Status Updates From The Orthodox Church

"A master departed, leaving his teaching to his three disciples. The eldest faithfully repeated what his master had taught him, changing nothing. Of the other two, one added to the teaching, the other took away from it."

At his return, the master wasn't angry. He instructed the younger two to thank the elder for preserving the truth, but also told the elder to thank the younger two for sharpening his understanding.

Just finished a chapter that talks about prayer in the Orthodox Church, and it highlights what's called "the Jesus prayer."

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me" is a prayer like any other in that it can be said anywhere at any time. However, the Orthodox believe this specific prayer has special power when repeated during struggle, due to the invocation of Christ's name and its concise, memorable nature

"Orthodoxy regards the Bible as a verbal icon of Christ." (232)