Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, Elder Cleopas of Romania (✝1998) recounts his time in the wilderness among hermits and saints. Elder Cleopas shares powerful stories of faith and devotion from those who lived in solitude for decades, highlighting the lives of nuns and hermits who possessed divine knowledge, and emphasizing the true power of prayer and fasting in the pursuit of spiritual growth. Fr. Cleopa Ilie was forced to live as a hermit in the mountains for nine years during the oppressive Communist regime in Romania
The Romanian Orthodox Church has approved the canonization of 16 new saints during the synodal sessions held on July 11-12th 2024. Venerable Cleopa of Sihastria Monastery is one of them. They will be officially recognized as saints in 2025.
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youtu.be/AceJMmFCfBM
Sihastria Monastery, Neamt, Romania & Fundatia Anastasia Bucharest
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In this video, Elder Cleopas of Romania (✝1998) recounts his time in the wilderness among hermits and saints. Elder Cleopas shares powerful stories of faith and devotion from those who lived in solitude for decades, highlighting the lives of nuns and hermits who possessed divine knowledge, and emphasizing the true power of prayer and fasting in the pursuit of spiritual growth. Fr. Cleopa Ilie was forced to live as a hermit in the mountains for nine years during the oppressive Communist regime in Romania
The Romanian Orthodox Church has approved the canonization of 16 new saints during the synodal sessions held on July 11-12th 2024. Venerable Cleopa of Sihastria Monastery is one of them. They will be officially recognized as saints in 2025.
Video sources (full video recordings from around 1994-1996):
youtu.be/I-MXPKbGnj4
youtu.be/ROoHa22tNsw
youtu.be/AceJMmFCfBM
Sihastria Monastery, Neamt, Romania & Fundatia Anastasia Bucharest
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![The Power of Spiritual Tears in Prayer | Met. Athanasios of Cyprus [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mLeCVOILP1I/mqdefault.jpg "The Power of Spiritual Tears in Prayer | Met. Athanasios of Cyprus [Part 2]
In this video, Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol [Orthodox Church of Cyprus] talks about cultivating the spiritual tears in prayer. He also talks about introspection, attracting the divine grace, compunction of the heart and the prayer of the mind. This is the second part of a homily of Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos, given on November 10th, 2022 in in the auditorium of the Holy Metropolis of Lemessos, Cyprus.
Video source: ΙΕΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ
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Watch the first part of this lecture here: https://youtu.be/nVdHnC_62bM
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![Its not bad to cry. Tears in spiritual life | Met. Athanasios of Cyprus [Part 1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nVdHnC_62bM/mqdefault.jpg "Its not bad to cry. Tears in spiritual life | Met. Athanasios of Cyprus [Part 1]
In this video, Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol [Orthodox Church of Cyprus] talks about the role of tears and crying in spiritual life. This is the first part of a homily of Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos, given on November 10th, 2022 in in the auditorium of the Holy Metropolis of Lemessos, Cyprus.
Video source: ΙΕΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ
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