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Mount Athos - Microcosm of the Christian East (Paperback, New edition)
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Mount Athos - Microcosm of the Christian East (Paperback, New edition)
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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.
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