This article is significant in pointing to Metropolitan Kallistos’ key role in ecumenical relations for which LOI is very grateful: TRUE MAN: KALLISTOS OF OXFORD AS ORTHODOXY’S FIRST UNIVERSAL TEACHER OF THE GLOBAL AGE
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