Athos

Author : Graham Speake
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300093535
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mount Athos written by Graham Speake and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula on the coast of Greece has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. This richly illustrated book tells the entire story of Athos, the Holy Mountain, from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and huts through centuries of political and religious controversy to the thriving monastic communities of today.

Author : Graham Speake
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300103236
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mount Athos written by Graham Speake and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula on the coast of Greece, has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. This richly illustrated book tells the entire story of Athos, the Holy Mountain, from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and huts through centuries of political and religious controversy to the thriving monastic communities of today. "Superb photographs, fascinating. Travelers and pilgrims alike, as well as those who prefer to stay at home, will relish this tour of Athos’s history, its relics and treasures, and, in part, its consciousness.”--Literary Review "An all-embracing panorama of the nature and detailed history of Athos.”--Anglo-Hellenic Review "This beautifully produced book contains everything the layman could wish to know about Athos. It is more, much more, than a mere travel book, though it would be a useful addition to the Orthodox pilgrim’s knapsack.”--The Tablet

Author : Martin Puchner
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812988272
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Written World written by Martin Puchner and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs. We meet Murasaki, a lady from eleventh-century Japan who wrote the first novel, The Tale of Genji, and follow the adventures of Miguel de Cervantes as he battles pirates, both seafaring and literary. We watch Goethe discover world literature in Sicily, and follow the rise in influence of The Communist Manifesto. Puchner takes us to Troy, Pergamum, and China, speaks with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott in the Caribbean and Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, and introduces us to the wordsmiths of the oral epic Sunjata in West Africa. This delightful narrative also chronicles the inventions—writing technologies, the printing press, the book itself—that have shaped people, commerce, and history. In a book that Elaine Scarry has praised as “unique and spellbinding,” Puchner shows how literature turned our planet into a written world. Praise for The Written World “It’s with exhilaration . . . that one hails Martin Puchner’s book, which asserts not merely the importance of literature but its all-importance. . . . Storytelling is as human as breathing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Puchner has a keen eye for the ironies of history. . . . His ideal is ‘world literature,’ a phrase he borrows from Goethe. . . . The breathtaking scope and infectious enthusiasm of this book are a tribute to that ideal.”—The Sunday Times (U.K.) “Enthralling . . . Perfect reading for a long chilly night . . . [Puchner] brings these works and their origins to vivid life.”—BookPage “Well worth a read, to find out how come we read.”—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter

Author : Barbara Cable Taylor
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865547124
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Art of Athos Menaboni written by Barbara Cable Taylor and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Menaboni was an artist for art's sake, and shunned the spolight of publicity and fame. Thus, he is largely unknown today, despite the excellence and size of his ouvre."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : M. Basil Pennington
Publisher : SkyLight Paths Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1893361780
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monks of Mount Athos written by M. Basil Pennington and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the rich spirituality of monastic life on Mount Athos--a place like no other on earth. Twenty-five years ago, M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, was the first Western monk to live on Mount Athos for more than the usually permitted overnight visit. The Monks of Mount Athos chronicles his extraordinary stay, his experiences of the East, and lively conversations with his hosts about theological differences and unfamiliar spiritual practices. Listen in as Abbot Basil wrestles with historical differences between Christianity's East and West, learns the Orthodox practice of "the prayer of the heart," and explores the landscape, the monastic communities, and the food of Athos--a monastic republic like no other place on earth. New to this edition, Archimandrite Dionysios, a monk from "the Holy Mountain," reflects on the ecumenical openness fostered as a result of, and since, Abbot Basil's stay. The abbot's experiences on Mount Athos motivated him to re-examine his role as a monk and his relationship to God. His inspiring meditations will help you to explore your own relationship to God and to others.

Author : Dimitri Conomos
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039100644
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mount Athos, the Sacred Bridge written by Dimitri Conomos and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the papers included in this volume were first presented at a conference convened by the Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, in 2003. Mount Athos is the principal surviving centre of Orthodox monasticism and the spiritual heart of the Orthodox world. The aims of the conference were to draw attention to the historic importance, the spirituality, and the religious legacy of the Holy Mountain and to shed light on the contribution made by Athonite monasticism not only to worldwide Orthodoxy but also to Christianity at large. Many of the papers focus on particular individuals who from the fourteenth century to the twentieth have exemplified the spiritual traditions of Athos and whose memory as spiritual fathers, confessors, and ascetics continues to inspire their successors today.

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ISBN 13 : 9780966700084
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Elder, Joseph the Hesychast written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hieromonk Patapios
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039107223
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manna from Athos written by Hieromonk Patapios and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the first complete English translation, fully annotated, of the treatise Concerning Frequent Communion, commonly attributed to Sts. Makarios of Corinth and Nikodemos the Hagiorite, the compilers of the Philokalia. This pivotal treatise, by two central figures in the Kollyvades movement, which originated on Mount Athos in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, addresses a somewhat less well-known corollary issue in Orthodox spirituality, that of frequent Communion. The authors discuss the controversy surrounding a decline in the frequency of Communion in the Christian East, the relationship of that controversy to the Kollyvades movement, and the theological arguments in support of frequent Communion advanced by Makarios and Nikodemos, whose joint authorship of the treatise they endeavor to substantiate.

Author : Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3112651227
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mount Athos written by Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Athelstan Riley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Athos written by Athelstan Riley and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: