A Very Byzantine Journey: Discovering the New Testament Story through Icons and Pilgrimage Format:Paperback Bishop Aidan

Bishop Aidan

To read the book is both fun and full of insight

It is hard to grasp now how unprecedented it was to have this degree of ecumenical co-operation

and then coloured by the Renewal and Reform programme of recent years

including ideas for what might be termed ‘local’ pilgrimage and for prayer

A Very Byzantine Journey: Discovering the New Testament Story through Icons and Pilgrimage Format:Paperback Bishop AidanFrom the earliest days of the Church, Christians have used icons, images of Christ, to engage with the story of their faith. However, icons are far more than ancient pictures of Jesus: they are windows on the holy and transcendental, and they tell the New Testament story in a way that makes it real even to those exploring it from a distance. Knowing that this is a story based in geographical fact, J. Richard Smith has visited many of the places where