Monasteries Of Greece

Author : Chris Hellier
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monasteries of Greece written by Chris Hellier and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And in the central Peloponnese lie the ruins of Mistra, once the 'Florence of the Orient', where the last group of medieval monasteries were built during the final flourish of Byzantine power.

Author : Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher : Paraclete Press
ISBN 13 : 1612614345
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Orthodox Church written by Frederica Mathewes-Green and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Orthodox Church—its history, theology, worship, spirituality, and daily life. This friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of visits to a fictitious church, and get to know the faith as new Christians did for most of history, by immersion. Mathews-Green provides commentary and explanations on everything from how to “venerate” an icon, the Orthodox understanding of the atonement, to the Lenten significance of tofu. It’s the perfect book for inquirers and newcomers, but even readers who have been Orthodox all their lives say they learned things they never knew before. Enjoyable, easy-to-read, and leavened with humor, Welcome to the Orthodox Church is a gracious guide to the ancient faith of the Christian East.

Author : Donald MacGillivray Nicol
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meteora written by Donald MacGillivray Nicol and published by Variorum Publishing. This book was released on 1963 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Philip Thomas
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022329
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents written by John Philip Thomas and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the typkia, discussed by John Thomas in the introduction, was one of flexible and personal documents, which differed considerably in form, length, and content. Not all of them were foundation documents in the strict sense, since they could be issued at any time in the history of an institution. Some were wills; others were reform decrees and rules; yet others were primarily liturgical in character.

Author : Constantina R. Palmer
Publisher : Ancient Faith Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781936270422
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scent of Holiness written by Constantina R. Palmer and published by Ancient Faith Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every monastery exudes the scent of holiness, but women's monasteries have their own special flavor. Join Constantina Palmer as she makes frequent pilgrimages to a women's monastery in Greece and absorbs the nuns' particular approach to their spiritual life. If you're a woman who's read of Mount Athos and longed to partake of its grace-filled atmosphere, this book is for you. Men who wish to understand how women's spirituality differs from their own will find it a fascinating read as well.

Author : Bernard Hamilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108915922
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States written by Bernard Hamilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monasticism in western and Byzantine traditions in the Near East in the period c.1050-1300. Bernard Hamilton and Andrew Jotischky follow the parallel histories of new Latin foundations alongside the survival and revival of Greek Orthodox monastic life under Crusader rule. Examining the involvement of monasteries in the newly founded Crusader States, the institutional organization of monasteries, the role of monastic life in shaping expressions of piety, and the literary and cultural products of monasteries, this meticulously researched survey will facilitate a new understanding of indigenous religious institutions and culture in the Crusader states.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945699009
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Departure of the Soul written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the teachings of over 120 Orthodox Saints and dozens of holy hierarchs, clergy, and theologians on the subject of the soul¿s exodus to the next life. With over 750 pages of source material featuring many rare images and dozens of texts translated into English for the first time, The Departure of the Soul is unique as both the sole reference edition on the subject and a fascinating and spiritually profitable book for anyone seeking insight into one of the greatest mysteries of all. The book also reveals over 100 falsifications, misrepresentations, and errors contained in the publications of authors who oppose the teaching of the Church, thus definitively ending the 40-year controversy in the Church.

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 : Elder Ephraim
Publisher : St Anthonys Greek Orth Monastery
ISBN 13 : 9780966700039
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counsels from the Holy Mountain written by Elder Ephraim and published by St Anthonys Greek Orth Monastery. This book was released on 1999 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treasury of personal counsels and homilies given by Elder Ephraim clearly delineates the Patristic path to sanctification. In "Counsels from the Holy Mountain" he gives advise on every aspect of the spiritual struggle with insight acquired from his experience as a monk for more than fifty years and as the spiritual father of thousands of clergy, monastics, and laymen.

Author : Paul Hetherington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788167867
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Byzantine and Medieval Greece written by Paul Hetherington and published by . This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informs visitors to modern Greece about some features of the country1s medieval past, from the 4th century to the final occupation by the Turks in 1460. It concentrates on surviving creations that were produced on Greek soil in early Christian, Byzantine and medieval periods, on the mainland and the Peloponnese, to the exclusion of the islands. Sections: an outline history of medieval Greece; the architecture and art of medieval Greece; entries in alphabetical sequence by location; glossary; tables of rulers; main historical events; further reading; and index of personal names. 34 illustrations and 6 maps.