Saint Nicodemus of Mount Athos

Studia Theologica No. II (XVIII) / 2024 Saint Nicodemos of Mount Athos, the Kolivari Movement and the revival of Palamism The Most Reverend Archbishop Maximos Constas

The 18th-century Colivari movement, led by Saint Nicodemos of Mount Athos (1749–1809) and Macarius of Corinth, sought to renew Orthodox theology and spirituality by reviving the Hesychast tradition of Saint Gregory Palamas, as evidenced by the publication of the Philokalia (1782) and the unfinished project of a complete edition of the Palamite works, which was thwarted by the revolutionary events in Vienna in 1797.

Ars Christiana No. II (XVI) / 2023 ‘The Monk and the Demon’: a philosophical take on ‘Stan Pățitul’ Elena Dulgheru

The Monk and the Demon (2016), the final film by Russian director Nikolai Dostal, based on a screenplay by Yuri Arabov, is a dramatic comedy blending folk parable, hagiographic fable and theological inquiry into the relationship between man and the devil, set in a nineteenth-century monastery. Following monk Ivan and the demon Legion through a series of fantastical adventures culminating in Jerusalem, the film raises the provocative question of whether fallen angels can be humanised through love and repentance.

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