One of the many revered saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church is depicted in The Life of St Mary of Egypt, an epic story of repentance.

The Romans were extremely brutal, and the depiction in the movie about His suffering was probably not far off as to what Jesus experienced.

Traditionally the water is poured into the ground in a dry well under a church or may be disposed of at another undisturbed location.

Do you believe that God punishes us ,or curses us, if we sin?

Who is this God who has brought us into existence out of nothing?

Seven major ecumenical councils occurred during the first thousand years and to this day these councils are still considered valid by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.