The Orthodox Way — Book by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Orthodox Faith and Life, Paperback

The most ancient name for Christianity, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware reminds us, is "the Way" (Acts 19:23; in Russian путь). The Orthodox Way therefore presents the Orthodox faith not as a system to be studied from outside, but as a journey we are invited to begin, into the mystery of God through the living experience of the Church.

A journey in seven stages

The book follows the believer's path: God as mystery, God as Trinity, God as Creator, God as man, God as Spirit, God as prayer and God as eternity. Each chapter ends with a selection of texts from the Church Fathers, saints and Orthodox spiritual writers, to feed meditation.

The companion to The Orthodox Church

While The Orthodox Church by the same author explains the history and teaching of the Church, The Orthodox Way speaks of the inner life: prayer, repentance, life in the Spirit. The two books complete each other and are often given together to catechumens.

This second edition (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, Classics Series, 2019) has a foreword by Fr John Behr. The cover shows a fresco of the face of Christ with a cruciform halo.