Eastern Christianity Direct

A foundational affirmation is calling Mary Theotokos ("Mother of God" or "Bogorodica"), affirming Christ’s divinity from conception.

Icons are not mere art but "windows to heaven," serving as crucial venerated focal points in worship, regarded as holy and mediating the presence of the saint or scene depicted. Worship and Spirituality eastern christianity

A strong tradition of fasting (abstaining from meat, fish, dairy during major fasts like Lent) and rigorous prayer is viewed as a way to focus on spiritual rather than material needs. eastern christianity