"So then, brethren, be standing firm and holding fast the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word or by our epistle."    -St. Paul's 2nd Thessalonians 2:15
The Orthodox Faith
-Dedicated to theological inquiry into Holy Apostolic Tradition of the Orthodox Church
by the hand of Sarkis Bidzag 14th cent.
I. Orthodox Evangelization:  Sharing the Orthodox Faith

A Page for those who seek to be Orthodox followers of Jesus Christ

 
-On Our Lord Heesoos Kreesdos:
Christ Assumed our Fallen Humanity
Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
How did Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God, Suffer?
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross -by Abp. Lazar Puahalo, Orthodox
The Orthodox use of Icons of Christ and the Saints:  by Dn. John Whiteford, Orthodox

 
-On St. Mariam, Bearer of God, Icon of the Church:
The Conception of the Holy Virgin Mariam, Bearer of God
The Miraculous Virgin Birth of our Lord
Homily on the Nativity of the Most Pure Theotokos:  by Met. St. Demetrius, Orthodox
The Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God
Latin Church Doctrinal Developement on St. Mary -A Dialogue
"
Worship" of Saints and Icons in the Orthodox Church -from the Arimathea Website

 
-On Man:
Is the Soul Infused or Generated?
The Trifold Nature of Man -by Bp. Kallistos Ware, Orthodox
Theosis:  The Goal of Christian Life -from OSB, Bp. Kallistos, Bp. Youseff, Orthodox
"Ancestral Sin" vrs. "Original Sin": by the V. Rev. Antony Hughes, Orthodox

 
-On Orthodox Christian Ethics:
Contraception and the Orthodox Church
The Orthodox View on Abortion -by Fr. Victor Potapav, Russian Orthodox
The Saints and the Church Speak Out Against Abortion -by the Greek Orthodox Church
The Eastern Church's Tradition on Divorce -by Abp. Elias Zoghby, Eastern Catholic
Homosexuality & Women's Ordination -by Coptic Pope Shenouda III, Orthodox
Ethics of the New Testament -by St. Basil the Great
Pastoral Letter On Pornography -by Bishop Robert Finn, Latin Catholic

 
-On Eschatology:
Prayer for those who sleep in Christ
Heaven & Hell in the Afterlife According to the Bible -by Peter Chopelas, Orthodox


II. Orthodox Apologetics:  Defending the Orthodox Faith

 
-On Authority in the Orthodox Church:
The Bible and the Apostolic Authority of the Orthodox Church
Principles of Primacy in the Orthodox Church
Roman Primacy & Orthodox Christianity
Presbyters and Priests are the Same Office
The Eastern Tradition of Married Priests -by Anthony Dragani, Eastern Catholic
Decree of Vatican II on Eastern Catholic Churches & Fr. Alexander Schmemann's response
Concerning Women's Ordination -by Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox

 
-On Ancient Heresies, Modern Controversies & Historic Practices:

The Charismatic Movement and Orthodoxy:  Links Page
Dialogue with a Neo-Modalist  
The Holy Sacrifice of the New Covenant
The Pius Tradition of Women Headcovering


*All articles, unless otherwise noted, are by Sub-Dn. Lazarus Der-Ghazarian
Armenian Icon of the Dormition and Assumption of the Bearer of God
Soorp Parsegh, Hovhan Vosgeperan yev Kreekor Asdovadzapan
The Three Holy Hierarchs:
St. Basil the Great,
St. John the Golden-Mouthed and
St. Gregory the Theologian.
-Cherished Fathers in the Armenian Church-
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