Twelve questions chosen at random. A new selection appears at each visit.
Q155The Third Article: The Incarnation
The human race is sick and enslaved by sin, which entered the world through the deceit of the serpent. Sin is a spiritual condition, the Orthodox tradition speaks of it as a disease as…
Read the answer →Q542On the Fourth Commandment
The Church has appointed holy convocations in memory of the chief events of the Incarnation of the Son of God for our salvation, and, after these, in honor of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary,…
Read the answer →Q362Holy Matrimony
Marriage exists, according to God’s creative order, only between a man and a woman, and the becoming “one flesh” refers to the procreative power of this union. As St John Chrysostom writes: “How do…
Read the answer →Q110The First Article: God
The evil spirits, or demons, extend and support the dominion of the devil: they are ever laying snares for people, seeking to deceive them and to inspire them with false notions and evil desires.…
Read the answer →Q078The First Article: God
A deeply rooted faith must lead us to confess it openly and live it out. Faith that remains hidden and inert is not the faith of the Gospel. Faith is the opposite of doubt,…
Read the answer →Q100The First Article: God
Angels are bodiless spirits, endowed with intelligence, will, and power, created by God before the visible world (cf. Job 38:7) to glorify him and to serve his economy: “Are not the angels ministering spirits,…
Read the answer →Q345Holy Communion: The Eucharist
The Entrance with the Gospel recalls ancient times, when the divine Scriptures were kept outside and solemnly carried into the temple for the reading. Today, the Scriptures normally rest upon the holy table, which…
Read the answer →Q318Holy Communion: The Eucharist
Orthodox Christians use the term Liturgy, specifically, the Divine Liturgy for the service in which the Eucharist is celebrated by the people of God, gathered as church around their bishop, presbyters, and deacons. “Liturgy”…
Read the answer →Q073The Creed of the Orthodox Christian Faith
(Q073b. What ecclesiastical institution is there through which the succession of the apostolic ministry is preserved?) The ecclesiastical Hierarchy, the sacred order of bishops, presbyters, and deacons. This Hierarchy originates from Jesus Christ himself…
Read the answer →Q360Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony is the Mystery (Sacrament) in which the conjugal union of a man and a woman is blessed to be an image of Christ’s union with the Church, and grace is asked for…
Read the answer →Q207The Fourth Article: The Crucifixion
The Holy Scriptures teach that through Christ we are delivered from sin: “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of sins, and you will…
Read the answer →Q001An Orthodox Catechism is an instruction in the Orthodox Christian faith, offered for the benefit of all who seek Christ: those entering the Church as adults (called catechumens), the newly illumined, those baptized in…
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