What We Believe:

THE NICENE-CONSTANTINOPOLITAN SYMBOL OF FAITH

The Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all worlds. Light of Light; Very God of Very God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by Whom all things were made;

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried.

And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;

And ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;

And He shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead; Whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedith from the Father; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.

I look for the resurrection of the dead;

And the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Fathers of the Church included in the Creed the most important truths of the faith taught in the Gospels. The Holy Orthodox Church made a decisive stand to protect the purity of the Orthodox teaching of the faith, setting out the basic saving truths of Christian teaching in the Creed, which is a constant guide for all Orthodox Christians in their spiritual life.

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