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2150 – Athos reopens its borders for 60 pilgrims and allows hiking again

Posted on July 4, 2020

Yesterday the news arrived at this site that from now on the Pilgrim’s Office will issue a total of 60 diamoniterion’s a day to pilgrims and up to 20 visitors and pilgrims per day will be allowed to visit each … Continue reading →

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2149 – random photos in chronological order – no 4

Posted on June 19, 2020

I will start this post with four photographs from the first (?) Athos bus, a Mercedes Benz, that arrived on Athos during the millenium celebrations in 1963. This picture is at the arsanas of Iviron dates from this period. On … Continue reading →

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2148 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 3

Posted on June 18, 2020

1925 nr 1 In post 1418 we told the story of “Agathon the Fool”, here on a photo in Kavsokalivia. He was a simple layman who lived in abandoned monastic cells during the decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s. 1925 … Continue reading →

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2147 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 2

Posted on June 17, 2020

11. 1903 Photo by monk Gavriil from Panteleimonos, made on August 21, 1903, with a “revealing” image of the Mother of God (on the left). The photo was published in a Greek newspaper at that time. It still remains a … Continue reading →

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2146 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 1

Posted on June 16, 2020

As you probably know, I occasionally roam the internet looking for Athos photos or publications. Today I found some time to show you some of my findings, beginning with the oldest: 1668 This is a page from a Dutch book, … Continue reading →

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2145 – The Konstamonitou Byzantine tower

Posted on June 14, 2020

On the accurate Barsky drawing from 1744 a Byzantine tower with the characteristic battlements is clearly visible, next to the entrance of Konstamonitou. On the photo of 1991 the tower is gone and replaced by a smaller one standing in … Continue reading →

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2144 – June 12th: fire on Cape Arapis

Posted on June 12, 2020

Latest news 13/6: the fire is under control now, but the extinguishing work continues. The fire covers 700-800 acres. In the afternoon of Friday, June 12, at the location of Cape Arapis, a forest fire broke out. The flames were … Continue reading →

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2143 – The Athos travel of Antoon Erftemeijer in 1988

Posted on June 12, 2020

The Dutch curator, visual artist and art historian, Antoon Erftemeijer (1954), visited Athos in the spring of the year 1988. It was his only visit to the Holy Mountain until now.He has a lifelong fascination for holy places and cloisters. … Continue reading →

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2142 – 9th of June 2020: a milestone, one million views !

Posted on June 9, 2020

I know, it is just a number. But we have 1.000.000 views. Unbelieveable. We started our weblog in 2006, first on a Dutch host, and in the beginning I didn’t count the limited number of views we had in the … Continue reading →

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2141 – From Dionysiou to Paulou in summer and winter

Posted on May 31, 2020

In the summer of 2011 we walked from Dionysiou to Paulou. The other way around as my brother Wim has described in the previous post (2140). In the winter of 2015 my friend Bas and I, together with our sons, … Continue reading →

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