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Vladika Kallist considers this book to be a "catechism for adults". It systematically outlines the basics of the Orthodox faith and, at the same time, it gives much more than a catechism. No wonder it has been reprinted so many times in many languages in different European countries, becoming a guide for those who discover that "to be a Christian means to be a traveller". Moreover, a traveller on a path that is not esoteric knowledge, which is open to everyone who is ready to take it. «The guidelines we have learned from others can never convey what this path really is... Everyone is personally called to test what they have learnt... No one can become a second-class Christian."

The meaning of theological concepts is revealed only to those who try to live them - this is the main idea of the book. "Christianity," writes Bishop Kallistos, "is more than a doctrine of the universe, more than a consistently stated theory... it is a way of life in the deepest and fullest sense of these words... Christ did not say: „I am an ancient tradition”; He said: „I am the Life”». He convincingly shows how the teaching and action of the Orthodox Church combines such seemingly opposite poles as victory and humility, the thirst for knowledge and the path of ignorance, how separate unique paths eventually gather into a single Path to the highest meeting. The one who is fortunate enough to take this Path is both a follower of the Holy Father's Tradition and a pioneer.