	What is the Orthodox Way of Life? How do we live day to day in a way that will bring us in union with God and eternal life in God’s Kingdom? What is a life that leads on the path towards Theosis? How do we live a life centered on Christ and His Church?
What are we to do and how do we begin? What is your world view? Is it compatible with Orthodoxy and what is important for our salvation? What happens at our death? How will we be judged? What is the Final Judgment? What is the starting point for the Orthodox way of life? How do we put this all together as a Way of Life?What does it mean to surrender? What is Grace?	In this chapter we begin by discussing the concept of a world view. We first ask, “What are the hidden assumptions that you carry with you that determine how you view the world and think about religion? How does our society impact these. The main idea is that we all have hidden assumptions that can cloud our faith and are given to us not by the Church but by negative forces that exist in our secular society. We then ask what is the Orthodox world view that we need to embrace. This of course will demand changes to how we think. It also may put us at odds with the mainstream thinking in our society. The Orthodox way of life involves participation in the sacraments of the church. It is how we grow closer to God and find union with Him. The first step is our Baptism and then we have others to help us. The other sacraments are Chrismation, Holy Communion, Holy Unction, Confession, Matrimony, and Ordination. Our Orthodox way of life cannot be fully understood without also knowing what happens at our death. We also examine the question, What is the Final Judgement? Finally we put it all together to outline the basic elements of the Orthodox way of life. The kind of life we must be willing to embrace to become an Orthodox Christian. Next Return to Introduction Page

What is the Orthodox Way of Life?

How do we live day to day in a way that will bring us in union with God and eternal life in God’s Kingdom? What is a life that leads on the path towards Theosis? How do we live a life centered on Christ and His Church?

What are we to do and how do we begin?

What is your world view? Is it compatible with Orthodoxy and what is important for our salvation?

What happens at our death? How will we be judged? What is the Final Judgment?

What is the starting point for the Orthodox way of life?

How do we put this all together as a Way of Life?What does it mean to surrender? What is Grace?

In this chapter we begin by discussing the concept of a world view. We first ask, “What are the hidden assumptions that you carry with you that determine how you view the world and think about religion? How does our society impact these. The main idea is that we all have hidden assumptions that can cloud our faith and are given to us not by the Church but by negative forces that exist in our secular society.

We then ask what is the Orthodox world view that we need to embrace. This of course will demand changes to how we think. It also may put us at odds with the mainstream thinking in our society.

The Orthodox way of life involves participation in the sacraments of the church. It is how we grow closer to God and find union with Him. The first step is our Baptism and then we have others to help us. The other sacraments are Chrismation, Holy Communion, Holy Unction, Confession, Matrimony, and Ordination.

Our Orthodox way of life cannot be fully understood without also knowing what happens at our death. We also examine the question, What is the Final Judgement?

Finally we put it all together to outline the basic elements of the Orthodox way of life. The kind of life we must be willing to embrace to become an Orthodox Christian.

Return to Introduction Page