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Dear bothers and sisters in orthodox faith and dear believers, don't get tempted by devilsh methods to doubt or to worry in any way that the Orthodox Christian religion is the ONE, because this is only devil's plan to ruin the last true God soldiers on this earth, which we are! Our orthodox monastries prayings are the ones which still keep the antiChris to not come yet, but he is struggle to get down this last bridge between him and this world.
There are so many proofs that our religion is the true religion, of course, good people can be found everywhere and they may also find some mercy some day to be saved also (only God knows this), but we anyway have the Holy Spirit by our side.
Let's see, there are 3 main religions worldwide which all say they are the ONE: judaism, islam and christianity.
When God created this earth he put Adam and Eve in Heaven and then they fall on earth, after them they appeared the holy prophets, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and so on.
As we now have books and papers written hundreds and thousands of years ago by Christian Saints (St Anthony for example who lived in the 300 year) and as we now still keep their holy words in our hearts, even if they are old for thousands of years, like these way it was in the times of Abraham and Moses and the other prophets, they were written on papirus and papers thoughts and deeds from their ancestors up to Adam and Eve and like this, putting them together one after the other, guided by the Holy Spirit, it was created the Old Testament and together with the New Testament (the writings of the Apostles) appeared the first Bible in our history, prior to 100 AD year, so the first Bible appeared during the time of the Apostles.
Let's take a look at the other large religion of the world, judaism began during Adam and Eve also, and until Jesus Christ, until our Savior came, everybody from this world was living upon the Old Law, Law of Moses, the old judaic law, which was given by our Father to Moses. So the Torah (which is the book on which judaism is relying upon) contains our Old Testament also, entirely, completly, so they totally agree and believe and honor, Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and the others prophets of the Old Testament, and they believe in the same events which they are written in our Old Testament too, but when our Savior came they didn't recognized Him as the Son of our Father, but they crucified Him and now they are still expecting their savior, which (our Elders are saying) will be exactly the antiChrist.
What about muslims, coincidence or not, muslims also have in their Quran (their book of wisdom for muslims), the same Old Testament as ours, they also believe that Adam and Eve were in Heaven, and because of their sins were thrown out from Heaven, they also believe and have in their Quran the Noah flood, and they believe God destroyed our world then, for the sins of the people in those days, they believe in prophet Abraham and his sayings, they believe all about Moses, they respect even in our days lots of Moses teachings, they believe in king David, they believe even in Jesus Christ (but they don't believe He was the Son of God), they believe in St Mary who was enligtened by the Holy Spirit, they also believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ on earth (but they don't believe He will also Judge us then), they believe in angels, in archangels, they pray to Archangel Gabriel as we also do and so on.
You can find one page on the difference between islam-judaism-christianity on wikipedia here:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_Muslims_believe
What islam believe is that christianity is an extention of judaism (because judaism is keeping the Old Law of Moses only, but christianity religion is also enriched with the New Law of our Savior), and they also believe that islam is an extansion of christianity (because they believe that after our Savior coming (around 600 years after Him) came also the so called prophet Muhammad, which they say he is not the son of the Father but who is a newer prophet, newer they think than our Savior, and who enriched once again more religion on earth). But what our Savior told us (the Son of our Father) ? that \"after me, many lyer prophets will come in this world\" but don't believe them. Allah means \"God\" in arabic language.
What if I'll tell you that the \"Ten Commandants\" given to Moses are very well respected and appear as they are in Torah (judaism), Quran (islam) and of course our holy Bible (christian) the same.
What if I will tell you that what so called prophet Muhamad has been preaching almost the same things which our Savior has said to us but 600 years before the so called prophet Muhamad, only that because Holy Spirit was not with the so called prophet Muhamad's preachings, because they were not entirely fulfilled with kindness, love and forgiving: because Quran is full with ravange advices against christians especially and against anybody who is against islam. I'll give you some examples immediately.
The name \"Jesus\" appears for 99 times in Quran and they also believe and proof that St Mary was a virgin before and after His birth.
Take a look at this link to see how muslims preach about Jesus and how they do recognize our christian faith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xyE3ITVb6E
The conclussion is that up to a point (the coming of our Savior) all the 3 big religions of this world recognized the same facts, the same creation of this world, the same propfets etc, they received the same messages from our Father, through the intermediation of the same holy prophets from this planet, but the heresy came almost 2000 years ago.
Even if all those old prophets in which they believed also, like we do, were prophecing long before that our Savior will come on Earth, that he will be the Son of God, they also propheced that he will be killed and then lived again, they propheced before with thousands of years that he will be bornt from a virgin, even if all these holy old prophets were saying even the place of His holy birth (that he will be born in Bethleem) etc, judaism religion chose to not believe in all those prophets, but to crucified our Saviour and they continued to keep up to nowadays the Old Law and they are still waiting for their savior, which our holy Elders and Saints are saying to us that it will be exactly the antiChrist, which will come first as a good person, up to the moment when he will conquer and submitt all the world.
And what about muslims? Up to the year 650 after Christ coming, there were no Quran in this world, their muslim faith may have been like judaism or christianism up to that year, after 600 year appeared prophet Muhamad who started to write also Quran (composed by Old Testament plus his sayings) in this way it appeared the first Quran and muslim faith got strong started with 650 year.
Coincidence or not, the Book of Psalms is both in Torah (jewish) and in Quran (islam).
I only have a question, the so called prophet Muhamad told that his sayings are inspired by Allah and he said that in this way he wrote Quran, but the so called prophet Muhamad teachings from Quran are full of hate regarding christians: kill them, destroy them, bring fire upon them, start Jihad, the holy war and so on, how can be this inspired by Allah. Take a look here to some of quotes from Quran (don't look at images but just writings):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6V6dUrOGUs
and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBxitTWa1KU
What about women who are not allowed to enter in their \"churches\", women are also treated very bad and so on?
You can search the internet but every year 6 millions of muslim Africans convert to christianity. The number of muslim African population has diminished by 316 millions in the last years, and all Africa has a population of 1 billion of people, so God's gospels are spreading really quickly as in the Apocalipse is saying that the end will come when everyone will hear the Gospel words. Remember, that the catholic Bible is the same like the orthodox Bible content, the difference between our religions is not in the Bible content.
If you want to check my saying regarding the 6 millions of converted muslims in Africa you can watch this AlJazeera show regarding christianity in Africa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdVnILalpeo&feature=related
Science people made discoveries in archaeology and they found Noah Arch, also proof of king David existance, king Solomon as well, and other proofs also, proofs of artephacs during time of our Saviour, house of St Mary and so on, and all jews and islams believe that these artefacts exists, but they don't believe that our Savior was the Savior, but still they are waiting all for another savior.
Still it's a mistery for them how it comes that our Saints have their bodies intact long after their deads, they don't want to believe or hear all the miracles which our Saints are doing and so on, I was personally been told a blasphemy by one of such unbeliever, that our priests are using magic :(.
Personally I don't believe that current jews or islam people are of fault, because they purely born like this, and maybe if they are good at soul our Saviour will change their lives to believe in Him, as millions are doing right now.
As regarding our christian faith, let's see how did it appeared and where orthodox one stands, christian faith appeared in 33 year (after our Savior coming). The christian community got together well almost 1000 years, they were gathering from time to time at Ecumenical Synods, Synods composed by holy bishops, some of them they are Saints now and have holy relics in our churches, Synods which lasted for hundreds of days each, while they were praying for the Holy Spirit to show them the truth while they had questions, in a Synod they gathered every time like hundreds of bishops together, these Synods were gathered only when in history of christianity came around different heresies, so they got together to discuss them and cut them down. So this first Holy Synod was in 325 year and the 7th Synod, and last one, was in 787 year. But in the year 1054 year, the catcholic church decided that the former 7 Synod were not quite exact and splitt from the orthodoxy because of an heresy regarding the way in which the Holy Spirit is coming, you'll have details later. After many years from this splitting another splitting occured inside catholic church, one person, called Luther, said he owns the truth regarding christianity, so he began a new church, protestant church, then other splittings occured inside catholic church, other persons came to say that THEY, own the truth and brought new things, saying that Holy Spirit showed them like this, so they appeared different sects, and begin new christian churches and so on. But we, the orthodox christians kept the same religion as our fathers, Elders and Saints decided in the only canonical Ecumenical Synods, from 1 to the 7th, the last one.
This is why Orthodox Christian Elders are against Ecumenism, they would agree only if the other christians faith will come back to where they left from, orthodoxy, and because this will not be ever possible than our Elders will be always against any Ecumenical discussions.
Please open here to see one dear Romanian Elder, who still lives now, a holy father dear to us, Elder Arsenie Papacioc, who is talking about the differences between our orthodoxy and the other christian faiths, and sustaining also the Romanian Elders opinion against Ecumenism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuC9xCXqZPQ
and also, more Romanian Elders on Ecumenism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-RdNeKlFs8
And maybe this is why every year, ONLY during the orthodox day of Easter (which can be in a different day from the catholic one each year), the Holy Light comes in a miraculos way in the Orthodox Church from Jerusalem, where our Savior Tomb is in, and only during the prayer of the Orthodox Patriarch from Jerusalem, and this is happening year after year, for almost 2000 years, catholics also tried for numerous times to bring the Pope and pray during their Easter time but NEVER the Holy Light appeared then. Also, before our Easter time, our orthodox church from Jerusalem is locked with a day before and arabs are searching inside any matches or anything witch can light light and trew them out, the church is opened just before the ceremony coming for Easter, and our Patriarch is being screaned and taken off his clothes and checking him by arabs to see if there is no lights on him and still every year it's the same, but God guard our orthodox faith and all we need is for starting of the prayer and the BIG miracle is happening: The Holy Light comes from the sky, lighting in the same time the candle of the bishops, but also the candles of persons who are in the church (only some, because it is said only the clean ones receive this gift in a miraculos way). In the first minutes of the Holy Light, It doesn't hurt anybody but it HEALS, I have friends who were there and they said it's a BIG miracle happening.
Look at this link please to see the Holy Light from Jerusalim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaI2hXyg-fM
About the other religions which still are in the world now, I don't think it worths to talk about: buddhism is a religion founded by Buddha, to give you an example there are tens of Buddha's statues around China showing him in sexual positions, showing him having sex in groups and so on, and being considered healthy teachings sex, he also founded the so called yoga, what healthy spiritual lider would link sex by sreligion I wonder?
Yoga they also said it's an awakening spiritual method but which, unfortunatelly brought to Elder Paisios from Mount Athos lots of demonized people who practiced this \"awakening\". Please, read here the terrible story of one from the many who were trapt in this religion, this guy even had a journey in Tibet and meating Gurus from there and in the end, he couldn't controled his own life because of foreign energies who were making him a hell of his life, his escape was in Mount Athos:
http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro/orthodox/orthodox_advices_yoga.htm
Hinduism, from India, Indonesia and other countries is an idol religion. I was in Bali, Indonesia myself as a tourist and I can talk about buddhism and hinduism very well because I saw their temples, hindus people venerate animals, they pray to monkeys, snakes, sheeps, dragons, it was scarry to enter in those temples (I didn't) and all their believes seemed to me a witchery thing. Monkeys were for example considered \"holy\" and they were free in a temple, but they were very aggressive because they were fed very good, everyone had there in their house a \"holy\" animal and worhiping him, at the entrances standed dragons and big snakes, it's really terrifying to talk about it.
About extraterestrial life or UFO's, the so called scientology, father Seraphim Rose said, very good, that they are only demons who takes different shapes, l.ike an airplane etc, humanoid, and they can stil/take/elope people who believe in such things, read more here:
http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro/orthodox/orthodox_advices_ufo.htm
And about the so called clarvoyance people or paranormal people, if they are not holy persons, monks or persons totally dedicated to God, but they are living their lives like we do than don't go, don't believe them, they are gifted by dark powers, see this please:
http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro/orthodox/orthodox_advices_magic.htm
Of course, lies and denyial will appear all the time, I've heard some calling us, orthodox, witches, others that our Elders are using magic, others try to explain everything scientificaly and giving reasons, or they say that we are lied by our Elders and so on, but nothing can explain our miracles or the way our lives changes into good by excersising our faith.
And as one Romanian Elder was saying while prophecing the coming of the antiChrist, he said the anti will come with an icon in his hands, he said something like: \"don't believe him, he will come with an icon in his hands, the churches will be changed those times, monks will be obliged to marry, but our orthodox christian faith doesn't lye in an icon or in churches, our orthodox faith lyes in our hearts, we may loose our churches, we may loose our priests but we can never loose our true orthodox christian faith which is in our hearts, and as long as we will keep clean non-stop prayer we will still have Holy Spirit with us, in those years to come.\"
Romanian Elder Cleopa said about the antiChrist, that when he will come it will be like this, he will look like a good persons and he will do a lot of \"miracles\", people will think of him to be a paranormal person, he will be well taughed in witchery things, spells etc, he will say \"Son, where is your mother? Oh, she's dead 50 years ago! Really, let's go to her tomb. And everybody will see the mother of the boy coming out from the tomb, and everybody will receive the anti as their king. Then he will say to mountains \"Mountain, come to me!\" and everybody will see the mountain running to him, and they will be shocked and receive him as their king, but those who will keep those days the non-stop prayer in their hearts and minds (Jesus prayer) will see his magic work, that no woman came out from the tomb and the mountain was in the same place, not moving at all, but they will see thousands of demons transformed into the shape of that female, and turning the minds of the viewers to see what he wanted them to see (like a hipnosis, which is also devilish).
So we should keep and learn the prayer \"Jesus prayer\" and practice it, and teach our children to stay orthodox christians up to their end, even if the dark powers will try to make them problems, we should not care, cause what is 80 years on this earth compared to eternity in hell. Our orthodox Elders told us that Heaven is in the sky but Hell is in the middle of our Earth, here in Romania we all can see a very good Serbian orthodox documetary called \"Digital Angel\", in that movie I found a sequence in which they said it was disovered in Siberia a very large hall in the earth, nobody could enter inside, because after lots of km people got scared of the temperature increasing and of not seeing any end, but especially of a terrifying noise which was been heard very clear, the noise was terrifying, in the documentary was filmed also the hall, was terrifying, but I could find the noise on youtube, on a radio station, this is supposed to be noises taken from that hall:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtrkAIe9yVI&feature=related
If you can, see \"Digital Angel\" also, I have the Serbian and Romanian translation also, it's very interesting.
We have a dear father of ours, Elder Argatu, he did lots of miracles during his life, he died like 8 years ago, in one of his books he was saying something like this: \"I once put a question to God and I asked Him \"God, please show me how is hell like?\", and after weeks of deep fasting and prayings non-stop, one night I was in prayer and suddenly the wall in front of me got down and a bright angel appeared in front of me and he told me \"You asked God to show you the hell, I came to show it to you\", and he took me flying, I saw down the hills, the mountains, and then only sky and after awhile I saw the angel going down to earth, and we were in a region with no vegetation, very arid, and got down in the inside of the earth, and went down through a hall, and I was so scared and terrified, but the angel told me to not be because I'm with him, and after a long time of going down to the middle of earth we arrived to a door, and a big, ugly creature was staying protecting that door, demon, and got so scared, but the angel told him \"open the door cause God sent me to show him hell\", and the demon got upset and said \"You never should bring here alive people because they will go back and they will tell the others that hell exists and others will turn our back\", we entered there and I saw many doors and after each door it was a punsihment, I saw women being cut on their bellies endlessly because of abortions, and in one door I enter and saw a room, dark, but when I entered the light went on, and I saw like a crater, and in the left a lava river (vulcano river) and many people in that vulcano burning, some they were up to their foot, others up to their knees, others up to their neck, and it was a crying and desperation and screamings and pain you can't imagine, and I saw one of the women which were my spiritual daughter while she lived, and when she saw me she screamed, \"Father, I knew you will come to save me, please save me father\", and I cried and told her \"Oh, my daughter I feel so sorry but it's not this the reason I arrived here, here I can't do anything for you, here only God decides, I told you to listen to me and stop doing that sin, and now see, you're here.\" and the angel took me from there and the light went off, and the screamings were terrible, and after awhile the angel told me we need to go, and went, go out, flight again, and arrived in my room, it was almost morning already, but everybody was sleeping.\"
So dear friends, if if this is a long post, I hope it is of help anyway, next time if anyone is asking you \"why do you love your religion, don't you want to try ours, as it is more indulgent than yours, or because it's the \"one\"?\" you can enrich your answer with some info from here.
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