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2094 – Ioannis Koukouzelis, singer and composer
St. John Koukouzelis depicted on a 15th-century musical codex Ioannis Koukouzelis or John Kukuzelis (Durrës, Albania 1280 – Athos 1360) was a Byzantine medieval Orthodox Christian composer, singer...
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2095 – the hike from Kavsokalivia to Panaghia refuge
Our main goal during our 2019 pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain was to reach the top of Mount Athos. We decided to do the climb in two stages: day one from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge and day...
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2096 – The harbour of Vatopediou
I will show a few impressions of the harbour (arsanas) of Vatopediou. The 19th century warehouse from the perspective of the pier. The monastery with its red walls towers above the warehouse. A closer...
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2097 – Monastery of Agiou Paulou
1744 18th century drawing by Barsky. The name Paulou came probably from Paul Xeropotamites founder of Xeropotamou monastery. Paulou started as a small dependance of this monastery but was not...
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2098 – Panaghia and the hike to the peak of Mount Athos
the bell at the Panaghia refuge It took us 5 hours to walk from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge (see post 2095) and we arrived at one o’clock PM. We planned to arrive as early as possible, hoping...
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2099 – The waste and litter problem on Mount Athos
dumping ground In 2014, very close to the monastery of Filotheou , waste and rubbish are still dumped in the valley. I don’t know if that is still common practice. I hope not. car wreck On the path...
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2100 – Roaming around Dafni
A small taxi bus took us from Vatopediou to Karyes, where we changed busses. A big bus took us to the harbour town of Dafni. We had to wait for the boat that would take us to Kavsokalivia. After a...
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2101 – The location of the Hospital of Panteleimonos
A rather rare Greek postcard from app. 1910 shows the inside of the hospital of Russian/Ukranian monastery of Panteleimonos. But how did it look from the outside? The hospital? On this photograph made...
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2102 – Guest Rooms
Chilandariou, photographer and year unknown Every monastery and skiti have a room were pilgrims are welcomed, most of the time with Greek coffee, water, loukoumi and tsipourou. Panteleimonos 1957 This...
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2103 – more Guest Rooms
1986 Lavra guest room (with Pieter Voorn) 1989 Simonos Petras guest room (with Herman Voogd and Jaap Zondervan) 1989 Panteleimon guest room 1997 Chilandariou guest room (with Harry Stork) 2007 Lavra...
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2104 – Monasteries and hermits go by, between Dafni and Kavsokalivia
The ferry boat to Kavsokalivia arrived on time. We bought tickets on board. We sat on the open deck, watching the monasteries go by. It was rather windy. We talked about earlier visits, walking routes...
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2105 – the hike from Panaghia to Agiou Pavlou
On October 1st we started climbing down the Holy Mountain at 8 o’clock in the morning. We were not in a hurry, after climbing to the top earlier that day. To reach Agiou Pavlou monastery took us 6,5...
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2106 – The Athos maps of Piri Reis
The author of this blog is our Athos friend Japetus, who is an expert on maps. Many thanks for this fine translation and interesting story. Piri Reis was an Ottoman admiral who, after having travelled...
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2107 – The most beautiful descent on Athos
The ancient footpaths of Athos are of an unprecedented beauty, that is a well-known fact. But what is the most beautiful stretch? The answer is not so easy. There are plenty of excellent candidates....
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2108 – the YMCA excursion to Athos in 1925
In 1925 mr. P. Roccos, the religious secretary of the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) from Thessaloniki, organized an excursion to Mount Athos with 45 of its members. The trip took place...
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2109 – The Ouranoupolis webcam
Ouranoupolis webcam (again) It always make me feel good to get a glimpse of the Ouranoupolis harbour from where almost every boat to Mount Athos leaves. It reminds me of all the times, after getting...
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2110 – more pictures of Ouranopolis
In addition to the last post 2109 about the Ouranopolis webcam, I want to add some old pictures of the village, that I found in my archive. The first one is from 1959, when the first car arrived in...
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2111 – The story of B.R. Forsyth from Canada in 1954
Diamoniterion Bruco Rodewick Forsyth, April 1954 In 1954 B. R. Forsyth, probably from Quebec, Canada, travelled alone to the Holy Mountain. Athos made an immense impression on him. He often spoke of ”...
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2112 – Crossing the stone fall of Megali Sara
Between Nilou or Nilos and Prodromou the monopati runs over an impressive stone avalanche area called Megali Sara The path was formed by passing monks after the 1905 earthquake, that created the stone...
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2113 – Water in monasteries, sketes and in Karyes
Xiropotamou Many monasteries have their own water source. A place were you can fill your waterbottles. Iviron Most sources have nice carved marble slabs, a place to sit and a metal drinking cup on a...
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