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2424 – Tzimiskes Tower
This is the Tzimiskes Tower of the Lavra Monastery. The tower is named after the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes (reigned from 969 to 976). He was the monastery’s most important early benefactor...
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2423 – Exploring Megisti Lavra, Part 2
A view of the phiale and the katholikon of the Great Lavra monastery from beneath the colonnades. In the foreground we find a well. The great variety of stone types used for the columns is striking —...
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2422 – Exploring Lavra, Part 1
We arrived at the Megisti Lavra Monastery, the oldest and largest monastery on Athos, fairly early in the afternoon. So, we had some time to relax after three days of hiking. I always love taking a...
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2421 – 20 years of Athosweblog: Celebrating Our Journey
Today, August 31, 2026, marks exactly 20 years since I started this blog to inform my 5 friends and fellow pilgrims, including my brother Herman, about the trip to Athos scheduled for May next year...
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2420 – News: Upgrading Maritime Access to Megisti Lavra’s Harbor
Arsanas Megisti Lavra 2017 (photo Wim Voogd) The port infrastructure project of Megisti Lavra on Mount Athos is approaching completion. The project was included in the European Recovery and Resilience...
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2419 – Journalists of Kathimerini newspaper follow the Footpath Clearing Team...
In a supplement titled “Our Places,” the Greek newspaper published an article with photos about the FoMA on Mount Athos on July 26, 2026. Journalist George Psomiadis and photographer Dimitris Tosides...
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2418 – more about Mount Athos during the German Occupation
In a very thorough and informative article on the website criticaltexts.com, Dr. Katie Leggett writes about the history of the Greek New Testament manuscript tradition on Athos. It is a historical...
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2417 – The hike from Kerasiá to Lavra.
Coming from Kerisiá we quite quickly found the high-altitude path between Stavros and Prodromou. It lays about 150 meters above Kerasiá, where we had spent the night. It is a magnificent walk through...
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2416 – news: a plan for a New Medical Centre on Athos at Vatopedi
Aerial of the Vatopedi monastery and surroundings (photo by Wim Voogd 2017) A new € 3.4 million regional medical centre will be built at the monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, funded by the Region...
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2415 – The FoMA Footpath Clearing Project 2026
All team members of the groups who were assigned for the first week on the ferry to Dafni In May of this year, I had the honor of being part of one of the FoMA teams for clearing hiking trails,...
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2414 – the hike to the cell of Ioannis Theologos in Kerasía
Just a few weeks before my fellow pilgrims Bas and Herman visited this cell in October 2025 (see earlier posts on this blog), we also had the opportunity to spend a night in Kerasiá (23-9-2025)....
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2413 – new Restoration Projects on Athos
The Region of Central Macedonia has approved seven restoration and infrastructure projects at monasteries on Mount Athos, funded through the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) with a total...
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2411 – Cell of St. John the Theologian in Kerasiá
After a long, tiring journey from Dionysiou, we finally reached Kerasiá in the late afternoon. It didn’t take us too much effort to find the kellion. We were received most warmly and were given water...
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2410 – the restoration of the old Athonia academy near Vatopedi
On May 28, 2026 the website halkidinews.gr published an article about the plans to restore the historic Athoniada school. The text below is taken from their website: Athonia Academy near Vatopedi in...
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2409 – Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasiá. The third part: from Skiti Anna to...
After the break at Skiti Anna, we continued our way for the final leg of the day to our destination, Kerasiá. Jacques points the way up. From Skiti Anna, the path rises steeply, mainly via steps....
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2408 – Athosweblog on Social Media: Goodbye X, Welcome Bluesky
On June 3th 2026 this Tweet was posted on X: “This is the last tweet from @MountAthos on (X): too much uncontrolled hate and lies on X. This is no longer compatible with our subject, The Holy...
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2407 – the discovery of an antique Artemis altar/temple near Kerasia
The large marble altar One of our readers, Japetus from Greece, published this item on Reddit about an large marble altar found on a hill close to Kerasia: Known as “Edolion” to the monks, a large...
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2406 – Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasiá. The second part: from Paulou to...
We were dropped off by a pickup truck at the entrance to the Paulou monastery. We went in to take a look around. The view from the balcony of the guesthouse in Paulou. In recent years, hard work has...
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2405 – Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasia. The first part: to Paulou.
We left Dionysiou quite early that morning. After all, we still had a long way to walk and would have to climb steeply to Kerasia. We took the coastal path towards Paulou. The path is located about 50...
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