Holy Icons in Orthodoxy
One who visits a Orthodox Church for the first time will immediately notice that the Church is full of paintings.
The Resurrection and the first Christians
First and foremost I have to clarify that my beliefs and convictions of the resurrection of Christ aren't based on historical facts of secular studies. My conviction comes from the Holy Scriptures, which of course is the Holy Bible, and from the Church teachings.
The Authorship of the Gospels
We are all familiar with the four Gospels. The Gospel of Matthew, Marc, Luke and John.
One God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
So let me begin with saying that there is a lot of misconception about what the Trinity actually is and how God is a Triune God. Certainly in the West where people have a more Protestant background if it's comes to the concept of the Trinity, and even people who aren't even Protestant are influenced by Protestant concepts and ideas of Christianity because of the Protestant background of the West. It is this common picture that people have on the Trinity, but what is this picture, this idea that we have of the Trinity?
The Eucharist and the Old Testament
The Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is the focal point of Christian worship, particularly in the Orthodox Church, where the entire Divine Liturgy leads up to the Eucharist. It is regarded as the most significant of all the Church Mysteries (Sacraments). But why is this? Why do we view the Eucharist as the most sacred Mystery?