Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Mount Athos : Microcosm of the Christian East - Graham Speake

Mount Athos

Microcosm of the Christian East

By: Graham Speake (Editor), Kallistos Ware (Editor)

Paperback | 4 December 2011

At a Glance

Paperback


$60.01

or 4 interest-free payments of $15.00 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Mount Athos is the spiritual heart of the Orthodox world. From its beginnings in the ninth century it attracted monks from all corners of the Byzantine empire and beyond to experience its seclusion, its sanctity, and its great natural beauty. The first monastery, founded in 963, was an international institution from the start; by the end of the twelfth century separate monasteries had been founded not only for Greeks but also for Georgians, Amalfitans, Russians, Serbs, and Bulgarians. Nationality, however, has rarely counted for much on Athos, and though the Romanians have never secured a monastery for themselves, today they form, after the Greeks, the largest ethnic group. This book tells the story of how these many traditions came to be represented on the Mountain and how their communities have fared over the centuries. Most of the papers were originally delivered at a conference convened by the Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, in 2009. As far as possible, the authors were chosen to write about the traditions that they themselves represent.

More in History & Criticism of Literature

100 Diaries That Chronicled World Events - Colin Salter

RRP $44.99

$35.75

21%
OFF
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge
Essential Shakespeare : The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation - Dr. Jenny  Stevens
The Voynich Manuscript - Raymond Clemens

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life : Our July Book of the Month - Anna Funder
The Outsiders : Penguin Modern Classics - S. E. Hinton

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

RRP $16.99

$15.99

Every Day I Read : 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books - Hwang Bo-reum

RRP $26.99

$21.75

19%
OFF
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane : A Novel - Lisa See

RRP $32.99

$16.75

49%
OFF
Create Dangerously : Penguin Modern - Albert Camus
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF
Mao's Last Dancer : The Beloved Australian Classic - Li Cunxin
Reacher : The Stories Behind The Stories - Lee Child

RRP $36.99

$22.19

40%
OFF
Book of Lives : A Memoir of Sorts - Margaret Atwood

RRP $69.99

$52.75

25%
OFF
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life - Anna Funder

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF