What the Orthodox Church Is

What the Orthodox Church Is

The Orthodox Church is the living continuation of the Church founded by Christ and spread by the Apostles, not as one denomination among many, but as the same faith preserved unchanged through the centuries.

It is an unbroken thread stretching back through time, holding to the same liturgy, the same sacraments, and the same teachings known to the early Christians, refusing to innovate or adapt to the theological fashions of each generation.

When one steps into an Orthodox church, the intention is to encounter something timeless. The incense, icons, and ancient chants draw the worshiper out of the modern moment and connect them to every generation of believers who have stood in the same posture of prayer and worship.

The Church understands itself as the Body of Christ on earth, a hospital for sinners rather than a museum for saints. Its purpose is not merely moral improvement or intellectual agreement with doctrines, but true transformation, theosis, becoming by grace what Christ is by nature.