Band 12
From Samos to Soho The Unorthodox Life of Joseph Georgirenes, a Greek Archbishop
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Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies
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- Englisch ausgewählt
Fr. 112.00
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
26.12.2016
Abbildungen
137
Herausgeber
Andrew Louth + weitereVerlag
Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic PublishersSeitenzahl
400
Maße (L/B/H)
22.5/15/2.3 cm
Gewicht
590 g
Auflage
1
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-0343-1788-7
Born on the small Greek island of Melos, Joseph Georgirenes became a monk on Mount Athos and was consecrated as Archbishop of Samos in 1666. Five years later he left his diocese and travelled to Europe, visiting Rome, Paris, London and Oxford. Scholars such as Antoine Galland in Paris and Thomas Smith in Oxford invited this Greek Orthodox priest to take part in their theological discussions. Until now, Georgirenes has been best known for having established the first Greek Orthodox church in London in Soho, and for publishing a detailed account of the condition and practices of the Orthodox church living under Ottoman rule. This booklet – A Description of the Present State of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos and Mount Athos – was published in London in 1677 and is republished here for the first time in England. Caught up in the Popish Plot, Georgirenes left England in 1682 and it was not known what happened to him. For the first time, however, this biography reveals the extraordinary further adventures of this much-travelled priest.
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