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Category Archives: 06 Koutloumousiou
1925 – 3 monasteries by Edward Lear
On the 5th of July 2017 Christies will auction 3 drawings by Edward Lear. We have made already a lot of Lear posts on this blog but here are three unpublished images. A very nice impression of the monastery of … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, 14 Paulou, 20 Konstamonitou, art
Tagged 1853, 1856, lear
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1904 – ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ / Christos Anesti!
Easter liturgy in the Protaton in 1958, photographed by Chrysostomus Dahm, who published them in 1959 in his book Athos, Berg der Verklärung.Gouverneur Konstantopoulos and Protos Nathanael in the ProtatonThe ending of the Easter ceremonies: a meeting in the Iera Kinotis … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, events, history, Karyes
Tagged axion estin, easter, procession, Protaton
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1903 – Koutloumousiou monastery -1
September 23th 2015 we paid a visit to this monastery. In this photo essay I will show you the pictures I took. Here is a plan of monastery and its surroundings:and on the next satelite picture you see the spots where … Continue reading
1890 – Kaliagra (arsanas Koutloumousiou)
Kaliagra was the principal point of entry to Athos up to the middle of the 20th century. It’s decline started when people started using the Ouranoupolis-Dafni route to visit Athos. The pictures show you how the decline looks like. This … Continue reading
1784 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : day 4, a day full of adventures
This is the fourth episode of seven of the Athos trip done by Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig from Rennes, France made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week. This day was the most … Continue reading
Posted in 03 Iviron, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 15 Stavronikita
Tagged Diamoniterion, Le Goff
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1276 – the path from Koutloumousiou to Iviron
After our short visit to Koutloumousiou we started walking to Iviron. With the help of a GPS-App I could trace the route that we walked and show it here on Google maps. The distance was 4,86 kilometers and it took … Continue reading
1275 – Koutloumousiou: fresco’s from the Exonarthex
Unfortunately I did not have enough time to shoot some good pictures in the exonarthex of Koutloumousiou on October 3th 2011. Here are some of them, starting with two still shots from a video my friend Jitze took: Shooting pictures … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, art, trip 2011: Wim's group
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1274 – Koutloumousiou
Koutloumousiou 1989 2011 Not a lot of pilgrims spend a night in Koutloumousiou. When we tried to get a place to sleep in 1986 we were told to book a room in the Karyes Hotel, only 15 minutes away. Most … Continue reading