The 2,000-year-old Orthodox Church, rooted in the East, is the most ancient Church in the world. In the West, the Holy Scripture is typically approached using an academic religious philosophical method, but academic study can only take one as far as rational and imaginitive ideas *about* God and spirituality, but not to the direct experience of God. The Orthodox Church, which received the Old Testament and both wrote and collected the New Testament texts, approaches the Bible as spiritual Scripture that invites us all into a life-changing experience of divine grace.
Our family celebrates the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (aka the Moon Festival). Discover the mythological lady on the moon, the Jade Rabbit with her, and...
Beginning with the poem "The Summit Temple" by the great Chinese poet, Li Bai, we take an Eastern Orthodox approach to silence.
Li Bai, the great Chinese poet, reflected on mortal existence and the inevitability of death. Within the Orthodox Church, the most ancient Church in...
