The Orthodox faith is the fullness of God’s revelation to the human race, made known in Jesus Christ, taught by his apostles, and handed down without interruption in the Orthodox Churches to this day. At its heart is the confession of the Holy Trinity (God the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit), and of the eternal Son who became man for our salvation. This faith is not only a teaching to be learned, but a life to be lived: in the Holy Scriptures read within Holy Tradition, in the Divine Liturgy and the holy Mysteries, in prayer, fasting and love of neighbor. Its goal is our union with God, the sharing of human beings in the divine life now and forever and unto ages of ages.
A Cappadocian farmer of great strength, Hieron refused conscription under Diocletian and was beheaded at Melitene with thirty-two companions.
Full life
Marcian, a reader, and Martyrius, a subdeacon, secretaries of St Paul the Confessor, were beheaded in Constantinople for the Nicene faith around 355.
Full lifeBy my body I am merely earth and ashes, whilst my soul lives and finds its rest in God alone. He is both the clearness of my thought and the strength of my heart; I myself am nothing.
Each answer gives a short reply, a fuller explanation, its sources in Scripture and the Fathers, and the related sections of the Catechism.
Chant and choral music of the Orthodox Churches, from Valaam and Mount Athos to Georgia, Serbia and Romania.
