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The Wolf and the Cross: An Orthodox Pilgrim's History of Lithuania

by Andrew Stephen Damick

Lithuania through history, legend, and Orthodox pilgrimage

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Lithuania through history, legend, and Orthodox pilgrimage

Lithuania’s place between Eastern and Western Christian traditions provides the frame for this account of the country’s past. The description brings ancient stories—including Neringa, Egle Queen of Serpents, and the Iron Wolf—into conversation with later religious legends such as the Hill of Crosses and the icon of Our Lady of the Gate of the Dawn. Andrew Stephen Damick and Seraphim Richard Rohlin approach the subject through a personal pilgrimage, with attention to the history of Orthodox Christians living as a minority in Lithuania and to the martyrs and saints associated with that community. The book connects national history and folklore with the experience of a particular religious tradition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Lithuanian and Baltic history
  • Those curious about Orthodox Christianity in Lithuania
  • Readers drawn to the intersection of folklore, history, and religious tradition

Themes

Lithuanian history and identityOrthodox Christianity as a minority traditionFolklore and religious legendPilgrimage

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Book overview

Poised between East and West, between Orthodox and Catholic, Lithuania, the last of Europe's pagan nations, did not forget its ancient tales such as that of the giantess Neringa, Egle Queen of Serpents, and the Iron Wolf. Rather, they fulfilled and enriched them with legends like the Hill of Crosses and the miracle-working icon of Our Lady of the Gate of the Dawn.

 

In The Wolf and the Cross, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin take a very personal pilgrimage into a land where history and legend have met and fused. Where Orthodox Christians have lived as a minority for nearly seven centuries, their faith founded upon the blood of martyrs and the witness of dozens of saints.

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