Thank you for this post. You may find interesting the book by Sergey Ivanov and Simon Franklin, “Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond“.
Like many things in Russian orthodoxy, the holy fool is rooted in the Byzantine past and heritage. Off the top of my head, one of the most famous was named Andrew, but I can’t recall this exact century. However, the tradition goes all the way back to the desert monasteries pre-Muslim conquest.
I love reading your articles, please keep them coming!
Thank you, Stephen, I'm glad you're enjoying them! I'm sorry that I'm not able to reply to everything. I've been busy starting work at my new job. I'll check out the book when I can! I have quite a few more essays if you have a look through my articles. Give them a look if you'd like to read more! I feel I've covered more interesting topics in the past.
Thank you for this post. You may find interesting the book by Sergey Ivanov and Simon Franklin, “Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond“.
Like many things in Russian orthodoxy, the holy fool is rooted in the Byzantine past and heritage. Off the top of my head, one of the most famous was named Andrew, but I can’t recall this exact century. However, the tradition goes all the way back to the desert monasteries pre-Muslim conquest.
I love reading your articles, please keep them coming!
Thank you, Stephen, I'm glad you're enjoying them! I'm sorry that I'm not able to reply to everything. I've been busy starting work at my new job. I'll check out the book when I can! I have quite a few more essays if you have a look through my articles. Give them a look if you'd like to read more! I feel I've covered more interesting topics in the past.
Yes, I’ve seen some of them. But honestly, there aren’t very many topics that are more interesting than this one!