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Category Archives: 06 Koutloumousiou
2275 – photo’s and etchings of 19 monasteries from 1904
On this commercial Russian website (sviatogora.com) I found old images from (almost) all Athos monasteries. There is also a translation in English. They claim that the old photo’s amd etchings of the 19 monateries are all from1904, but I was … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, 09 Sografou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 15 Stavronikita, 16 Xenofontos, 17 Grigoriou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou, history
Tagged etching, photographs, photos, Russian
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2264 – a drone footage of skiti Panteleimonos and the cell of Ag. Paisios
This latest footage of monk T., already made in 2020, shows us unique images of rarely visited skiti of Ag. Panteleimonos (also called skiti Koutloumousiou) and of the famous and often visited the cell of Saint Paisios, that lies closeby … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, skiti
Tagged bell tower, drone, kiriakon, monk T, Panagouda, Saint Paisios, skiti Panteleimonos
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2205 – postcards from Athos: part one
Sending a postcard home was in former days a way to let friends and family know where you have been and a pilgrimage to Athos is no exception to this tradition. As early as 1905 the first postcards from Athos … Continue reading
2052 – Koutloumousiou revisited
After a short walk in the fog from Karyes we reached the monastery of Koutloumousiou. The first monastery we visited in our 2019 pilgrimage. In the archonidiriki we didn’t see the young German speaking monk who had taught us about … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, Trip 2019
Tagged Bas2019, fresco, katholikon, semantron
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2011 – Doors
There are different types of doors to admire on the Holy Mountain. The important monastery main gate doors such as this one from Konstamonitou monastery who will be closed after the sun is set. A small rusted door at Koutloumousiou. … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, 13 Simonos Petras, 18 Esfigmenou, 20 Konstamonitou, Karyes, Paleo Monastiro
Tagged architecture, doors, papaloukas, red
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2005 – An African King from the Ivory Coast has been baptised Greek Orthodox
Tribal King Tchiffi Zae Jean Gervais from the Ivory Coast has been baptised Greek Orthodox by a monk at the Monastery of Koutloumousiou in June 2018. Photo taken at Kaliagra arsanas by theorthodoxchurch.info. More here. Herman Voogd
2003 – Aural icons of Orthodoxy
Aural icons of Orthodoxy, that is what the semantrons of Mount Athos are. Despite the differences between the monasteries and sketes they have several things in common. Among them the semantron, an essential tool to announce to call the monks … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, 09 Sografou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 15 Stavronikita, 16 Xenofontos, 17 Grigoriou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou
Tagged semantron, talanton
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1984 – Pre christian Grave Stele with two women
This is the entrance 0f Koutloumousiou seen from the courtyard. On the right side of the porch a pre christian, so called, Grave Stele is part of the wall. A stele is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than … Continue reading
1971 – Some details of Koutloumousiou
The delightful overshadowed concrete path that connects Karyes with the monastery of Koutloumousiou. On the route the yearly procession with the most famous of icons, the Axión Estin, takes place. We tried to make contact with the people in this … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, trip 2017
Tagged double headed eagle, fountain, Kleonia, phiale
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