The central goal of life is "divinization"—becoming more like God through grace and participation in the life of the Church.
After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, many Orthodox Christians lived as subjects under the Ottoman Empire, preserving their faith through local traditions. The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its His...
A dispute over the Western addition of "and the Son" to the Nicene Creed. The central goal of life is "divinization"—becoming more