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2282 – An unknown aqueduct near Vatopedi.
On our first day with the Vatopedi path clearing FOMA-team we descended from the Way of the Bey back to our monastery. Father M. was so kind to give the group of seven a ride to the ridge at about 450...
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2283 – The second day of the path clearing expedition (part 1)
sunrise The second day started at sunrise. Our team was only four men. Three of our men joined an Athos fireman for what would become a tiring day for them. The fireman had electric equipment to cut...
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2284 – The second day of the path clearing expedition. (part 2)
Four impressions of the first stretch of the coastal path between Vatopedi and Esfigmenou. Not too far from Vatopedi in a wooded bend an old drinking place for mules can be seen. The now dry well is a...
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2285 – The path to Onoufriou
the path in red to Ag. Onoufriou on the Peter Howorth map The plan was to start on our first path clearing day with the relatively frequently walked coastal path from Dionysiou, our home monastery, to...
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2286 – Vatopedi’s Koi fish
In front of the main entrance of the Vatopedi monastery is a basin; a large pool. It was once a reservoir for the water mill, which is located at the bottom of the hill, near the harbour. But now it...
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2287 – more information about the new hotel and restaurant in Karyes
In post 2278 I showed you the images of monk Prodromos Grigoriatis, who visited the new hotel just after its opening on August 20th 2023. On September 24th I was in Karyes myself and had a chance to...
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2288 – Vatopedi at night
After compline (= prayers at the end of the day) the monastery comes to a rest. Most of the monks go to their cells. Some of the pilgrims gather at the coffee machine. Others go to their rooms. The...
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2289 – An Athos exhibition in Haarlem, The Netherlands
The nice cover of Sydney Loch’ sThe Holy Mountain The Art Center Haarlem (Kunst Centrum Haarlem, gallery and art library), the Netherlands regularly exhibits collections of fellow citizens. The...
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2290 – Two young Dutch men witnessed the festivities of Lavra’s 1000 years...
It’s 1963. Sixty years ago. Two friends from the Dutch city of The Hague, Ger (23) and Jan (25), plan to travel to Greece by moped. They had previously gone to Spain by moped. They wanted to...
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2291 – The festivities of Lavra’s 1000 years existence. Part 2
The year is 963. A thousand and sixty years ago. The foundation of the first monastery on Athos, the Great Lavra. The thousand-year anniversary was of course celebrated in detail at the time. As...
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2292 – the remnants of two carriages in the cemetery of Sografou
The cemetery of Sografou On September 18 I visited the cemetery of Zografou. In a far corner of the cemetery I found two half-decayed remains of four-wheeled carriages. What could be the reason that...
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2293 – the cemetery of Sografou
Sografou cemetery is located uphill, to the left of the monastery. It is a 2-minute walk from the monastery entrance to reach the cemetery gate, which is open. A part of the Mylonas plans of Sografou...
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2294 – After the festivities of a thousand years of Athos (1963), part 3
The next two days Ger and Jan would walk the entire west side of Athos. They left from Paulou via Dionysiou and Grigoriou to Simonos Petras. In Dionysiou they studied the famous frescoes. Here is...
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2295 – Portraits of Athos monks in 1963. The festivities of a thousand years...
Ger Dommerholt with his photographic equipment during his 1963 pilgrimage to Athos. Ger Dommerholt, who visited Athos with his friend Jan in 1963 and attended the 1000th anniversary festivities is an...
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2296 – the ossuary of Sografou
Next to the cemetery of Sografou is the chapel ‘Annunciation to the Virgin’, a beautiful old building painted in ocher yellow and terracotta brown/red colors. (Here) on the right and under this...
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2297 – The FoMA Footpath Clearing Pilgrimage 2023
The 2023 FoMa team The vast majority of the Foma 2023 pathclearing team (36 pilgrims) arrived in Ouranoupolis, Greece from London by plane. The flight was quite delayed so it was a short night for...
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2280 – Images of Dionysiou
2023 2023 During the FoMA path clearing week our base was the Dionysiou Monastery. Dionysiou was founded in the 14th century but the first photo’s of the monastery appear in the 19th century. 1853 A...
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2299 – arsanas Konstamonitou: a new chapel above the caves
Arsanas Konstamonitou, with the new chapel, seen from the ferry on 23/09. On our last pilgrimage to Athos with the FoMA footpath team we had a day off on day 4 (21/09-23) because the monks of Sografou...
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2300 – recent excavations in the trapeza of Vatopedi
The floor of the trapeza before the roof was fixed and the excavations beneath the floor started in 2023 (photo 22-9-2022) As part of the work to fix and restore the trapeza of the Vatopedi Monastery,...
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2301 – the library of Sografou and the story of the stolen book
Our Bulgarian friend Metodi Mladenov invited us on September 18th 2023 to join a tour in the library of Sografou monastery. It lies on top top floor, almost above the trapeza. Mylonas plan of the...
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