of Noetic Prayer21:50 - Question 5: What is Repentance?: To Move the Nous to the Heart23:12 - "Death came in through the Gates"24:34 - Question 6: Can one see noetic prayer, or its fruits, in the Spiritual Father?26:43 - Clear Criteria: Dogma and Ethos, the Truth, Way and Life27:12 - His Spiritual Children are also a Criterion29:00 - Question 7: If a priest does not confess the holiness of the Temple and Holy Things, should one avoid taking him as a Spiritual Father?30:24 - The Holy Canons say the opposite of what many Bishops and Priests are saying today (with Covid-19 measures)32:57 - We have lost the criteria today: even Patriarchs are succumbing to the spirit of Antichrist34:16 - ΧΞΣτ (666) = (X) Christian (Ξ) Stranger to the (Στ) Cross- - - - - A Four-Part Interview: 1. In the first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. 2. In this second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. 3. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. 4. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the challenge to the Orthodox Faith from contemporary Ceasaropapism and innovative ideas about the Holy Things in the Holy Temple. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - The Greek original: https://youtu.be/aOf-i2mJmqEUtilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: -- https://oe-transcripts.now.sh

Today on The Orthodox Ethos Podcast:Part Three of our three part Interview with the Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselengides, in which he addresses: - The criterion of the heart and the enlightening guidance of the Holy Spirit, in the discernment of sprits, - The interpenetration of dogma and life, and the unity of the Way, the Truth and the Life- And, the move from repentance to confession in practice - that Christ, that is, Divine Communion, is Life- - - -01:02: Question #1: How can the faithful be so bold as to follow the Holy Fathers?03:07: They all had the criterion of the heart03:35: An example of the simple faithful following the Holy Fathers06:40: Live according to His will and He will inform you07:43: Question #2: What is the Presupposition for standing aright?08:00: The Example of the First Oecumenical Council00:09:51: Truth lived existentially brings spiritual understanding10:20: Question #3: Is this a dogmatic issue? Is disobedience justified?10:50: Alliloperichoresis: Dogma and Life are Inseparable11:58: No event in the Church is unrelated to the Life and Truth of Christ13:37: The So-called "Home Church"14:35: Question #4: Is there such a thing as "Private Worship"?15:02: Choosing between Life or death?23:33: Question #4: Repentance leads to Confession of Faith25:48: Question #5: What is there is no leadership or guides?-------Biographical Details: Professor Tselengidis’ depth of knowledge, his education and studies, and his diligent research and labor have made him an internationally renowned academic theologian of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. His most important offering and characteristic, however, is his work’s fidelity to the Holy Tradition and the Deposit of the Holy Fathers, a faithfulness he acquired by following experiential theologians of our day, such as Saints Paisios of Mt. Athos and Ephraim of Katounakia. He considers himself a humble minister, always emphasizing the absolute interrelation of right doctrine with the right way of life, distancing himself from the creation of a sterile and cold academic discourse.   He is the author countless articles and seven books on Dogmatic Theology, covering a wide range of topics, including the theology of the icon, grace and freedom, critical studies of the doctrine of salvation in Luther and the satisfaction of divine justice in Anslem of Canterbury, the Soteriology of Western Christianity, and the presuppositions and criteria of Orthodox Theology. Through his many lectures, articles, and appeals to the hierarchy on pressing ecclesiastical matters such as the Orthodox-Roman Catholic, and Orthodox-Anti-Chalcedonian Dialogues, the documents of the Cretan council, and the Ukrainian schism Professor Tselingides has given much courage and consolation to the faithful. - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: -- https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: -- http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/

The first part of our four-part discussion with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, on the question of whether the Holy Temple and Holy Things can be conduits for infection and sickness.Archimandrite Fr. Savas Agioreitis began his monastic life in the Holy Kelli of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Kerasia on Mt. Athos. He is also a graduate of the School of Dentistry and the School of Theology, at the University of Thessaloníki, where he completed his Masters Degree with Professor Demetrios Tselengides. Today, Fr. Savas is the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Diocese of Edessa, in northern Greece. Fr. Savas works tirelessly teaching and guiding the faithful not only in his diocese or in Greece, but, indeed, through the online homilies and lectures, the world over, wherever the rational sheep of Christ are thirsting for the Word of God and the Gospel. In addition to nearly daily homilies during Divine Liturgy, which are uploaded to the internet, now numbering in the many hundreds if not thousands, Fr. Savas is also a prolific author, penning more than 11 books. - - - - - A Four-Part Interview: In this first segment we will address the Temple and whether or not the faithful need to fear becoming sick therein. In the second segment, we address the all-important matter of having a spiritual father during these times of trouble and persecution. In the third segment, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of this great challenge to our Faith. And, in the fourth segment, we look at the commentary of our Holy Venerable Father Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite on the 28th canon of the Sixth Oecumenical Council, which is being cited by some to support a change in the method of communing the faithful. Due to pleas from the faithful, we will air the fourth segment next and then return to the second and third afterwards. We are sure that these interviews, with the ever-vigilant Fr. Savas, offered with much love and sacrifice to you, the pious, zealous faithful, will undoubtedly be quite profitable and enlightening!  - - - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: http://paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/Books: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumenism/

Today on The Orthodox Ethos Podcast:Part Two of our three part Interview with the Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselengides, in which he addresses: The veneration of the Holy Icons and Holy Things in the TempleThe fear of the Faithful and the faithlessness of fearWhen we must be disobedient to men in order to remain faithful to Christ- - - -Biographical Details: Professor Tselingidis’ depth of knowledge, his education and studies, and his diligent research and labor have made him an internationally renowned academic theologian of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. His most important offering and characteristic, however, is his work’s fidelity to the Holy Tradition and the Deposit of the Holy Fathers, a faithfulness he acquired by following experiential theologians of our day, such as Saints Paisios of Mt. Athos and Ephraim of Katounakia. He considers himself a humble minister, always emphasizing the absolute interrelation of right doctrine with the right way of life, distancing himself from the creation of a sterile and cold academic discourse.   He is the author countless articles and seven books on Dogmatic Theology, covering a wide range of topics, including the theology of the icon, grace and freedom, critical studies of the doctrine of salvation in Luther and the satisfaction of divine justice in Anslem of Canterbury, the Soteriology of Western Christianity, and the presuppositions and criteria of Orthodox Theology. Through his many lectures, articles, and appeals to the hierarchy on pressing ecclesiastical matters such as the Orthodox-Roman Catholic, and Orthodox-Anti-Chalcedonian Dialogues, the documents of the Cretan council, and the Ukrainian schism Professor Tselingides has given much courage and consolation to the faithful. We come to him once again, during this time of troubles that the Church of Christ is facing, troubles not on account of a virus or pandemic, but on account of the undermining of, and departure from, the Orthodox Identity, Dogma and Ethos. Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: https://oe-transcripts.now.sh*For all who would like to support The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/Books: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumenism/

The First of a Three-part series of interviews with Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselingides, on the Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Crisis We Now Face. We have a tremendous need in the Church today for the Patristic word, for answers to the faithful’s questions, and the challenges the Church is facing, based upon the teaching of the Holy Fathers. This is especially true for those outside of Greece, in the West, who are troubled and scandalized by the response which has been offered to date, and who are in search of consolation and clarity. Professor Tselengides comes to fill this need today. Professor Tselingidis’ depth of knowledge, education, studies, diligent research and labor have made him an internationally renowned academic theologian of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. His most important characteristic, however, is his work’s fidelity to the Holy Tradition and the Deposit of the Holy Fathers, a faithfulness he acquired by following experiential theologians of our day, such as Saints Paisios of Mt. Athos and Ephraim of Katounakia. He considers himself a humble minister, always emphasizing the absolute interrelation of right doctrine with the right way of life, distancing himself from the creation of a sterile, cold academic discourse.   He is the author countless articles and seven books on Dogmatic Theology, covering a wide range of topics, including the theology of the icon, grace and freedom, critical studies of the doctrine of salvation in Luther and the satisfaction of divine justice in Anslem of Canterbury, the Soteriology of Western Christianity, and the presuppositions and criteria of Orthodox Theology. Through his many lectures, articles, and appeals to the hierarchy on pressing ecclesiastical matters such as the Orthodox-Roman Catholic, and Orthodox-Anti-Chalcedonian Dialogues, the documents of the Cretan council, and the Ukrainian schism Professor Tselingides has given much courage and consolation to the faithful. We come to him once again, during this time of troubles that the Church of Christ is facing, troubles not on account of a virus or pandemic, but on account of the undermining of, and departure from, the Orthodox Identity, Dogma and Ethos. - - - - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: https://oe-transcripts.now.shFor all who would like to economically support the work of The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.comPublishing: http://uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/Books: https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/the-ecclesiological-renovation-of-second-vatican-council--english/https://www.uncutmountainpress.com/books/missionary-origins-of-modern-ecumen

In this episode of The Orthodox Ethos Podcast: Details: 00:43 ~ On the Discernment of Spirits: A Chief Characteristic of Orthodoxy01:40 ~ Acquired by the Spiritual Athletes02:36 ~ Test the Spirits (Ideas, Teachings, Thoughts, Persons)05:06 ~ The Critera to Recognize the Lying Spirits07:21 ~ The Philosophy of Antichrist08:42 ~ Discernment or Delusion: No Other Option11:18 ~ Do Orthodox Christians Believe in Conspiracy Theories?12:51 ~ Search the Scriptures  14:38 ~ The Church's Experience19:07 ~ Diabolus Simia Dei20:35 ~ One Possible Assessment24:51 ~ Study the Zeitgeist in order to Avoid it and Save Yourself and Others28:19 ~ It is Always Both/And in Orthodoxy30:21 ~ The Path to Repentance Passes Through Open Churches33:21 ~ Important Announcements: Subscribing, Summer Seminar, Short Break- - - - - - Utilize the Orthodox Ethos Podcast Interactive Transcripts!: https://oe-transcripts.now.shFor all who would like to economically support the work of The Orthodox Ethos, donations can be made via Paypal at the following link: paypal.me/FrPeterHeersShare and Subscribe to the OE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthodoxEthosOE WEBSITE: https://orthodoxethos.comUNCUT MOUNTAIN PRESS (UMP) Website:https://www.uncutmountainpress.comPublishing: http://uncutmountainpress.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frpeterheers Twitter: https://twitter.com/frpeterheersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/frpeterheers/ Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00Y938IQ2 Postcards from Greece Podcast: https://saintkosmas.com/heers-postcards-from-greece/ Academia: https://hts.academia.edu/FrPeterHeersDThLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frpeterheers/