The answer to this question is simpler than you may think—some Eastern Orthodox churches use a different calendar, called the Julian Calendar, for their religious holidays and feasts, to the Gregorian Calendar. According to Wikipedia, “The Julian calendar was proposed in 46 BC by (and takes its name from) Julius Caesar as a reform of the earlier Roman calendar, which was largely a lunisolar…
“And now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptised and wash your sins away, calling on His name.” (Acts 22:16) Such a motivating verse, right? As much as this verse promises the washing away of sins and encourages all of us to get baptised, there is a claim that nowhere does the Bible command infant baptism, and nowhere does the Bible mention…
Below are six reasons we do not allow women to be ordained as priests in the Orthodox Church. God came as a man. When man (i.e., Adam and Eve) sinned and fell, the Almighty, Omnipresent, Omnipotent God took flesh and became man to restore humans to their original incorruptible state, i.e., to redeem them. Some Church Fathers write and say that God has no…
Sola Fide is the second of the five Solas. The doctrine of Sola Fide teaches that justification comes by faith alone. In classical Protestant doctrine, justification means being declared righteous by God and receiving imputed righteousness. To have righteousness imputed is to be regarded or seen as righteous by God because He has “put on” (rather than “put into”) or clothed the believer with…
