Articles about the Orthodox Church
This section of our website, is a collection of articles about the Orthodox Church. We hope the articles in this section will be helpful to inquires of Orthodoxy, Catechumens, and to those who are members of the Church.
Good starting points would be:
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction
Meeting The Orthodox
What is the Orthodox Church?
Sources of Christian Doctrine
A Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the Third Christian Millennium (a re-telling of the Good News of God’s love for us)
| Article | Read Time | Hit Count | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lent – A Time to Regain Our “Birthright of Beauty” | 9 mins | 17237 | Bishop Michael |
| Guidance to the Repentant | 29 mins | 9981 | Bishop Alexander (Mileant) |
| Heaven and Hell in the Afterlife According to the Bible | 51 mins | 25638 | Peter Chopelas |
| Holy Tradition | 4 mins | 5373 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Holy Tradition: The Source of the Orthodox Faith | 21 mins | 10281 | Bishop Kallistos Ware |
| How can I know God as God really is? | 4 mins | 6041 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| How to Read the Bible | 26 mins | 13461 | Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia |
| Hymn to the Lesser Good | 5 mins | 4035 | Archbishop John (Shahovskoy) |
| Infant Baptism in the Orthodox Church | 39 mins | 9116 | Fr. Kaleeg Hainsworth |
| Interview with Bp. Michael about Episcopal Assembly | 14 mins | 3155 | Diocese of NY and NJ |
| Leavened versus Unleavened Bread | 20 mins | 9067 | George R. A. Aquaro |
| Life After Death | 33 mins | 4992 | St. John Maximovitch |
| Meeting The Orthodox | 40 mins | 11954 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| On Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Life | 22 mins | 8752 | Holy Synod of Bishops OCA |
| On Repentance | 2 mins | 3640 | St. John Climacus |
| Orthodox Spirituality | 30 mins | 7977 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Our Time, Talent, and Treasure | 6 mins | 4302 | Bishop Michael |
| Pastoral Letter – OCA, Autocephy | 5 mins | 3951 | HOLY SYNOD OCA |
| Pastoral Letter of SCOBA Hierarchs | 98 mins | 11173 | SCOBA |
| Reasons for Secret Liturgical Prayers | 13 mins | 5510 | A. Golubtsov |
| Resurrection of the dead | 12 mins | 4899 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Rising Victorious | 6 mins | 5192 | Frederica Mathewes-Green |
| Short Summaries of the Ecumenical Councils | 9 mins | 14667 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Sickness – Orthodox Spirituality | 6 mins | 4869 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |