Through a Monk's Eyes

How to Fight Evil from our Hearts in a World of Lies and Confusion (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea) 06.08.2024 ↓

How to Fight Evil from our Hearts in a World of Lies and Confusion (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)

Everyone Wears a Mask. Don't Enter This Battle of Lies. 03.06.2024 ↓

Fr. Seraphim encourages us to avoid false faces and the havoc they wreak.

You Need Time and Space ALONE for a RESET of your Life 16.04.2024 ↓

Fr. Seraphim encourages viewers to take time away before resetting their lives.

We need a short break: Going for a spiritual reset to the Moldavian monasteries in Northern Romania 18.08.2023 ↓

Fr. Seraphim gives a short update.

The Hermit, his Cave, and his Island 11.08.2023 ↓

Fr. Seraphim Aldea introduces us to Inch Kenneth, the 'desert' of St Kenneth.

Dead Tired 31.07.2023 ↓

Fr. Seraphim gives an update on the monasteries.

The Island of St Brendan the Navigator 21.07.2023 ↓

Join Fr. Seraphim and the Monasteries of Mull and Iona on a pilgrimage to St Brendan's Island: Eileach an Naoimh—'The Rock of the Saint'.

St. Morwenna of Cornwall 10.07.2023 ↓

St. Morwenna is commemorated on July 18.

Where are our hearts? 30.06.2023 ↓

"Truly I say to you, I do not know you."

The subtle way of the Antichrist 19.05.2023 ↓

What has light to do with darkness?

A horrible realisation: our spiritual state 12.05.2023 ↓

The sign of a true Christian

When God speaks to you: How to hear God's Voice and receive His guidance 05.05.2023 ↓

It is easy to ask for God's Word, but it is difficult to listen and accept His answer. That is because His answer reveals His Divine will and once we know that, we need to silence our own will and follow Him.

The story of a miracle: how God healed me and then poured a mountain of grace over us 28.04.2023 ↓

The story of a miracle: how God healed me and then poured a mountain of grace over us was recorded by Fr Seraphim (Aldea) at Mull Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints), on the Isle of Mull.

The 'Exciting' Spirituality of Non-Believers 10.03.2023 ↓

We live in an age of new paganism. The distance we allowed between ourselves and Christ has created a spiritual void in the world, which is rapidly being filled with spiritual experiences and rituals that mirror those of the ancient pagan world.

Embracing the Impossible through Lent 03.03.2023 ↓

This video is part of a Lenten Retreat at St Seraphim's Cathedral in Santa Rosa, California. As we prepare to enter Great Lent, we might ponder on the impossible height to which we are being called—to be perfect with the Father’s perfection—an impossibility that becomes possible in Christ, as we open up to His presence. This paradox and the tension it creates in us keep our spiritual life safe fro...

How we pray: Our Reality vs Christ's Teaching 24.02.2023 ↓

We are broken and our prayer reflects that brokenness. But we are called to be one, to be simple with God's simplicity. As our prayer grows, we grow as well. As we spiritually heal and let go of our complexities and divisivenesses (which are results of our fallen nature), our prayer slowly lets go of its brokenness and becomes what it is supposed to be: a prayer beyond words, a silent prayer that...

How to do things for God 17.02.2023 ↓

Fr. Seraphim Aldea reminds us to keep ourselves grounded in humility, so we may fight pride and hypocrisy, and prevent them from staining our spiritual struggle before the Lord. When you are at the beginning of your spiritual life, you need to prioritize your ascetical works, because they will eventually help you open up to receive God's Grace.

The Unforgivable Sins 10.02.2023 ↓

Fr. Seraphim Aldea reminds us that these are unforgivable sins against God's Love and Mercy. Feeling entitled to God's forgiveness, reducing God's Love to an automatic, impersonal tool of forgiveness—this is spiritual abuse of God's Love, this is the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit. The other is to lose hope, to think that God's Love is not strong enough to cover our sins, to sink so low...