Last monk of the Strofades memories from an unknown Greek island
Texts: The Strophades -- The Strofades Monastery: history and outlook -- Dramatis personae -- The lay of the land -- Strofades: a miracle in the middle of nowhere -- The Holy Monastery of Strofades: a unique structure in the Orthodox World -- Monasticism as military service. The Monastery's man...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, N.Y.
Abbeville Press Publishers
2019
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Texts: The Strophades -- The Strofades Monastery: history and outlook -- Dramatis personae -- The lay of the land -- Strofades: a miracle in the middle of nowhere -- The Holy Monastery of Strofades: a unique structure in the Orthodox World -- Monasticism as military service. The Monastery's manuscripts. The Strofades Monastery: a historiographic omission -- Restoration prospects: in conversation with the monument -- Eighteen wells on a remote, little island: where do the island springs originate from? -- Endangered flora and fauna -- The isolated keepers of a historic lighthouse -- The Strofades Monastery: architecture and construction history "This book is intended to tell the world about the Holy Monastery at Strofades, and encourage its preservation. At its core are the words of the last monk himself, Father Gregory, who guides the reader through his historic monastery--its chapels, refectory, mills, bakehouse, and living quarters--and the natural beauties of its island setting, as depicted in Robert McCabe's superb photographs. The testimonies of the boatman who brought Father Gregory his supplies, as well as the lighthouse keeper who was once his only companion on the island, lend texture and context--as do essays on the history, geology, and architecture of the Strofades, and architectural drawings that reconstruct the monastery's phases of construction"--Back cover |
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| Beschreibung: | 243 Seiten Illustrationen, Pläne, Portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780789213358 |