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Mount Athos

: renewal in paradise

/ Graham Speake

Main Author: Speake, Graham (1946-) (Συγγραφέας)Language: Αγγλικά.Country: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής.Publication: New Haven : London : Yale University Press, 2022Description: 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0300093535 (pbk.).Dewey: 271.8190949565 (Edition 23rd)Old Classification: Δ7 (Άγιον Όρος)Abstract: Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula on the coast of Greece, has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. This richly illustrated book tells the entire story of Athos, the Holy Mountain, from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and huts through centuries of political and religious controversy to the thriving monastic communities of today.
Subject - Topical Name: προσκυνηματικοί οδηγοί Subject - Geographical Name: Άγιον Όρος (Ελλάδα) -- Ιστορία | Άγιον Όρος (Ελλάδα) -- Μοναχισμός | Άγιον Όρος (Ελλάδα) -- Περιγραφή και ταξίδια Item type: Book
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Summary or Abstract: Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula on the coast of Greece, has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. This richly illustrated book tells the entire story of Athos, the Holy Mountain, from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and huts through centuries of political and religious controversy to the thriving monastic communities of today.

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