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Orthopraxy
Right practice — the liturgical and ascetical embodiment of orthodox belief; lex orandi, lex credendi.
Orthopraxy (from orthos, correct, and praxis, practice) is correct practice: the right conduct of worship, the proper observance of fasts and feasts, the faithful transmission of liturgical tradition. Orthodox Christianity is sometimes described as more orthopractic than confessional in emphasis: the faith is transmitted and lived primarily through the liturgical life rather than through doctrinal instruction alone. Lex orandi, lex credendi: the law of prayer is the law of belief.