Κοινότητα Αναγνωστών Βιβλίων - readers.gr

An itinerary in time. To the birthplace of Alexander the Great, the land that saw the self-sacrifice of Pavlos Melas. A journey across the ages in the cradle of hellenism, from the early millenia of the cavemen to the dawn of the twentieth century. A panorama of art, a mosaic of events, a kaleidoscope of scholarly views on the most important historical phenomena in Macedonia.[...]

Η έκθεση με τον τίτλο "Βιβλιοθήκες. Από την αρχαιότητα έως την Αναγέννηση και σημαντικές ουμανιστικές και μοναστηριακές βιβλιοθήκες (3000 π.Χ.-1600 μ.Χ.)" έρχεται να δώσει ορατή υπόσταση στο μαγικό, φανατικό ταξίδι, όπου μας είχε οδηγήσει το ομώνυμο βιβλίο του Κωνσταντίνου Στάικου. Ένα βιβλίο γραμμένο από έναν φανταστικό βιβλιόφιλο που μεθά με το άρωμα του χρόνου των κωδίκων και των αρχετύπων, που βυθίζεται στους λαβυρίνθους των παλαιών βιβλιοθηκών όπως σ' ένα μαγικό περιβόλι. Για να γράψει αυτό το πολύτιμο βιβλίο ο συγγραφέας μελέτησε πανάρχαιους πολιτισμούς, επισκέφτηκε...

[...] The meeting between Hellenism and Christianity was a seminal moment for humanity, since after "the word became flesh", the Greek language came to express the highest messages of the Son of Man and carry them around the world. These very concepts, Hellinism and Orthodoxy, come together in Albania. Our suffering yet always vigorous compatriots experience of these ideas was and is tragic. They have lived for years with the ideas of Christ and the homeland in their souls. Torture, persecution, imprisonment, and violence in general, did not daunt our heroic brothers, who c...

Greek art, the culminating achievement of the greek spirit, is the subject of the new monumental series published by Ekdotike Athenon. The artistic creation of hellenism during its three historical periods, antiquity, byzantium and modern times, is comprehensively presented in fifteen luxurious volumes, in which elegant texts are harmoniously combined with superb illustrations. Each volume, essentially a monograph on a specific art form, closely follows its evolution through a brilliant selection of representative works, which are typical of its various phases and trends, a...

[...]"Patmos treasures of the monastery" contains chapters on the various kinds of works of art housed in the monastery from the byzantine and modern greek popular traditions, and also on the rare manuscripts and valuable editions in the library, the richest in the Aegean. These chapters, each lavishly illustrated, deal with the architecture of the fortress-like complex of the monastery, the outstanding wall paintings and icons, the masterpieces of gold-embroidery and church silver, the exquisite miniatures in the manuscripts, and the other treasures in the library and the...