Christ the Eternal Tao: Foreword

Foreword from the book 'Christ the Eternal Tao' by Hieromonk Damascene.
Images:
Image #1 - Lou Shibai, The Peaks of Huangshan Mountain
Image #2 - Bishop Symeon Du of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church in Shanghai
Image #3 - The nave of an Eastern Orthodox Christian Church
Image #4 - Members of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church in Beijing, 1935. Photograph taken on the 250th Anniversary Jubilee of the Beijing Mission. In the middle is Priest Nikolai See, who came from Shanghai for this occasion. The people are in Chinese costume of various colors - mainly blue.
Image #5 - Chang Lu (A.D. 1490-1563), Lao Tzu Riding a Water Buffalo. According to Chinese tradition, Lao Tzu, after writing the Tao Teh Ching in his old age, left the world riding a water buffalo. He travelled through Hanku Pass to the Chungnan Mountains in the west, where he became a hermit in the wilderness.
References in this chapter:
1. Akathist to Our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, Kontakion 10
2. Revelation 1 and John 10:9