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Summary
This brochure’s overall message is that Orthodox Christianity is a living continuation of apostolic Christianity. Through faith, worship, sacraments, and life in the Church, believers are united with Christ and gradually transformed into His likeness, preparing them for eternal life with God.
It presents Orthodox Christianity as the original Christian faith handed down from Jesus Christ to the Apostles and preserved through the Church for nearly 2,000 years. Its central purpose is the salvation and transformation of human beings through union with Christ in His Church. Orthodoxy sees itself not simply as a set of beliefs, but as a complete way of life rooted in worship, prayer, doctrine, and participation in the sacraments.