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The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization UNESCO entrusted author James Robinson with tracking down the place where the Nag Hammadi Codices had been discovered Priests whom the author interviewed in the region told Robinson that the codices had once been in the possession of a priest in the town of Dishna a bit further upstream than Nag Hammadi itself Robinson found that this priest had not had the Nag Hammadi Codices but rather the Bodmer Papyri For Dishna is where the monastery headquarters of the first monastic order was located The Bodmer Papyri discovery consisted of all that was left of the library of the Pachomian monastic order Coptic letters of Pachomius and very early Greek copies of Luke and John perhaps donated when Athanasius was in hiding at the monastery These treasures were preserved in a jar hidden in the mountain where monks were buried This book traces the story of the Bodmer Papyri from beginning to end
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The Kievan Caves Monastery was for centuries the most important Ukrainian monastic establishment It was the outstanding center of literary production and its monks served throughout the territory of Rus as bishops and monastic superiors The most detailed source for the monastery early history is its Paterik a thirteenthcentury compilation containing stories reaching back to the monasterys foundation in the mideleventh century Muriel Heppell now makes available the first complete English translation of the Paterik With an introduction map and several appendices Muriel Heppell discusses the works Byzantine background and also sets it in its historical context The Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature is one portion of the Harvard Project in Commemoration of the Millennium of Christianity in RusUkraine sponsored by the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University The Library encompasses literary activity in RusUkraine from its beginning in the mideleventh century through the end of the eighteenth century Included are ecclesiastical and secular works written in a variety of languages such as Church Slavonic Old Rus Ruthenian Middle Ukrainian Polish and Latin This linguistic diversity reflects the cultural pluralism of Ukrainian intellectual life in the medieval and earlymodern periods The Library consists of three parts Texts which publishes original works in facsimile whenever appropriate English Translations and Ukrainian Translations Each volume begins with an introductory essay by a specialist The two translation series also include maps appendices and indices A cumulative index to the entire Library is planned
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The discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus at the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai in 1859 was a major archaeological event Created 1600 years agonbspit contains the earliest complete copy of the New Testament and arguably the entire Bible making it the direct ancestor of all subsequent editions of the Bible How this priceless treasure came to be how it managed to survive for so long and whats next for this cornerstone of Western civilization is the absorbing story Scot McKendrick spins in In a Monastery LibraryThe fabrication and binding of the Codex was as McKendrick shows a hugely ambitious project necessitating a complex timeconsuming and costly production process Separate leaves of the Codex now reside in Egypt Russia Germany and England and the history of its dispersal is as intriguing as the story of its origin McKendrick ends with a look at the books future detailing plans to bring the surviving pages back together and to make them available digitally The only book to accessibly relate the dramatic tale of this rare artifact In a Monastery Library is a bracing account of a critical piece of world history
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Michael Casey a monk and scholar who has been publishing his wise teachings on the Rule of St Benedict for decades turns to the particular Benedictine values that he considers most urgent for Christians to incorporate into their lives today Eloquent and incisive Casey invites readers to accept that gospel living seen in the light of the Rule involves accepting the challenge of being different from the secular culture around us He encourages readers to set clear goals and objectives to be honest about the practical ways in which priorities may have to change to meet these goals and to have the courage to implement these changes both daily and for the future Casey presents thoughtful reflections on the beliefs and values of asceticism silence leisure reading chastity and poverty putting these traditional Benedictine values into the context of modern life and the spiritual aspirations of people today Strangers to the City is a book for all who are interested in learning more about the dynamics of spiritual growth from the monastic experience
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The Holy Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai has been characterized by scholars as the most celebrated of the worlds monasteries while in the conscience of the Orthodox peoples it was and remains the most revered and longedfor focus of pilgrimage after the Holy Places In the course of the Monasterys fifteen centuries of uninterrupted life and despite the great difficulties faced in the midst of alien peoples not only has St Catherines managed to maintain the Orthodox faith intact and provide the Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate with preeminent figures of Asceticism but it also secured special privileges from the Prophet Mohammed and at a later date from popes of Rome and leaders of both the East and West The Monastery thus proved itself a great spiritual hearth of Hellenism rendering the most distinguished service to monasticism Orthodoxy the Church and the Greek people At the same time the Monastery acquired international fame as a unique centre of Byzantine icon painting Here the specialist may study the uninterrupted development of this art from the 6th century up till the present day Furthermore the Monastery also developed its own Sinaitic school of icon painting with its own stylistic techniques and Sinaitic subject matter Examples of this schools work are encountered not only in icons but also in illuminated manuscripts of the calligraphic and chrysographic workshop of the Monasterys worldfamous Library The Monastery of Sinai moreover surrounded as it is by the fortification walls built by its founder the Emperor Justinian and isolated in the inhospitable desert was through the centuries a secure haven for invaluable works of art sent from all corners of the Earth as devout offerings of the faithful Byzantine PostByzantine and Modern Greek works representing all types of ecclesiastical art make up the artistic treasures of the Monastery
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By John Galey 9x12 191 pages profusely amp beautifully color photo illustrated Copyright 1979 English copyright 1980 thus a First US Edition published by Massada Publishing
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