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2259 – the Abbots of all Athos monasteries

Posted on February 20, 2023 by athosweblog

Our dear Athos friend Vasílis de Grote publishes very interesting information about Athos on Facebook. With his permission I have reproduced this list of abbots, hegoúmenos in Greek, which he published on 12 February. The reason for starting this list … Continue reading →

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2258 – a drone footage of Vatopedi and unique images of the ruins of the Kolitsou tower

Posted on February 15, 2023 by athosweblog

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 →

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2257 – a drone footage of the Athonias Academy

Posted on January 6, 2023 by athosweblog

Wim Voogd, (again) thanks to Monk T, ever so helpfull for beautiful content!

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2256 – the ruins of the Athonias or Athonite academy

Posted on December 29, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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2255 – December 1st: 2022 heavy rains on Mount Athos / Dionysiou

Posted on December 11, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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2254 – FoMa footpath team 2022 – part 1: from Ouranopolis to Dafni and Vatopedi

Posted on November 19, 2022 by athosweblog

“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 →

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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

Posted on November 8, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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2252 – a You Tube footage of a hike between Simonos Petras and Grigoriou

Posted on November 7, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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2251 – Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas in Vatopedi -1928/30

Posted on October 24, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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2250 – arsanas Chromitsa and the border buildings

Posted on October 4, 2022 by athosweblog

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 →

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