It is One because our Lord founded one single Church. It is Holy because Jesus Christ is its only head, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit. It is Catholic because it knows no limit of place or time. It is Apostolic because it was founded by the Apostles and maintains their teachings, written and oral without change. It is Orthodox because it believes and teaches what is correct.

Two thousand years ago now, Jesus, the son of God, came to the earth and founded the Church through his Apostles and disciples, for the salvation of all humanity. The churches founded by the Apostles belong to the five Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and Rome. All these churches were united in the faith, the Liturgy and participation of the Sacraments. Afterwards were founded the churches of Sinai, Greece, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Ukraine and others.

       These churches, independent in their administration, were in complete union one with the other, except that of Rome, since it separated from the others in 1054 and since then has added new dogmas. In matter of faith, doctrine, tradition, liturgies and services, these other churches are exactly equal. The teachings of the Church are derived from two sources: the Holy Scriptures and from Holy Tradition (John 21-25).

       The faith and the doctrine of the Orthodox Church are found in the Scriptures, the Creeds of the first Seven Ecumenical Councils and in the writings of the Fathers of the Church. We Orthodox Christians adore God in the Trinity and honour the Saints, asking their intercession before God (Proverbs 15:29 and Numbers 11:2) Among the Saints the principal place is that of Mary since through her God came to us. In accordance with the Seven Ecumenical Councils (year 787 A.D.), we venerate Icons, not for themselves, but as representations of Christ and the Saints, since God took physical form, it can be represented. We recognise Seven Sacraments: Baptism and Chrismation are the means of entering the Church. In the Eucharist we participate in the true Body and Blood of Christ, for the remission of sins and life eternal. In Confession Christ gives us, through the confessor, forgiveness of our sins. On sinning, not only we offend God but also the Church, the Body of Christ, of which we are members. Therefore we have to ask pardon before a minister of the Church. Through the Sacrament of Ordination, the Orthodox Church as had apostolic Succession without interruption since the day of Pentecost. By the imposition of the hands of the Bishop, Divine Grace descend on the one who is ordained and enables him to be a Priest and to distribute this Grace, which is participation in the life of God. Divine Grace sanctifies union of two beings in Matrimony, as Jesus blessed the wedding in Canaan by his presence and his first miracle.

       The Orthodox Church admits married men to be ordained Presbyters, without imposing arbitrarily priestly celibacy. That a man have priestly vocation does not necessarily means that God give him vocation of celibacy also. The Orthodox Church permits, in certain cases, divorce and second marriage. The idea is that matrimony last until death, but the couple are human and the Church, although condemns divorce, understands that we are weak and imperfect and does not insist on imposing the law. The children are fruit of the love of the parents and must not be avoided, and unless for a serious reason. The Orthodox Church is mother and not a tyrant, therefore allows each couple to take the decision, after consulting with their spiritual Father. By the sacrament of the Holy Unction the disorders of the body and the soul are cured and healed. Man cannot participate in the essence of God but can participate in the "energies" or external manifestations of God that are part of God as the rays of the son are part of the son. There are things that are not considered possible in the Christian west, where the most to which the Christian may aspire "salvation" after purging his faults. The Orthodox Church hopes for its members "deification", true union with God, a gradual and dynamic process that lasts all life and not only at death.