Category Archives: 09 Sografou

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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1905 – new Bulgarian documentary film about Athos: “The Garden of Theotokos”?

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Last week I received an email from Silvia Stoyanova, producer of PavloFFilms. This is what she wrote to me to promote their new film about Athos: “Our film is made for a wider audience as from the start we decided that we … Continue reading →

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1882 – winter on Athos!

Posted on January 10, 2017 by

It keeps on snowing on the Holy Mountain: many beautiful and rare photo’s appear on the internet, such as these from Karyes and the Protaton and the Holy Epistatia building:and the main road and hotel in Karyes, with large icicles! Here … Continue reading →

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1875 – Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2016 by

Photo I.M. Sografou 25/9/2013 Wim, Herman and Bas, 25/12/2016

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1866 – The origin of the Sografou guesthouse

Posted on December 3, 2016 by

It took me some time to find out where on The Holy Mountain this building and chapel is located. The photo is from 1853.  Approximately 30 years later the building is replaced by a similar house which you still can … Continue reading →

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1861 – Find the differences

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

Xiropotamou in 1853. Photo by Ernest de Caranza and Emile Charles Labbé. Watch the figure in the tower on the right. Xiropotamou in 2013. Photo by H. Voogd. The towerclock is not round shaped anymore and they plastered the church … Continue reading →

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