Athos, the holy mountain
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Non-Fiction
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Publication Year
1971
Publisher
Pages
264
Description
Athos is a peninsula stretching into the Aegean. The first monks were there before the Conqueror came to England; it is unique, a womanless land dedicated to the same way of life for a thousand years. The author of this brilliant book was an honoured guest everywhere on Athos, and he knew it as few laymen do; the great monasteries, their splendid churches, the ikons and their legends; the hard-labouring kelliotes, the shy cliff-perched hermits. He knew the everyday life and the people of the Mountain. In his book he shows us the living world of Athos. - from Amzon
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