We don’t believe that God is an abstract force but the eternal and changeless Creator of all things, Who reveals Himself and invites us into communion with Him through the eternal love shared within the Holy Trinity.

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The Son of God became incarnate as Jesus Christ (John 1:14), Who is fully God and fully man, revealing to us the Father, and defeating sin and death through His voluntary death on the Cross and Resurrection from the dead.

 

By these saving acts, Christ restored humanity to communion with God as was intended when the world was created (Genesis 1).

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Salvation is not a legal forgiveness to a vengeful God, but a sign of God’s love and mercy for His creation and us. It is through God’s redemptive Spirit that we are freed from slavery to death, restored and transformed, by participating in the divine life by Grace (2 Peter 1:4).

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Through the Holy Spirit, we believe as Orthodox Christians that we are united to Jesus Christ through His Bride, the Church, and its sacramental life. This is realized through Baptism, Chrismation, the Eucharist, and the dozens of other sacramental experiences (prayer, fasting, repentance, patience, kindness, humility) which help us grow in holiness towards God and one another.

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Orthodox Christianity sees the Church as the living Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:27), faithfully preserving the apostolic faith through Scripture and Holy Tradition together.

It is in the Liturgy that we encounter God most intimately, in the form of Scripture and the Eucharist.

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The Liturgy unites heaven and earth in a mystical union, where we as God’s children offer prayers and hymns of thanksgiving, intercession, and praise. We receive God’s Word through readings from Scripture, and offer the bloodless sacrifice of the bread and wine to God in gratitude for His rich mercy.

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We believe the Holy Spirit is sent down and consecrates the Holy Gifts as the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ which is given for the life of the world. As believers, we offer our thanksgiving (Eucharistia) to God for these blessings before returning into the world to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ through our words and actions.

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The Orthodox Church believes in the communion of saints as all are alive in Christ (Luke 20:37-38). As St. Paul says, “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) and we believe the saints are witnesses to the reality of life in Christ.

 

The Virgin Mary is honored as the Theotokos (Mother of God), and our prime example of how to live as Orthodox Christians.

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We see life as a journey towards God, becoming by Grace what God is by nature, so that all aspects of our existence and lives may be transfigured by the mercy and love of Jesus Christ.

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