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Pennington was the first Western monk to stay on Mount Athos for more than the usual overnight visit. THE MONKS OF MOUNT ATHOS is the journal of his extraordinary sojourn there. Listen in as Pennington wrestles with theological differences between Christianity's East and West, learns the Orthodox practice of 'the prayer of the heart' and explores the landscape the monastic communities and the food of Athos - a monastic republic like no other place on earth. This 25th anniversary edition of his stay (originally published in 1978 with the title O HOLY MOUNTAIN!) is complete with new material reflecting on the ecumenical openness fostered as a result of and since Pennington's stay there.

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Foreword by Archimandrite Dionysios Preface to the Jubilee Edition Before: An Introduction 1. First Days 2. Simonos Petras 3. Stavronikita 4. Aghios Panteleimonos 5. Back at Simonos Petras 6. The Feast 7. Ormilia 8. The Light of Tabor 9. Around the Mountain 10. Last Days on the Mountain 11. Rome Glossary

The Monks of Mount Athos: A Western Monks

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      Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2003
      ISBN13: 9781893361782, 978-1893361782
      ISBN10: 1893361780

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Pennington was the first Western monk to stay on Mount Athos for more than the usual overnight visit. THE MONKS OF MOUNT ATHOS is the journal of his extraordinary sojourn there. Listen in as Pennington wrestles with theological differences between Christianity's East and West, learns the Orthodox practice of 'the prayer of the heart' and explores the landscape the monastic communities and the food of Athos - a monastic republic like no other place on earth. This 25th anniversary edition of his stay (originally published in 1978 with the title O HOLY MOUNTAIN!) is complete with new material reflecting on the ecumenical openness fostered as a result of and since Pennington's stay there.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by Archimandrite Dionysios Preface to the Jubilee Edition Before: An Introduction 1. First Days 2. Simonos Petras 3. Stavronikita 4. Aghios Panteleimonos 5. Back at Simonos Petras 6. The Feast 7. Ormilia 8. The Light of Tabor 9. Around the Mountain 10. Last Days on the Mountain 11. Rome Glossary

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