Bishop Hilarion covers many doctrinal and spiritual aspects of Orthodoxy in an entirely different style from what one might expect in a traditional catechism. Instead of presenting simply a series of questions and answers, the author's engaging style invites the reader to process in his own mind the doctrinal points, and explore in a noetic and spiritual way how they tie together, moving beyond a simply academic approach which, on its own, is foreign to Orthodox self-understanding.

This is an ideal gift to somebody who has begun exploring Orthodoxy and already knows and would like to delve more deeply into the inner-workings of the Orthodox faith.