About the book: 2006 / Gen. 6/6/1923, Tripoli, Lebanon), studied jurisprudence at the Lebanese University, participated in the struggle for the independence of Lebanon in 1943, created an Orthodox youth brotherhood in Beirut in 1944, graduated from the institute of St. Sergius in Paris, ordained a priest in December 1952, served in Tripoli. He was ordained a bishop in February 1970. Professor at the University of Balamand and Beirut. Metropolitan of Byblos, Botris and Mount Lebanon (Patriarchate of Antioch), graduate of the St. Sergius Institute in Paris, honorary doctor of theology from St. Vladimir Seminary. In 1953, together with Meyendorff, Schmemann, Nikolai Nissiotis, he created Syndesmos. His: L'Appel de l'Esprit. Eglise et societe, 2001 - The Call of the Spirit. Publishing house Le Sel de la Terre, les editions du Cerf - textes choisis et mis en forme pae Maxime Egger.Parole orthodoxe: Conversion - Au c?ur de la foi - Communion ecclesiale - Priere et liturgie - Paques, 2000Christianisme, judaisme et islam. Fidelite et ouverture, 1999 Revue d'ethique et de theologie morale n° 162. Foi chretienne et pouvoirs des hommes, 1987 *This book contains the thoughts of the hierarch of the Antiochian Orthodox Church on the life position of a Christian in the modern world. Bishop Georgiy Khodr touches on such sensitive topics as the Christian’s attitude to social activities and politics, technological civilization, social and national liberation struggles. Considerable attention is paid to the problems of the so-called “third world”. The author expresses ambiguity on the issue of the possibility for a Christian to use weapons for the triumph of a cause that he considers right. The main idea of ​​the book is that belonging to the Church should cease to be an external and formal circumstance in a person’s life and become a determining factor in all his affairs.