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1669 – Lakkou skiti in September 2014
Our initial plan was to first take a ride/taxi from Kelli Timiou Stavrou to Lakkou Skiti, pay a quick vist to this Romenian skete, and then to continue on foot to Skiti Anni. The next day, 8th...
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1670 – The walk to Dionysiou
After the snow ball fight the peace was signed and we were off to Dionysiou. It was still the last day of the year. Some of the monks were worried about our walking plans. The path could be very...
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1671 – Lakkou Skiti 2
Today we take a closer look at building nr 3 with its new church and the main church/ katholicon and the ossuary of the skete (A and B). Father Gabriel gave us the advice to visit the new church that...
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1672 – Prince Charles visiting Romenian kelli in 2000 and 2004
Prince Charles occasionally visits the Holy Mountain and especially Vatopedi (269, 944 and 1021). On the internet I found this picture of Charles visiting the Elder Dionysios of the Romenian St....
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1673 – new iPad App about Vatopedi
In the App Store you download a new free App about Vatopedi. It is only made for iPad, NOT for iPhone. If you search the App type the word: Vatopaidi and you find this image (here in Dutch and...
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1674 – The little bridge between Grigoriou and Dionysiou
When we walked from Gregoriou to Dionysiou in the fresh snow on the last day of the year 2014 I recognized this tiny bridge. It was the third time I was here. This time I crossed the bridge with my son...
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1675 – the Tower of Kaletzi: another Latin monastery on Athos (at Kolitsou or...
We all know that today 20 monasteries exist on the Holy Mountain. But we also have information and proof that there used to be more monasteries. Most people who visited Athos have been to the Zygou...
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1676 – Oranges in a white world
Oranges, we eat them a lot but we never seen them growing on trees in Western Europe. The association with oranges is for us summer, not winter or snow. Nevertheless there were plenty of oranges,...
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1677 – A man in Dionysiou 1941
In 1941 a German scientific expedision visited Athos. Prof Dr Dölger and his team did a lot of research and made a lot of photographs. Many of them published in his book Mönchsland Athos. New images,...
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1678 – A walk around Dionysiou
We received a warm and friendly welcome in the guest house of Dionysiou. It was good to be in a monastery after the walk from Grigouriou in the snow. We had a spicy discussion with another guest about...
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1679 – New Athos site: the Ascetic Experience
The Ascetic Experience has beautiful Athos photo’s and a spiritual message: we share all our everyday spiritual needs. Footpath The wood stove of the Vatopedi...
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1680 – Memento Mori in Dionysiou
Just outside the gate of Dionysiou along the stone benches the path to Paulou starts. There are some old buildings on the left and a sea view on the right. The path narrows a bit and takes a sharp...
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1681 – Renovations near Paulou
This is the monastery of Paulou situated at the foot of Mt. Athos. The tower near the beach is a defense tower probably from the Byzantine period. This photograph was taken a few years ago. The...
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1682 – A detour to the harbour of Nelios
If your last day on Athos has arrived you have to take the ferry back to Ouranoupolis. A good advise is to take the ferry on its way to the ” village” of Kavsokalivia and not go directly to...
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1683 – Inside Dionysiou
Inside the monastery of Dionysiou, behind the arcades, on the wall of the refectory, there are fascinating medieval fresco’s. I will show some details of the painting. In the earlier blogs by Wim...
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1684 – the icon painters of Lakkou skiti
One of the reasons to go to Mount Athos in 2014 was to buy a real Athos-icon. When we told Father Gabriel that we were looking for a good quality icon, he immediately brought us to a room in the large...
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1685 – Athos in the 1930ties
This post is dedicated to F. John Herbert from Iowa, USA because of his very warm and stimulating words in the comment he made in the About section of this blog. Thanks very much. You made our day. The...
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1686 – Paulou over the years
The black and white image of Paulou dates probably from the early 20th century. We can check the date by looking at the trees. A large cypress is hiding the kiosk at the entrance of the monasteryon...
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1687 – On our way to the Holy Monastery Paulou
When we departed from Dionysiou late in the morning of the new year a very social cat followed us for about a kilometre. He jumped from footstep to footstep which we had left in the snow. A lot of snow...
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1688 – Bird on the summit (reblog)
athosweblog:For a long time we were convinced that the bird I saw and photographed in 2007 and 2011 on the highest point of Mount Athos was a Blue Rock Thrush but we have a new determination: an Alpine...
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