The monastic magnet
Subtitle: roads to and from Mount Athos
By: René Gothóni and Graham Speake (eds)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bern; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9783039113378
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.
Notes: Selected conference papers.

Includes index.