Through a Monk's Eyes
Have you ever wondered what the world looks like through a monk's eyes? This podcast offers a unique perspective on life, faith, and spirituality from the viewpoint of a monk. Hosted by Fr. Seraphim Aldea and produced by Ancient Faith Ministries, it explores deep questions about existence and the divine.
Episodes
What Makes a Man in the Eyes of Christ?
A Daily Exorcism: How to Battle Demonic Influences From Hearts and Minds
The Struggle for Deep Peace in the Midst of the Noise
What Is the Measure of Love?
The Weapon of Love
How to Survive When Your Faith Is Dying
How to cross that spiritual desert.
When We Take a Step Toward Christ, He Runs a Mile Toward Us
Be Your Real Self, Pray Your Real Prayer
Your Prayer Is Your Own
When Our Faith Barely Breathes
The Wrong Battlefield
Your enemy may not be where you think they are.
Should We Ever Ignore Habitual Sin?
Knowing Your Own Worth as a Christian
Am I Praying Against God's Will?
Bad Thoughts? Don't take the bait.
When you are too exhausted to pray after work
Move Past Skin-Deep Prayer and Pray from the Core of your Being
Live a Smaller Life and Find Peace
Forgive and be Forgiven
Jesus Christ Belongs to Sinners
The Fearsome Joy of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ
The "Medieval" Faith of the First Christians
Praying from the Heart in times of Crisis
Blasphemous Thoughts During Prayer
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ICONS, SPIRITUAL BOOKLETS and PRAYER ROPES are available through our online
Can Bad Prayer Harm You?
Why doesn't my prayer feel real?
SUPPORT OUR MONASTERIES ON MULL & IONA:
By PayPal & Credit / Debit Cards: https://mullmonastery.com/donate/
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BY CHEQUE (USA only) - Cheques should be written to 'American Friends of the Celtic Saints' and sent to: 3736 W County Rd 4, Berthoud, CO 80513. All cheque donors will receive a tax-receipt for their donation.
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ICONS, SPIRITUAL BOOKLETS and PRAYER ROPES are available through our online
Spiritual Elders
SUPPORT OUR MONASTERIES ON MULL & IONA:
By PayPal & Credit / Debit Cards: https://mullmonastery.com/donate/
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BY CHEQUE (USA only) - Cheques should be written to 'American Friends of the Celtic Saints' and sent to: 3736 W County Rd 4, Berthoud, CO 80513. All cheque donors will receive a tax-receipt for their donation.
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ICONS, SPIRITUAL BOOKLETS and PRAYER ROPES are available through our online
Silencing Thoughts in Prayer
Silencing Thoughts in Prayer (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils?
Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils? (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Stay Honest Before Christ
Stay Honest Before Christ (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
A Renewal of Holiness
A Renewal of Holiness (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea
Surviving Our Own Hypocrisy
Surviving Our Own Hypocrisy (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Don't Fall for the Devil's Entertainment
Don't Fall for the Devil's Entertainment (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Why We Must Practice Obedience to Have Faith
Why We Must Practice Obedience to Have Faith (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Reading versus Lived Experience of Jesus Christ
Reading versus Lived Experience of Jesus Christ (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Don't Let Expectations Define You
Don't Let Expectations Define You (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
The Voices You Listen to Shape Your Life
The Voices You Listen to Shape Your Life (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Jesus Christ: The Only Path to Salvation
Jesus Christ: The Only Path to Salvation (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
The One True Christ... and the many false ones
The One True Christ... and the many false ones (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
True Christians Have No Enemies
True Christians Have No Enemies (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Having Constant Spiritual Ups and Downs?
Having Constant Spiritual Ups and Downs? (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Procrastination and Self-Worth
Procrastination and Self-Worth (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Unnatural Associations
Unnatural Associations (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Being Young is VERY Hard in this World We Made
Being Young is VERY Hard in this World We Made (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
"Low" Periods Hide a Spiritual Treasure
"Low" Periods Hide a Spiritual Treasure (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
What Does an Orthodox Holy Altar Look Like?
What Does an Orthodox Holy Altar Look Like? (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
On the Blood of Martyrs
On the Blood of Martyrs (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Don't Hide You from Christ
Don't Hide You from Christ (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Fasting for God Opens Our Spiritual Sight
Fasting for God Opens Our Spiritual Sight (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
Learning About Spirituality from the Celtic Saints
Learning About Spirituality from the Celtic Saints (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
How to Fight Evil from our Hearts in a World of Lies and Confusion (w/ Fr. Seraphim Aldea)
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.
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
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
Fr. Seraphim gives a short update.
The Hermit, his Cave, and his Island
Fr. Seraphim Aldea introduces us to Inch Kenneth, the 'desert' of St Kenneth.
Dead Tired
Fr. Seraphim gives an update on the monasteries.
The Island of St Brendan the Navigator
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'.
When Reason Goes against Faith
St. Morwenna of Cornwall
St. Morwenna is commemorated on July 18.
Pray from the belly of hell
Where are our hearts?
"Truly I say to you, I do not know you."
Joy and jokiness: acquiring and losing the Holy Spirit
When your heart aches for prayer: simple advice to help you pray again
Two Ways to Reject the World: Demonic and Christ-like
Family Against Faith? When Our Loved Ones Become Our Enemies
AI and Antichrist: We Enter an Age of Spiritual Darkness
The subtle way of the Antichrist
What has light to do with darkness?
A horrible realisation: our spiritual state
The sign of a true Christian
When God speaks to you: How to hear God's Voice and receive His guidance
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
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
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
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 fr
How we pray: Our Reality vs Christ's Teaching
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
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
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
Reset Your Spiritual Life
'All is well, but I feel dry. Where there was life, I now have only the memory of it.'
We tend to formalise our spiritual life, but Life is not in formalities: Life is in the Spirit—We need to reset our spiritual life to factory settings, jumping out of our comfort zones into a new, living faith.
Why is prayer SO HARD for me?
Fr. Seraphim Aldea reminds us that prayer is 'the art of arts and the highest science'. Prayer is hard, it is exhausting and it will slowly burn the sinful parts of your being. This is why prayer is naturally painful and extremely difficult. In its perfect form, prayer is impossible for our fallen selves, but it becomes possible by grace (for the Saints) and in Christ's Kingdom, when we shall fina
Why did God create this Hostile World?
Fr. Seraphim Aldea answers the question "If God is perfect, why did He create imperfection?", by reminding us of His love for His creation.
The 'Perfect as You Are' Heresy
Would you tell the demoniacs whom Christ healed that they are 'perfect as they are'? Would you tell Mary Magdalene that the seven demons who fought her made her 'who she was'? Would you stop Christ from forgiving sinners because there is no need for them to be forgiven? If we are 'perfect as we are', then what need do we have of Christ? THIS is why the idea that we do not need to change, that we h
Remember the Devil: His Eyes Are Fixed on Us with Endless Hatred
The devil wants us to forget him. His ultimate success would be to make us believe that he is not even real, that he is just the product of our imagination. Once that happens, the flood-gates of sin are wide open in us and our salvation is in great danger.
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