Recent Comments
Japetus on 2296 – the ossuary of So… Vasílis on 2287 – more information… Alessandro Latini on 2287 – more information… Vasilii on 2287 – more information… athosweblog on 2287 – more information… Alessandro Latini on 2287 – more information… gerard koolschijn on 2285 – The path to Onouf… 2282 – More ab… on 2270 – a new discovery n… Heinrich Μιχαήλ on 2283 – The second day of… John Chettoe on 2282 – More about an… 
Athos – Agion Oros
Category Archives: 09 Sografou
2149 – random photos in chronological order – no 4
I will start this post with four photographs from the first (?) Athos bus, a Mercedes Benz, that arrived on Athos during the millenium celebrations in 1963. This picture is at the arsanas of Iviron dates from this period. On … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 05 Dionysiou, 09 Sografou, 11 Karakallou, 13 Simonos Petras, 17 Grigoriou, 19 Panteleimonos, Dafni, history, Skiti Andreou
Tagged bus, clocktower, exonarthex, hermit, katholikon, mules
1 Comment
2093 – Polykleitos Regos, painter of the Holy Mountain
Polykleitos Regos died in 1984. Herman Voogd
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, 09 Sografou, 13 Simonos Petras, art, Kavsokalivia
Tagged polykleitos regos, regos
Leave a comment
2037 – more pictures from 1923 made by Whittemore and Pratt
In post 1502 we published some old Athos pictures from 1923, following the Russian revolution a few years earlier. Soon after all funding of Russian monasteries stopped and the monasteries were impoverished. In May of 1923, Thoas Whittemore accompanied scholars … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 09 Sografou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, history, Karyes, people
3 Comments
2012 – Windows
The most beautiful windows on Athos are those who are in a bad condition. Such as here in Skite Andreou. With natural plants on the windowsill.The torn curtains behind this window in Andreou create a spooky atmosphere. But it can … Continue reading
Posted in 09 Sografou, 17 Grigoriou, 19 Panteleimonos, Chomitsa, Skiti Andreou
Tagged architecture, windows
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
1937 – May 2017: the flight over Athos
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
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, trip 2017
Tagged aerial view, flight
Leave a comment
1905 – new Bulgarian documentary film about Athos: “The Garden of Theotokos”?
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
Posted in 09 Sografou, films
Tagged axion estin, Bulgaria, documentary, easter, procession
1 Comment
1882 – winter on Athos!
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
1875 – Merry Christmas!
Photo I.M. Sografou 25/9/2013 Wim, Herman and Bas, 25/12/2016
Posted in 09 Sografou
1 Comment
1866 – The origin of the Sografou guesthouse
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
