This brief article delineates Orthodox pastoral theology by chiefly emphasizing the organic connection between Liturgical/sacramental life and social/pastoral involvement in the Christian Orthodox tradition. It shows how Orthodox pastoral theology, in encompassing the entire life of the Church, mirrors the holistic character of Orthodox theology. An aspect that is immediately evident is that Liturgical and/or spiritual life is central in the Orthodox tradition even in matters pertaining to ‘practical’ theology. At the same time, it remains equally important for the Orthodox tradition to never come to perceive Liturgical life in isolation, without its societal, pastoral component. For Orthodox Christians, Liturgy has a clear practical involvement as it essentially prepares the faithful through the sacramental communion of the Eucharist for a full and tireless involvement in the life of the community, sending them back into the world into a context which retains a Liturgical character, although less explicitly. For if Liturgy comes to be seen as generator of praxis, pastoral involvement too becomes sacramental, as the Liturgy is made whole through the complementary ‘sacrament of the brother’, the ‘Liturgy after the Liturgy’. A tension becomes apparent between the rejection of the world on the one hand and social ‘incarnational’ involvement on the other.