Phoenix: The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men more books like this

by Robert Byron

At only 22 years of age, the author of the acclaimed Road to Oxiana traveled with his friends for the first time to Mount Athos in Greece. The eye-opening visit inspired a classic appraisal of its treasures and men--one that immediately established Byron as a major new talent. A deep love for Byzantine civilization and reverence for antiquity glow ...

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Mount Athos - An Illustrated Guide to the Monasteries and Their History more books like this

by Sotiris Kadas

Table of Contents: From legend to history; Monasticism on Mount Athos; Mount Athos today; The government of Mount Athos; The life of the monks on Athos; Work; Food; Karyes - the Protaton; Great Lavra; The monastery of Vatopedi; The monastery of Iveron; The monastery of Chelandari; The monastery of Dionysiou; The monastery of Koutloumousiou; The ...

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Monks of Dust: The Holy Men of Mount Athos more books like this

by Xavier Zimbardo, Barry Unsworth (Introduction by)

""In the room next door to Father Pavlos's restoration workshop, I discovered a treasure of very old photographs. The pictures were roughly the same size as those that figure on passports. They looked fairly normal to the naked eye, simply damaged and covered with microscopic cracks. I was able to scrutinize them more closely using the magnifying ...

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Mount Athos more books like this

by Theocharis Provatakis

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Journey from paradise. more books like this

by Ralph Harper

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