In the Eastern Orthodox Church burning incense symbolizes the prayers of the faithful rising to heaven.

How does the theology and practice of the original ancient Christian faith of Christ and the apostles conflict with our secular culture and present lifestyles?  Let’s examine one significant aspect of this divergence: fasting.

For clarity it is not a rule that Orthodox Christians stand during the whole of a church service, but when they do it is more of a reverence for the “Presence” of the sacred. 

An icon in Orthodox Christianity can be said to be a picture or image representing an event, person, or teaching of the Church likened to an outward expression of an inward belief, a window into faith.

He sees mankind only motivated by selfish ambitions and desires, like those that proselytize a form of prosperity gospel or drive through theology.   In the Eastern Orthodox Church, our faith is not of this Way.

All throughout the Old Testament, it was the custom for men to have beards.