1720 – White Athos

Summer is here but I have some last winter pictures which I made on our trip to Athos in december/january 2014/15courtyard Gregoriou 31th dec 2014The totally unexpected short snowballfight we had in the courtyard of Gregoriou.
Schermafbeelding 2015-04-27 om 10.57.27Leaving Gregoriou walking to Dionysiou
Schermafbeelding 2015-04-27 om 10.59.01Dionysiou in sight.
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Arriving a the arsanas of Dionysiou. When we arrived at the monastery I photographed our footsteps in the snow .
Schermafbeelding 2015-04-27 om 11.02.26
The footpath to Nea Skiti when the snow started melting.
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When we arrived in Nea Skiti most of the snow was gone. It went as quickly as it came.
Herman Voogd

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3 Responses to 1720 – White Athos

  1. gerard koolschijn says:

    Monks believe in miracles. And because snow, rapidly vanishing again, is a wonderful miracle, they appropriately and in the nick of time honour this miraculous phenomenon by playing. Thank you for recording their zeal, mr H. Voogd!

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