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In this video, Mother Siluana Vlad uses the metaphor of "banging your head against the wall" to explain the pain of unrequited love. She explains why true Christian love requires two free people and why we must "flee as from the devil" from the obsession of trying to make someone love us.
Mother Siluana Vlad has reposed in the Lord on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021. Her ministry in the Romanian Orthodox Church is impressive. She was the abbess of the Convent of St. Silouan in Iasi, coordinator of the Training and Counseling Center "The Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel" and through her many conferences she created a bridge between the young generation and the Church.
Conference: "The Stages of Love – From Friendship to Marriage" (Part II), Iași, Romania, 23.11.2017
Video source: doxologia.ro Live stream
youtube.com/watch?v=CF7g40iCmak
Read the English transcript of this video here: otelders.org/spiritual-mothers/is-it-love-or-just-an-addiction-mother-siluana
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In this video, Mother Siluana Vlad uses the metaphor of "banging your head against the wall" to explain the pain of unrequited love. She explains why true Christian love requires two free people and why we must "flee as from the devil" from the obsession of trying to make someone love us.
Mother Siluana Vlad has reposed in the Lord on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021. Her ministry in the Romanian Orthodox Church is impressive. She was the abbess of the Convent of St. Silouan in Iasi, coordinator of the Training and Counseling Center "The Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel" and through her many conferences she created a bridge between the young generation and the Church.
Conference: "The Stages of Love – From Friendship to Marriage" (Part II), Iași, Romania, 23.11.2017
Video source: doxologia.ro Live stream
youtube.com/watch?v=CF7g40iCmak
Read the English transcript of this video here: otelders.org/spiritual-mothers/is-it-love-or-just-an-addiction-mother-siluana
Watch here some other short videos of Mother Siluana with English subtitles: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLykxD12XzsnPKEQicRUgFkjibajg2-inA
These videos have English subtitles. Use the button to switch them on or off. Watch this quick-guide on how to turn on captions on your device: youtu.be/if7eELuaYtI
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