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According to Eastern Orthodoxy, at death the soul ascends to various levels where Angels and Demons engage in a courtroom battle. What determines whether the soul goes up to heaven or down to hell? (Spoiler: it’s not Jesus)

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Resources to Click

• “Aerial Toll Houses, or The Saving Weight of Works: The Soul’s Trial by Demons After Death According to Eastern Orthodoxy” – Joshua Schooping
• “Octoechos” – Encyclopedia.com
• “The Origins of Pascha and Great Week – Part II” – Rev. Alkiviadis C. Calivas
• “The Icon FAQ” – Orthodox Christian Information Center
• “Icons as Teachers” – Archpriest John Matusiak
• “Exhortation to Baptism” – St. Basil the Great
• “Aerial Toll Houses, Provisional Judgment, and the Orthodox Faith” – Stephen Shoemaker
• Theme of the Month: Go West, Young Men: Evaluating the Drift toward Eastern Orthodoxy
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 Books to Read

• After Death – Vassilios Bakoyiannis
• The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition – Norman Russell

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