In this volume, the reader will find examples of the thought of some of the most creative Orthodox theologians in the contemporary world, all brought together to honor Metropolitan Philip on the occasion of his fifteenth anniversary as Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. Although each article in this collection constitutes an independent contribution to its own branch of theology, whether it be liturgics, ecclesiology, ethics, pastoral practice, church history, or biblical studies, all are united by a common vision, by the universal, all-encompassing embrace of Orthodoxy, which, as explained in the first chapter, is the true meaning of "synthesis."