Thank you for sharing your experience ! I learned a lot about St. Nectarios through Man of God. I’d love to see more lives of the saints told through the medium of film.
I have found Trisaigon Films to be very helpful. They are not "movies" per se but are short documentaries. I have found them to be very enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/@Trisagionfilms
Great article! I would humbly add that there's something missing in "modern" protestant/evangelical Christianity that has reduced the Christian statement of faith to "I believe in Jesus and the Bible, I don't need anything else". This is likely a result of a redefinition of what the "Church" is, to now mean some amorphous idea that includes every self-proclaimed Christian. In the process, the Holy Spirit is demoted to mean anything that I decide to do (or believe) after a personal prayer.
As Orthodox we cling to the Church Militant that is one with the Church Triumphant, not separated by time and space. I like to point out to those questioning, that Christ Himself prays for "on earth as it IS in heaven". And what more real manifestation of the Kingdom on earth than through His church, guided by the Holy Spirit, and through theosis of the faithful. God Bless!
Thank you for your comment! I don't disagree with you about the modern Christian's interpretation of what Christianity is. In this particular case I am reflecting on my experiences as part of groups who were still attached to the idea that the gathering of believers as the Body of Christ still holds some value but would also affirm the "invisible church" which we as Orthodox reject, as you have eloquently indicated here.
As a birth attendant who sees that work as very sacred indeed, I was really blessed by Blessed Olga of Alaska’s story. Thank you for linking to it.
Thank you for sharing your experience ! I learned a lot about St. Nectarios through Man of God. I’d love to see more lives of the saints told through the medium of film.
I have found Trisaigon Films to be very helpful. They are not "movies" per se but are short documentaries. I have found them to be very enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/@Trisagionfilms
Great article! I would humbly add that there's something missing in "modern" protestant/evangelical Christianity that has reduced the Christian statement of faith to "I believe in Jesus and the Bible, I don't need anything else". This is likely a result of a redefinition of what the "Church" is, to now mean some amorphous idea that includes every self-proclaimed Christian. In the process, the Holy Spirit is demoted to mean anything that I decide to do (or believe) after a personal prayer.
As Orthodox we cling to the Church Militant that is one with the Church Triumphant, not separated by time and space. I like to point out to those questioning, that Christ Himself prays for "on earth as it IS in heaven". And what more real manifestation of the Kingdom on earth than through His church, guided by the Holy Spirit, and through theosis of the faithful. God Bless!
Thank you for your comment! I don't disagree with you about the modern Christian's interpretation of what Christianity is. In this particular case I am reflecting on my experiences as part of groups who were still attached to the idea that the gathering of believers as the Body of Christ still holds some value but would also affirm the "invisible church" which we as Orthodox reject, as you have eloquently indicated here.