The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality - Hardcover

Markides, Kyriacos C.

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ISBN 10: 0385500912 ISBN 13: 9780385500913

Verlag: Doubleday, 2001

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Book by Markides Kyriacos C

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In a collection of reflections, dialogues, history, and travelogue, an authority in Christian mysticism examines the spiritual traditions, ritual, and practice of Greek Orthodoxy and the role of Orthodox spirituality in a complex, modern world.

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expert in Christian mysticism travels to monasteries high in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus and offers a fascinating look at the Greek Orthodox approach to spirituality that will appeal to modern seekers.

In an engaging combination of dialogues, reflections, conversations, history, and travel information, Kyriacos C. Markides continues the exploration of a spiritual tradition and practice he began in Riding with the Lion. His earlier book took readers to the isolated peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece and into a group of ancient monasteries. There, in what might be called a “Christian Tibet,” two thousand monks and hermits practice the spiritual arts to attain oneness with God. In his new book, Markides follows Father Maximos, one of Mount Athos’s monks, to the troubled island of Cyprus. As Father Maximos establishes churches, convents, and monasteries in this deeply divided land, Markides is awakened anew to the magnificent spirituality of the Gr

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• Verlag: Doubleday
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385500912
• ISBN 13: 9780385500913
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256