TRAD 101Foundational
Transformative Traditions
4 lessons
- 1 TraditionsNo servant enters the Orthodox Church and stays within her very long before meeting a question that will, if we let it, shape his whole ministry: What is Tradition, and why does…
- 2 BaptismOf the seven sacraments the Church has received from her Lord, the first is Baptism. It is the door of the Church. Through it, we are born again; through it, we enter…
- 3 MyronAfter the water of the font comes the oil of the seal. The second sacrament the Church has received from her Lord is Chrismation — the anointing of the newly baptized with…
- 4 Spirituality of the Raising of IncenseLong before the Divine Liturgy begins, the Church comes together to raise incense. In the Coptic reckoning, the day itself runs from evening to evening, and so every Christian day opens with…