The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery

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Book Overview

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 thirteenth-century compilation containing stories reaching back to the monastery's foundation in the mid-eleventh century. Muriel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932650075
• ISBN13: 9781932650075
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"