The Scent of Holiness: Lessons from a Women's Monastery

by Constantina palmer

Overview

Every monastery exudes the scent of holiness, but women's monasteries have their own special flavor. Join Constantina Palmer as she makes frequent pilgrimages to a women's monastery in Greece and absorbs the nuns' particular approach to their spiritual life. If you're a woman who's read of Mount Athos and longed to partake of its grace-filled atmosphere, this book is for you. Men who wish to understand how women's spirituality differs from their own will find it a fascinating read as well.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015728972
Publisher:	Conciliar Media Ministries
Publication date:	10/17/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Constantina R. Palmer is originally from New Brunswick, a quaint province on Canada's Atlantic coast. Currently, however, she lives in Thessaloniki, Greece, with her husband, a deacon in the Canadian Archdiocese of the OCA. She has called Greece home for five years, in which time she has received her Master’s degree in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is also an iconographer and a student of Byzantine chant.