This lecture consists of an overview of Orthodox monasticism. The followingsubjects are treated:- Judaism: Essenes- Celibacy in the Gospels and the Early Church- The Egyptian Desert, Palestine and Syria- Mount Athos- Monasticism in the Slavic world- St Seraphim of Sarov- The elders of Optina- Contemporary Monasticism
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