Christ the Eternal Tao occasion_Baptism & Chrismation Translated from Russian by the

Translated from Russian by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery

The parallel format gives the Church Slavonic texts on the left page and the English on the right

the second of which appeared sometime before 970

Antony the Great

and exercising his heart in the commandments of love for God and neighbor

Christ the Eternal Tao occasion_Baptism & Chrismation Translated from Russian by theNot until now has the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu been presented alongside the otherworldly revelation of Jesus Christ in a way that encompasses the full significance of both. Avoiding the common pitfalls of religious syncretism, Christ the Eternal Tao shows Lao Tzus Tao Teh Ching as a foreshadowing of what would be revealed by Christ, and Lao Tzu himself as a Far Eastern prophet of the Incarnate God. Inspired by Fr. Seraphim Roses early studies of the