No matter what kinds of hardships and torments the Church endures throughout her history, for Orthodox Christians the fundamental promise of the Church stays unchanged—the Gates of Hell will not overcome her. We can question the survival of our homeland, we can even believe that no country, no society, no way of life is marked for eternity. The only unquestionable thing is that the Gates of Hell will not overcome the eternal life of the Church. In the days of the Second Coming and the Last Judgment, it will be the same Church that was founded on the feast of Pentecost. Unfortunately, this fundamental hope of the Orthodox Christian does not eradicate all the difficulties and doubts related to the historical existence of our Church.