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1748 – fire in Nea Skiti
Just after arriving at Nea Skiti today a fire started in the kaliva of Father Raphael. He is not harmed in any way, but he was very sad because his house is burned. The chapel looks untouched by the...
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1749 – a room in a ruin….
On our way from Stavronikita to Karyes we passed just one of the many ruins on Mount Athos. When I went in to take a closer look I found this collection of skulls in a room……. Wim, 28/9
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1751 – more about the deserted kelli near Stavronikita
On our last day of our recent pilgrimage we hiked from Stavronikita to Karyes. Soon after leaving the monastery we encounterd a deserted building, see light blue pin on the map below, with latitude...
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1752 – Athos trip summer 2015 in 12 photo’s
In september 2015 I went on my 8th trip to Mount Athos together with my good friends Bas Kamps and Jacques Poell. We came by boat from Ierissos to Vatopedi where we visited the ruins of the old...
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1753 – Simonopetras by night
With the help of our Greek fellow blogger Giannis – who I personally met in Maroudá on our first day of our pilgrimage, more about this meeting will follow later – we spend a night in the beautiful...
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1755 – changes on the Holy Mountain?
During my last visit to the Holy Mountain monk Michael, the Lebanse archondaris of Simonpetras, told us that the number of pilgrims was booming: the expectation for this year 120.000 pilgrims, for...
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1756 – New map of Mount Athos
There is a new map Mount Athos available . Water- and rip- proof and The first highly accurate map of Mt Athos as is it stated on the map. This last part is not true because the first accurate map of...
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1757 – A northern approach to Agion Oros. Day one, part one.
As the starting point of our bi-annual pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain we chose to take the boat from Ierissos. It was our first departure from that more remote spot. The town lies on the northern...
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1758 – The photo’s of Athelstan Riley, 1883
In 1883 Englishman Athelstan Riley visited Athos and made a lot of photo’s which he used for his book Athos or The Mountain of the Monks which was published in 1887. Some of the photo’s and the derived...
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1759 – A morning walk to the ruins of the Athonite Academy. Day one, part two.
A large group of pilgrims just arrived at the guesthouse and we didn’t want to interfere or wait for hospitality after our wobbly boat trip. So we took a quick Greek coffee from a coffee machine in the...
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1760 – lecture about women and Athos by Veronica Della Dora
The portrait of Olga Papaloukas with Karyes as background painted by her husband Spyros. On November 10, 2015, Veronica della Dora, Chair of Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, will...
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1760 – An afternoon walk to Zografou. Day one, part three.
In the kiosk at the entrance of Vatopediou we received a detailed description of the walk to Zografou from a very friendly, hospitable monk. He houses as a guard in a little office just behind the...
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1762 – Into the cellar of Zografou. (Day one, part four)
In light rain we passed a church that is left to decay just as it was six years ago. Coming from the Chera crossing the church is the first building just before entering the monastic complex of...
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1763 – Around Zografou (second day, first leg)
The morning started with my coronation as king of snoring. It is surprising to have a won a prize without any awareness. Pilgrim Herman went to the monastic kitchen to find some food to bring along. He...
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1764 – the Nea Skiti fire on September 22nd (2)
On our last pilgrimage to Athos I posted these pictures in 1749, a few minutes after the fire was extinguished. Here is whole story and more pictures. After arriving at the kellion of Father Nikon and...
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1765 – Between Bulgaria and Serbia. Cosmas revisited (day two, second leg)
Mount Athos is one of the most peaceful places on earth. The turmoil of violent attacks or even war feels far away from the monasteries and the paths that connect them. The brutal outer macrocosm, its...
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1766 – Young boys on the Mountain
It is probably of all ages that fathers bring their sons to the Holy Mountain. Tenth-century regulations for the Lavra and for Athos in general forbid the entrance for ” beardless men”. But the Gospel...
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1767 – Karyes September 2015
On our first day of our pilgrimage to Athos on Sunday 20th of September we reserved a place to sleep at Skiti Andreou (or Serail). Before we went there we tried to get an extention of our Diamoniterion...
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1768 – The monopati from Cosma’s cave to Chilandariou (second day, third leg)
The first stretch of the monopati is densely forested. The small trees enclose the outside world with abundant foliage. A drizzle found its way through the leaves. There are many traces of wild boar...
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