Responses 1. When Did the Orthodox Christian Church Begin?
Christ founded His Church on Pentecost, 33 A.D., described in Acts, Chapter 2, when the Apostle Peter first preached the Gospel of Jesus, and 3,000 people were baptized. The Orthodox Church traces its leadership and practices back to the apostles and their teachings. The head of the Orthodox Church is Jesus Christ alone (Ephesians I :22-23). While the Church has leadership in its Bishops, there is no single person who is an “earthly head” of the Church. The Orthodox Church is the most ancient Christian Church on earth; thus, it has 2,000 years of unbroken continuity in its spiritual teaching and thought. This is not a church founded on one person’s interpretation of Scripture, or founded because of a division over doctrine or personalities. In Orthodoxy, truth is not negotiable, so the Church does not uncritically accept every new teaching, fad, or movement that comes up. The spiritual guidance of the Church for individuals has been worked out over 20 centuries through men and women sp
