KATERINA GORDEEVA RECOGNIZED AS A FOREIGN AGENT BY THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
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Who and what this episode is about:
Hieromonk Ioann (Guaita) - the same priest who let the protesters beaten by security forces into the temple in 2019 - is the hero of the new episode of "Tell Gordeeva".
We shot this issue when we had almost no strength to shoot anything and our hands were falling down. If you see grief, injustice and death around you for so long it becomes very scary. And it seems that either there is no God, or the one who is there is tired of loving us.
These were the two simplest questions I wanted to ask Fr. Ioann. It was a great blessing that the conversation lasted longer.
Thank you to Fr. Ioann, an honest and truly faithful Christian, for having the courage to say what he thinks and feels.
#скажигордеевой #отециоанн
Contents:
0:00 Three years ago, Father Ioann saved protesters from the police. Why?
3:25 Father Ioann was born in Sardinia, has lived in Russia for 35 years and is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. What? Yes!
4:36 "In 1812 the French shot Muscovites here."
5:25 How did Giovanni Guaita become an Orthodox priest?
7:19 "A Monk in Quarantine" - how Father Ioann wrote the book.
11:14 The advertisement for which we found ourselves in front of Dovlatov's house.
13:51 "There is no death. It has already been defeated" - why a Christian should be optimistic.
15:22 "It's like an exam and we already know the questions."
16:52 The most frequent question today: where is God?
18:42 "It is very important not to be afraid to express your opinion as much as possible"
20:21 "The Church is not a society of holy people" - about the Russian Orthodox Church.
23:32 "What is the fault of the Russian man if he does not share the position of his government?"
24:58 Why are church and government so close in Russia?
28:09 "I consider it a great mistake what is happening in Ukraine."
29:43 Why Father Ioann is still in Russia.
30:29 "A monk is an extreme Christian."
32:43 What does Father Ioann's monastic cell look like?
34:23 What is the "fear of God"?
37:13 "I would like a scoundrel and a villain to realize his mistake, repent and go to heaven."
39:17 What is the observance of the analoy?
42:31 "I don't like it when people come for a blessing to vacation in Crimea or not."
43:33 "First you have to realize your sins" - how to come out of post-war trauma
46:28 "When you call evil good, Christ says it is not forgivable."
48:22 "I'm not afraid of being deprived of my ministry."
49:26 "Yes, we're killing you, but it's for the greater good" - about a time in which we're all unlucky to find ourselves.
52:46 "And yet I'm an optimist."
53:55 "The temple in which Father Alexander Men served.
56:20 "The question of God's existence has completely disappeared" - how Father Ioann stopped being an atheist.
58:04 "I arrived in Leningrad a week after Gorbachev became general secretary."
1:01:45 "Russianness is the result of many encounters."
1:05:24 "It is impossible to separate Russian culture from European culture."
1:06:55 "It is a miracle to me that the USSR ended virtually peacefully." 1:06:55 "It is a miracle to me that the USSR ended virtually peacefully."
1:09:27 "Western Europe doesn't know what Orthodoxy is."
1:12:57 "I confess and the children play."
1:13:54 "Cosmas and Damian of Asia Minor are the Unmercenaries and Miracle Workers."
1:16:45 "I met Fr. Alexander Meny during an underground baptism."
1:19:08 "Christian values are by definition not traditional."
1:22:44 "The Church cannot close its doors to anyone" - on the Russian Orthodox Church's attitude toward LGBTQ+ people
1:27:32 "To think that God punishes a child for the sins of the parents is heresy"
1:30:48 "Love and suffering are the same thing."
1:32:57 "After death there is a natural continuation of life."
1:34:59 Where is God when children die?
1:36:29 "God doesn't make me do good. I have the right to do evil."
1:39:27 "I am very often dissatisfied with myself."
1:41:09 "Mercy includes justice too."
Hieromonk John (Guaita) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009937878199
Katerina Gordeeva / https://instagram.com/skazhigordeevoy
Telegram: https://t.me/skazhigordeevoy