On the way to the kingdom. Protopresviter Shmeman Alexander

“What is the holiday? Why does the human heart are waiting for him and rejoices at him? How does the church lead us to the promised kingdom through memories of the great days of the Holy History? What does this series of holidays mean in our spiritual life? " - The answers to these questions were given by Father Alexander Shmeman in his famous conversations on the Radio “Freedom”, the selection of which we publish in this book. Conversations took the air for almost thirty years of his life and were the most important part of his life ministerial service. For many people in the Soviet Union, who happened secretly, in fits and great difficulties to listen to them, they became the first revelation that Christianity was alive and ready to respond to the challenges of the modern world, refusing it to exist. Now we live in a completely different society, but in an amazing way a lot of what about. Alexander, retains persuasiveness and timeliness today. Belief in Christ as the greatest gift of freedom, mercy and love, joy and exalting power of the Church and its holidays again need apology in the modern world, and conversations about. Alexandra serves this task as well as possible.