philoxenia

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This is the legendary Greek philoxenia, tender and thoughtful hospitality.

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  • This is the legendary Greek philoxenia, tender and thoughtful hospitality. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • In the evening, he will be addressing the meeting's opening session and on Monday taking part in a panel discussion about xenophobia and philoxenia. —  timesofmalta.com
  • Dear to the heart of the believing Church for ages have been these precepts to love the brethren ([Greek: philadelphia]), to love the stranger ([Greek: philoxenia]), to remember Abraham at Mamre and Gideon at Ophrah with their angel-guests, and to see a possible angel-visitor in every needing stranger at the door. —  Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews
  • It contains some ten thousand inhabitants, amiable, intelligent and distinguished by a _philoxenia_ befitting the traditions of men who sheltered Pythagoras in his hour of need. —  Old Calabria
  • The [Greek: philoxenia], and the intercourse with other communities (the fostering of the "unitas") belonged, above all, to the affairs of the church. —  History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
 

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