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1907 – Photographs by Frank Horlbeck
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 11 Karakallou, Prodromou
Tagged fire, trapeza
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1893 – arsanas Karakalou
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
1855 – Dutch monks on Athos
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
1847 – The story of a young Dutchman
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
1830 – Athos in French magazine L’Illustration 1920 (2)
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 04 Chilandariou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 15 Stavronikita, art, books
Tagged Jouve, Magazines, Martel, Rémond
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1808 – Athos 30 years ago: 26th of April 1986
30 years ago I began my second Athos pilgrimage: after recieving our Diamoniterion in Karyes we started out to reach the monastery of Karakalou.Looking back at Karyes and KoutloumousiouOn this spot we took a rest and drank some water from … Continue reading
1784 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : day 4, a day full of adventures
This is the fourth 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. This day was the most … Continue reading
Posted in 03 Iviron, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 15 Stavronikita
Tagged Diamoniterion, Le Goff
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1724 – pictures of Karakalou
We did not plan to stay in Karakalou during our 2014 trip to Athos, but because of a change of plans we ended up returning to this beautifull monastery. At first the Greek archondaris was not very pleased to see … Continue reading
1698 – Athos trip 2014 on You Tube: arriving in …
Three short amateur videos, all shot at the moment of arriving in: 1. Skiti Prof. Eliou (Sept. 1st 2014) 2. kelli Timiou Stavrou (Sept. 2nd 2014) and 3. Moni Karakalou (Sept. 5th 2014). Wim Voogd, 18/3 (NB. For those who … Continue reading
Posted in 11 Karakallou, Skiti Profitou Eliou, Timiou Stavrou, walking
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1651 – Karakalou
On our trip to Timiou Stavrou we made a short stop at Karakalou, and I could say hello to the Dutch monk Pachomios, who we met last year when we slept in the monastery. We found Pachomios working in the … Continue reading
