Mary was predestined to be Mother of God, but she was also free. 15 Orthodox theologian Dr. George S. Gabriel, in his book about the Theotokos entitled Mary the Untrodden Portal of God, contrasts the ...

Finally, when Jesus saw His mother and the disciple John standing by the cross ... the Holy Trinity Itself. The Virgin Mary in the Orthodox view is not regarded as a mediatrix or co-redemptress. She ...

My mother became Orthodox because of marriage ... I expect that this diminution of Orthodox practice is particularly true when Orthodox men marry non-Orthodox women. The generic quote Fr.