What we Believe

Articles on Orthodoxy – The following articles on Orthodoxy are from the book, These Truths We Hold – The Holy Orthodox Church: Her Life and Teachings, published by and available from Saint Tikhon’s Seminary Press

• Church History
  • A History of the Orthodox Church
  • Orthodoxy in America
  • Orthodoxy in the World
• Feasts of the Church
  • The Feast of Feasts – Pascha
  • The Twelve Great Feasts
  • Various Other Feasts
• Orthodox Dogma and Doctrine
  • Holy Tradition
  • The Beatitudes
  • The Christian Ethic
  • The Mother of God
  • The Symbol of Faith
  • The Ten Commandments
• Orthodox Icons
  • Holy Icons
  • Icon Not-Made-By-Hands
  • Icons of the Mother of God
• Orthodox Monasticism
  • The Monastic Grades
  • The Monastic Tonsure
• Orthodox Prayer
  • Communing with God in Prayer
  • The Church’s Prayer for the Dead
• Orthodox Scripture
  • The Holy Bible
  • The New Testament
  • The Old Testament
  • The Old Testament Apocrypha
  • Used in Church
  • Where to Find
• Orthodox Symbolism
  • The Cross
  • The Other Symbols
• Orthodox Worship
  • Fasting
  • Fasting Rules
  • Fasting Seasons and Days
  • Glossary of Liturgical Terms
  • Great Lent and Pascha
  • Liturgical Books
  • Liturgical Gestures
  • Liturgical Music
  • Services of the Daily Cycle
  • The Divine Liturgy
  • The Five Cycles
• Sacraments of the Church
  • Church Mysteries
  • Holy Baptism
  • Holy Chrismation
  • Holy Communion
  • Holy Matrimony
  • Holy Orders
  • Holy Repentance
  • Holy Unction
• The Church Building and Its Servers
  • The Altar and Its Furnishings
  • The Bells
  • The Candles and Their Symbolism
  • The Church Building
  • The Clergy
  • The Iconostasis
  • The Sacristy and Vestry