Archimandrite Gregory Stefan on preserving baptismal grace to the end

Archimandrite Gregory Stefan defines sainthood in Orthodoxy as the preservation of baptismal grace to the end of life through obedience to Christ's commandments. He distinguishes a saint from a person of good moral character by stating that a saint embodies the life of Truth. True holiness, he says, is the restoration of the beauty and splendor of the divine image through the fulfillment of the divine likeness.

This union with God, once achieved, is not broken by death or the dissolution of the body.