Mount Athos

Mount Athos PDF Author: Graham Speake
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300093535
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Book Description
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.