In the liturgy we pray that we have a "Christian ending to our life: painless, unashamed, and peaceful; and a good defense before the dread judgment seat of Christ." Father Stephen Freeman looks carefully at the true nature of that judgment seat. It might surprise you.
Fr. Stephen Freeman is a retired Archpriest of the Orthodox Church in America and resides in Upstate South Carolina. He is the author of Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, and Face to Face: Knowing God Beyond Our Shame, as well as the popular Glory to God for All Things blog. His blog has quickly become one of the most read Orthodox blogs, being translated frequently in Romanian, French, and Serbian, by enthusiastic readers