Learning Outcomes
Students will learn about the role and contribution of Mount Athos in Slavic countries. They will be informed of the presence of Slavs monasteries and monks on Mount Athos, and their coexistence with monks of other nationalities of the Balkan area.
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Ecumenical dimension of the Holy Mountain
2. Influence of the Holy Mountain in Serbia
3. Influence of Mount Athos in Russia
4. Influence of the Holy Mountain in Bulgaria
5. Influence of the Holy Mountain to the Slavs in the Byzantine period
6. Influence of Mount Athos in the education of the Slavs in the period of Ottoman rule
7. Slavs martyrs from Mount Athos
8. St. Fr. Nicodemus Holy Mountain, The Greek Enlightenment and the Slavs
9. The movement of Kollyvades orthodox Slavs
10. Problems of ethno-phyletism and nations in Mount Athos (19th 0 20th century.)
11. Slavs travelers to Mount Athos
12. Slavs saints of Mount Athos
13. Holy monasteries of Hilandar, Zografou and Panteleimon
Keywords
Mount Athos, Slavs, Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, monastery of Hilandar, Monastery of Zografou, Monastery of Panteleimon
Additional bibliography for study
Αντώνιος Αιμίλιος Ταχιάος, Βυζάντιο και Ρωσία, Θεσσαλονίκη - εκδ. University Studio Press- 2016
Ο ίδιος, Βυζάντιο, Σλάβοι, Άγιον Όρος, Θεσσαλονίκη -University Studio Press-2006.
Ιωάννης Ταρνανίδης, Ιστορία των σλαβικών ορθόδοξων εκκλησιών, Θεσσαλονίκη -Κυριακίδη Αφοί-2005