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Aug 12, 2015 · In the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition, the main purpose of the covenants of God, as stated in the Old and New Testaments and including the humiliation and sacrifice of Christ, was the salvation of man. The Orthodox Church has kept this teaching of salvation, in its highest annals, completely recognizing in it the main mission of the Scriptures.
Jan 14, 2019 · Baptism: Baptism is the initiator of the salvation experience. Eastern Orthodox practice baptism by full immersion. Eucharist: The Eucharist is the center of worship. Eastern Orthodox believe that during the Eucharist adherents partake mystically of Christ's body and blood and through it receive his life and strength.
Mar 13, 2011 · The lost coin fell in the floor of your soul, waiting to be discovered by the light of salvation that the Lord will bring only if you are aware that you had lost it. This is what we Orthodox Christians do all the time, but especially through Great Lent.
Does the Eastern Orthodox church (officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church) with all its incense and iconography, its use of both the empty cross and the crucifix, its kissing of the priest's hand and its Lord-have-mercy chanting work against the salvation story depicted with green dots,
- Pamela K. Blackmon
- 1996
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
SCRIPTURES. The Holy Scriptures are highly regarded by the Orthodox Church. Their importance is expressed in the fact that a portion of the Bible is read at every service of Worship.
We now come to a very distinctive feature of the Orthodox Church’s vision of salvation in Christ: the teaching called “deification,” or “divinization.” Put simply, deification refers to the full and real union of human beings with God.
