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1729 – important spots in Ouranopoli
Today I’ll show the plan of Ouranopoli with the most important places you can/will visit: 1. the pilgrims office: where to pick up your Diamoniterion2. the ticket office for your boat ticket to Dafni...
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1730 – Approaching Iviron from the east
Coming from the winery of Mylopotamos it takes a half hour walk to reach the monastery of Iviron. The route is not that interesting but the views are great. Below on the photo the spot where the...
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1731 – Russia: the 2016 celebrations on Athos
Panteleimonos in Oktober 2014Panteleimonos in 1986 In 2016 the Russians will celebrate the 1000 years presence on Mount Athos. Building and renovation activities are in full progress: Panteleimonos and...
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1732 – the oldest tree on Athos ?
Every pilgrim who visited Athos and the Great Lavra monastery is impressed by the two large cypress trees in front of the refectory. The monastery was founded in 963, so the trees might be more than...
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1733 – a special room with special memories
In 1980 I went Athos for the first time. After visiting Iviron, Vatopediou and Sografou, we ended up on our last day at Docheiariou. We were offered a room next to beautiful balcony overlooking the...
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1734 – a new Agios Paisios icon
In a shop in Agnostou Stratiotou (near Dimitriou church) in Thessaloniki, I found this beautiful large Agios Paisios icon, situated in an Athonite landscape. Wim, 18/7
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1735 – art: Spyros Papanicolaou 1906 – 1986
Dionysiou in 1925 by Spyros Papanicolaou. Oil on canvas laid on board 42 by 32cm. Herman Voogd
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1736 – art : Konstantinos
The famous painter Konstantinos working on Agios Oros. Herman Voogd
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1737 – In the Byzantine Museum, Thessaloniki
yesteday I visited the Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki. I admired some nice etchings of Athos monasteries made in the late 18th, early 19th century. Vatopedi Docheiariou Simonas Petras Paulou...
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1738 – book: Athonite moments 1993
This photo book is published in 1993 by the Filiotheou monastery in English and German and it containes some extraordinary pictures. I found the book in the lobby of the Skites Bungalows near...
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1739 – Doug Patterson: Athos art in a Saloniki hotel
Already in November 2007 we showed you the products of this artist (see 253 and 260).While staying in Thessaloniki in the Orestias Kastorias Hotel this summer I found a couple of his paintings on the...
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1740 – How to paint an icon?
Monk Loukas from Xenofontos monastery showes you in 25 minutes how to paint a beautiful icon of Jesus. It is worth watching, with an explanation in English! Wim, 11/8 (thanks Vasilis)
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1741 – Monopati in Meteora
This summer I went with my wife, son and daughter to the Greek islands of Alonnisos and Skiathos . Skiathos means shadow of Athos but we had sun all the time :). Returning to Thessaloniki we made a...
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1742 – the Silouan mill (1)
On our pilgrimage in 2013 we were able to take a closer look at the extraordinary complex of buildings, not far from Roussikon and known as the Silouan mill. The four buildings are on top of each other...
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1743 – the Silouan mill (2)
In my first post about these buildings (1742) we had a look at the first building on the ground floor. Today we examine the three higher floors. But first let me show a picture of the all buildings,...
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1744 – arsanas Sografou
In 2013 we hiked from Sografou to the harbour/arsanas of the monastery. It is a 45 minutes walk, mainly over dirt road. Just before reaching the arsanas you can take a path, the last remnants of the...
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1745 art: Tsanko Lavrenov
Tsanko Lavrenov (Bulgarian: Цанко Лавренов) was a Bulgarian painter and art critic born in Plovdiv 1896, deceased in 1978. He is one of the most prominent, influential and distinctive Bulgarian artists...
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1746 – hike: Arsanas Sografou to Docheiariou
On September 26th 2013 we walked this hike of 3,14 km’s in 56 minutes. If you do this hike without stopping (to have a closer look at places of interest and to shoot pictures), you can do this...
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1747 – hike: Chilandariou to Sografou
On September 25th 2013 we walked this hike of 7,74 km’s in 2 hours and 1 minute. This is including a detour to the cave of St. Cosmas. On the following spots I took the pictures you can see below. Not...
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1748 – the cave of St. Cosmas
What can I add to the two briljant stories with fine pictures of Bas Kamps in post 1024 and 1025? As mentioned in my last post from yesterday it is sad to see how the surroundings of the cave are...
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