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2302 – Winter on Athos
Around New Year’s Eve of 2014-2015, Herman and I went on a pilgrimage to Mount Athos with our sons. It was a very special experience because of the snowfall. The first night on the Holy Mountain it...
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2303 – an old Athos map of André Thevet from 1575
“Pourtrait de la montagne d’ Athos” In 1554 a Franciscan friar of Angoulěme/France, André Thevet, published his first book, Cosmographie de Levant. The author had recently returned from a three year...
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2304 – Another undiscovered part of Athos: the Agios Georgios chapel of...
Screenshot Google Earth: the opposite hill with Agios Georgios Kyriakon or chapel The toothless old man who helped me access the hill and open the gate As mentioned in previous posts, I spent a week...
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2305 – another undiscovered part of Athos – 2: the interior of the Agios...
In this post we take a closer look at the interior of the Chapel of Saint Georgios. But first I can share some photos from nine years ago, taken in 2005 by monk T., who today sent me the photos he...
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2306 – more unique pictures from Sografou in 2004/2005
With the generous assistance of my good friend monk T I am able to show you some more unique pictures from Sografou monastery, which he made made in 2004 and 2005 with his Canon EOS-1DS, almost 20...
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2307 – the extraordinary life story of father Evgenios Kastanias of Provata
Last week, Stefanos Katrinakis from Greece contacted us: he had a question about a photo we published in November 2023 in blog 2291, “The festivities of Lavra’s 1000 years.” According to Stefanos, the...
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2308 – animals on Athos
On the internet I came across this site, iNaturalist, where a checklist has been published with the animals and plants that have been identified on the Holy Mountain. This gave me the idea to go...
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2309 – Morfonou and Amalfion monastery
The tower of Amalfi drone photographed by Monk Theodosius with Morfonou beach in the background. The building on the right is the first cell of Skiti Lakkou. the location of Morfonou If it is not to...
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2310 – YouTube video, ALL MALE STATE: Why women are banned from this Greek...
Below you can see a short video from Juli 2023 of a commercial company with interesting footages and information about Athos (duration 17.05 m.). Also with two short interviews with Chris Thomas of...
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2311 – a visit to skiti Agiou Panteleimonos or skiti Koutloumousiou
Skiti Ag. Panteleimonos: detail of map of Peter Howorth (buy it here) It was a long-standing wish to finally pay a visit to this almost forgotten place on the Holy Mountain, which became reality on...
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2312 – the “forgotten” Skiti Iviron
A long-standing wish of mine was to visit this skete, as well as Skiti Panteleimonos, the last two larger places on the Holy Mountain that I had not yet seen. I tried to go there in 2009 but due to...
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2313 – The cell of Saint Nelios by Edward Lear
Nelios on 7 September 1856 Vivien Noakes in her biography of Edward Lear, Edward Lear, The Life of a Wanderer, London, 1968, p.145, describes the artist’s visit to the tiny cell of St Nilus (or St...
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2314 – Athos exhibitions at the Mount Athos Center in Thessaloniki: the...
When you start your Athos pilgrimage with a stay in Thessaloniki, it is a good idea to visit the Mount Athos Center. Mount Athos Center in 2007 (29-04) – at that time the the Protaton exhibition was...
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2314 – Athos exhibitions at the Mount Athos Center in Thessaloniki: the...
When you start your Athos pilgrimage with a stay in Thessaloniki, it is a good idea to visit the Mount Athos Center. Mount Athos Center in 2007 (29-04) – at that time the the Protaton exhibition was...
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2316 – No blessing for work, part 1
On that Thursday we had no blessing for our lopping work around Vatopedi. It was a feast day and of course you don’t work on one of those holy days. Father Matthew took the initiative to give us, the...
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2317 – No blessing for work (part 2) or the introduction of ” my future...
The tour of Father Matthew with the Foma path clearing team 2023 around Vatopedi continued along the harbour. The group who got no blessing for clearing the paths today because of the (feast)day of...
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2318 – new discoveries in Sografou’s courtyard
Plan of the monastery made in 2000 by Mylonas In this post we will take a closer look at Sografou’s courtyard.The photos date from September 2023, when I visited the monastery for one week, together...
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2319 – various Athos art by different artists
Athos by Jan W. Bultje (61×46 cm, date unknown) This watercolor is the latest asset of Athos art I have in my own home. This piece of art is made by Dutch artist, Jan W. Bultje, probably made in 70 or...
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2320 – a bucketlist with unvisited places on Athos: Dontas, kelli Artemiou...
On August 13th this year I will visit Athos for the 16th time. Due to the expected high temperatures in August, we have adjusted our itinerary and we will stay near Karyes. We have reservations for...
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