Oriental Orthodox soteriology understands salvation primarily as theosis (deification)—the genuine transformation and participation of the human person in divine life—and as the healing of human nature corrupted by the fall. The Incarnation of the Son of God is itself salvific: by uniting divine and human nature, Christ restores humanity's capacity for union with God. This framework draws primarily on Alexandrian and Antiochene patristic sources.

The Christus Victor motif—Christ's triumph over sin, death, and the devil through the cross and resurrection—is central to Oriental Orthodox liturgical theology. Salvation is not conceived primarily in legal or forensic categories but as an ontological transformation: the human person is healed, restored, and united to God. The sacramental life of the Church—especially baptism, Eucharist, and repentance—is the ongoing context in which this transformation takes place. Human cooperation (synergism) with divine grace is emphasized.