This collection of studies, by one of the foremost theologians in Greece today, is the fruit of a profound understanding of the Orthodox Patristic tradition, and of many years' experience in theological dialogue. In his Ecclesial Being, Constantine Scouteris focuses most ably on the mystery of the human person in the context of the conciliarity of the Church. His vision of unity, based on the Pauline theme of the New Israel, embraces all Orthodox Christian peoples – wonderfully diverse in language and culture – as one nation in Christ, to which the entire world is invited to join.