Final Judgment

The Orthodox Church teaches that Christ will come again to judge both the living and the departed, and the Church's teachings on Heaven and Hell.

Reference Materials

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Articles

• Heaven and Hell, The Orthodox Faith (OCA)
• Why we need Hell, Presbytera Frederica Matthewes-Green (Antiochian Christian Archdiocese webpage)
• The Divine Fire of God’s Love, Fr. James Bernstein

Videos

• How Will You Be Judged?, Stephen Christoforou (Be The Bee ep. 167, Greek Orthodox Church)
• Christ in the Icons of Ascension and Second coming, Dn. Rijo Geevarghese (Graphē)

Podcasts

• The Apocalypse, reflection on the Book of Revelation by Fr. Stephen De Young (Ancient Faith Ministries)

Scripture

In order to help our children grow in the Orthodox Faith in North America, a decision was made to standardize all materials to the Orthodox Study Bible (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/016/2010, October 28, 2010). Please continue to pray and support the development of a fully approved translation based on the Peshitta, and our textbooks will educate on the various translations and historic development of Scripture.

• [John 3:16-17]

  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

• [Romans 2:12-16]

  For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

• [Matthew 25:1-13]

  Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the houra in which the Son of Man is coming.

Liturgical Resources

Holy Qurbono

• Nicene Creed

and shall come again in His great glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end;

Other Prayers

• - Sh'himo Verse .. "by my will, I have fall .." (Teji Achen)

Quotes

Patristic Quotes

• [St. Hermas, one of the 70] "Remember, never to fear the power of evil more than your trust in the power and love of God."
• [St. Gregory of Nyssa] "We regard falling from God's friendship as the only thing dreadful and we consider becoming God's friend the only thing worthy of honor and desire. This, as I have said, is the perfection of life."

Other Quotes

• [C.S. Lewis] "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'THY will be done.' All that are in Hell choose it."
• [C.S. Lewis] "The doors of hell are locked on the inside."
• [Fr. Thomas Hopko] "We will answer for what we are given, and that’s a teaching of Jesus. Everyone will give an account, according to what they have received. Those who have received much are going to have to answer for much. God will know what to do with us, and God will know what to do with every human being in the whole of creation. That’s His business. Our business is to remain faithful to the truth.”