Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in ethnic-Russian Orthodox cultural identity or nominal baptismal-record church membership, a common conflation in post-Soviet 'cultural Orthodoxy'.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Orthodox theology (following Palamas) understands благодать as uncreated divine energies that ontologically transform and deify the believer through sacramental participation, not primarily as unmerited legal pardon apart from works.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: благодать is the correct Synodal term, but Russian Orthodox theology (following Palamas) understands it as uncreated divine energies that really transform and deify the believer, not primarily an unmerited legal pardon.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  святой is the only viable term and is deeply established, but it carries strong Orthodox associations with canonized saints (святые) and holy objects/icons/relics (святыни).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  Святой Дух is the settled Trinitarian term shared with Orthodoxy; unlike Hindi, there is no rival pantheistic 'universal spirit' concept to guard against by default, but дух alone (without Святой) must never stand in for the Holy Spirit, since дух alone is used broadly for 'spirit/mood/ghost' in secular Russian (as in 'дух времени', zeitgeist).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  воскресение is unambiguous, doctrinally settled, and central to Russian Orthodox liturgical identity (Easter/Пасха is the paramount feast, celebrated even by secular Russians culturally).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  Central to Russian Orthodox liturgical identity (Пасха/Easter is the paramount feast, marked culturally even by secular Russians).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  CRITICAL: Russian Orthodox theology closely links sanctification to обожение (theosis/deification) mediated through sacramental participation (Eucharist, chrismation), rather than primarily the Spirit's ongoing moral transformation of the believer described in Romans 6-8.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  CRITICAL: освящение is correct, but Russian Orthodox theology closely links sanctification to обожение (theosis/deification) achieved through sacramental participation (Eucharist, chrismation) rather than primarily the Spirit's ongoing moral transformation of the believer described in Romans 6-8.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be read as a call to formal monasticism (монашество) or ascetic withdrawal, a real and historically prestigious path in Russian Orthodox spirituality (monks, elders/старцы).

  ROM.6.22