• An Introduction to the Orthodox Church: Orthodoxy, Church, Christianity, Mysteries, Catholic, Prayer, Patriarch, Traditions, Constantinople and more!
  • The inclusion of Slavic Orthodoxy into the Orthodox fold permanently enlarged the Church's area of geographic distribution.
  • The Catholic Church does not encourage the veneration of icons in the same way as the Orthodox Church, although it does allow for the use of images in worship.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church is decentralised, having no central authority, earthly head or a single bishop in a leadership role.
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  • Only a few of us in the west have even heard of the Orthodox Church. Really, it should be Orthodox Churches.
  • Orthodox Calendar. April 24 – Great and Holy Pascha. Troparia/Kontakia.
  • While the Orthodox churches acknowledge seven sacraments, or "mysteries", there are other sacramental actions that make up the liturgical life of the church.
  • The wisdom of the Fathers of the Church is central to the Orthodox way of life as today's inheritors of the "true faith and Church" passed on in its purest form.
  • The Orthodox Church carefully guards the truth against all error and schism both to protect its flock and to glorify Christ whose body the Church is.