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The Tears of Repentance: Elder Philemon on Tears as a Second Baptism
What the video says
Tears are called the second baptism. When we repent and weep, God sees it. A father asked those around him for a gift before leaving the world. One brought bread, another a glass of cold water, and a third searched and found the tear of a repentant person. The father said, 'This is what I want.' The speaker asks whether this is not a parable: Christ and our God seek from us our repentance and our tears.
Key moments
- Tears are the second baptism, because we repent, weep, and God sees it.
- A father, about to leave the world, asked for a gift from each person.
- One brought bread, another a glass of cold water, and a third found the tear of a repentant person.
- The father chose the tear, saying, 'This is what I want.'
- The speaker says this is like a parable: Christ seeks our repentance and our tears.
Elder Philemon, Dikaios of the Holy Koinobiotic Skete of the Prophet Elias of Pantokrator on Mount Athos, speaks about tears of repentance in a video published by the Holy Church of Saint Demetrios in the Municipality of Agiou Dimitriou. He calls tears the second baptism: when we repent and weep, God sees it. To show what this means, he tells a story about a father who was about to leave the world and asked those around him to bring him a gift.
One person brought bread, another brought a glass of cold water, and a third searched and found the tear of a repentant person. The father chose the tear and said, 'This is what I want.' Elder Philemon asks whether this is not a parable: Christ and our God seek from us our repentance and our tears. The video is available in full on YouTube through the link in the post, and the post carries hashtags in Greek and English on tears, repentance, faith, Christianity and Orthodoxy.
Main points
- Elder Philemon of the Skete of the Prophet Elias on Mount Athos speaks about tears of repentance.
- Tears are called the second baptism: when we repent and weep, God sees it.
- A father about to leave the world asked each person for a gift: bread, a glass of cold water, and the tear of a repentant person.
- The father chose the tear, saying, 'This is what I want.'
- The elder says this is like a parable: Christ seeks our repentance and our tears.