I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world [ages] to come. The Orthodox Church does not believe merely in the immortality of the soul, and in the goodness and ultimate salvation of only spiritual reality. Following the Scriptures, Orthodox Christians believe in the goodness of the human body and of all material and physical creation. Thus, in
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins The way of entry into the Christian Church is by baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Mt 28:19; the Baptismal Gospel reading in the Orthodox Church). Baptism as a word means immersion or submersion in water. It was practiced in the Old Testament
In one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church… Church as a word means those called as a particular people to perform a particular task. The Christian Church is the assembly of God’s chosen people called to keep his word and to do his will and his work in the world and in the heavenly kingdom. In the Scriptures the Church is called the
... And in the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets… The Holy Spirit bears the title of Lord with God the Father and Christ the Son. He is the Spirit of God and Spirit of Christ. He is eternal, uncreated,
... And of his kingdom there will be no end… Jesus is the royal Son of David, of whom it was prophesied by the angel at his birth: He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house
... and He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead… This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven, will come the same way as you saw him go into heaven (Acts 1:11). These words of the angels are addressed to the apostles at the ascension of the Lord. Christ will come again in glory,
... and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father After his resurrection from the dead Jesus appeared to men for a period of forty days after which he “was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God” (Mk 16:19; see also Lk 24:50 and Acts 1:9-11). The ascension of Jesus Christ is
And He rose again from the dead on the third day, according to the Scriptures. Christ is risen from the dead! This is the main proclamation of the Christian faith. It forms the heart of the Church’s preaching, worship and spiritual life. “... if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain” (1
And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. Although Jesus did not sin and did not have to suffer and die, he voluntarily took upon himself the sins of the world and voluntarily gave himself up to suffering and death for the sake of salvation. This was his task as the Messiah-Saviour: The Spirit of the
... and He was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. The divine Son of God was born as a man from the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit (Mt 1; Lk 1). The Church teaches that the virgin birth is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy (Isa 7:14), and that it is as well
