Pantokrator An Introduction to Orthodoxy |
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Author:
| Curnow, Trevor |
ISBN: | 978-1-84718-241-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2007 |
Publisher: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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This is an admirable book, which succeeds in the difficult task, implied by its title, of combining an account of a particular Athointe monastery with concise and illuminating introduction to Orthodoxy. It will be found useful equally by those planning a visit to the Holy Mountain and by those who have been there on pilgrimage and wish to understand better that they have experienced. I found that objects, practices and statements which I had seen and heard in the monasteries were...
More DescriptionThis is an admirable book, which succeeds in the difficult task, implied by its title, of combining an account of a particular Athointe monastery with concise and illuminating introduction to Orthodoxy. It will be found useful equally by those planning a visit to the Holy Mountain and by those who have been there on pilgrimage and wish to understand better that they have experienced. I found that objects, practices and statements which I had seen and heard in the monasteries were frequently illuminated by Curnow's account. - Michael Llewellyn Smith, Friends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 2008.