The Orthodox Church is a universal, holy and apostolic Church
Introduction: The church, in its narrow sense, means the community of believers. When we talk about a group called a church, there must be a link linking that […]
Responding to their refusal to pray for the deceased
The Orthodox Church refers in its prayers to death as “sleep,” because it believes in “personal existence after death,” and it hopes for all those who have fallen asleep to rise.
Ephrem the Syrian - Ephrem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian, or Ephrem the Syrian, or Ephrem of Nisibis, or Ephrem of Edessa, nicknamed “The Harp of the Holy Spirit,” is the most prominent father of the Orthodox Church.