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thebaid
Monasticism at its most simple and essential level. At the time of the Thebaid, the Levant was sprinkled generously with ascetic extremists, the types who immured themselves in caves, those that wore theit time away in prayer and meditation and … Continue reading
rocks of ages and sages
The rock monasteries of Cappadocia. In the days of Byzantium, monks turned weird rock cones into a city of cells and churches. It was part of central Turkey and a volcano buried the country-side for forty square miles in a … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Ahmet Ertug, Buckle Church Cappadocia, Cappadocia churches, Cappadocia Monasteries, Church of the Serpent Cappadocia, Julian the Apostate, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Monasticism history, Saint Gregory of Nanzianus, Saint Jerome, Saint Jerome Vulgate, the anchorites, The Dark Church Cappadocia, the Dendrites, the stylites, the Thebaid
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