The Eastern Orthodox
Church is organically the same congregation (or ecclesia)
which was born at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem
on Pentecost, a direct continuation from the Apostles by laying
yon of hands from each generation of priests to the next. The
Orthodox Christian recognizes the rich Christian heritage and
proclaims that he belongs to this Church, which corresponds
to the Church of the Apostles as does a grown-up person correspond
to a picture taken of him as a child.
