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In his reflection, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) shares a story of an elderly woman who observed that the world has lost its sense of love and compassion, becoming increasingly self-centered. He highlights how people often seek relationships not out of genuine love, but to satisfy their own loneliness, turning relationships into acts of selfishness. As Christians, he urges us to resist this cultural shift by embodying compassion, selflessness, and love for others.
Metropolitan Jonah is a retired American Eastern Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America until his resignation on July 7, 2012.
Video source: Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, Stafford, Virginia
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December 2023
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In his reflection, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) shares a story of an elderly woman who observed that the world has lost its sense of love and compassion, becoming increasingly self-centered. He highlights how people often seek relationships not out of genuine love, but to satisfy their own loneliness, turning relationships into acts of selfishness. As Christians, he urges us to resist this cultural shift by embodying compassion, selflessness, and love for others.
Metropolitan Jonah is a retired American Eastern Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America until his resignation on July 7, 2012.
Video source: Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, Stafford, Virginia
youtube.com/watch?v=3AUM4_6VXGw
December 2023
For more resources, check out the website of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church
sthermanorthodox.org
and the bookstore of St. Demetrios Monastery:
virginiamonks.org/collections/all
This video has English and Romanian subtitles. Press the CC button to switch them on or off. Watch this quick-guide on how to turn on captions on your mobile device: youtu.be/if7eELuaYtI
Read the full English transcript of this video on our website: otelders.org/testimonies/90-years-of-wisdom-we-no-longer-love-one-another
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