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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

More articles by the Sisters of St. Xenia Skete

Literature, Culture and the Western Soul

September 30, 2019 / Sisters of St. Xenia Skete

Detail from The Apostle Paul by Rembrandt van Rijn (c1675).

In his his splendid biography of Fr Seraphim Rose, Fr Damascene Christensen tells the story of a young monastic aspirant seeking the esoteric spirituality of Orthodox Christianity on Mt Athos. But once he finally arrives at his destination, the Abbot hands him a copy of Dickens’ novel, “David Copperfield” to read. When the young man protests in dismay that … [Read more...] about Literature, Culture and the Western Soul

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