Category Archives: 14 Paulou

2108 – the YMCA excursion to Athos in 1925

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

In 1925 mr. P. Roccos, the religious secretary of the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) from Thessaloniki, organized an excursion to Mount Athos with 45 of its members. The trip took place during Easter 1925, from 17 to 24 April. … Continue reading →

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2105 – the hike from Panaghia to Agiou Pavlou

Posted on February 13, 2020 by

On October 1st we started climbing down the Holy Mountain at 8 o’clock in the morning. We were not in a hurry, after climbing to the top earlier that day. To reach Agiou Pavlou monastery took us 6,5 hours, including … Continue reading →

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2104 – Monasteries and hermits go by, between Dafni and Kavsokalivia

Posted on February 11, 2020 by

The ferry boat to Kavsokalivia arrived on time. We bought tickets on board. We sat on the open deck, watching the monasteries go by. It was rather windy. We talked about earlier visits, walking routes and the climb to the … Continue reading →

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2097 – Monastery of Agiou Paulou

Posted on January 12, 2020 by

18th century drawing by Barsky. The name Paulou came probably from Paul Xeropotamites founder of Xeropotamou monastery. Paulou started as a small dependance of this monastery but was not important enough to be mentioned in the Typikon of 1046. Two … Continue reading →

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2086 – Agiou Paulou monastery: the pavilion of Princess Mara

Posted on December 9, 2019 by

One of the more physical proofs that there has been a woman on Athos is the Pavilion of Princess Mara, born in 1416 and a daughter of a Serbian monarch Đurađ (George) Branković . She married Ottoman Sultan Murad II for … Continue reading →

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2003 – Aural icons of Orthodoxy

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

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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1955 – The story of the three WWII soldiers who came to thank the monks in 1944

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

  In November 1944, three New Zealand servicemen (here two of them on the photo in front of Paulou monastery HV) went to Mount Athos in northern Greece, to present citations to various monasteries whose inhabitants, in spite of serious risks to … Continue reading →

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