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Informationen zum Autor Sydney Loch Klappentext Athos, the Holy Mountain of Greece, is one of the most mysterious places in the world. A rugged pyramid that rises up from the Aegean Sea, the mountain is wreathed in myth, legend and ancient traditions that, to this day, remain largely hidden from view. The heart of Athos started to beat at the dawn of Christianity and its community lays claim to being the oldest democracy in the world. An entirely autonomous region of the Hellenic Republic, it is home to twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling to its rocky flanks. No women are allowed to set foot upon the peninsula and the monks who inhabit this isolated place still use the Julian calendar, living on 'Byzantine Time', where each day starts at sunset. While living in the mountain's shadow, in Ouranopolis, Sydney Loch spent many years exploring Athos, and here he paints an enthralling portrait of the Holy Mountain. Zusammenfassung "It calls for a writer more able at words to picture the sheer beauty of the Mountain. To convey the altering feeling of morning! or high noon; of afternoon! and deep midnight; of the golden scores of stars puncturing the sky." Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction 1 The Wall: Chromitsa Metorchi 2 Chilandari: the Idiorrhythmic Monastery of Chelandio 3 Esphigmenou: the Coenobitic Monastery of the Tight-Girdled One 4 Zographou: the Coenobitic Monastery of the Painter 5 Kastamonitou: the Coenobitic Monastery of the Man of Kastamoni 6 Docheiarious: the Idorrythmic Monastery of the Superintendent of the Stores Xenophontos: the Coenobitic Monastery of Xenophon 7 St. Panteleimon or Russiko: the Coenobitic Monastery of the Russians 8 The Capital Town of Karyes 9 The Coenobitic Skete of St. Andrew Axion Estin Kelli The Coenobitic Skete of Prophet Elijah Pantokratoros: the Idiorrhythmic Monastery of the Almighty The Idiorrhythmic Monastery of Stavronikita 10 Vatopedi: the Idiorrrhythmic Monastery of the Bramble Field, or the Boy and the Bramble Bush 11 Iviron: teh Idiorrhythmic Monastery of the Iberians or Georgians 12 Philotheou: the Idiorrhythmic Monastery of the Hermit of Philotheos 13 The Great Lavra: the Idiorrhythmic Monastery of the Great-Street-of -Cells 14 Prodromou: the Coenobitic Skete of the Forerunner Kapsokalyvia: the Idiorrhythmic Skete of the Burnt Huts 15 Kerasia St Basil's Karoulia, or the Pulleys The Idiorrhythmic Skete of St. Anne's New Skete 16 St. Paul's: the Coenobitic Monastery of St. Paul of Xeropotamou 17. Dionysiou: the Coenobitic Monastery of Dionysus of Kastoria Gregariou: the Coenobitic Monastery of Gregory of Sinai Simopetra: the Coenobitic Monastery of the Rock of Simon Appendix The Author Index ...
