Two Modern Greek Titans of Mind and Spirit The Private Correspondence of Constantine Cavarnos and Photios Kontoglou (1952–1965) Item Number: BKM438 Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2014 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 245 Dimensions (l × w × h): 23.6 cm × 15.8 cm × 1.5 cm Additional Information: two-color printing, full-color illustrations ISBN: 978‒1‒938943‒01‒0 Translated, Annotated, and Edited by Archimandrite Patapios, with Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Etna and Monk Chrysostomos With an Introduction and a Brief Biography of Photios Kontoglou by Metropolitan Chrysostomos “The correspondence between the famous #artist, #iconographer, literary figure, and modern Greek cultural titan Photios Kontoglou, who died in 1965, and Constantine Cavarnos, the Greek-American philosopher, writer, #translator, #Byzantinist, and spiritual writer and guide, a virtual titan of Eastern #Orthodox intellectuals in the West, who died in 2011, is very little known. Only occasional excerpts from their correspondence have appeared in print. The present collection of letters represents the vast bulk of that correspondence. While all of the letters in the collection were written by #Kontoglou to Cavarnos, in almost every instance they make clear reference to the subjects and topics covered in the exchanges between the two, with frequent direct restatements of comments and ideas contained in the latter’s letters. On that account, we feel justified in characterizing the missives presented in this volume, which span a period of nearly a decade and a half, as #correspondence between the two. ... #photioskontoglou #constantinecavarnos #genuineorthodoxy
