The monastic magnet

Description:

Mount Athos has been exercising its magnetic attraction on monks and pilgrims for over a thousand years. Many of the papers collected here are concerned with aspects of pilgrimage to Athos and the effect that a visit to the Mountain has on pilgrims' lives.

subjects: Orthodox Eastern monasteries,  Congresses,  Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages,  Church history,  Pilgrims and pilgrimages,  Monasteries,  Orthodox eastern church, greek

Places: Athos (Greece),  Athos,  Greece