Question #36
of An Orthodox Catechism
Question
What believest thou when thou sayest he suffered.
Answer
That he all the time of his life which he lead in the Earth, but especially at the end1 thereof, sustained the wrath of God, both in body and soul, against the sin of mankind, that he might by his passion, as the2 only propitiatory sacrifice, deliver our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and purchase us the favour of God, righteousness, and everlasting life.