Category Archives: 02 Vatopedi

1937 – May 2017: the flight over Athos

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

This year I booked a flight above the peninsula of Athos to take aerial pictures. Because of busy times at  work I was not able to sort out all the pictures, that’s why it took some time to share them with … Continue reading →

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1907 – Photographs by Frank Horlbeck

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Vatopedi, trapeza, 1981 Photo’s by Frank Horlbeck from an exhibition held in the US (Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin) earlier this year which included about fifty digital prints made from a collection of over 20,000 slides and digital images to … Continue reading →

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1897 – Vatopedi website: The Ascetic Experience

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

These high quality pictures can be found on the Vatopedi – The Ascetic Experience. A Vatopedi monk/webmaster invited me by email to publish their pictures on our weblog, and here is the first result: a monk is collecting a bucket … Continue reading →

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1894 – The entrance of Vatopedi

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

1903 Fougheres & Merle 1918 F. Cuville Date unknown 1928 R. Byron1971 – Dr Nicholas Exadaktylos 2015 H. Voogd Herman Voogd

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1884 – monasteries: the first five

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

Lavra, the first monastery in rank dating from 963. With the arsanas on the left. The photo’s are from 1970-80, I suspect.VatopediIviron. The southwing is rebuild, the old bridge is still intact. Chilandariou, the Serb monastery, many years before the … Continue reading →

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1877 – Athos film with drone scenes

Posted on December 26, 2016 by

Shot from a drone of the Mount Athos summit with the shadow of the mountain cast upon the sea in the morning sun . In this recent beautiful Russian film you will see some different places of Mount Athos, like … Continue reading →

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1848 – art: Markos Kampanis

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

Mount Athos, as seen through the eyes of contemporary Greek artist, Markos Kampanis.He is known for his murals in Simonas Petras but also for this large painting on the wall near the main gate of Vatopediou. During 2013 Markos Kampanis … Continue reading →

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