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Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Was Mary the Mother of God?

Yes, Mary is the mother of Christ our God, known to Eastern Orthodox as the Theotokos.

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Biblical Truth

For an Eastern Orthodox Christians, the Truth is a Person of the Trinity, Christ. 

Ask An Eastern Orthodox: Purpose of incense

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

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Conflicts in your faith

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.

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Why do you stand during worship?

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. 

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Icons and belief

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.

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Appealing to a Cynic

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.

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