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2114 – F.W. Hasluck’s visit to Athos in 1911

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

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 →

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2111 – The story of B.R. Forsyth from Canada in 1954

Posted on March 1, 2020 by

In 1954 B. R. Forsyth, probably from Quebec, Canada, 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 … Continue reading →

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2077 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: silhouettes and bells

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

Wim, 5/10

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2068 – two old Athos maps and two (old) books

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

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 →

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2010 – The main entrance of Xeropotamou

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

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 →

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2003 – Aural icons of Orthodoxy

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

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 →

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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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