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Athos – Agios Oros
- 2269 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 3.02: the Ridge path above Vatopedi to Chera
- 2268 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 3.01: the Ridge path above Vatopedi to Chera
- 2267 – a drone footage of Mylopotamos winery
- 2266 – more Athos maps
- 2265 – a drone footage of a Pristine Territory of the Holy Mountain: the Réma Dontá cataracts
- 2264 – a drone footage of skiti Panteleimonos and the cell of Ag. Paisios
- 2263 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 2: the path from Vatopedi towards Esfigmenou
- 2262 – a drone footage of three towers of Mount Athos
- 2261 – a new site with routes for hikers on Mount Athos
- 2260 – a drone footage of Ag. Vasiliou, arsanas Chilandariou and the Milutin tower
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2258 – a drone footage of Vatopedi and unique images of the ruins of the Kolitsou tower
Once again I am in the privileged position to show unique images of Athos. This time my much appreciated friend Monk T made drone images of the well-known monastery Vatopedi, where I stayed for a week with my friends from … Continue reading
Posted in Chomitsa
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2257 – a drone footage of the Athonias Academy
Wim Voogd, (again) thanks to Monk T, ever so helpfull for beautiful content!
2256 – the ruins of the Athonias or Athonite academy
The Athonias was founded in 1749 and the first building was erected on the top of a hill northeast of Vadopedi, where its imposing ruins still exist today. In the beginning it was well known because of the progressive educational methods … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, ruins, Trip 2022
Tagged aqueduct, Athonias, Athonite academy, chapel, FoMA
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2255 – December 1st: 2022 heavy rains on Mount Athos / Dionysiou
This footage by IMDLEO.GR shows a sudden storm on December 1st 2022 near the monastery Dionysios on Mount Athos. You see the water storage tank that prevents the plaza from flooding and protects the shoreline from the swirling water and … Continue reading
2254 – FoMa footpath team 2022 – part 1: from Ouranopolis to Dafni and Vatopedi
“No pilgrimage to Athos for me this year, or so I thought”, because at the beginning of 2022 it turned out that traveling to Athos was still difficult, because of the protective measures to prevent the Corona virus from spreading … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, Karyes, Ouranoupolis, Trip 2022
Tagged checkpoint, COVID test, Covid-19, ferry, FoMA, footpath team, Panaghia Engyitria
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2253 – another You Tube footage by Rafinos of a hike from Agia Anna to Kerasia and to the top of Mount Athos, including the enormous waterspout
The latest video of the Greek pilgrim dates from the first of November 2022. On this nice footage with dramatic music at the end he and his friend Angelos start their climb from arsanas Agia Anna, where he almost slides … Continue reading
Posted in mountain, Skiti Anna
Tagged 2033, Kerasia, Panaghia refuge, summit, top mountain, waterspout
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2252 – a You Tube footage of a hike between Simonos Petras and Grigoriou
Rafinos from Greece published this beautifil 8-minute video from his hike on July 5th 2022(?) between Simonos Petras and Grigoriou, in black and white and color, and with appropriate music in the background. Some of the shots were made by … Continue reading
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, 17 Grigoriou, films, walking
Tagged drone, film, footpath, hiking, monopati, Wikiloc
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2251 – Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas in Vatopedi -1928/30
On my last journey to Athos in September/October 2022 I spend one day in Thessaloniki. Because we published the photos of the photographer Boissonnas earlier on this weblog (1485), I made a visit to this small museum MOmus on the … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, art, books, history
Tagged aqeduct, Athonasias, bell tower, clocktower, courtyard, efzones, entrance, Fred Boissonnas, phiale, photographer, photographs, semantron, source, trapeza, well
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2250 – arsanas Chromitsa and the border buildings
On a half hour walk from Ouranopolis you will find the border to the Holy Mountain. Behind the fence there is a cluster of five buildings: one for a policeman (on the right when standing at the gate), a house … Continue reading
Posted in arsanas, border, Chomitsa, trip 1989
Tagged boathouse, dock-yard house, russians
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