After arriving in Dafni in march 1916 mr. Dwight went to Karyes to get his permission to stay, supported by a letter of recommendation of the Patriarch of Constantinople. In those days you got four stamps of different members of the Holy Epistasia, forming an image of the Virgin. After visiting the Protaton and Koutloumousiou the writer goes to Vatopedi, where his story stops. I wonder why he shows pictures of Lavra and Kafsokalivia and does not describe anything about these places…………

Vatopedi, march 1916

Vatopedi – courtyard, with on the right the guesthouse

Vatopedi – kitchen of the guesthouse

Vatopedi – hallway

Vatopedi – interior church

Vatopedi – refectory/trapeza

Vatopedi – monks, pilgrims and hermits visit Vatopedi because of the Feast of The Annunciation

Outside Vatopedi

Clergy and a mule train on the plaza before Vatopedi

Vatopedi  stone plaza and clock tower

A communion cup of red translucent stone supported by gold dragons

Wim, 8/1