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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
2204 – the hike from Dafni to Xiropotamou
In 1980 I visited the Holy Mountain for the first time and Ivíron was the first monastery I stayed in. Thirtynine years later I finally visited the last monastery of the 20, Xiropotamou. Although the monastery is easy to reach … Continue reading
2185 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957-2
The second contact print from the Cas Oorthuys files in the Dutch photo museum contains pictures of Karyes, the Protaton church, and pictures of men (with the writer A. den Doolaard?) on the road with mules, probably going from Karyes … Continue reading
Posted in 08 Xiropotamou, art, Karyes
Tagged Cas Oorthuys, clocktower, entrance, Holy Epistatia, mules, Nederlands fotomuseum, Protaton, renovations
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2154 – Athos art from Greek painter Baloukos
Today I will receive three icon from Athos that I bought on Catawiki, two of them painted by father Antoniou from Skiti Agia Anna, from who I bought my first icon from Agios Georgios in 2012. To find some more … Continue reading
2114 – F.W. Hasluck’s visit to Athos in 1911
In post 525 we payed attention to the book of Frederick W. Hasluck, student, librarian and assistant director of the British School at Athens, who travelled to Mount Athos in 1911. He produced 130 images in total, and they came … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, Bogoroditsa/Xylourgou, books, history
Tagged Hasluck, kalderimi, old and new, photgraphs
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2111 – The story of B.R. Forsyth from Australia in 1954
In 1954 B. R. Forsyth, from Australia , travelled alone to the Holy Mountain. Athos made an immense impression on him. He often spoke of ” his time at Athos,” but never met another person who also visited the peninsula. … Continue reading
Posted in 05 Dionysiou, 08 Xiropotamou, Ouranoupolis
Tagged 1954, B.R. Forsyth, Canada, Diamoniterion, easter, Tripiti
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2068 – two old Athos maps and two (old) books
Sometimes beautiful treasures are not far away. Our fellow Athos pilgrim Jacques from Haarlem stumbled upon a second hand bookshop in Amsterdam, showing numerous Athos books in the window. When I visited the antiquarian bookshop last week the owner told … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 05 Dionysiou, 08 Xiropotamou, books, maps, Skiti Profitou Eliou
Tagged antiquarian
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2010 – The main entrance of Xeropotamou
This is the main entrance of Xeropotamou in 1853. Probably one of the oldest photographs of this monastery. It was made by Ernest de Caranza and artist Emile Charles Labbé. See other posts in this blog about their collection of early … Continue reading
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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