A History of the Athonite Commonwealth

The Spiritual and Cultural Diaspora of Mount Athos
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-42586-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 636 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speake, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The monastic life; Part II: 3. St Athanasios the Athonite (c.925-1000/1): founder of cenobitic monasticism on Athos; 4. The enlighteners of Georgia; 5. St Antony (983-1073) and St Theodosius (1035-1074) of Kiev: fathers of Russian monasticism; 6. St Sava (1175-1236): illuminator of Serbia; 7. St Gregory of Sinai (c.1265-1346): initiator of the 'Hesychast International'; 8. St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359): champion of hesychasm on Athos; 9. St Theodosius of Trnovo (c.1300-1363) and the Bulgarian school of hesychasm; 10. St Nikodimos of Tismana (1320-1406): transmitter of hesychasm to Wallachia; 11. St Sergius of Radonezh (1314-1392) and St Nil Sorsky (c.1433-1508): revivers of Russian monasticism; 12. St Maximos the Greek (c.1470-1556): enlightener of Russia; 13. St Kosmas the Aetolian (1714-1779): teacher of the Greek nation, apostle to the Albanians; 14. St Paisy Velichkovsky (1722-1794): reviver of hesychasm; 15. St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain (1749-1809): editor of the Philokalia; 16. Athos and the West; Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Speake, Graham
Graham Speake is founder and Chairman of the Friends of Mount Athos. He is a regular visitor to the Mountain and was received into the Orthodox Church there in 1999. Trained as a classicist, he holds a doctorate in Greek from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His first book, Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise (2nd edition, 2014), was awarded the Criticos Prize.