God Alone Is Zoē. All Else Is Bios.

Bios is life that passes. 

Zoē is life in God, uncreated and eternal.

God alone is Zoē; all else is Bios.

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Bios is our biological, created existence—the natural life we inherit at birth, which is bound by time, decay, and mortality.

Zoē is the Divine, Uncreated Life of God Himself. It is not merely "living forever," but participating directly in God's eternal Energies.

In Orthodox theology, the ultimate purpose of human life is for our fading bios to be infused with and transformed by His eternal Zoē. Through Christ and The Sacraments, mortal humans are invited into theosis—where created beings, by Grace, come to share in The Uncreated, everlasting Life of The Creator.

-By Ioan (John) Calineac. 

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