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Letters from the desert : a selection of questions and responses / Barsanuphius and John ; translation and introduction by John Chryssavgis.
LIBRA BR60 .B3713 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barsanuphius, Saint, active 6th century.
- Series:
- St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular patristics series
- St. Vladimir's Seminary Press popular patristics series
- Standardized Title:
- Biblos psychōphelestatē periechousa apokriseis. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Asceticism.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages : 1 map ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Two monastic elders - the "Great Old Man" Barsanuphius, and the "Other Old Man" John - flourished in the southern region around Gaza in the early part of the sixth century. Maintaining strict seclusion, they spoke to others only through letters by way of Abba Seridos, the abbot of their monastic, desert community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0881412546
- OCLC:
- 52258091
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