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The Cœnobitic Life as an Image of the Life of the Holy Trinity

by Archimandrite Glykerios
Translated by Bishop [Archbishop] Chrysostomos

10 pp.
$1.95


A beautiful and moving exposition of the Trinitarian basis of cœnobitic monasticism. Father Glykerios emphasizes that a good monastic community, one that mirrors the interpersonal love of the Holy Trinity, is the prototype for any good Christian community.


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About the Author
Archimandrite Glykerios is a brother of the Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, in Phyle, Greece. He received his degree in mathematics at the prestigious École Supérieure des Hautes Études in Paris.
About the Translator
The Most Reverend Dr. Chrysostomos is a Senior Scholar at the C.T.O.S. He completed his studies in history (with a concentration in Byzantine historical theology) at the University of California, the Licentiate in Theology at the C.T.O.S., and his graduate study in psychology at Princeton University. He has held professorial posts at the University of California, Ashland Theological Seminary, and Ashland University and visiting professorships at the Theological Institute of Uppsala University (Sweden) and, as a Fulbright Scholar in Romania, at the University of Bucharest, the Alexandru I. Cuza University of Iaşi, and the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism. His Eminence is also former Executive Director of the United States Fulbright Commission in Romania.