St. Nicholas
Greek Orthodox Church

In the 10th century, an emissary of Prince Vladimir of Kiev
wrote to him upon experiencing
the Orthodox Christian worship of the great church of
Hagia Sophia in the Byzantine capitol of Constantinople,
"We no longer knew whether we were in Heaven or on earth,
for such beauty we know not how to tell of it."

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NICENE-CONSTANTINOPOLITAN CREED

THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE CHURCH

The attributes of the Church are innumerable because her attributes are actually the attributes of the Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man, and, through Him, those of the Triune Godhead.(Eph.1:22-23)

Just as the Lord Christ cannot have several bodies, so He cannot have several Churches. (1Corth.1:10-13)

Therefore, according to her theanthropic (Divine/human) nature, the Church is one and unique, just as Christ the God-man is one and unique. A division. a splitting up of the Church is ontologically and essentially impossible. Hence, a division within the Church has never occurred - nor indeed can one take place!

Yet, apostasy from the Church has & will continue to occur after the manner of those voluntarily, fruitless branches which having withered ---- fall away from the eternally living theanthropic Vine the Lord Christ (Jn. 15:1-6).

From time to time, heretics and schismatics have cut themselves off and have fallen away from the one and indivisible Church of Christ, and therefore they ceased to be members of the Church and parts of her theanthropic body.

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On the Physical Death of Jesus

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The Orthodox Faith 4 Volumes

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CHURCHTime Line of Church History
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Orthodox Theology and other articles in Spanish

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St. John of Damascus
ST. JOHN

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The Fathers of the Church

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"In heaven, Christ will not ask us why we sinned; He will ask us why we didn't repent."
Orthodox Monasticism
Saints of the Church and Monastic Wisdom
Prologue of Ochrid - Lives of the Saints

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In Defense of Orthodox Faith
Orthodox Faith and LifeOrthodox Practice
On the Holy ScriptureOn Prayer and Sacraments
Pastoral CommentarySpecial Articles
Spiritual LifeTheology

St. Athanasios the Great On the Incarnation

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Orthodox Research Institute

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The Six Dawns by Alexander Kalomiros

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