‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. / Kyriacou, Chrysovalantis; Dendrinos, Charalambos.

Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014. ed. / Theodoros X. Yiangou; Christina Kakkoura; Protop. Christodoulos Christodoulou; Presb. Nikolaos Papantoniou. Agia Napa, Paralimni : Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος", 2021. p. 374-415.

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‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. / Kyriacou, Chrysovalantis; Dendrinos, Charalambos.

Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014. ed. / Theodoros X. Yiangou; Christina Kakkoura; Protop. Christodoulos Christodoulou; Presb. Nikolaos Papantoniou. Agia Napa, Paralimni : Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος", 2021. p. 374-415.

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Kyriacou, C & Dendrinos, C 2021, ‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. in TX Yiangou, C Kakkoura, PC Christodoulou & PN Papantoniou (eds), Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014. Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος", Agia Napa, Paralimni, pp. 374-415.

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Kyriacou, C., & Dendrinos, C. (2021). ‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. In T. X. Yiangou, C. Kakkoura, P. C. Christodoulou, & P. N. Papantoniou (Eds.), Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014 (pp. 374-415). Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος".

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Kyriacou C, Dendrinos C. ‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. In Yiangou TX, Kakkoura C, Christodoulou PC, Papantoniou PN, editors, Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014. Agia Napa, Paralimni: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος". 2021. p. 374-415

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Kyriacou, Chrysovalantis ; Dendrinos, Charalambos. / ‘The Encomium on St Barnabas by Alexander the Monk: ecclesiastical and imperial politics in 6th century Byzantium’. Κυπριακή Αγιολογία: Πρακτικά Β΄ Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου «Από τον άγιο Επιφάνιο στον άγιο Νεόφυτο τον Έγκλειστο (4ος-12ος αι.», Παραλίμνι, 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου 2014. editor / Theodoros X. Yiangou ; Christina Kakkoura ; Protop. Christodoulos Christodoulou ; Presb. Nikolaos Papantoniou. Agia Napa, Paralimni : Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κωνσταντίας - Αμμοχώστου, Πολιτιστική Ακαδημία "Ἀγιος Επιφάνιος", 2021. pp. 374-415

BibTeX

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