On the Way to the Fatherland. The Saving Space of the Church

What is the Church? Majestic temples and elaborate worship services — or, above all, the people gathered around Christ and living by the laws of the Heavenly Kingdom? In a new book, Metropolitan Ambrose reflects on the life of the Church with his characteristic pastoral wisdom and sensitivity — about the church community as a space of love and non-judgment, about what is appropriate and inappropriate in inter-church relationships, about conflicts and divisions — and about what constitutes the unity of the Church: about love and serving one's neighbor. The inexhaustible depth of the Gospel serves as a guiding star in these reflections. Approved for distribution by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church IS R22-217-0363