Echoes of Controversies Related to the Union of Lyons in the Hagiography of Mount Athos
Historical sources of various traditions abundantly testify to the attitude of the monastic circles of Mount Athos towards the Union of Churches. Starting with the texts recorded in the famous Athonite synaxarion, and ending with late, partly legendary reports on the persecutions of Athonite martyrs and confessors, numerous sources feature elaborate attempts to construct an…
