In preparation for his present work with the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism, Thomas Ryan spent a year visiting the leading Christian centers of Europe, England, and the Near EasL His adventures were many. He explored the underground cities of Cappadocia and celebrated the Holy Weeks of both Eastern and Western Christians in Jerusalem. He attended an audience of the Coptic Pope Shenouda III in Cairo, and became one of the few Roman Catholics ever to set foot inside the Orthodox monasteries of Mount Athos. Several months of study at the International Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland were followed by a summer searching for common ground with Anglicans at the Canterbury ecumenical school. This book is the story of this year's journey, but more importantly a record of Ryan's discovery of the richness of the Christian traditions and his emerging understanding of the realities and hopes of contemporary ecumenical dialogue.