Category Archives: 10 Docheiariou

2199 – Ali Sami Bey, Ottoman photographer

Posted on March 23, 2021 by athosweblog

Ali Sami Bey (prob. 1872 – unknown) worked as a photographer in Karyes from 1925 till 1927. He was a ex-colonel and so called aide-de-camp to the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He made black and white photo’s but he … Continue reading →

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2186 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957-3

Posted on December 29, 2020 by athosweblog

The third contact print from the Cas Oorthuys files in the Dutch photo museum contains pictures of Simonos Petras and Docheiariou. He did not visit these monasteries, because photographs up close are missing. And on this contact print number 99027 I run … Continue reading →

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2180 – A closer look at the two modern archangels at Dochiariou

Posted on December 3, 2020 by athosweblog

The first monastery where the ferry calls is Dochiariou. Since 2014 this monastery is enriched with two bronze statues of the archangels Michael and Gabriel. During our last pilgrimage I had an opportunity to take close-ups, en face, of the … Continue reading →

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2164 – Special Offer nr 3: 50% discount on watercolors of Christos Baloukos

Posted on August 30, 2020 by athosweblog

The next three watercolors by the Greek artist Christos Baloukos, that Athosweblog we can offer exclusively to our readers for € 300,00 are from: Docheiariou Agiou Paulou and Stavronikita All watercolors are unique, so there are no other copies of … Continue reading →

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2157 – The making of an iPad drawing of Dochiariou. The art of Tim Vyner.

Posted on July 25, 2020 by athosweblog

https://player.vimeo.com/video/145853882 Tim Vyner, a British painter, received a bursary to draw all of the twenty Monasteries on Mount Athos. Some of the work he did on his iPad. There is a film of his iPad drawing of Dochiariou on Vimeo, … Continue reading →

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2148 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 3

Posted on June 18, 2020 by athosweblog

1925 nr 1 In post 1418 we told the story of “Agathon the Fool”, here on a photo in Kavsokalivia. He was a simple layman who lived in abandoned monastic cells during the decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s. 1925 … Continue reading →

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2069 – radio amateur monk Apollo passed away May 5th 2019, 64 years old

Posted on August 27, 2019 by athosweblog

In 1980 monk Apollo moved in Monastery of Docheiariou in Mount Athos. In spring 1986 his monastery had remained without telephone for over five months, something not unusual on Mount Athos. One of the monks was injured in his eye … Continue reading →

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2054 – the hike between Docheiariou and Xenofontos (with a small detour along the coastline)

Posted on June 12, 2019 by athosweblog

On September 18th 2018 we walked the short track between Docheiariou and Xenofontos. With the detour it is only 2 km and it takes less then half an hour. First I will show some pictures at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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2040 – the hike from Konstamonitou to Docheiariou

Posted on January 30, 2019 by athosweblog

I am probably one of the worst pathfinders you can find. Our plan was to hike to Docheiariou and try to walk over as many monopati’s as possible. With the new map of Peter Holworth in our rucksack we left … Continue reading →

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2003 – Aural icons of Orthodoxy

Posted on June 14, 2018 by athosweblog

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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