Young Penitent

Pressed "go live" from the back deck last night and lit my pipe, not knowing what I was going to say. Managed to talk for an hour and interact with the audience. Had a great time!

What is Holy Chrismation? Chrismation is one of the sacraments of the Church. After a Christian enters the Church through Holy Baptism, they are sealed with holy oil on various parts of their body, which is the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit. In some cases Christians are received into the Church through Chrismation only if they have previously been baptized in another Christian confession.

In this video I answer the question "is Christianity anti-semitic?" To answer the question I begin by defining terms. I begin by explaining what anti-semitism is not, then I give a definition of what it is in order to be able to answer the question. Further we draw upon written and oral traditions of the church in order to give our anwer to the question. I conclude by offering a counterweight to the conclusion, referencing the commandment to love our neighbors. This is my personal opinion.

In todays interview we will be speaking with Seraphim Brodie and Maria Powell from the Holy Orthodox Order of St. George the Great Martyr (OSGM). Seraphim is the Director of Media for the organization, and Maria is the Director of Communications. The OSGM is an order of Knighthood that was established with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, former First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, in 2019. The Order was founded for the purpose of caring for the Orthodox Christians of the Holy Land and Greater Middle East who find themselves in need, want, or under persecution for their faith.

Another stream from my back deck. We will check in and talk about the news while I smoke my pipe.

We talk about Telegram founder Pavel Durov's arrest and the reasons behind it. Then we have a call in from a listener.

Michael Sisco is a man who has ideas that need to get out. Initially he used YouTube as a platform to get his ideas out with  @TheMichaelSiscoShow  . Later he began to publish a weekly Substack article, which also included some recorded interviews. Now Michael has announced that his Substack is being rebranded as The Texas Visionary, a publication by people with ties to Texas that aims to help bring about a sensible system of governance that is compatible with our values. Our interview today will center around this new publication, where the idea came from, and what Michael's vision for the publication is in the future.

For the third straight week I will be going live on a Friday night. We will talk about the events of the past week, go over a few news stories in world affairs which have an impact on the church, and help you understand how these things should be understood from our perspective. Towards the second half of the show we will interact with viewers and invite viewers to call in or ask questions. I have been enjoying our weekly livestream and I may commit to making these a regular feature of the channel.

An impromptu stream from my back deck. I tell a story about my visit to an all you can eat barbecue restaurant, I make a big announcement, and I interact with the live chat. Streamed Friday August 16, 2024.

Samseau is one of the people who helps run Christ is King, a conservative Christian men's forum that is the successor to the Roosh V Forum. The Roosh V Forum was a website run by Roosh (who would have guessed) that originally was a red pill forum that focused on teaching men how to have successful relationships. The "red pill" eventually morphed into more that finding out the truth about relationships and became more of a euphemism for the truth about everything else from politics to nutrition. When Roosh converted to Orthodox Christianity the forum reflected that conversion and became an explicitly Christian forum. When Roosh decided to leave public life, he blessed the community of his old forum to create a successor forum, which became Christ is King. In todays episode we will interview Samseau who was around from the beginning and witnessed it all take place.

This episode aired on YouTube on Dec. 31, 2022. I am going to begin uploading some of my old solo episodes that I made when my channel was new and still growing. This episode dives into the calendar question regarding the "old" church calendar and the "new calendar." I will go into the history of how the new calendar came about and why it is inferior to the old calendar.