A history of the Athonite Commonwealth : the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos / Graham Speake, independent scholar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speake, Graham, 1946- author.

Contributor:

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern monasteries.

History.

Athos (Greece)--History.

Athos (Greece).

Greece--Athos.

Orthodox Eastern monasteries--Greece--Athos--History.

Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders.

Orthodox Eastern monasteries--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 294 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book examines the part played by monks of Mount Athos in the diffusion of Orthodox monasticism throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. It focuses on the lives of outstanding holy men in the history of Orthodoxy who have been drawn to the Mountain, have absorbed the spirit of its wisdom and its prayer, and have returned to the outside world, inspired to spread the results of their labours and learning. In a remarkable demonstration of what may be termed 'soft power' in action, these men have carried the image of Athos to all corners of the Balkan peninsula, to Ukraine, to the very far north of Russia, across Siberia and the Bering Strait into North America, and most recently (when traditional routes were closed to them by the curtain of communism) to the West. Their dynamic witness is the greatest gift of Athos to a world thirsting for spiritual guidance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781108425865

1108425860

9781108444323

1108444326

OCLC:

1023774897