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1629 – the forgotten kelli of Agiou Onoufriou: part 3
In this post I will share the remaining pictures I shot on September 4th. I hope that the building and its beautiful murals, icons and iconostasis will be preserved and that somebody will take the...
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1630 – Reinhold Zwerger: the Artist
Reinhold Zwerger has been mentioned many times in this blog, mostly because of the excellend Athos map he made, that been helpfull to many pilgrims who like to walk the ‘monopati’. It is already 5...
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1631 – Athos seen from Limnos and Thasos
Athos seen from Limnos or LemnosFrom LimnosFrom Thasos of Thassos (Aliki). photo’s by Gerard Koolschijn 2012 hv
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1632 – Skiti Xenofontos – the forgotten skete
Very seldom pilgrims take the effort to visit the “forgotten” Skiti Xenofontos, that’s why I decided to have a look. I got a big surprize, because in stead of an old and ruined settlement I found an...
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1633 – the hike from Skiti Xenofonos to Skiti Profitou Eliou
After visiting skiti Xenofontos we continued our hike to skiti Profitou Eliou. This blue line shows which route we took: with the data from my GPS-app MotionX: On these 4 spots on the first part of our...
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1634 -Vatopedi in color autochromes, 1918 by Cuville
Fernand Cuville worked for the photographic section of the French army in the World War one . He made this stunning color autochromes from Vatopedi monastery in 1918. In the background on the hill the...
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1635 – Chilandariou in color autochromes in 1918 by Fernand Cuville
The courtyard near the church and the Saint Savvas tower by Cuville A mural of Christ. The narthex and the iconostase with an icon of the Virgin and Child.Cloth...
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1636 – A photo album of a French WW 1 soldier
A French airforce soldier made pictures at Panteleimonos and Xiropotamou during his stay there. This is the guestroom of Panteleimonos destroyed by fire in 1968. Here some other images of this room...
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1637 – book: Atlas of Athos – Paul M. Mylonas Volume one, part one
In post 381 and 1445 we published about The Atlas of Athos, written by Greek author Paul M. Mylonas contains two volumes and is written in Greek, German, English ans Russian. Here is a picture of...
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1638 – skiti Profitou Eliou
In 2007 we visited the skete for the first time (see 159) and in those days it was not possible for a non-orthodox pilgrim to sleep there. But recently we heared that the conditions did change and this...
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1639 – film: the climb to the top of Mount Athos on 18/19 August
A beautiful film in Greek about the mountain and the feast of the Transfiguration on August 18/19: Wim, 3/11
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1640 – Profitou Eliou 2
Just before nightfall I made a walk outside the skete. Here are some of the pictures I shot: Pumpkins the katholicon seen from outside the skete the North facade, with the smaal church on the second...
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1641 – Karyes Protaton
On September 2nd 2014 we visited Karyes to get an extension of our Diamoniterion: we asked for one day extra and 10 minuts later we got four extra days, what a service! The renovation activities on the...
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1642 – Docheiariou: “the guardians of the Avaton”
Last year I wondered why these pillars were erected on the pier of Docheiariou: On this blog we now see the answer: the bronze statues of archangels Michael and Gabriel, made by Fivos Sargentis , are...
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1643 – How about transport to Athos when it is storming?
When the waves are as high as this (Dafni by Giannis Keliotes) the ferries won’ t sail to the harbours of Dafni or the monasteries. But is this also the case with the much smaller boattaxi or is it...
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1644 – A book about monastic cooking
Very nice photo’s in the book: The Cuisine of Holly(?) Mount “Athos” by Dimitris Vlaikos. This monks show a plate with snails, Mt Athos in the background. With of course father Epifanios of...
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1645 – the hike from Karyes to Filotheou
After a short visit to Karyes (see 1641) and the bakery we continued our trip to Filotheou. Unfortunately my Nikon GPS camera had some problems, so I do have many pictures from the first part of this...
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1646 – Filotheou September 2014
On our hike to Kelli Timiou Stavrou we passed the Filotheou monastery: The gate with a van with watermelons – karpousi (photo 1). The first we noticed that many building activities took place. Here you...
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1647 – Stratos Kalafatis: “Athos: Colors of Faith”
80 very nice color images by Stratos Kalafatis. Here you can see them all.This is a still from a short film where you see the photographer at work. Mind the wall of this ruin on which you see the vague...
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1648 – Herman Hissink and Athos
Herman Hissink (1915-2011) was a teacher in the Dutch language at the Christian Gymnasium (nowadays Gymnasium Sorghvliet) in the Hague, The Netherlands. From his early youth on he was very fond of...
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