Vitae duae antiquae – Athanasius Athonita; J. Noret Koopje

?Two ancient ?Lives record the distinguished career of Athanasius the Athonite, protégé of the powerful Michael Maleinos, friend of the austere emperor Nicephorus Phocas (AD 963-969), founder of the Lavra which established monasticism on Athos, master calligrapher and charismatic pastor, painted by Pantoleon, chief illustrator of the Basil /?Menologium? (JÖB XXI(1972) 241-9). Since the millenary celebrations of the Lavra in 1963 reawakened interest in its founder, scholars concerned to evaluate the ?Lives? …