Recently, he had his confirmation of being an ordained member of good standing from ROCOR uploaded, I believe on twitter. I can't find it now and I forgot whether or not the monastery was mentioned there, but it was signed by Metropolitan Hilarion.I like him a lot better this way, quite good movies, he softens in his behavior talking about Christ.
I don't know him, I don't know where he lives, I don't know his prior, or fellow monks, which monastery is he based?
Would be interesting if one of the guys in the US could visit him in the monastery and have a talk with him and feel the vibe.
I conclude based on his site and movies and I see now he made some nice Christian movies. (still to me, it doesn't prove a lot, you could also see it as a strategy) The vast majority of his content 90% is anti-Jew/political. Maybe it's just not my style.
My gut says, this is not OK.
Nevertheless I feel many of the Catholic clergy are way too afraid to confront the world, as Christ did, or to talk about jewish abuse of power.
But he's legit.
It really is a shame that Bible with Brother was deleted, because his OT knowledge was pretty good. I feel like there is still a huge gap in online content of Messianic prophecies and prefigurations. Bible Project has some good stuff, but they don't include a lot of Orthodox dogma.
I agree with you that I'd like to see more of his spiritual stuff as opposed to the Jew stuff. For the latter, it would probably suffice to do one or two long form interviews per month. Or maybe link up with someone sophisticated in media and then put out little documentaries.
I believe he does a lot of the Jewish stuff because he feels like he is one of the few people who will talk about this with some authority and fortitude. Focusing on the spiritual side of it would probably be better, and perhaps him debating rabbis on the OT would be very good and spiritually edifying.