Evlogeite: A Pilgrim's Guide to Greece
Evlogeite: A Pilgrim's Guide to Greece
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Author: Nun Nectaria (Mclees)
Paperback: 1000 pages
A monumental volume describing well over 100 monasteries and churches in Greece, the Saints, relics, icons, and miracles associated with them. Included are numerous maps; photographs (black & white and colour); lives of saints with their dismissal hymns; several indices; a glossary; English-Greek phrase section and extensive bibliography.
Did you know...
That the Parthenon in Athens was a Christian church longer than it was a pagan temple?
That Greece, one-third the size of California, has more than 1,000 active monasteries?
That the monastic enclave of Mt. Athos is the oldest self-governing republic in the world?
Evlogeite! A Pilgrim’s Guide to Greece takes you on a fascinating and unforgettable journey through two thousand years of Greek-Christian history largely unknown in the West. From majestic cathedrals to sun-washed hilltop monasteries and little known village shrines