Orthodox Christianity has been established throughout much of the world for over 1,000 years... it just so happens that most of these areas are "East" of Rome.
Rome has been a towering wall between Western Europe and the Orthodox Church for a millennium... keeping the "modern" world unaware of the True Church of Jesus Christ.
Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in Russia should be there to learn from Orthodox Christians.
Rome broke out of communion with the one Orthodox Church of Jesus Christ 1,000 years ago when the bishop of Rome (the Pope) tried to assert he was the single head of the Church. This was rejected as utter nonsense, for in the Church of Christ there has always been a COMMUNITY of leadership: all bishops have equal authority... it is the COMMUNAL voice of the Church that has the ultimate authority... not any man unto himself.
The Orthodox Church includes:
Greek, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Kenyan, Ugandan, Syrian, Armenian, Georgian, Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Indian, Indonesian, Philippine, Chinese, Japanese, etc...)
For a taste of the Russian side of Orthodox Christianity... copy and paste this in the YouTube search:
Russian Orthodox Music 8
† God bless all
voice4orthodox 4 years ago
Orthodox Christianity has been established throughout much of the world for over 1,000 years... it just so happens that most of these areas are "East" of Rome.
Rome has been a towering wall between Western Europe and the Orthodox Church for a millennium... keeping the "modern" world unaware of the True Church of Jesus Christ.
Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in Russia should be there to learn from Orthodox Christians.
voice4orthodox 4 years ago
Rome broke out of communion with the one Orthodox Church of Jesus Christ 1,000 years ago when the bishop of Rome (the Pope) tried to assert he was the single head of the Church. This was rejected as utter nonsense, for in the Church of Christ there has always been a COMMUNITY of leadership: all bishops have equal authority... it is the COMMUNAL voice of the Church that has the ultimate authority... not any man unto himself.
voice4orthodox 4 years ago
God bless you for devoting your life to sharing the Truth that Christ is the Son of God.
Are you aware that Orthodox Christianity has existed in Russia for 1,000 years?
Sadly, the Western/Roman world knows very little about the origins of Christ's Church.
voice4orthodox 4 years ago