Category Archives: 10 Docheiariou

1830 – Athos in French magazine L’Illustration 1920 (2)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by

In December 1920 the French magazine L’Illustration published two articles about mount Athos, in post 1829 I showed you the images from the Noel-Christmas publication from december 4th 1920. Today I will present the pictures and watercolors from the magazine … Continue reading →

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1787 – Twenty monasteries in seven days: Day 7, the last day

Posted on February 1, 2016 by

This is the last episode of seven of the  Athos trip done by Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig from Rennes, France made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week. Many thanks for their exciting … Continue reading →

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1746 – hike: Arsanas Sografou to Docheiariou

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

On September 26th 2013 we walked this hike of 3,14 km’s in 56 minutes. If you do this hike without stopping (to have a closer look at places of interest and to shoot pictures), you can do this distance in … Continue reading →

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1733 – a special room with special memories

Posted on July 13, 2015 by

In 1980 I went Athos for the first time. After visiting Iviron, Vatopediou and Sografou, we ended up on our last day at Docheiariou. We were offered a room next to beautiful balcony overlooking the Athos coastline. After dinner we met a Greek professor from … Continue reading →

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1732 – the oldest tree on Athos ?

Posted on July 9, 2015 by

Every pilgrim who visited Athos and the Great Lavra monastery is impressed by the two large cypress trees in front of the refectory. The monastery was founded in  963, so the trees might be more than 1000 years old (see … Continue reading →

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1642 – Docheiariou: “the Guardians of the Avaton”

Posted on November 10, 2014 by

Last year I wondered why these pillars were erected on the pier of Docheiariou: On this blog we now see the answer: the bronze statues of archangels Michael and Gabriel, made by Fivos Sargentis , are “protecting the Avaton”! Very … Continue reading →

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1520 – old postcards from Athos by J.S. Varsano

Posted on March 9, 2014 by

Here are some postcards from monasteries and a skete dating the beginning of the last century (1906) PanteleimonDocheiariouSkiti Andreou, sent 1915 (without the main church, the situation before 1900)SografouVatopediou Wim, 9/3

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