In this Bible study, Anthony Ally reflects on one of the deepest questions every human being asks: what happens after death? Orthodox Christianity teaches that death is not the end of the person. The soul remains alive before God, the body rests in hope of the resurrection, and every person will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. This is why the Orthodox Church speaks about death with both sobriety and hope. Christians grieve, but they do not grieve without hope because Christ has conquered death.

The study explains that some things about life after death have been clearly revealed in Scripture and the life of the Church, while other things remain mystery. The Orthodox Church teaches that there is a temporary judgment after death and a final judgment to come, but not purgatory as a place where people pay for sins. It also explains wh ...