How do the Orthodox view heaven and hell

[SaintCody777]

Catholics and Protestants view heaven and hell as places for God's rewards for the just and the unjust. Hollywood portrays hell as a place that Satan rules and demons torture people eternally, which eventually came to be believed by some Christians, as portrayed by those Judgement Houses and visions like Angelica Zambrano's. But the Orthodox view of heaven and hell seems much more complicated to me. And they also believe in these aerial toll houses a place where a recently released countless through to see if they had done a specific deed.
I've found out that many Orthodox view heaven and hell is how a person specifically views and experience s the eternal presence of God depending on his relationship relationships to him. If he accepts the mercy of God,he will experience God's presence as heaven, but if that same person willfully rejects God's grace, then he experience s that as hell. The use the Scripture verse that God is a consuming fire to back that up;
Heaven and Hell – A Different Perspective
But there are other Orthodox priests, laymen, and saints that believe that heaven and hell are literal places created by God.
HELL | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
There are even some well known Orthodox saints like St John Chrysoston, who have described hell as a literally terrifying place of torment with much worse kind of fire.
St. Chrysostom on Hell: a collection of proof texts
What all Orthodox believe in common about hell is that those who refuse God's grace willfully and continually will face eternal conscious punishment by God and that there will be no party bash in hell, where you can meet all your friends as some unbelieving mockers believe.
What is the dogmatic view of heaven and hell as the Orthodox believe it there is any?

 

[~Anastasia~]

Catholics and Protestants view heaven and hell as places for God's rewards for the just and the unjust. Hollywood portrays hell as a place that Satan rules and demons torture people eternally, which eventually came to be believed by some Christians, as portrayed by those Judgement Houses and visions like Angelica Zambrano's. But the Orthodox view of heaven and hell seems much more complicated to me. And they also believe in these aerial toll houses a place where a recently released countless through to see if they had done a specific deed.
I've found out that many Orthodox view heaven and hell is how a person specifically views and experience s the eternal presence of God depending on his relationship relationships to him. If he accepts the mercy of God,he will experience God's presence as heaven, but if that same person willfully rejects God's grace, then he experience s that as hell. The use the Scripture verse that God is a consuming fire to back that up;
Heaven and Hell – A Different Perspective
But there are other Orthodox priests, laymen, and saints that believe that heaven and hell are literal places created by God.
HELL | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
There are even some well known Orthodox saints like St John Chrysoston, who have described hell as a literally terrifying place of torment with much worse kind of fire.
St. Chrysostom on Hell: a collection of proof texts
What all Orthodox believe in common about hell is that those who refuse God's grace willfully and continually will face eternal conscious punishment by God and that there is no party bash where you can meet all your friends in hell as some unbelieving mockers imagine and even believe hell to be.
What is the dogmatic view of heaven and hell as the Orthodox believe it there is any?

I'll let others give more details on this.

I only want to comment that - where toll houses are taught, they are not a "place" (literal) ... but are about spiritual principles. Demons aren't given the right to judge us. But the soul could err or be tempted after death if it is still attached to sin.

I think hell as a created place of torment due to the wrath of God would have some problems. But what's important and true is that if one rejects Christ, there WILL be torment. But in a sense we judge ourselves. It's not God being mad and determining to punish us, but simply we will suffer because of what we are. The place part is an interesting point. We will be in bodies so place is relevant. My guess (not Orthodox teaching) is simply that such souls will retreat as far from God as they can - but because God is in a sense everywhere, they will be unable to escape fully. But the righteous by contrast will want to be with God so ... we will be separate.

I will wait to see what others say.

 

[ArmyMatt]

the dogmatic view of heaven and hell is all of the above with what you posted. it's dicey because it's eschatological, and beyond our current experience.

 

[Toolbelt]

This is from the Goarch website.