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1849 – Skiti Andreou: a walk around the main church
The main church (E on the plan), build in 1900, was until recently the biggest church on the Balkan. It is enormous and ment for large groups of pilgrims, like the ones you see below on the historic...
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1850 – Andreou: “the old chapel”
Today we take a closer look at this extraordinary building (letter J on the plan – see last post 1849). Most visitors pass this building and don’t pay attention to it because it’s old, partly in ruins...
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1851 – The Russian skulls of skiti Andreou
When Raymond Geldermans travelled to the Holy Mountain in 1972 and in 1982 he found the skiti of Andreou, alias the Serail, completely in ruins. As Wim recently pointed out in recent posts the skiti...
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1852 – Skiti Andreou by Gerard Koolschijn
Photo by Gerard Koolschijn: Sk. Andreou, the red chapel, in 1970 with Dutch writer Nicolaas Matsier (Tjit Reinsma) sitting on the stairs of the katholicon. Dutch writer and translater Gerard...
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1853 – Skiti Andreou: historical pictures
The ossuary of Andreou: also see the more recent pictures of Raymond Geldermans from April 1982 in post 1851.The old trapeza: this mist be the oval room on the picture below, taken from the garden....
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1854 – A meeting with an unknown Russian wandering monk (бродячая монах)
(Picture by Raymond Geldermans, July 1960) In July 1960, when Raymond Geldermans pilgrimated from Iviron to Pantocrator he found a uninhabited house. In its neighbourhood he saw two monks. One of them...
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1855 – Dutch monks on Athos
Sofar we discovered three Dutch monks who lived on the Holy Mountain. All three in Karakalou: Pachomios, K. and someone unknown. This is the story of fourth Dutchman on Athos, Hilarion of Xeropotamou....
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1856 – The visit of Simonos Petras (fourth day, fourth leg)
To continue the travel- and photoblog from our September 2015 pilgrimage we took the early morning bus from Iviron to Karyes and then later another bus to the harbour in Dafni, where we wanted to sail...
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1857- the hike from Karyes to Simonos Petras
On September 28th 2015 we walked from Karyes to Simonos Petras. The hike started on the main road from Karyes to Dafni and the totall distance was 13,3 km. It took us – including breaks – 4 hours....
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1858 – Athos film in French from 1963
This film is black and white, 13′.35 minutes long, with a long interview with a French speaking monk Pavlos Lavriotis – 1885 – 1980 (photo above) and images of the last remaining six inhabitants of...
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1859 – the Kitchen Garden of Simonos Petras
One of the intriguing things on Mount Athos is the healthy food the monks eat. Many books has been published about this subject, for a good recipe look here. But where do the cooks of the monasteries...
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1860 – The earliest photographs of Mount Athos 1853
In 1853 photographer Ernest de Caranza and artist Emile Charles Labbé (probably both sitting next to the ship in the harbour of Pantocratoros)) visited Mount Athos and made a series of photographs to...
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1861 – Find the differences
Xiropotamou in 1853. Photo by Ernest de Caranza and Emile Charles Labbé. Watch the figure in the tower on the right. Xiropotamou in 2013. Photo by H. Voogd. The towerclock is not round shaped anymore...
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1862 – film about the chef and winemaker Epifanios from Mylopotamos
This beautiful film about Epifanios and with spectacular drone shots from the Holy Mountain was removed from YouTube yesterday, but luckily our Athos friend Vasilis found it again on Vimeo: The film is...
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1863 – The arsanas of Pantocratoros
Looking up at the monastery of Pantocratoros from the small harbour. 2015 Almost the same spot in 1853Ruined house in 2016Not the same house as above but almost the same spot. 1853 Compare the wall on...
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1864 – The oldest pictures of Athos: Simonos Petras
Herman has already shown some of the oldest pictures of Athos by Ernest de Caranza & Emile Charles Labbé. The pictures were taken in the year 1853. Today we will focus on some of their early images...
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1865 – a closer look at Simonos Petras
Simonospetras is build on a rock, as you see on the pictures and plan below: The plan of the monastery is quite complex, because of its many floors. These plans will help you find your way:Building M1...
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1866 – The origin of the Sografou guesthouse
It took me some time to find out where on The Holy Mountain this building and chapel is located. The photo is from 1853. Approximately 30 years later the building is replaced by a similar house which...
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1867 – The courtyard of Gregoriou
The courtyard of Gregoriou in 1853. Maybe the oldest or one of the oldest photographs of this monastery. The roofs of the exo-narthex in the middle and the refectory on the right are covered with...
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1868 – The evolution of Simonos Petras
When was the right wing added? 1744 drawing by Barsky. 1853 one of the first photographs by Ernest de Caranza and Emile Charles Labbé. 1867 1872 by Russian monks of the Panteleimonos monastery. 1883 by...
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