A Very Byzantine Journey: Discovering the New Testament Story through Icons and Pilgrimage Format:Paperback parents and young adults exploring

parents and young adults exploring stories of faith and God’s love for us in the landscape of Northumberland

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

To read the book is both fun and full of insight

the reader is challenged to surrender daily to the will of God—whatever that may look like—and trust His commands

A Very Byzantine Journey: Discovering the New Testament Story through Icons and Pilgrimage Format:Paperback parents and young adults exploringFrom 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