A living experience by Fr. Imagine being gathered before the throne of God in the presence of all the saints. Gold adorns many of the altar articles and the fragrance of incense fills the air. It is the heavenly temple of Isaiah and the earthly temple as God directed Moses. It is worship in the Orthodox Christian Church.
Every human sense is enlivened and heightened in Orthodox worship.
No sense is left unaffected. The sense of being in the presence of God is the destination. Upon entering an Orthodox church immediately you see a big difference compared to other Christian churches. Aspects of the physical layout of the Orthodox church are based on the early Jewish temple. After all, the first Christians were Jews and drew on their knowledge of the temple when designing the early Christian churches.