Category Archives: 11 Karakallou

1959 – quick update of the list of email adresses of the monasteries

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

One of our readers shared these email adresses of Karakallou monastery, to make reservations. karakallou@yahoo.gr or karakallou@yahoo.com. I added the adress to our list of email adresses in post “1835 – reservations by email“. It is likely that your mail … 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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1926 – Meeting Dragan Jemuovic

Posted on June 24, 2017 by

When we were relaxing in the kiosk outside the maingate of Lavra May 2017 a man came up to me and introduced himself as Dragan who said he knew me. It took me a moment to understand because I had … Continue reading →

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1907 – Photographs by Frank Horlbeck

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Vatopedi, trapeza, 1981 Photo’s by Frank Horlbeck from an exhibition held in the US (Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin) earlier this year which included about fifty digital prints made from a collection of over 20,000 slides and digital images to … Continue reading →

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1893 – arsanas Karakalou

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

September 24th 2015 we hiked the coastal trail between Iviron and Karakalou. Today we take a closer look at arsanas Karakalou. I forgot to mention that if you pass Mylopotamos, I would advice to walk to the vineyards instead of … Continue reading →

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1855 – Dutch monks on Athos

Posted on October 9, 2016 by

Sofar we discovered three Dutch monks who lived on the Holy Mountain. All three in Karakalou: Pachomios, K.  and someone unknown. This is the story of fourth Dutchman on Athos, Hilarion of Xeropotamou. Guestmonk Pachomios here in the garden of … Continue reading →

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1847 – The story of a young Dutchman

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

In the summer holidays of 1994 one of the pupils of Dutch teacher Raymond Geldermans made a big decision. It was a hot summer in the Netherlands. Nelson Mandela had just become the first black president in South Africa. The … Continue reading →

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