Topic: Fr. Lazarus El Anthony

[Monk Vasyl]

Its a quite time, at work, due to a snowstorm, so I've been checking YouTube for talks on Orthodox spirituality and discovered a lot of material by Fr. Lazarus.  According to what is written on YouTube:  "He was an atheist, and now he is Fr. Lazarus ELAnthony, a hermit coming from Australia to live in St. Anthony's Monastery in the deserts of the Red Sea, Egypt."

All his talks on located here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGEcwBtVS8&list=PL15BCEB45C28216DE

I would be interested in knowing what our Coptic brothers thoughts are on this monk.  What I've listened to, I personally, find edifying.

[Stavro]

We do not prefer to talk about our saints who are still in the body.

I had the blessing of meeting him: He is not of this world.

[Monk Vasyl]

We do not prefer to talk about our saints who are still in the body.

I had the blessing of meeting him: He is not of this world.

That says enough for me.  Thank you.

[Hinterlander]

Watch "The Last Anchorite" (it is featured towards the bottom of the playlist in the OP)

http://vimeo.com/13459920

It features Fr. Lazarus.

I have to admit coming across this video a couple years ago definitely fed my initial inquiry into Orthodoxy.

[Monk Vasyl]

Watch "The Last Anchorite" (it is featured towards the bottom of the playlist in the OP)

http://vimeo.com/13459920

It features Fr. Lazarus.

I have to admit coming across this video a couple years ago definitely fed my initial inquiry into Orthodoxy.

Thank you very much for this suggestion.  These will be great viewings for Great Lent.

[Nikolai Sergeev]

I really think that this series is the finest piece on Orthodoxy on the entire Youtube. Father Lazarus's advice on many things is invaluable. A great personality, in Russia he would be called a staretz (an elder) I guess.

[LizaSymonenko]

Watch "The Last Anchorite" (it is featured towards the bottom of the playlist in the OP)

http://vimeo.com/13459920

It features Fr. Lazarus.

I have to admit coming across this video a couple years ago definitely fed my initial inquiry into Orthodoxy.

Thank you very much for this suggestion.  These will be great viewings for Great Lent.

Indeed!

I thoroughly enjoyed it, just now.

Very peaceful.

 

[Benjamin the Red]

I've watched The Last Anchorite. Fr. Lazarus is a saint.

Thank you for sharing these talks! I will certainly watch them.

[leap of faith]

Thank you so very much for posting this link!  Awhile back, I had watched several and...long story, short...was unable to locate them nor could I remember his name for a search.  Much appreciated!!

[Tommelomsky]

I am moved to tears by his videos. Some of the things he says covers some parts of my old life (the life before 2009, when everything changed).

[sam176]

the biggest thing that caught my attention when he described a coptic Monk that he was teaching the liturgy and he didnt understand any arabic but he was able to communicate with him
he described that MONK as a saint and that that monk was POOR monk
 that was what struck me are not all monks supposed to be poor ?

Poverty and asceticism the key for all weakness we have in our homes and all   churches today
I am a copt by the way

[They]

Does anyone know if Fr. Lazarus is still alive and well and kicking? Anybody heard any updates about him?

Is he still throwing down? Is he still dropping the hammer on satan's ol' noggin? Is he still kicking butt and taking names? Is he still oh you get the idea.

[Jonathan]

He is still living as a hermit.

[They]

He is still living as a hermit.

Okay, good! I'd really like to see a new video series about him, a new documentary.

[Tonedawg]

I know many who've met him in real life and the general consensus is that he is a living Saint!

[Commander Xenophon]

i love Fr Lazarus