

Founded by the Triune God on the day of Pentecost, the Greek Orthodox Churches are the ancient and native Christian communities of the Biblical world, with centers in the Holy Lands and Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, Greece and Cyprus. They are the ‘elders’ of the worldwide communion of Orthodox Churches, which includes the native churches of Russia and other former Soviet republics, and which gathers nearly 300,000,000 souls. Through the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and its Atlanta Metropolis, this particular community has spiritual ties with the ancient Church of Asia Minor/Constantinople (modern Istanbul) founded by the Apostles John, Andrew and Paul in the first century.
Like Judaism, Orthodox Christianity is a deeply biblical way of life, one in full spiritual and cultural communion with the East ...
