This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Caesarea and Capernaum, Israel. Continue reading “Monuments from Caesarea and Capernaum, Israel”
Monuments from Caesarea and Capernaum, Israel
Monuments from Machu Picchu, Peru
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Machu Picchu, Peru. Continue reading “Monuments from Machu Picchu, Peru”
Monuments from Petra, Jordan
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Petra, Jordan. Continue reading “Monuments from Petra, Jordan”
The monastic life in the eastern Orthodox Church – The origin of the monastic life
by Panayiotis Christou
During the fourth century A.D. there appeared within the Church a strong movement of withdrawal from organized society to the desert, a movement which grew ever larger during the subsequent period. Continue reading “The monastic life in the eastern Orthodox Church – The origin of the monastic life”
Origins of the Western Monasticism in the 4th and 5th c. A.D.
by George Valsamis
The issue of the origins of organised monasticism has caused much talk. Continue reading “Origins of the Western Monasticism in the 4th and 5th c. A.D.”
Polybius’ description of Pontus and Byzantium
The sea known as the Pontus is very nearly twenty-two thousand stades in circumference and has two mouths exactly opposite each other, one communicating with the Propontis and the other with the Palus Maeotis, which itself has a circumference of eight thousand stades. Continue reading “Polybius’ description of Pontus and Byzantium”
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