Download or read book Encountering the Mystery written by Bartholomew I (Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople) and published by Image. This book was released on 2008 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity chronicles the history, culture, traditions, and tenets of his faith in a volume that traces the two-thousand-year evolution of the faith, the schisms that led to its split with Western Christianity, its doctrine and liturgy, its ties to the traditions of the early Christian church, and its enduring teachings and theology. 15,000 first printing.