The Bike Riding Monk | Uncensored with Michael Ware

less than 1m read

·Nov 11, 2024

[music playing]

MICHAEL: Russian Orthodox Christianity runs deep within the Night Wolves motorcycle club. They even have their own bike riding monk, a chaplain called Father Guriy. How can I resist? I have to meet him.

Oh, Father Guriy himself. Ah, thank you for having us. Another step to understanding this new Russian vision. I meet him here at Lavra, outside of Moscow. Lavra is a holy Russian Orthodox Christian enclave of cathedrals and monasteries, akin to a mini-Vatican.

So do you ride, Father?

FATHER GURIY: Yes.

MICHAEL: Really? What bike do you ride?

FATHER GURIY: One of your first rides, and Surgeon saw him, and said that's what we need.

[laughter]

MICHAEL: The Night Wolves-- they were trying to find something, and they found it. Found it.

[choir singing]

MICHAEL: If I'm trying to understand the Russian identity, then one must also understand Russian Orthodox Christianity.

[choir singing]

Every book, every historical period-- it was based on the-- You see-- you can see the church, the role of the faith. This has been incredible. This has really helped my understanding.

Ray Dalio’s BIG Warning of a Lost Decade for Investors (2022-2032)

How to Operate with Keith Rabois (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 14)

View All

Tangents of polynomials | Derivative rules | AP Calculus AB | Khan Academy

What you see here in blue, this is the graph of ( y ) is equal to ( f(x) ) where ( f(x) ) is equal to ( x^3 - 6x^2 + x - 5 ). What I want to do in this video is think about what is the equation of the tangent line when ( x ) is equal to 1, so we can visua…

The First Amendment | National Constitution Center | Khan Academy

[Kim] Hi, this is Kim from Khan Academy. And today, I’m learning more about the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment is one of the most important amendments to the Constitution, if not the most important. It reads: “Congress shall…

World's Highest Jumping Robot

This tiny robot weighs less than a tennis ball and can jump higher than anything in the world. In the competitive world of jumping robots, the previous record was 3.7 meters, enough to leap a single-story building. This jumper can reach 31 meters, higher …

Identifying graph for exponential

All right, we are asked to choose the graph of the function, and the function is f of x equal to 2 * 3^x. We have three choices here, so pause this video and see if you can determine which of these three graphs actually is the graph of f of x. All right,…

The naturalization process | Citizenship | High school civics | Khan Academy

In this video, we’re going to discuss the naturalization process which non-citizens go through in order to gain their U.S. citizenship. Heads up that we won’t be talking about the eligibility requirements that non-citizens must meet or any of the challeng…

Rediscovering Glen Canyon's Lost Wonders by Kayak | Short Film Showcase

So we’re up early in the morning and we’re heading across the bay to the Cathedral in the desert, which is a place we’ve all been looking forward to. It’s this beautiful alcove back at the end of the high-water mark in the Escalante canyons, and it’s been…

The Bike Riding Monk | Uncensored with Michael Ware

More Articles