How does one enter the Orthodox Church?
It is a matter of fact that more and more people in the Western societies, from all walks of life and mostly intellectuals, become interested in Orthodoxy. Incarnating the original message of the Gospel and exploring it within various historical, cultural and geographical contexts, the Orthodox tradition exerts ineffable attraction upon those looking for more spiritual ways. The secret of its success lays in the fact that Orthodoxy ultimately is, if anything, the ‘newness of life’ (Romans 6:4), the supreme celebration of life and restoration of its fullness in light of the traditional apostolic criteria, in Christ’s Holy Spirit. Its message, consequently, is not exhaustible by any ideological statements or ethicist commandments, since within the frame of Orthodoxy both faith and life are being intricately interconnected. Paraphrasing the words of St John Chrysostom, Orthodoxy illustrates excellently the application of the following principle: ‘your life should reflect your teachings; y
