ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY

Most all of us have heard people, especially the youth of today, say, “I am spiritual and not religious.” Whatever that phrase may mean to each person regardless, it is as if the two are diametrical opposition. One cannot be true without the other being false.This leads one to ask the question, what is spirituality? For our purposes presented in this article, what is Orthodox spirituality? In the brief space allotted here, I will attempt to summarize what Orthodox spirituality is and what it is not.