These Truths We Hold

Excerpt taken from "These Truths We Hold - The Holy Orthodox Church: Her Life and Teachings". Compiled and Edited by A Monk of St. Tikhon's Monastery. Copyright 1986 by the St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, South Canaan, Pennsylvania 18459.

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* Church History
o A History of the Orthodox Church
o Orthodoxy in America
o Orthodoxy in the World

* Feasts of the Church
o The Feast of Feasts - Pascha
o The Twelve Great Feasts
o Various Other Feasts


* Orthodox Dogma and Doctrine
o Holy Tradition
o The Beatitudes
o The Christian Ethic
o The Mother of God
o The Symbol of Faith
o The Ten Commandments


* Orthodox Icons
o Holy Icons
o Icon Not-Made-By-Hands
o Icons of the Mother of God


* Orthodox Monasticism
o The Monastic Grades
o The Monastic Tonsure


* Orthodox Prayer
o Communing with God in Prayer
o The Church's Prayer for the Dead


* Orthodox Scripture
o The Holy Bible
o The New Testament
o The Old Testament
o The Old Testament Apocrypha
o Used in Church
o Where to Find


* Orthodox Symbolism
o The Cross
o The Other Symbols


* Orthodox Worship
o Fasting
o Fasting Rules
o Fasting Seasons and Days
o Glossary of Liturgical Terms
o Great Lent and Pascha
o Liturgical Books
o Liturgical Gestures
o Liturgical Music
o Services of the Daily Cycle
o The Divine Liturgy
o The Five Cycles


* Sacraments of the Church
o Church Mysteries
o Holy Baptism
o Holy Chrismation
o Holy Communion
o Holy Matrimony
o Holy Orders
o Holy Repentance
o Holy Unction


* The Church Building and Its Servers
o The Altar and Its Furnishings
o The Bells
o The Candles and Their Symbolism
o The Church Building
o The Clergy
o The Iconostasis
o The Sacristy and Vestry