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Prodigal daughter : a journey to Byzantium / Myrna Kostash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kostash, Myrna, author.
- University of Alberta. Archives.
- Series:
- Wayfarer Series
- Wayfarer
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kostash, Myrna--Travel--Balkan Peninsula.
- Kostash, Myrna.
- Kostash, Myrna--Religion.
- Demetrius, Saint, active 4th century.
- Demetrius.
- University of Alberta. Archives--Catalogs.
- University of Alberta.
- University of Alberta--History--Sources--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Spiritual biography.
- Balkan Peninsula--Description and travel.
- Balkan Peninsula.
- Balkan Peninsula--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A deep-seated questioning of her inherited religion resurfaces when Myrna Kostash chances upon the icon of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica. A historical, cultural and spiritual odyssey that begins in Edmonton, ranges around the Balkans, and plunges into a renewed vision of Byzantium in search of the Great Saint of the East delivers the author to an unexpected place-the threshold of her childhood church. An epic work of travel memoir, Prodigal Daughter sings with immediacy and depth, rewarding readers with a profound sense of an adventure they have lived. This book will appeal to readers interested in Ukrainian-Canadian culture, the Eastern Church, and medieval history, as well as to fans of Kostash's bold creative nonfiction.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Part 1: Demetrius among the Slavs
- Prologue
- Byzantium on the Prairies
- Hiking for Demetrius
- Mother Thessaloniki
- Miracle on the Ramparts
- History is the Dogma of Scars
- Demetrius among the Macedonians
- Demetrius among the Serbs
- Demetrius among the Bulgarians
- Who is He Killing?
- Letting Go
- Lord, have Mercy
- Return to Canada
- Part 2: Demetrius in Byzantium
- Interlude
- Opening: The Mad Professor of Sirmium
- Slavs in Byzantium
- The Byzantine Saint
- The Guardian Saint
- The Passion of Demetrius
- The Life and Death of St. Demetrius, a Young Man of Thessalonica, April 304 (Two Versions)
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography and Recommended Reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-88864-704-2
- 0-88864-770-0
- OCLC:
- 1257385102
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