Elder Cleopa-Video

[Tsarina]

I've read a book on Elder Cleopa and was really taken by him. When i discovered the videos below, i was taken away seeing him in motion.

I thought I'd share these with you guys, although one video is in Romanian (i think that's what it is), but it's still nice to see him.

Elder Cleopa on Fear of God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI363U3uPN0)

Elder Cleopa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmSdhzKsqE)speaking in a language i cant understand.... can anyone translate?

God Bless :angel:

[Orthocat]

That is awesome!

I thought for a sec though that he was going to hit her or something!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!


How great this "rotten old man" is....

[Tsarina]

That is awesome!

I thought for a sec though that he was going to hit her or something!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!

смерть!


How great this "rotten old man" is....

LOL.. ya he was going a little wild there. Then again, many cultures are like that and it's pretty normal for them.

When i read the book about him (Shepard of Souls), i did not imagine Elder Cleopa like this, lols... when i saw his video, i was surprised and thought his way of talking was really hilarious.

[Orthocat]

The culture thing....that is very true.

I may have to check out the book now! Thanks for the vid - I do enjoy seeing the elders and priests and bishops and saints and churches and ...

well, any video concerning Orthodoxy I love :)

[ma2000]

I've read a book on Elder Cleopa and was really taken by him. When i discovered the videos below, i was taken away seeing him in motion.

I thought I'd share these with you guys, although one video is in Romanian (i think that's what it is), but it's still nice to see him.

Elder Cleopa on Fear of God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI363U3uPN0)

Elder Cleopa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmSdhzKsqE)speaking in a language i cant understand.... can anyone translate?

God Bless :angel:
Yes, it's Romanian. I'll try to translate it... Maybe James can help. After all it's his favorite dialect ;)

You can find more videos on http://www.ortodoxtv.com/interviuri-video.php . Just click where you see "Cleopa" :)

[Ioan cel Nou]

Yes, it's Romanian. I'll try to translate it... Maybe James can help. After all it's his favorite dialect ;)

It's not just my favourite, it's the only type of Romanian I can understand well. I struggle much more with 'standard' Romanian. I'm also firmly of the opinion that God favours it - just look how many important monasteries there are in Moldova and Bucovina. You practically can't walk 100 metres without coming across one.


You can find more videos on http://www.ortodoxtv.com/interviuri-video.php . Just click where you see "Cleopa" :)

I will certainly look them up. I had no idea that yyou could find videos of him. I hear and read qabout him all the time, but I never thought I'd actually se him like this.

James

[ma2000]

The translation of the video located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmSdhzKsqE :

Father Cleopa addresses us
About Romanian Christianity and about death

-Father, this man came from America to see you, and…
-I’m a rot, filth (…)
-Aha
-I’m a rotten, sinner, bad old man. I don’t have…
-Then how are we, if you…
-You are great people! How can I compare myself to you?

-„<< Mr prime minister, I’m a rot, a rotten old man. I can’t give advices to a prime minister governing the country. >>
<< No! I won’t leave until you give me an advice. I know how many books you’ve written. >>” He told me he was from Bassarabia and his great grand parents were bishops and priests.
- Vacaroiu’s? His ancestors were priests?
- Yes, yes. That’s what he told me.

- Yes.
- Continue your story about that man.
- Yes. “<< I won’t leave>>”. He stood right beside me. (…)

- “<< Mr prime minister, the advice I’m going to give you will come not from me, but from the Emperor of Words. >>
<< Who is that? >>
<< Saint Basil The Great. That’s how the Church calls him: The Eye of The Church, The Fiery Mouth of The Holy Spirit and The Emperor of Words. What does he say? >>”
He attended schools in Alexandria and Athens. Together with a philosopher, Eugos. He then finished the major studies and he took Saint Gregory of Gregory Nazianzus with him…
- His friend.
- And he went in the desert and stayed there for 13 years. In order to have life experience (…) And when he left the desert, he constructed 10 hospitals called basilides (?), which were both hospitals and monasteries. One side for monks, one for the sick. Or one side for nuns, one side for sick women.
“And”, I continue, “ one day, when he was the bishop of that city in Cappadocia, Eugos came to him.
<<Oh, Basil, >> he said, << we’ve learned together so many years in school! Now you tell me which is the greatest wisdom! Which is the one wisdom that guards man from all sins? >> (…)
<<Oh, Eugos, the greatest wisdom of all, which guards man from all sins and leads him to eternal happiness is to always see death before him! >>”
- So that’s what you’ve told Vacaroiu?
- Yes. “<< And to bear in mind the Jesus prayer. >>” But his wife:
“<< See, see? You must remember death because you like the discos. You must repent! >>”
- Haha. He likes the discos! Haha
- And the others were laughing. I was talking and she was writing. And I’ve talked to them for three and half hours.
“<< (…) Father, you were inspired! >>
<< What are you talking about, Mr prime minister? Do you see this little country, Romania? It’s not too big, but not too small. It has about 20 millions (of inhabitants). But our Orthodox Christian origins date back 2000 years ago! We are of apostolic origin. >>
<< What? >>
<< Let me tell you! In 104 AD, when the colonists, eh, the Romans came to Transylvania, in Tapae, in Sarmizegetusa, to defeat Decebalus, (the archaeologists) found a lighter which is displayed at The Military Museum in Bucharest: the lighter of Zenobius, a golden lighter with Christ’s Crucifixion. In Rome…>>”. You see, three years ago, I visited Rome. I saw the head of Saint Peter The Apostle, on a golden tray, and Saint Paul the Apostle besides him. After 26 years of spreading Christianity, starting in Jerusalem, he died with his head downwards, crucified in Rome. And when they beheaded Paul, the head jumped like this, like this, like this. (…) And three water springs appeared. I saw them in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Rome with golden channels now.
Then, “<<Sir, here, in Scytia Minor, in Dobrogea, Andrew The Apostle, The First Called, Peter’s brother was the one to spread Christianity. He also was crucified. And this is what I want to tell you: From Nero to Constantine the Great there were 6 millions of martyrs in Rome and Asia, in Africa, in Cartagena. >>” And then I said:
“What more can I tell you now, that we have been talking for three hours? This is what I say, Mr prime minister. Let us see how… how many connections there were between the governors of the country and the leadership of the Church. Starting 2000 years ago, when we became Christians. >>”
- You must be the leader of such a country..
- Wait! Wait! I’ve told him: “<< Remember Mircea The Great? He had been governing Dobrogea and Oltenia and Valachia for 27, no, 37 years. And he had built the monastery of Cozia where his wife and the others and all his family are also buried. Near the church there is a very beautiful crypt…
There it is written: “Here leys the servant of God the nun Teofana, the mother of Michael the Brave” He conquered Transylvania and Moldavia and Valachia and his mother – a nun.

The End.
Thank you for listening

Comments:
I've asked James to help correcting this translation so we can post it on Youtube.
Nicolae Văcăroiu is a former prime minister of Romania.
The inscription on the lighter that Fr Cleopa refers to:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ro/1/12/1408-LEGE-APDI-0001.jpg

[Ioan cel Nou]

The translation of the video located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmSdhzKsqE :

Father Cleopa addresses us
About Romanian Christianity and about death

-Father, this man came from America to see you, and…
-I’m a rot, filth (…)
-Aha
-I’m a rotten, sinner, bad old man. I don’t have…
-Then how are we, if you…
-You are great people! How can I compare myself to you?

-„<< Mr prime minister, I’m a rot, a rotten old man. I can’t give advices to a prime minister governing the country. >>
<< No! I won’t leave until you give me an advice. I know how many books you’ve written. >>” He told me he was from Bassarabia and his great grand parents were bishops and priests.
- Vacaroiu’s? His ancestors were priests?
- Yes, yes. That’s what he told me.

- Yes.
- Continue your story about that man.
- Yes. “<< I won’t leave>>”. He stood right beside me. (…)

- “<< Mr prime minister, the advice I’m going to give you will come not from me, but from the Emperor of Words. >>
<< Who is that? >>
<< Saint Basil The Great. That’s how the Church calls him: The Eye of The Church, The Fiery Mouth of The Holy Spirit and The Emperor of Words. What does he say? >>”
He attended schools in Alexandria and Athens. Together with a philosopher, Eugos. He then finished the major studies and he took Saint Gregory of Gregory Nazianzus with him…
- His friend.
- And he went in the desert and stayed there for 13 years. In order to have life experience (…) And when he left the desert, he constructed 10 hospitals called basilides (?), which were both hospitals and monasteries. One side for monks, one for the sick. Or one side for nuns, one side for sick women.
“And”, I continue, “ one day, when he was the bishop of that city in Cappadocia, Eugos came to him.
<<Oh, Basil, >> he said, << we’ve learned together so many years in school! Now you tell me which is the greatest wisdom! Which is the one wisdom that guards man from all sins? >> (…)
<<Oh, Eugos, the greatest wisdom of all, which guards man from all sins and leads him to eternal happiness is to always see death before him! >>”
- So that’s what you’ve told Vacaroiu?
- Yes. “<< And to bear in mind the Jesus prayer. >>” But his wife:
“<< See, see? You must remember death because you like the discos. You must repent! >>”
- Haha. He likes the discos! Haha
- And the others were laughing. I was talking and she was writing. And I’ve talked to them for three and half hours.
“<< (…) Father, you were inspired! >>
<< What are you talking about, Mr prime minister? Do you see this little country, Romania? It’s not too big, but not too small. It has about 20 millions (of inhabitants). But our Orthodox Christian origins date back 2000 years ago! We are of apostolic origin. >>
<< What? >>
<< Let me tell you! In 104 AD, when the colonists, eh, the Romans came to Transylvania, in Tapae, in Sarmizegetusa, to defeat Decebalus, (the archaeologists) found a lighter which is displayed at The Military Museum in Bucharest: the lighter of Zenobius, a golden lighter with Christ’s Crucifixion. In Rome…>>”. You see, three years ago, I visited Rome. I saw the head of Saint Peter The Apostle, on a golden tray, and Saint Paul the Apostle besides him. After 26 years of spreading Christianity, starting in Jerusalem, he died with his head downwards, crucified in Rome. And when they beheaded Paul, the head jumped like this, like this, like this. (…) And three water springs appeared. I saw them in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Rome with golden channels now.
Then, “<<Sir, here, in Scytia Minor, in Dobrogea, Andrew The Apostle, The First Called, Peter’s brother was the one to spread Christianity. He also was crucified. And this is what I want to tell you: From Nero to Constantine the Great there were 6 millions of martyrs in Rome and Asia, in Africa, in Cartagena. >>” And then I said:
“What more can I tell you now, that we have been talking for three hours? This is what I say, Mr prime minister. Let us see how… how many connections there were between the governors of the country and the leadership of the Church. Starting 2000 years ago, when we became Christians. >>”
- You must be the leader of such a country..
- Wait! Wait! I’ve told him: “<< Remember Mircea The Great? He had been governing Dobrogea and Oltenia and Valachia for 27, no, 37 years. And he had built the monastery of Cozia where his wife and the others and all his family are also buried. Near the church there is a very beautiful crypt…
There it is written: “Here leys the servant of God the nun Teofana, the mother of Michael the Brave” He conquered Transylvania and Moldavia and Valachia and his mother – a nun.

The End.
Thank you for listening

Comments:
I've asked James to help correcting this translation so we can post it on Youtube.
Nicolae Văcăroiu is a former prime minister of Romania.
The inscription on the lighter that Fr Cleopa refers to:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ro/1/12/1408-LEGE-APDI-0001.jpg
You've done a pretty good job. There's not much I'd want to correct except some of the idioms, which sound non-English. Even then, though, I've seen much worse. Some of the articles on www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro (http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro), for instance are easier to read in Romanian than English because the translations are so odd.

The only thing that I definitely would want to correct is the translation you have made of opait. It's a lamp, not a lighter. A lighter would be something used for lighting fires, not for casting light. That's the only error I can see that would make the translation difficult to understand. I can correct the idiom for you as well if you wish, though.

James

[ma2000]

You've done a pretty good job. There's not much I'd want to correct except some of the idioms, which sound non-English. Even then, though, I've seen much worse. Some of the articles on www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro (http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro), for instance are easier to read in Romanian than English because the translations are so odd.

The only thing that I definitely would want to correct is the translation you have made of opait. It's a lamp, not a lighter. A lighter would be something used for lighting fires, not for casting light. That's the only error I can see that would make the translation difficult to understand. I can correct the idiom for you as well if you wish, though.

James

Thanks. That would be nice. :)

[Ioan cel Nou]

Thanks. That would be nice. :)
You want me to correct it to make it sound more English,then? Here or would you rather I PM'd you it? Honestly, it's not going to be a huge number of changes, just things like where you use plurals that are singular in English (it's 'advice' even though 'sfaturi' is plural, for instance) and similarly small changes. It really won't make any difference to the meaning, even for a native English speaker, but I'll certainly do it if you wish.

James

[ma2000]

Father Cleopa addresses us
About Romanian Christianity and about death

-Father, this man came from America to see you, and…
-I’m rot, filth (…)
-Aha
-I’m rotten, a sinner, a bad old man. I don’t have…
-Then what are we, if you…
-You are great people! How can I compare myself to you?

-„<< Mr Prime Minister, I am rot, a putrid old man. I can’t advise a prime minister who governs the country. >>
<< No! I won’t leave until you give me some advice. I know how many books you’ve written. >>" He told me he was from Bessarabia and his great grand parents were bishops and priests.
- Vacaroiu’s? His ancestors were priests?
- Yes, yes. That’s what he told me.

- Yes.
- Continue your story about that man.
- Yes. "<< I won’t leave>>". He stood right beside me. (…)

- "<< Mr Prime Minister, the advice I’m going to give you will come not from me, but from the Emperor of Words. >>
<< Who is that? >>
<< Saint Basil The Great. That’s what the Church calls him: The Eye of The Church, The Fiery Mouth of The Holy Spirit and The Emperor of Words. What does he say? >>"
He attended schools in Alexandria and Athens. Together with a philosopher, Eugos. Then after he finished his major studies he took Saint Gregory of Nazianzus with him…
- His friend.
- And went into the desert and stayed there for 13 years. In order to experience life (…) And when he left the desert, he constructed 10 hospitals called basilides (?), which were both hospitals and monasteries. One side for monks, one for the sick. Or one side for nuns, one side for sick women.
"And", I continue, " one day, when he was the bishop of that city in Cappadocia, Eugos came to him.
<<Oh, Basil, >> he said, << we studied together for so many years in school! Now you tell me which is the greatest wisdom! Which is the one wisdom that guards man from all sins? >> (…)
<<Oh, Eugos, the greatest wisdom of all, which guards man from all sins and leads him to eternal happiness is to always see death before him! >>"
- So that’s what you told Vacaroiu?
- Yes. "<< And to keep the Jesus Christ [the prayer] in his thoughts >>" But his wife:
"<< See, see? You must remember death because you like the discos. You must repent! >>"
- Ha ha. He likes the discos! Ha ha
- And the others were laughing. I was talking and she was writing. And I talked to them for three and a half hours.
"<< (…) Father, you were inspired! >>
<< What are you talking about, Mr Prime Minister? Do you see this little country, Romania? It’s not too big, but not too small. It has 20 or so million (inhabitants). But our Orthodox Christian origins date back 2000 years! We are of apostolic origin. >>
<< How? >>
<< Let me tell you! In 104 AD, when the colonists, uh, the Romans came to Transylvania, to Tapae, to Sarmizegetusa, to defeat Decebalus, they found a lamp which is displayed at the Military Museum in Bucharest: the lamp of Zenobius, a golden lamp with Christ’s Crucifixion depicted on it. In Rome…>>". You see, three years ago, I visited Rome. I saw the head of Saint Peter The Apostle, on a golden tray, and Saint Paul the Apostle besides him. After 26 years of spreading Christianity, starting in Jerusalem, he died with his head downwards, crucified in Rome. And when they beheaded Paul, the head jumped like this, like this, like this. (…) And three springs of water appeared. I saw them in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Rome, now flowing in golden channels.
Then, "<<Sir, here, in Scythia Minor, in Dobrogea, Andrew The Apostle, The First Called, Peter’s brother was the one to spread Christianity. He also was crucified. And this is what I want to tell you: From Nero to Constantine the Great there were 6 million martyrs in Rome and Asia, in Africa, in Carthage. >>" And then I said to him:
"What more can I tell you now, that we have been talking for three hours? This is what I say, Mr Prime Minister. Let us acknowledge how… how many connections, how many ties, there have been between the governors of the country and the leaders of the Church. For 2000 years, since we (first) became Christians. >>"
- That's the sort of country you should be leader of...
- Wait! Wait! I told him: "<< Remember Mircea The Great? He governed Dobrogea and Oltenia and Walachia for 27, no, 37 years. And he built the monastery of Cozia where his wife and the others and all his family are also buried. Near the church there is a very beautiful crypt…
There it is written: "Here lies the servant of God the nun Teofana, the mother of Michael the Brave" He conquered Transylvania and Moldavia and Walachia and his mother – she was a nun.

The End.
Thank you for listening

___
Thanks to James for correcting the translation.

[Thekla]

Thank-you, Ma2000 !

[xristos.anesti]

Behold, the saints of God.



http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Orthodox_Elders/Greek/Fr._Paisios/1.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:history.go(-1))
Avva Paisios (Eznepidis) the New Athonite,





http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Orthodox_Elders/Romanian/Fr._Cleopa_Ilie/17.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:history.go(-1))
Avva Cleopa (Ilie) Sihastrian





http://uspenie.kolivart.com/images/ava_Justin_Popovic.jpg
and Avva Justin (Popovich) of Chelie


Blessed monastic fathers, pray to God for us.

[Tsarina]

The culture thing....that is very true.

I may have to check out the book now! Thanks for the vid - I do enjoy seeing the elders and priests and bishops and saints and churches and ...

well, any video concerning Orthodoxy I love :)

Do check out the book, you'll love it.
The book is called "Shepard of Souls" by: Archmandrite Ioanichie Balan.

The translation of the video located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLmSdhzKsqE :

Father Cleopa addresses us
About Romanian Christianity and about death

-Father, this man came from America to see you, and…
-I’m a rot, filth (…)
-Aha
-I’m a rotten, sinner, bad old man. I don’t have…
-Then how are we, if you…
-You are great people! How can I compare myself to you?

-„<< Mr prime minister, I’m a rot, a rotten old man. I can’t give advices to a prime minister governing the country. >>
<< No! I won’t leave until you give me an advice. I know how many books you’ve written. >>” He told me he was from Bassarabia and his great grand parents were bishops and priests.
- Vacaroiu’s? His ancestors were priests?
- Yes, yes. That’s what he told me.

- Yes.
- Continue your story about that man.
- Yes. “<< I won’t leave>>”. He stood right beside me. (…)

- “<< Mr prime minister, the advice I’m going to give you will come not from me, but from the Emperor of Words. >>
<< Who is that? >>
<< Saint Basil The Great. That’s how the Church calls him: The Eye of The Church, The Fiery Mouth of The Holy Spirit and The Emperor of Words. What does he say? >>”
He attended schools in Alexandria and Athens. Together with a philosopher, Eugos. He then finished the major studies and he took Saint Gregory of Gregory Nazianzus with him…
- His friend.
- And he went in the desert and stayed there for 13 years. In order to have life experience (…) And when he left the desert, he constructed 10 hospitals called basilides (?), which were both hospitals and monasteries. One side for monks, one for the sick. Or one side for nuns, one side for sick women.
“And”, I continue, “ one day, when he was the bishop of that city in Cappadocia, Eugos came to him.
<<Oh, Basil, >> he said, << we’ve learned together so many years in school! Now you tell me which is the greatest wisdom! Which is the one wisdom that guards man from all sins? >> (…)
<<Oh, Eugos, the greatest wisdom of all, which guards man from all sins and leads him to eternal happiness is to always see death before him! >>”
- So that’s what you’ve told Vacaroiu?
- Yes. “<< And to bear in mind the Jesus prayer. >>” But his wife:
“<< See, see? You must remember death because you like the discos. You must repent! >>”
- Haha. He likes the discos! Haha
- And the others were laughing. I was talking and she was writing. And I’ve talked to them for three and half hours.
“<< (…) Father, you were inspired! >>
<< What are you talking about, Mr prime minister? Do you see this little country, Romania? It’s not too big, but not too small. It has about 20 millions (of inhabitants). But our Orthodox Christian origins date back 2000 years ago! We are of apostolic origin. >>
<< What? >>
<< Let me tell you! In 104 AD, when the colonists, eh, the Romans came to Transylvania, in Tapae, in Sarmizegetusa, to defeat Decebalus, (the archaeologists) found a lighter which is displayed at The Military Museum in Bucharest: the lighter of Zenobius, a golden lighter with Christ’s Crucifixion. In Rome…>>”. You see, three years ago, I visited Rome. I saw the head of Saint Peter The Apostle, on a golden tray, and Saint Paul the Apostle besides him. After 26 years of spreading Christianity, starting in Jerusalem, he died with his head downwards, crucified in Rome. And when they beheaded Paul, the head jumped like this, like this, like this. (…) And three water springs appeared. I saw them in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Rome with golden channels now.
Then, “<<Sir, here, in Scytia Minor, in Dobrogea, Andrew The Apostle, The First Called, Peter’s brother was the one to spread Christianity. He also was crucified. And this is what I want to tell you: From Nero to Constantine the Great there were 6 millions of martyrs in Rome and Asia, in Africa, in Cartagena. >>” And then I said:
“What more can I tell you now, that we have been talking for three hours? This is what I say, Mr prime minister. Let us see how… how many connections there were between the governors of the country and the leadership of the Church. Starting 2000 years ago, when we became Christians. >>”
- You must be the leader of such a country..
- Wait! Wait! I’ve told him: “<< Remember Mircea The Great? He had been governing Dobrogea and Oltenia and Valachia for 27, no, 37 years. And he had built the monastery of Cozia where his wife and the others and all his family are also buried. Near the church there is a very beautiful crypt…
There it is written: “Here leys the servant of God the nun Teofana, the mother of Michael the Brave” He conquered Transylvania and Moldavia and Valachia and his mother – a nun.

The End.
Thank you for listening

Comments:
I've asked James to help correcting this translation so we can post it on Youtube.
Nicolae Văcăroiu is a former prime minister of Romania.
The inscription on the lighter that Fr Cleopa refers to:


Oh wow! Thank you soo much! :hug:

[ma2000]

Here's another video of Father Cleopa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOGXdLoNl2w

[eoe]

Another great video on prayer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOGXdLoNl2w&mode=related&search=)

[nestoj]

I love that man. Thanks, to all of you guys.

nestoj
God helps

[Shubunkin]

I think that was awesome.

[Tsarina]

WOW! thank you for these video's ma200 and eoe!! :)