978 1 917362 40 5  | January 2027 

Hardback | 144 pp | 234 x 156 mm

Price: £19.99

This title will be released in January 2027 but is currently available for pre-order

For the first time in print, this book reproduces the series of talks exploring the doctrine of Creation delivered by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom of Sourozh at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Dormition and All Saints, London, in 1966. These remarkable talks by one of the finest Christian minds of the modern world are based on the first four chapters of Genesis and are as essential to us today as when they were first presented. They have been carefully edited for the book format by John Binns, Visting Professor at the Institute of Orthodox Studies in Cambridge, and include some of the responses given by Metropolitan Anthony to questions from his audience. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written a Foreword to the book.

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh was appointed vicar of the Russian patriarchal parish in London in 1950, consecrated as Bishop in 1957 and Archbishop in 1962, in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1963 he was appointed Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, and in 1966 was raised to the rank of Metropolitan. He was perhaps best known as a writer and broadcaster on prayer and the Christian life. Among his acclaimed works are the books Living Prayer, School for Prayer and God and Man.