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(1 Tim. 3:14–4:5; Matt. 3: 1–11) “The House of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). Consequently, there is no need for us to turn our eyes here and there to see if there is truth somewhere. It is near. Be in the Church, contain everything that it contains, and you will be in the truth, you will possess the truth and live according to it and in it, and, as a result, you will be filled with the truth. Outside the Orthodox Church there is no truth. It the only faithful guardian of everything commanded by the Lord through the Holy Apostles, and therefore is the real Apostolic Church. Others have lost the Apostolic Church, and as in the Christian consciousness they are convinced that only the Apostolic Church can faithfully preserve and indicate the truth, they themselves decided to build such a church and built it, and gave it such a name, but they could not communicate it, For the Apostolic Church was created by the good will of the Father. By the Lord Savior, by the grace of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles, people cannot create such a thing. Those who think of creating such a thing will be like children playing with dolls. If there is no true Apostolic Church on earth, there is no point in wasting effort on creating it. But thanks be to the Lord, He did not allow the gates of hell to overcome the Holy Apostolic Church. It is and will remain, according to His promise, until the end of the age. And this is our Orthodox Church. God bless! You might be interested in: