However, through the father’s revelation to man (sending his son into the world) and his energies, we can understand that his intention and purpose is to save all of us, not just some of us.
Read More »Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Does Your Faith Have Prayer Rules?
For the Eastern Orthodox to pray means to think and live our entire life in the Presence of God, always, everywhere, and at anytime.
Read More »Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Alpha and Omega
Revelation 1:8 says “I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, Who is, Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty.”
Read More »Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Triune God
God implies the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God reveals himself to us in this paradoxical belief.
Read More »Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Meaning in Iconography
When a priest gives a blessing in the Eastern Orthodox Church, he holds his fingers of his right hand to form IC XC, blessing with the sign of the Cross and in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read More »An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Sin
In the Eastern Orthodox Church (EOC) the word for sin in Greek is "αμαρτία" which is defined in the following way: 'failure' or — more specifically — 'missing the mark,' 'going astray,' 'erring,' 'severing a relationship,' or, ultimately, “failing to achieve the purpose and benefit of life for which one is created.'
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