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Author Archives: athosweblog
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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2249 – the Dafni building complex of Simonospetras – part 2
In part 1 of this post (2248) I showed you the exterior and interior of the Church of All Saints. In this post we wil take a closer look at some of the other buildings, starting with the building that … Continue reading
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, Dafni
Tagged arsanas, boat house, guesthouse, renovations, simonopetras foundation.
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2248 – the Dafni building complex of Simonospetras – part 1
It has been three years since we last visited the Holy Mountain. Due to the coronavirus, the lockdowns in the world and extra precautions that applied to Athos, no pilgrims were allowed to come. But this summer Athos will finally … Continue reading
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, arsanas, Dafni, ruins
Tagged boat house, church, renovations, simonopetras foundation.
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2247 – more information about the documentary “Adam where are you?” and an article in a Dutch magazine
Watch a trailer of this documentary on YouTube: On August 19th the Dutch magazine KATHOLIEK NIEUWSBLAD published this article “Getuigen van de stilte / Een intieme blik op een heilige berg” about the documentary “Adam where are you?”. You can … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Docheiariou, films, news
Tagged Alexandr Plyska, documentary, Hegumenou Grigorios, Ukraine
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2246 – Xiropotamou monastery: the phiale and the exo-narthex – part 3
I started my story of a visit to Xiropotamou in 2019 February this year, with an photo essay of the outside walls and drone footage (post 2234). In the next post – part 2 – I payed attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in 08 Xiropotamou
Tagged 40 Martyrs, exonarthex, katholicon, phiale, wall paintings
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2245 – fire on Athos
Saturday moring, the 6th of August, a fire broke out in the olive orchard near Arsanas Konstamonitou / the cell of Agiou Pantes, where persumeably somebody wanted to burn some branches. The latest news of today is that the fire … Continue reading
Posted in nature, news
Tagged arsanas Konstamonitou, Cel of Agios Pantes, fire, forest fire
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2244 – review of the film Adam, Where are you ?: a 4 star rating
Yesterday my Athos friends and I went to see the Athos film in Amsterdam/De Balie. The film was introduced by the producer father Alexander Plysko from Kiev. The film lasts 80 minutes and is shot in 4 years during 2015-2019 … Continue reading