Metropolitan Philip: His Life and His Dreams : The Authorized Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan Philip Saliba, Primate, the Antiochian Orthodox

by Peter E. Gillquist

When Metropolitan Philip Saliba was consecrated Archbishop of New York and all North America in 1966, his archdiocese consisted of 60 parishes, serving primarily immigrant families from the Arab countries of the Middle East. Two-and-a-half decades later, he celebrates the 25th anniversary of his episcopacy, not only have his parishes increased threefold, but well over half his priest are Americans who have discovered Orthodoz Christianity and entered the Church from the outside. Further, Philp Saliba stands at the forefront of Orthodox Christian unity in the United States and Canada, and he is a pacesetter for evangelism and the building o Orthodox communities on college campuses and in cities throughout North America. Vision is the ability to see the unseen. From this energetic, common-sense dreamer, Christian readers will catch the heartbeat of a contemporary apostle of Christ who, from boyhood days to now, has simply refused to lose. Metropolitan Philip's Spirit-inspired ability to speak up when others choose silence, to work when the task seems undoable, and to motivate others to serve the Lord with him, will bring renewed spiritual life and a deepened trust in God to those who meet him in these pages.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1991