"What do you want Protestants to know about Orthodoxy?" an Evangelical church asked St. Vladimir’s Seminary alumnus Fr. Christopher Foley.
Fr. Christopher’s response to that question and other topics appeared in the video “Perspectives on Liturgy & Orthodoxy.” The interview was produced by Center City Church in Greensboro, NC, as part of a series on liturgy and beauty.
“St. Paul says, if you read it in the Greek, [Christ] is the ‘icon’ of the invisible God, the image of the invisible God. ... So the fact that Christ really took on flesh means that matter matters,” reflected Fr. Christopher. “And this is the underpinning of all of our sacramental and liturgical life and understanding, that we participate in Christ through the sacramental life of the Church. So our worship is extremely kind of sensual, in the sense that it engages all of the senses.”
Watch the full interview below. Fr. Foley appears in the video starting around the five-minute mark.
The Very Rev. Christopher Foley is Rector of Holy Cross Church in Kernersville, NC, where he has served since his graduation from St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 2006, from the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program. In recognition of his many years of faithful service, he was elevated to Archpriest in 2021 by fellow Seminary alumnus His Eminence Archbishop Alexander.
