Monks and Laymen in Byzantium 843-1118 more books like this

by Rosemary Morris

In Byzantium monks did not form a separate caste, apart from society. They were not only loyal to their own houses or monastic leaders, but also formed part of a nexus of social, economic and spiritual relationships which bound together the 'powerful' in the middle Byzantine state. Their monasticism, unlike the Western religious 'orders', ...

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The Chilandarians: Serbian Monks on the Greek Mountain more books like this

by Slavko Todorovich

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Athos: Travels on the Holy Mountain more books like this

by Matthew Spencer

The story of the author's journey around the Holy Mountain of Athos, combining travel writing, history and spiritual reflection. Of all the holy places of the Orthodox Churches Mount Athos is the holiest. This book uncovers some of the monastic rituals and origins of the monks' way of life. Matthew Spencer has a keen eye and his writing reveals ...

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Starets Paisii Velichkovskii : his life, teachings, and influence on Orthodox monasticism more books like this

by Sergii Chetverikov

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The living witness of the Holy Mountain : contemporary voices from Mount Athos more books like this

by Alexander Golitzin

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Monasticism in the Orthodox Churches, more books like this

by N. F. Robinson

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Monasteries of Greece more books like this

by Chris Hellier, Francesco Venturi

This is an illustrated history of the monasteries of Greece. The book starts in the Egyptian desert at St Catherine's on Mount Sinai, where the "Desert Fathers" exercised an early influence over subsequent eastern orthodoxy. It moves on to discuss numerous and varied monasteries in mainland and island Greece, including those on Patmos, Crete and ...

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Romanian Patericon: Containing the Lives and Sayings of the Saints and Monastic Fathers Who Labored in the Land of Romania from the Fourth more books like this

by Ioanichie Balan

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Byzantine Saints and Monasteries more books like this

by Ihor Sevcenko

One of the Nicholas E Kulukundis Lectures in the History of Hellenism by a noted Byzantinist.

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The Childandarians : Serbian monks on the green mountain more books like this

by Slavko Todorovich

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One Yet Two: Monastic Tradition, East and West: Orthodox-Cistercian Symposium, Oxford University, 26 August-1 September, 1973 more books like this

by M Basil Pennington, Father, O.C.S.O.

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Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism: Papers from the Twenty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1994 more books like this

by Anthony Bryer

This collection of conference papers embodies the results of research into the archives of Mount Athos. All aspects of Byzantine monasticism are covered, dealing with questions of asceticism, authority, community, economy, enlightenment, fortification, liturgy, music, manuscripts, hesychasm, scandal, spirituality and women. These papers provide an ...

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One Yet Two: Monastic Tradition East & West more books like this

by M Basil Pennington, Father, O.C.S.O. (Editor)

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La maison de la Sainte Trinité : un grande-monastère russe du Moyen-âge tardif, 1345-1533 more books like this

by Pierre Gonneau

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