Things of the hidden God, journey to the Holy Mountain, Christopher Merrill
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Things of the hidden God, journey to the Holy Mountain, Christopher Merrill
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Things of the hidden God
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
55066744
Responsibility statement
Christopher Merrill
Sub title
journey to the Holy Mountain
Summary
For well over a thousand years, Mount Athos, a small peninsula in the Aegean Sea, has been the center of Eastern Orthodox Christian monasticism. Once home to 10,000 monks, its twenty monasteries and countless hermitages continue to attract hikers and pilgrims (only men allowed), including Merrill, an exhausted poet and essayist. Searching for grace, he made five visits to Mount Athos between Lent of 1998 and Easter of 2000. This book is not so much about personal renewal--he offers little concrete information about his own struggles--as it is an extended reflection on the common sources of faith and poetry
Table Of Contents
Penitence -- Purification -- Prayer