The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia
This paper approaches the question of the selection of site intended for monastic ascetic pursuits taking the example of St Sava of Serbia. Sava’s choices were based on his masterful knowledge of Byzantine eremitic tradition and his own substantial monastic experience. This is evidenced by...
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| description | This paper approaches the question of the selection of site intended for
monastic ascetic pursuits taking the example of St Sava of Serbia. Sava’s
choices were based on his masterful knowledge of Byzantine eremitic
tradition and his own substantial monastic experience. This is evidenced by
the hesychasteria he founded: he gave physical form to the concept of locus
amoenus in the Karyes kellion of the monastery of Hilandar, while the
concept of locus horridus was embodied in the cave hermitages of the
monasteries of Studenica and Mileševa. The methodological framework of this
research is informed by current landscape studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c0ec40724fc44ad816417b1983d86f42025-01-30T06:44:47ZengInstitute for Balkan Studies SASABalcanica0350-76532406-08012024-01-012024559912210.2298/BALC2455099P0350-76532455099PThe landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of SerbiaPopović Danica0Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, SerbiaThis paper approaches the question of the selection of site intended for monastic ascetic pursuits taking the example of St Sava of Serbia. Sava’s choices were based on his masterful knowledge of Byzantine eremitic tradition and his own substantial monastic experience. This is evidenced by the hesychasteria he founded: he gave physical form to the concept of locus amoenus in the Karyes kellion of the monastery of Hilandar, while the concept of locus horridus was embodied in the cave hermitages of the monasteries of Studenica and Mileševa. The methodological framework of this research is informed by current landscape studies.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2024/0350-76532455099P.pdfst sava of serbiakaryes kellionstudenica hermitagehermitages of mileševamonastic desertlandscape studies |
| spellingShingle | Popović Danica The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia Balcanica st sava of serbia karyes kellion studenica hermitage hermitages of mileševa monastic desert landscape studies |
| title | The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia |
| title_full | The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia |
| title_fullStr | The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia |
| title_short | The landscape of the monastic endeavour: The choices of St Sava of Serbia |
| title_sort | landscape of the monastic endeavour the choices of st sava of serbia |
| topic | st sava of serbia karyes kellion studenica hermitage hermitages of mileševa monastic desert landscape studies |
| url | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2024/0350-76532455099P.pdf |
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