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Category Archives: 18 Esfigmenou
2163 – more Special Offers: Athos watercolors by Christos Baloukos
In post 2161 I showed the first three of the in total 17 watercolors that will be on sale with a 50% discount for readers of our Athosweblog. Today I proudly present the next three watercolors, two of them are … Continue reading
2158 – news about the struggle between the two parties of Esfigmenou monastery
The news arrived that on July 8th the Greek Surpreme Court has finally settled legal issue surrounding the schismatic brotherhood of Esfigmenou monastery on Athos, known for its “Orthodoxy or Death” banners. The Court rejected the appeal filed by the … Continue reading
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Tagged brotherhood, court, konaki, Maria Ritzaleou, molotov cocktail, zealots
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2148 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 3
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 10 Docheiariou, 13 Simonos Petras, 15 Stavronikita, 18 Esfigmenou, Karyes, Kavsokalivia, war
Tagged fishing, Kaliagra, russians
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2037 – more pictures from 1923 made by Whittemore and Pratt
In post 1502 we published some old Athos pictures from 1923, following the Russian revolution a few years earlier. Soon after all funding of Russian monasteries stopped and the monasteries were impoverished. In May of 1923, Thoas Whittemore accompanied scholars … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 09 Sografou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, history, Karyes, people
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2011 – Doors
There are different types of doors to admire on the Holy Mountain. The important monastery main gate doors such as this one from Konstamonitou monastery who will be closed after the sun is set. A small rusted door at Koutloumousiou. … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, 13 Simonos Petras, 18 Esfigmenou, 20 Konstamonitou, Karyes, Paleo Monastiro
Tagged architecture, doors, papaloukas, red
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2003 – Aural icons of Orthodoxy
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, 09 Sografou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 15 Stavronikita, 16 Xenofontos, 17 Grigoriou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou
Tagged semantron, talanton
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1937 – May 2017: the flight over Athos
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, 09 Sografou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 15 Stavronikita, 16 Xenofontos, 17 Grigoriou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou, trip 2017
Tagged aerial view, flight
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1936 – Esfigmenou, first day, last leg.
The dirt road lingered down, until it finally met the flat and wide dirt road between Chilandariou and its harbour. That busy road, to Athonian standards, is lined with cypresses. Along its way there are so many cypresses, you could … Continue reading
1934 – Div Rajkovic, photographer and a true friend of Mount Athos
Here, in one of the dormitories of Esfigmenou we met Div Rajkovic in May 2017, a very friendly man from Serbia also known as Lazar(us), his Athonian name. We had an interesting conservation about Esfigmenou and how friendly the monks … Continue reading
1917 – The sound of the tálanton at Esfigmenou
This is what we heard when entering the monastery of Esfigmenou after a long walk coming from the other coast, from Thibais. The beating on the wooden tálanton is a call for the monks to go to the church. Only … Continue reading
