Even though the Church is on the threshold of the third millennium, the events of redemption and salvation continue to be appreciated in the same way that they were by the Ancient Church, who delivered them to us as a holy bequest so that we may continue our mission in the world. This simple realization increases our responsibility, in that we must likewise deliver the faith intact and unadulterated, in ways that do not demote or distort the value of the Holy Testament .

Orthodox Catechism is ecclesiastic. This mainly implies that it is not an autonomous part of the ecclesiastic organization, but that it takes place within the realm of the Church and is inspired by both its atmosphere and its traditions. «Later, when the eleven had assembled, it was revealed...» , which signifies that Catechism is an ecclesiastic function.

The Apostolic Diakonia of the Church of Greece, with the blessings of His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos, has proceeded with the creation of this website on the Internet, with the title THEOLOGY AND LIFE, that will concern itself with issues of Catechism and the teaching of our Orthodox faith, especially for the needs of guests visiting our web pages.

During the Sunday morning church service, following matins, the Holy Bible is carried through the midst of the attending faithful in a religious procession, this being a proclamation and a revealing of the Day of the Lord. Life radiates from within the Tomb. The tombstone has been rolled away. «Behold, I bring news to you of a great joy ». «The Logos has become incarnate and is residing amongst us». We must re-acquire the meaning of this great joy, and enter our Lord's joy. Only then shall we be able to comprehend that the intellectual worship of the Church is theology; theology which becomes a ritual – the Church's sermon on life.