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A History of the Athonite Commonwealth: The Spiritual and Cultural Diaspora of Mount Athos

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.4 x 22.8 x 1.6 cm

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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.
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  • Author

    Graham Speake

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2018

  • Weight

    544g

  • Dimensions

    15.4 x 22.8 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108444323

  • ISBN-10

    1108444326

  • Eden Code

    4694559

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