Chitty, Derwas J. The Desert - a City of God. An introduction to the study of Egyptian and Palestinian monasticism during the Christian Empire Translation from English by Gheorghe Fedorovici The Orthodox view of monasticism has always been: feeling and confessing. Praying for the entire mankind, confessing the truth. Unyielding attitude and comforting words. In persecutions and heresies, facing the distortion of value systems and the loss of the sense of eternity, the genuine monastic remains a pillar of fire, a token of eternity in the desert of this world. In the heart of the desert, Saints whose names are synonymous with the ideal have erected a singular city, the City of the Spirit. The City of the fully experienced truth. You will read about the desert of Anthony, Macarius, Arsenius, Sisoe and Bessarion. The desert of Euthimius and Sabbas… of the Great ones. Derwas J. Chitty leads you on a fascinating journey from the conversion of Emperor Constantine to the Arabian conquest, in order to reach the origins of ascetical endeavour, in a unique book on: the Desert Fathers, the legendary monasteries of the Egyptian desert, Sinai and Palestine, the times of miracles and sainthood. THE DESERT – A CITY OF GOD. Not a book on “somewhere in time”. A book on what is, or ought to be, always close to us. On foundations. On tradition. On the things which will always provide spiritual support. Format: 13 x 20 cm; 328 p. ISBN: 978-973-136-162-8 “Theological Studies” «« back