Orthodox Church in America2019-09-252019-09-252015-10-092001-10-17http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/228129"The statement affirms the Orthodox Christian conviction that “human life begins at conception [and that] human life is sacred from its very beginning, since from conception it is ensouled existence. As such, it is ‘personal’ existence, created in the image of God and endowed with a sanctity that destines it for eternal life.”"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderorthodox churchstem cellembryoprotectionhuman lifebioethicsReligious ethicsMethods of ethicsTheological ethicsPhilosophical ethicsBioethicsChristian denominationsOrthodox (Eastern, Oriental)Preprint