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Born on the small Greek island of Melos, Joseph Georgirenes became
a monk on Mount Athos and was consecrated as Archbishop of Samos in
1666. Five years later he left his diocese and travelled to Europe,
visiting Rome, Paris, London and Oxford. Scholars such as Antoine
Galland in Paris and Thomas Smith in Oxford invited this Greek
Orthodox priest to take part in their theological discussions.
Until now, Georgirenes has been best known for having established
the first Greek Orthodox church in London in Soho, and for
publishing a detailed account of the condition and practices of the
Orthodox church living under Ottoman rule. This booklet - A
Description of the Present State of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos and
Mount Athos - was published in London in 1677 and is republished
here for the first time in England. Caught up in the Popish Plot,
Georgirenes left England in 1682 and it was not known what happened
to him. For the first time, however, this biography reveals the
extraordinary further adventures of this much-travelled priest.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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