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2074 – Visiting Profitou Eliou
We had never visited skiti Profitou Eliou (skete of Prophet Elijah). We did see it several times from a distance. But today the Prophet was waiting for us in the morning clouds. Here we have an...
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2075 – the top of Mount Athos, 1st of October
Tuesday morning October 1st we started at 5.00 pm our hike to the summit from the refuge Panaghia. The sky was clear, the view was fantastic and the sunrise magnificant! Wim, 3-10 (top photo by Gert...
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2076 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: coloured glass
Xeropotamou: the phiale Xeropotamou: the Katholicon Grigoriou: stained glass and paintings inside the phiale Agiou Pavlou monastery Agiou Pavlou monastery Wim, 5/10
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2077 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: silhouettes and shadows
The bells of the Metamorphosis chapel on the top of Mount Athos – 2033 meters Two photos of the bell of the Panaghia refuge at 1500 meters (at daylight and sunset) The grotesque gargoyle in the shape...
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Together with pilgrims Richard Snellen and Gert Jan Wiekart, 30th of September, 1st of October 2019 Wim Voogd, 6/10
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2079 – On our way to Vatopediou
We picked up our rucksacks, said goodbye to the archondariki, and were on our way to Vatopediou. Looking back to Pantocratoros we had a good view on the aqueduct that leads to the monastery. The...
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2080 – Exploring Vatopediou
A monk approaches an abundant circular bed of fallen crimson flowers under the Camellia in the courtyard of Vatopediou. The monastery has got a rather large central square that is – unlike most...
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2081 – Fish in the pond at Vatopediou
When leaving Vatopediou through the impressive main gate you see the kiosk in front of you with a beautiful hilly backdrop. Right after the gate to the right you will find a new pool. The large pool...
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2082 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: the hike from Prodromou to Kavsokalivia
On our way to Dafni Planning a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain is a necessity. Not only you’ll have make reservations for a place to sleep in a monastery or skete, you will also have book your trip by...
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2083 – Derek Hill and the Holy Mountain
At the harbour of Vatopedi you may find a restored fountain and a kiosk, that were built in memory of Derek Hill, “who showed a genuine love for the monasteries of the Holy Mountain”, as is engraved...
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2084 – Prince Charles and the Holy Mountain
The last post of Bas inspired me to search on the internet for an Athos painting made by Derek Hill. That effort wasn’t successful, the only one I found was in my own archive. I added this painting to...
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2085 – Women who ignored the avaton
on the tourist boat looking at Panteleimon In early legal documents (in the years 970 and 1045) the exclusion of women is implied but it is never specifically stated. According to Graham Speake in...
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2086 – Agiou Paulou monastery: the pavilion of Princess Mara
Agiou Paulou One of the more physical proofs that there has been a woman on Athos is the Pavilion of Princess Mara, born in 1416 and a daughter of a Serbian monarch Đurađ (George) Branković . She...
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2087 – Pilgrim portraits by Barry Oreck
In April 2019 we went to Athos with our dear friend from the US, Barry Oreck. It was for him the first time on the Holy Mountain. Sensing the special moments during our stay he made some beautiful...
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2088 – The path and stairs to the cave and chapel of St. Nelios
april 2019 Looking down the path to Kavsokalivia is clearly visible. We came from there and I took the photo below from the cave and the chapel, high up the rock, while standing on this path. The cave...
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2089 – discovery of female remains in a chapel near Pantocratoros
Today this article is published in The Guardian, about recent finds under the floor of the chapel of St Athanasios, just outside the walls of the monastery. It looks like the bones they found are that...
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2090 –“The beauty of the Mountain, which remains, in my experience, the...
The men on this picture were shown before, in the post about the painter Derek Hill. Now we shift our focus to Steven Runciman. An interesting man who travelled for the last time to the Holy Mountain...
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In post 1901 we showed the screener of the German-Austrian documentary film from 2016, “Athos – Im Jenseits dieser Welt”, now also available on YouTube in HD quality with English subtitles (called...
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2092 – a botanical paradise
herbarium Dried plants from Mount Athos are found in a herbarium from the Natural History Museum/ Smithsonian Institute in the US. hop This European Hop or Hornbeam f.i. can de found on the slopes of...
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2093 – Polykleitos Regos, painter of the Holy Mountain
entance Vatopedi 1963 Vatopedi 2015 Sografou 1934 Sografou 2009 Kavsokalivia 1983 Kavsokalivia 2019 Simonos Petras 1927 Simonos Petras 2019 Polykleitos Regos died in 1984. Herman Voogd
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