Eastern Orthodox Church Beliefs and Practices - Learn Religions
WEBJan 14, 2019 · 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 …
Eastern Orthodox theology - Wikipedia
WEBEastern Orthodox Christians believe the Word of God (Greek: Λόγος) is one person in two natures, both fully divine and fully human, perfectly God (τέλειος Θεός) and perfectly man (τέλειος άνθρωπος) united in the person of Jesus Christ, in a …
Christ, the Son of God - Orthodox Church in America
WEBThe faith of the Orthodox Church is that Jesus Christ is fully human, that He is a real man. But we believe as well that Jesus is not a “mere man,” but that He is the eternal, divine Son of God.
Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia
WEBEastern Orthodox Christians believe that Christ Jesus was both God and Man absolutely and completely, having two natures indivisibly: eternally begotten of the Father in his divinity, he was born in his humanity of a woman, Mary, by …
Jesus Christ - OrthodoxWiki
WEBJan 3, 2015 · Jesus Christ is the Messiah prophesied by the Jewish prophets of the Old Testament Scriptures. The Gospel of Matthew in particular focuses on the Jesus' fulfilment of prophecy, mainly because it was written for a Jewish audience.
The Fundamental Teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church
WEBAug 12, 2015 · Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of the Church, is "the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8), Who has erected, established, and bequeathed to the Church the divine Grace which is the almighty power.
Eastern Orthodoxy - Wikipedia
WEBEastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, [1] is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
What it means to follow Jesus in the Orthodox tradition
WEBAug 1, 2021 · In my understanding, Eastern Orthodox thinking about Jesus Christ has always begun, so to speak, with understanding Him to be the pre-eternal Word of God, the Logos (John 1:1-2; cf. John 8:58), the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, Who always was the Son of the Father, fully sharing the Father’s Divine essence, as …
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church? Its History & Beliefs
WEBAug 4, 2023 · In the teachings of Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Church is the authentic continuation of the original church established by the Apostles shortly after the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Pentecost. Discover more about the history, beliefs, and modern membership of Eastern Orthodoxy and its claims of being the one true apostolic Christian ...
Jesus Christ - Orthodox Church in America
WEBJesus is the Messiah, the one promised to the world through Abraham and his children. But who is the Messiah? This is the second question, one also asked by Christ in the gospels—this time not to his disciples, but to those who were taunting him and trying to catch him in his words.