Fr. Christian Siskos

I’m an Orthodox priest. The message hasn’t changed—just the delivery.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@AL_J82 For the first three, you’re absolutely right. In Orthodoxy, God deserves the best.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@pearlythingz Not to mention, your choice of date is not without coincidence. It’s wasn’t just “another” Sunday for us, yesterday was Pentecost. Whether on public property or not, you’re instigating people on a holy day. You could have chosen any other service to come.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@pearlythingz On Sundays, Clergy have more important, and frankly holier, matters to attend to than your attention seeking antics. If you were genuinely curious for a response, you would schedule a time to meet. I don’t doubt people would be willing to be recorded with the proper notice.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

Don't get married because it feels right.

Get married because this is the person you hope to enter the Kingdom of Heaven with.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@richardrohlin I heard. My sister-In-law attends your parish. I’m sorry that happened. How can you speak to somebody about obedience when they don’t even understand what that means? Stupid Internet sometimes.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@FrTimothySas @OrthodoxLurker Amen. Blessed feast!

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

In one sentence, plainly state what you believe the goal of Christianity is and how a person achieves that goal?

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@RuslanKD I would encourage you to come and see. This doesn’t just mean coming to an Orthodox Church, but spiritually stepping inside of it. This requires that you, like Moses, take off your earthly sandals, leave your worldly knowledge behind, for the ground that you stand on is Holy.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

Truth is not rational but experiential. People like this would have crucified Christ with the Pharisees saying, “it is expedient that one man should suffer.” We worship what we know in spirit and in truth but they worship what they do not know b/c they refused to love the truth

[Ruslan @RuslanKD]

I ran the internal critiques on my views. These guys are raging because I've read the Apostolic Fathers and it only made me more protestant lol. didn't see their modern dogmas in the writings of Clement, Ignatius or Polycarp. that drives them nuts. they're incapable of owning their doctrinal development.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@RuslanKD There are no secret traditions here. I speak plainly, because What can be known about God is plain. Thus the saying remains, “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” Respectfully, it is you who are responding to my message.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@RuslanKD We come to know Who Christ is, not only from the word of God, but from those who walked with the Word. It is through their experiences that become to understand our own experiences. This is not something that you arrive on your own understanding. Herein lies the difference.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@RuslanKD The Pharisees were righteous in their own eyes. I’m sure they saw their own life as “transformed.” This did not make them right in the end. In orthodoxy, our experience is measured against the consensus of the Church. This is how we know that our experience of Christ is true.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

LORD forgive him for he knows not what he does. Forgive all those who erroneously attack the Orthodox Church. Have mercy on them and manifest yourself to them as you once did to Saul on the road to Damascus. Shine your everlasting light on the darkness of their nous. Amen.

[needGod.net @needGod_net]

Those who add water baptism as an extra requirement to “really” be a Christian, are making the same ERROR the Galatians were.

Adding 1 good act of obedience as part of being saved = Christ won’t save you (Gal. 5:2)

Whether it be circumcision, baptism or sharing the gospel.

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@LizzieMarbach Nope.

“So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.”

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@needGod_net “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@FrTimothySas Unfortunately, I don’t have that much space when writing that out 😂

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

Orthodox folks, what are your thoughts on AI?

[Fr. Christian Siskos @NoeticSpring]

@YoungPenitent Which article?