The remedy for sin begins with God, who did not abandon fallen Man.* By means of His perfect Love and Humility, Jesus Christ, the new Adam, healed, restored and redeemed the Human Being to their original state of ‘betrothal’ to God. From His miraculous conception to his adulthood and death, Jesus assumed (took on), elevated and redeemed every stage of human life and development in all men; and by being born of a woman, the Theotokos and Virgin Mary, Christ elevated and redeemed all women. Thus, the Orthodox Church recognizes His mother as the new Eve. Because of her faithful obedience to the will of God – the fruit of her profound humility and love for Him – she was deemed the worthiest of all women of all time, as the vessel of His incarnation. When the Word, the Logos, took His flesh from her flesh, He united human nature to His divine nature, making Theosis once again possible for Mankind.* The Russian Orthodox Church very eloquently describes the extent of God’s humility and love for us in this manner....
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