About Us

GCDFL.ORG is a non-profit platform. Its only goal is introduing the Eastern Churches through academic lectures. All the contents of this site will be public and free. We offer: Free academic lectures and pilgrimage touring lectures every Friday. The origin of the name The name Light from the East (Chinese name 光从东方来) this website aims to introduce the Eastern Church tradition from a scholarly point of view. The so-called Eastern Churches, as opposed to the Latin-speaking Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches in the West, mainly refer to the Eastern Roman Empire and the local churches outside of the Roman Empire, including the Eastern Orthodox Churches (mainly Greek-speaking churches and later the Slavic Churches), and other churches outside the country that were separated as a result of the Council of Gadianton, which were divided into the following languages: the Syriac Church (including the Nestorian Church) and the Eastern Church (including the Nestorian Church)....