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Monday, November 25, 2024

Nicholas Damascus

As an infant, I was baptized as an Eastern Orthodox Christian. However, I would say that becoming a Christian is a work in progress, and I often wonder would there be enough evidence to convict me of becoming a Christian. The Orthodox Church is the ancient Church that Christ and the Apostles established. It is not a religion but rather a way of life. It is not about rules and regulations but rather guide posts to make choices to transition to what we were designed to become. Becoming Orthodox is not a conversion but more so a transformation of self. It’s not about being right: it is about “right being.” In John 14:6, Christ says I am the Way (to love and serve one another), the Truth (there is only one reality), and the Life (that life source is love). I invite you to submit any topics or questions to “Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian” on the website. Join me in finding our way back home to the original teachings of the Church. When you change the way you look at things, things change the way they look.

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit occurs when a person actively pursues a conscious, continuous, deliberate and malicious attitude of rejecting the Holy Spirit of God, calling God who is good, evi

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Russian Orthodox Church

In later years, through missionary efforts, other jurisdictions were founded and added to the Eastern Orthodox Church as in the churches of Russia, Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and many more. 

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Prayer Requests

The actual event of prayer is a mystery where one might say it involves the energies of the Holy Spirit of God, Who mystically connects man to one another and to God. 

An Orthodox Reflection on Great Lent and Fasting

For Orthodox Christians to experience the benefits and purpose of any Lenten season, fasting is as much a part of this journey as prayer is in the Christian faith.

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Getting Into Heaven

It is not within anyone’s purview to judge or declare who is destined for hell or heaven.

The Afterlife: Opinions of Life After Death in the Eastern Orthodox Church

“I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come” is the last line in the Nicene Creed (Orthodox statement of faith), implying that the disembodied soul and uncorrupted body will once again be united when Christ returns at the Second Coming. 

Ask An Eastern Orthodox Christian: Icon with Three Angels

This icon of the Trinity was painted or, more appropriately, “image written” by a very renowned iconographer Andrei Rublev. The motivation behind this depiction was said to be an attempt to describe the relationship of, “One God in Three Persons.”

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