The article examines the role of monasticism in modern world according to teachings Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew І. Particular attention is paid current social problems today, their relationship with monastic tradition. states that mission becomes not only spiritual, but also social, moral and ecological. Some aspects Orthodox Church's doctrine concerning gender issues possibilities female ...

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview the monastic houses operated on northernmost periphery Roman Catholic Europe during Middle Ages. intention debunk long-held theory Iceland and Norse Greenland’s supposed isolation from rest world, as it clear that medieval monasticism reached both these societies, just their counterparts elsewhere in North Atlantic. During Ages, fourteen were open...

This article endeavors to comprehensively explore the spiritual experiences within Christianity, and Islam. It aims examine similarities dissimilarities between Monasticism (existing in Christianity) Sufism Islam). The delves into inquiries regarding whether monasticism serves as origin of Sufism, potential reciprocal influence two phenomena, absence any connection them. To accomplish this, pap...

This paper analyses self-sacrifice as the highest form of love, focusing on Byzantine perception ethical principles that was transferred into Russian cultural space via translations neptic literature, thus continuing ancient philosophical tradition. On basis a historical source (Eusebius Caesarea) author highlights cases in individuals’ lives out charitable love for their neighbours and illumin...

The introduction of regular religious life in the Nordic region is less well-documented than neighbouring kingdoms northern Europe. In absence well-preserved manuscript and material remains, unfounded sometimes distorting suppositions have been made about timeline monastic settlement character conventual it brought. Recent archival archaeological research can offer fresh insights into these que...