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1789 – the Maroudá trapeza
I ended post number 1775 with pictures of the lovely lunch we had in the trapeza of Maroudá. Today we will take a closer look at the refined and extraordinary paintings on the trapeza walls.Pilgrims...
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1790 – Edward Lear’s visit in 1856
Edward Lear is an artist who we encountered a few times on this blog. He visited Mount Athos in september 1856 and made then some 50 drawings of the monasteries and landscapes of the highest quality....
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1791 – The last and lost leg of the day (day two, fifth episode)
Looking back towards the entrance of Esfigmenou. The clock, guarded by two flagpoles, shows Athonian times. The palm tree will have a visitor in a couple of months, the ladder is already placed at its...
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1792 – the Esfigmenou – Vatopedi hike
This might be the spot where things went wrong for Herman, Bas and Jacques, see the red X on Google maps:The picture below is taken on the dirt road, where the monopati starts, at spot X.On the map...
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1793 – BBC televsion 14/2/16: Simon Reeve visits Athos/Esfigmenou illegaly
Although it was announced that Simon Reeve would show his journey to the Peloponnese tonight, to my surprize ended up in the North of Greece, where he filmed his visit to the Holy Mountain. First he...
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1794 – two new Athos maps – a review
Yesterday I received two recently published Athos maps by Filathonites. The maker is Peter Howorth from New Zealand. The map is also compiled by Roland Baetens from Belgium, a FoMA footpaths...
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1795 – update online Athos map
With the help of the new Athos map – as mentioned below in post 1794 – I updated the online Athos-map on Community Walk (also see Links in the right column of this blog). Wim Voogd, 21-02
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1796 – interview with John Arnell, founder of FoMA’s foothpath project
Click on the following link to see the Pemptousia interview in Vatopedi with John Arnell, who recounts about the history of the foothpath project and how meets Prince Charles twice (who even helped...
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1797 – Patriarch Kirill plans to visit Mount Athos in May
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is expected to visit Mount Athos, in May 2016, on the occasion of festivities marking the 1000th anniversary of Russia’s presence on the Holy Mountain. “Mount...
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1798 – From Vatopediou to Pantocratoros (day three, first leg)
We started walking in the early morning from Vatopediou. We didn’t want to wait for the morning mass to finish. And we could not find a monk to give some food for the road. But we still had plenty of...
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1799 -the grapes from St. Simeon’s vine: help needed!
In post 1618 I told the story of the grapes of St. Simeon at Chilandariou: it is believed that the dried raisins have wonderous results and help women with fertility problems.One of our readers got...
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1800 – Inside Pantocratoros (day three, first intermezzo)
When we entered Pantocratoros after our stroll from Vatopediou, we found the monastery in deep rest. We conquered the monastery without being noticed. Nobody in the courtyard. The church was closed....
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1801 – the Alexander frieze in Maroudá
Almost all paintings and fresco’s in Athos show us religious scenes: the live of Christ, Holy Saints and stories from the Bible are told on the murals. You will not find any secular images, because...
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1802 – Maroudá: the interior
Jan Paul ten Bruggencate has been a frequent visitor in the kelli Maroudá. He offered to show us around in the premises and to be our guide.The wooden entrance to main building of Maroudá, with the...
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1803 – On our way to Stavronikita: fires and vibrations (day three, second leg)
We waved goodbye to Pantocratoros where we enjoyed so much hospitality and a very good meal. We followed the wonderful monopati along the coast. It is a bit hilly but not too strenuous. The monopati is...
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1804 –‘God exists, naturally’ by Herman Hissink
Herman Hissink (1915-2011), on the right on the photo above, worked as a teacher on a renowned Christian high school in The Netherlands. He wrote many diaries and letters during his lifetime. Some of...
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1805 – Maroudá: the exterior
Today we wil take a closer look at the exterior of kellion Maroudá. The kellion lies on a 20 minutes walk from Skiti Andreou, as you can see on this image from Google maps: The image above shows the...
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1806 – Athos film German television: Der heilige Berg Athos
This short film (in German) is published on July 24th 2015 by the WDR/Actuelle Stunde -Bustour 2015. The reporter interviews the German monk Theodosius from Simonopetras, who had been living on Athos...
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1807 – A suffocating medieval climb to the top of the Holy Mountain
Mount Athos that passeth the clouds. “The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Mandeville”, knight of St. Albans was a very popular travel book in the fourteenth century. The real identity of the author,...
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1808 – Athos 30 years ago: 26th of April 1986
30 years ago I began my second Athos pilgrimage: after recieving our Diamoniterion in Karyes we started out to reach the monastery of Karakalou.Looking back at Karyes and KoutloumousiouOn this spot we...
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