Mount Athos: Renewal In Paradise

Graham Speake

Yale University Press, 2002 - Religion - 294 pages

Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula on the coast of Greece, has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. This richly illustrated book tells the entire story of Athos, the Holy Mountain, from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and huts through centuries of political and religious controversy to the thriving monastic communities of today.
“Superb photographs, fascinating. Travelers and pilgrims alike, as well as those who prefer to stay at home, will relish this tour of Athos’s history, its relics and treasures, and, in part, its consciousness.”—Literary Review
“An all-embracing panorama of the nature and detailed history of Athos.”—Anglo-Hellenic Review
“This beautifully produced book contains everything the layman could wish to know about Athos. It is more, much more, than a mere travel book, though it would be a useful addition to the Orthodox pilgrim’s knapsack.”—The Tablet

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User Review  - Nicholas - Goodreads

Graham Speake delivers a history of Mount Athos which anyone should read if studying the Orthodox or Eastern Catholics. Not only does it beautifully describe the Holy Mountain, but in the latter ...

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User Review  - Patricia Morzi - Christianbook.com

Excellent resource book...very informative and illustrated. All you need to know about Mount Athos is there!

About the author

Graham Speake is by training a classicist and by profession an academic publisher. He is founder and honorary secretary of the Friends of Mount Athos and a frequent visitor to the Mountain.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mount Athos: Renewal In Paradise
• Author: Graham Speake
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0300103239, 9780300103236
• Length: 294 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Orthodox