Archeio Alexandrou Lucourgou (1827-1875) Archiepiscopou Syrou kai Tenou

[The Archives of Alexandros Lycourgos (1827-1875), Archbishop of Syros and Tenos, VOL. 1]

Athens: Academy of Athens, 2014. Brand new. Covers the period 1815-1901. Soft cover, 24 cm, 736 pp.

Contains detailed summaries of 1,448 documents from the personal files of Alexander Lycourgos, Professor of Theology at the University of Athens (1861-1866) and then Archbishop of Syros (1866-1875). The volume includes an extensive introduction, which explains the methodology and highlights key aspects of the relationship between Churches and States in the 19th century. The most important issues are: his trip to England in 1870 and his participation in the debate between the Greek Eastern Church and the Anglican Church; the action of Lycourgos against panslavism; the Bulgarian Question and Schism; the situation in Mount Athos during this period and the visit of Lycourgos to the monasteries of Athos; his action in favour of the union of Churches.

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