Christ came to earth to build His Church.

 Christ came to earth to build His Church. From the Apostles, the Orthodox Church began and has preserved the faith unchanged.

Orthodoxy proclaims that the fullness of Christian truth has been kept intact since the time of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. While many Christian traditions have developed, adapted, or reformed over the centuries, the Orthodox Church maintains continuity with the original apostolic faith.

In 1054, the Great Schism divided East and West. Later, Protestant communities separated from Rome. From the Orthodox perspective, these divisions led further away from the original unity of the early Church.

There have been three great falls in history:

1. The Fall of Adam
2. The Great Schism of 1054
3. The continuing fragmentation of Christianity

But Truth is one. Christ founded one Church through His twelve Apostles — and Orthodoxy understands itself to be that Church.

Orthodoxy means “right belief” or “true worship”:

Ortho = right, straight

Doxa = belief, glory, doctrine