The Monks of Mount Athos: A Western Monks Extraordinary Spiritual Journey on Eastern Holy Ground

by M. Basil Pennington OCSO, Archimandrite Dionysios (Foreword by)

Overview

Discover the rich spirituality of monastic life on Mount Athos
a place like no other on earth.

Twenty-five years ago, M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, was the first Western monk to live on Mount Athos for more than the usually permitted overnight visit. The Monks of Mount Athos chronicles his extraordinary stay, his experiences of the East, and lively conversations with his hosts about theological differences and unfamiliar spiritual practices.

Listen in as Abbot Basil wrestles with historical differences between Christianitys East and West, learns the Orthodox practice of the prayer of the heart, and explores the landscape, the monastic communities, and the food of Athosa monastic republic like no other place on earth. New to this edition, Archimandrite Dionysios, a monk from the Holy Mountain, reflects on the ecumenical openness fostered as a result of, and since, Abbot Basils stay.

The abbots experiences on Mount Athos motivated him to re-examine his role as a monk and his relationship to God. His inspiring meditations will help you to explore your own relationship to God and to others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594734014
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/29/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO was a monk for more than fifty years. He lived at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts and was the author of many modern spiritual classics, including Lectio Divina; Centering Prayer.

The Very Reverend Archimandrite Dionysios: Monk at Great Meteoron, tonsured by his Elder, Archimandrite Aemilianos. Confessor at Simonos Petras Monastery, Mt. Athos. Unanimously elected Abbot of Pantocrator Monastery, Mt. Athos. Abbot of Holy Cross Monastery, Confessor and Headmaster of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Founder of Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery, Thebes, Greece, where he now serves. Author of The Priest as Confessee and Confessor and many lectures and letters to his spiritual children.

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

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