How often do you see this at the Emmys?!

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that was awesome! I remember listening to his conversion on AFR.
IT was the best celeb interview I've ever heard! I hope Fr. Andrew does a follow up with him now that he's EO, to see how he's doing, you know?
 
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IT was the best celeb interview I've ever heard! I hope Fr. Andrew does a follow up with him now that he's EO, to see how he's doing, you know?

I think that'd be awesome. do something like interviews with Orthodox celebrities like what Fr Josiah Trenhem is doing with all the bishops.
 
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I think that'd be awesome. do something like interviews with Orthodox celebrities like what Fr Josiah Trenhem is doing with all the bishops.
Yeah, but I'm not crazy to hear the interviews of the other supposed Orthodox celebs. I really have not seen one as devout as Jonathan, other than Troy Palomalou (sp?). I'm sorry. I didn't mean that to sound so judgmental. I just think the other Orthodox celebs, with the exception of maybe Tom Hanks, don't seem very serious about their beliefs.
 
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Yeah, but I'm not crazy to hear the interviews of the other supposed Orthodox celebs. I really have not seen one as devout as Jonathan, other than Troy Palomalou (sp?). I'm sorry. I didn't mean that to sound so judgmental. I just think the other Orthodox celebs, with the exception of maybe Tom Hanks, don't seem very serious about their beliefs.

well I am sure there are at least a few out there. I know the guy who won the gold for figure skating at the winter Olympics a few years back was devout Orthodox, and MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko is as well. but that's about 4 or 5 interviews, which could be enough to get something started.
 
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Maybe interviewing Orthodox Christian celebs would encourage more Orthodox Christians to start living their faith, especially those cradle Orthodox who were poorly catechized because they were sent to catechism where they were entertained and not really encouraged to attend Divine Liturgy.

The first Greek Orthodox Church which I attended shortly after my chrismation back in the mid 1990s had a policy that all children were to be in the crying room or at religious instruction during the Divine Liturgy. Since many children loved the cookies, donuts, milk and juice which were provided them along with the stories and creative activities, they learned to prefer these activities to the Divine Liturgy.

Fortunately, many parishes no longer have religious instruction during the parish Sunday Divine Liturgy, but they have rearranged their schedule so that children can attend Holy Services with their parents, and attend religious education classes either before the Divine Liturgy or immediately after reception of Communion or after the dismissal.
 
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Maybe interviewing Orthodox Christian celebs would encourage more Orthodox Christians to start living their faith, especially those cradle Orthodox who were poorly catechized because they were sent to catechism where they were entertained and not really encouraged to attend Divine Liturgy.

yeah, this is what I was thinking. plus, many Americans, for good or ill, follow celebs. it would be a good, and I think effective, way to get the word out.
 
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At the end he mentions the monks on Mt. Athos and how their prayers sustain the world. I may have misheard but I think this was essentially what he said. Is this standard Orthodox belief?

If the above is accurate it implies that the world would be in a much worse state than it currently is without such prayers. Why is it that the prayers of monks make things better? What are they fighting against?
 
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At the end he mentions the monks on Mt. Athos and how their prayers sustain the world. I may have misheard but I think this was essentially what he said. Is this standard Orthodox belief?

If the above is accurate it implies that the world would be in a much worse state than it currently is without such prayers. Why is it that the prayers of monks make things better? What are they fighting against?
Yes, it's believed the prayers of all monks and nuns around the world are sustaining the earth. St. Silouan has said that without their prayers, the earth would have perished a long time ago.
 
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Maybe interviewing Orthodox Christian celebs would encourage more Orthodox Christians to start living their faith, especially those cradle Orthodox who were poorly catechized because they were sent to catechism where they were entertained and not really encouraged to attend Divine Liturgy.
Back in the late 1990's, hubby and I watched a video called, if I remember correctly, Greek Americans. And Orthodoxy was brought up in that because of the faith being mixed with and in the cultural aspect of Greek tradition and such. George Stephanopolous and Billy Zane were in it. I can't remember who else.
 
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At the end he mentions the monks on Mt. Athos and how their prayers sustain the world. I may have misheard but I think this was essentially what he said. Is this standard Orthodox belief?

If the above is accurate it implies that the world would be in a much worse state than it currently is without such prayers. Why is it that the prayers of monks make things better? What are they fighting against?

well because monastics fulfill St Paul's command to pray without ceasing. they are constantly praying for the salvation if the world, that God would have mercy on all of us, etc. they fight, more than anyone of us, against the sin and corruption of this world.
 
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