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Speake Graham - A History Of The Athonite Commonwealth The Spiritual And Cultural Diaspora Of Mount Athos - Paperback
Speake Graham - A History Of The Athonite Commonwealth The Spiritual And Cultural Diaspora Of Mount Athos - Paperback
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Description: This book examines the part played by monks of Mount Athos in the diffusion of Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. It focuses on the lives of outstanding holy men in the history of Orthodoxy who have been drawn to the Mountain have absorbed the spirit of its wisdom and its prayer and have returned to the outside world inspired to spread the results of their labours and learning. In a remarkable demonstration of what may be termed 'soft power in action these men have carried the image of Athos to all corners of the Balkan peninsula to Ukraine to the very far north of Russia across Siberia and the Bering Strait into North America and most recently (when traditional routes were closed to them by the curtain of communism) to the West. Their dynamic witness is the greatest gift of Athos to a world thirsting for spiritual guidance.
Title: A History Of The Athonite Commonwealth The Spiritual And Cultural Diaspora Of Mount Athos
Author(s): Speake Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108444323
Pages: 308 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 41 Plates, Color; 5 Maps
Publication Date: 6/7/2018
Category: Orthodox & Oriental Churches
Description: This book examines the part played by monks of Mount Athos in the diffusion of Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. It focuses on the lives of outstanding holy men in the history of Orthodoxy who have been drawn to the Mountain have absorbed the spirit of its wisdom and its prayer and have returned to the outside world inspired to spread the results of their labours and learning. In a remarkable demonstration of what may be termed 'soft power in action these men have carried the image of Athos to all corners of the Balkan peninsula to Ukraine to the very far north of Russia across Siberia and the Bering Strait into North America and most recently (when traditional routes were closed to them by the curtain of communism) to the West. Their dynamic witness is the greatest gift of Athos to a world thirsting for spiritual guidance.
Title: A History Of The Athonite Commonwealth The Spiritual And Cultural Diaspora Of Mount Athos
Author(s): Speake Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108444323
Pages: 308 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 41 Plates, Color; 5 Maps
Publication Date: 6/7/2018
Category: Orthodox & Oriental Churches
