From what I understand, that sounds right. *We believe without a
   shadow of a doubt that God created the Universe. *But His
   methods, well, all I can say is 'kudos' to science for trying to
   figure out the various methods used by God - as long as it
   interests them, let 'em. I, too, have been perplexed by the
   strange concurance of the theory of evolution and the fact of
   different species, and 'where are the in-betweeners now, their
   bones even'... but by the same token, I was posed a good
   question by a rationalist once. *He said, "If evolution is the
   way that life came to be in the forms that it is now, why would
   it stop at an arbitrary time in history?" So, no matter what
   viewpoint we take, we're still left with a mystery - somewhat of
   a Buddhist 'koan' if you will. God creates life, and breathes
   life into every creature at every moment, even this present
   moment. *Is the 'origin of species' that of a 6 day period, or a
   6 eon period (perhaps a million years between Biblical days), or
   some other way we haven't considered - well... we don't know.
   And as Orthodox, it really doesn't matter. *We know we came from
   God, that plants are endowed with a body, that animals are
   endowed with a body and a soul (not a human soul, but one akin
   to their needs), and that humans are endowed with a body and a
   soul (and some Orthodox Fathers will add 'spirit' as well, the
   form I tend to agree with). *Any furthur investigation beyond
   that which can be easily observed (your or your neighbor's cat
   certainly has a body and certainly has a personality (which
   comes from the cat-soul of the cat), stems from curiousity and
   picking apart things, which as long as God is remembered, isn't
   necessarily bad, although doing so in forgetfulness of God can
   be problematic. -Kenneth --