Hosios Lokas Monastery Within The System Of Monasticism Case Study
3. 3. Hosios Loukas Monastery within the system of monasticism
Since Christianity has been established as the official religion of the Greek state there have been distinctions between the State, the Church and of course the Monasteries (Troianos and Poulis 2002, 60-68, 79-81 and 109-119; Venizelos 2000, 55-61, 76-84 and 91-93; Stathopoulos 2000, 59-70; on the side of the Church: Ramiotis 1997, 80 and 89-92; Apostolakis 2002, 9-12 and 17-22; Apostolakis 2003, 11-18 and 23-32). The state and the Church have a close relationship although some, especially politicians from left-wing political parties have expressed the opinion that the Church should be independent from the Greek state . The Church is a legal entity and separate from the Greek …show more content…
Especially, when it is about issues that concern the management of the Monastery, monks are obliged to be obedient to what the Metropolis and the laws of Greece say . Otherwise everything might be different; private companies could take responsibility for the Monastery’s management. This could be financially beneficial for the Monastery’s sustainability for instance. I will refer to this part in more detail in the fifth chapter.
3. 4. Why is Hosios Loukas Monastery a “living heritage” site?
The term “living heritage site” has not just one simple definition; it has multiple definitions:
A site with a local community
According to this definition, the term refers to a site with a local community that is located near a site. Of course this definition makes a clear distinction between the local community and the national or international communities that use or visit the site or make a profit from it. But the definition of local community is a problem too, because it is necessary to be defined what we mean when we say local community (Cohen 1985, 117−118; Robertson 1995, 26; Erb 2003, 131; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site with a community, whose members are also dwellers to the …show more content…
Owing to their loose association with the site, they can be moved without any difficulty from there and find another site for their society (Miura 2005, 3−18; Akrawi 2002, 102; Hadidi 1986, 109−110; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site with a changing community
In this case the community uses the site according to its values and needs, usually for different purposes than it was used in the past or by another community (Van Vucht Tijssen 2004, 23; ICOMOS America 1996, article 5; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site whose community is connected with
Since Christianity has been established as the official religion of the Greek state there have been distinctions between the State, the Church and of course the Monasteries (Troianos and Poulis 2002, 60-68, 79-81 and 109-119; Venizelos 2000, 55-61, 76-84 and 91-93; Stathopoulos 2000, 59-70; on the side of the Church: Ramiotis 1997, 80 and 89-92; Apostolakis 2002, 9-12 and 17-22; Apostolakis 2003, 11-18 and 23-32). The state and the Church have a close relationship although some, especially politicians from left-wing political parties have expressed the opinion that the Church should be independent from the Greek state . The Church is a legal entity and separate from the Greek …show more content…
Especially, when it is about issues that concern the management of the Monastery, monks are obliged to be obedient to what the Metropolis and the laws of Greece say . Otherwise everything might be different; private companies could take responsibility for the Monastery’s management. This could be financially beneficial for the Monastery’s sustainability for instance. I will refer to this part in more detail in the fifth chapter.
3. 4. Why is Hosios Loukas Monastery a “living heritage” site?
The term “living heritage site” has not just one simple definition; it has multiple definitions:
A site with a local community
According to this definition, the term refers to a site with a local community that is located near a site. Of course this definition makes a clear distinction between the local community and the national or international communities that use or visit the site or make a profit from it. But the definition of local community is a problem too, because it is necessary to be defined what we mean when we say local community (Cohen 1985, 117−118; Robertson 1995, 26; Erb 2003, 131; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site with a community, whose members are also dwellers to the …show more content…
Owing to their loose association with the site, they can be moved without any difficulty from there and find another site for their society (Miura 2005, 3−18; Akrawi 2002, 102; Hadidi 1986, 109−110; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site with a changing community
In this case the community uses the site according to its values and needs, usually for different purposes than it was used in the past or by another community (Van Vucht Tijssen 2004, 23; ICOMOS America 1996, article 5; Poulios 2014, 26).
A site whose community is connected with