The interview with the Monastery’s representative was realised in Greek. It started with an introduction by me and I informed him about the content of my research. The interview was taken in the abbot’s office, where the representative offered me a chair and I had plenty of time at my disposal. Particularly, the interview lasted 64 minutes. During the interview I recorded whatever we discussed by using my tablet and the program Sound Record, version 1.5.0.19_150731.
The interview with the representative, Mr. Kosmitis Taxiarches provided me with useful information about the Monastery’s role and its funding system. He highlighted the importance of the Monastery during the Ottoman occupation. As we have seen above, the monastic complex was used
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For example, Mr. Kosmitis Taxiarches himself lives in the area. He is a theologist and works at the Monastery’s shop, which sells icons and products such as rosaries, amulets, books and wooden carvings. These are constructed by the four monks. Sometimes people from the local community are employed there as workmen. There is also another shop that sells traditional products such as herbs, honey and traditional drinks, which is rented by the Monastery to the man who runs the shop. In this way the Monastery itself also benefits financially. The monastery is also funded by the National Strategic Reference …show more content…
Unfortunately, these mysteries take part in the Church of the Virgin Mary and not in the Katholikon or the crypt, as during the Byzantine period. This is a problematic situation, as the attraction of the site is the Katholikon. An additional problem is that the Katholikon is only open between 10 AM and 4 PM, even during the summer. As Mr. Taxiarches said, there are many cases of tourists who go to Delphi and later come to see and admire the mosaics and the relics of Hosios Loukas, but find the Katholikon closed. This creates a problem, because the visitors want to see the monument, but the Archaeological Service and the Ministry of Culture systematically ignore it.
Moreover, travel agents in the region organise tours to Delphi, Distomo and Steiri. Thus, the visitor is able in one day to visit three different places of historic, spiritual and cultural value. In the past, this happened more often, but due to the financial difficulties the number of Greek visitors has been decreased, as Mr. Kosmitis Taxiarches informed
In the book the memory palace of Matteo Ricci, the author Jonathan Spence talks about the Italian preacher Matteo Ricci who spent almost his whole life in China. Spence tries to describe a person who was determined and underwent many difficulties in preaching but never lost his faith in establishing Christian faith among Chinese people by using the memory palace. He divided the book into nine chapters. Despite the preface and the summary of the memory palace, each chapter contains an image or picture which is used for introduction of each chapter. In this way, Spence uses these images and pictures to help the reader build their own memory palace of this book which also well-illustrated the memory method that Matteo Ricci had used – the memory palace. According to Brook (p.831), a memory palace is “a mnemonic method that was popular with sixteenth-century Jesuits for retaining in memory.”
Why Henry VIII Closed the Monasteries There were 800 monks and nuns in 1500s they had strict rules, The rule of St. Benedict for monks of the Benedictine order was prayer should take place eight times a day, all monks should sleep in separate beds, all monks must rise quickly when signal is given to attend the services and all monks must not grumble about the colour or rough material of their clothes. The rule of St. Augustine for the monks of the Augustine order was love god and your neighbour and monks should spend their time when not praying, coping books, looking after the poor and old, nursing the sick and crippled, teaching children and looking after travellers. Between 1536 and 1539 Henry V111 and Cromwell decided to close the monasteries because the monks are not flowing rules and take all the wealth to defend the country. In order to complete this essay I am going to explain below in detail why the monasteries were closed by Henry V111 between 1536 and 1539
Monasticism had developed fast which resulted in the increasing of monasteries and religious orders of monks and nuns. Also, it was not strict and the monasteries was relax. Life in medieval monastery was self-contained and self-sufficient. The largest building was the church and to the south church was the
The monologues presented in Juvie Talk, a book by Richard Ross, clearly suggest the complex yet problematic situation of American youth incarceration. Anecdotal monologues and the language of juveniles grant readers insights into the life they are experiencing, highlighting the gap between the basic human rights and juvenile justice. As a young adult, I deeply link my own psychological growth and experience to the certain struggles these youths have been through.
Dramatic Monologues The dramatic monologue features a speaker talking to a silent listener about a dramatic event or experience. The use of this technique affords the reader an intimate knowledge of the speaker's changing thoughts and feelings. In a sense, the poet brings the reader inside the mind of the speaker. (Glenn Everett online) Like a sculpturer pressing clay to form a man, a writer can create a persona with words. Every stroke of his hand becomes his or her own style, slowly creating this stone image.
The monastery is the place in which Benedict clearly establishes the communal life as fostering ongoing conversion. In the Prologue of the Rule, Benedict sets the tone for the entire enterprise of the monastic life in community. At the outset, the monks are instructed to obsculta, to listen with the ear of the heart (Obsculta, o fili, praecepta magistri, et inclina aurem cordis tui, et admonitionem pii patris libenter excipe et efficaciter comple…) (RB Prol. 1). Benedict’s plea to listen with “the ear of the heart” seems to imply the engagement of the whole being toward instructions which feed the soul and foster conversion.
Just as with other holy sites, the shrine’s popularity as a pilgrimage destination led to the manufacture of pilgrimage badges and ampullae. These objects could then be sold to pilgrims who wanted to commemorate their journey. But, as evidence and theory have now shown, these pilgrimage badges and ampullae were more than just commemorative and attractive souvenirs. These objects were imbued with
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to your guided tour of Pompeii. We are starting off our tour in one of Pompeii’s finest treasures: The Villa of Mysteries. We are particularly focusing on the wonderful mosaic inside. The mosaic in the Villa of Mysteries not only gives contemporary society insight into the social classes and trade in Ancient Pompeii, it also illustrates one of the religious practices and rituals that were popular at the time. Firstly, we will be exploring how The Villa of Mysteries contributes towards our understanding of the social classes and trade in Ancient Pompeii, secondly how it furthers our understanding of religion at the time, and finally, why it is considered to be a treasure.
As my father said you never understand a person until you climb into their skin and walk around. Well after the trial of Tom Robinson I don’t know if I want to understand the people around me anymore because of what they have done. I am fearing what might happen to me in the future because I don’t want to be like this town. I don’t want to understand why you would have an innocent man sent to prison and killed over an unrespectable man’s word. Their are too many unjust actions that happen in this town, Mr Ewell attacked me and killed himself since he couldn’t get to Scout and I.
Though seldom mentioned in the modern world, monasticism has played an important role not only in the history of the Church, but in the history of the West. Though similar institutions have existed in other religious traditions, such as Buddhism, Christian monasticism is a unique institution, founded in a deep sense of religious conviction and patterned after the admonitions of Christ as well as the lifestyle of the Early Church. To be a Christian monk is to follow the call in Matthew 19:21, to “sell your possessions and give to the poor” and to follow Christ. Though monasticism is a special case of Christian life, the exception not the rule, it has been vastly popular throughout Christian history since its introduction in the late third century. Though the pattern of monastic life has evolved, the key tenets of prayer, work, obedience, and asceticism have remained constant.
Approximately 1.5 million guests visit this museum annually. It has numerous numbers of collections and variations. The exhibition is really very good and the creativity is also very pretty. It is exhibited very well and the differences among the different places are being clearly understood. Artifacts, sculptures, and paintings are alluring and admirable.
Inside of this retaining wall enclosure, the monks built the necessary structures for the monastery – churches, living quarters, a hermitage, cisterns, and even a cemetery. Almost all of the construction is dry-stone construction made from the rocks on t...
...ing known and the "great librarians" and reproducing multiple copies of religious writings. "Monks were often called upon to act as teachers, political advisors, and missionaries (Weaver 66)."
Monastics have been responsible for creating, preserving, and enhancing religious institutions for learning, medical treatment, and political and military function all while dividing their time between prayer and work (Bharati & Johnston, 2016). If monastics did not occur during the middle ages, schools and books would not exist, our medical establishments would not have been created, and military and political functions would not be at the standards they are today. The impact of monasticism has greatly affected the world and continues to influence us today.
Many of us believe that our regime is on the path to decay into tyranny. Whether the problem arises by our leader or the many, our regime is in decay. In order to establish true justice in our regime, we must look at Monasticism as a rule of life for the guardians of our regime. They are a necessity in our regime. Monasticism is a community of individuals who seek the highest of the greatest goods to be contained in their cluttered society.