Category Archives: films

2267 – a drone footage of Mylopotamos winery

Posted on May 24, 2023 by athosweblog

In this post we proudly present yet another unique footage, shot by monk T on May 5th 2021 during the Corona pandemic, when no one was allowed to enter the Holy Mountain. This video shows you the winery of Mylopotamos, … Continue reading →

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2260 – a drone footage of Ag. Vasiliou, arsanas Chilandariou and the Milutin tower

Posted on February 24, 2023 by athosweblog

In post 2217, published on August 18th 2021, I showed you all drone photos made by monk T made of this small settlement. In September 2013 we payed a visit to this lovely place, where we were welcomed by a … Continue reading →

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2252 – a You Tube footage of a hike between Simonos Petras and Grigoriou

Posted on November 7, 2022 by athosweblog

Rafinos from Greece published this beautifil 8-minute video from his hike on July 5th 2022(?) between Simonos Petras and Grigoriou, in black and white and color, and with appropriate music in the background. Some of the shots were made by … Continue reading →

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2247 – more information about the documentary “Adam where are you?” and an article in a Dutch magazine

Posted on September 1, 2022 by athosweblog

Watch a trailer of this documentary on YouTube: On August 19th the Dutch magazine KATHOLIEK NIEUWSBLAD published this article “Getuigen van de stilte / Een intieme blik op een heilige berg” about the documentary “Adam where are you?”. You can … Continue reading →

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2244 – review of the film Adam, Where are you ?: a 4 star rating

Posted on August 5, 2022 by athosweblog

Yesterday my Athos friends and I went to see the Athos film in Amsterdam/De Balie. The film was introduced by the producer father Alexander Plysko from Kiev. The film lasts 80 minutes and is shot in 4 years during 2015-2019 … Continue reading →

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2242 – the documentary “Adam where are you?”: premiere in August in the Netherlands

Posted on July 5, 2022 by athosweblog

In post 2222 from October 2021 I published the news about a new Athos documentary, made by the Ukrainian director Alexander Zaporoshchenko and producer Alexander Pliska. At that time it was uncertain when the premiere in the West would follow. … Continue reading →

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2230 – the Amafli tower: a unique drone footage

Posted on January 16, 2022 by athosweblog

As a follow up of post 2228: here are two drone footages from 5-5-2021 Wim Voogd, 16-1-2022

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2222 – new Athos documentary expected soon: Where are you, Adam? 

Posted on October 26, 2021 by athosweblog

On Youtube you can see the official trailer of an Ukraine documentary (1h 20 min), made by director Alexander Zaporoshchenko and produced by Alexander Pliska. The project started in 2005 in Docheiariou monastery, with the blessing of the now deceased … Continue reading →

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2170 – Skiing and Snowboarding on Mount Athos

Posted on September 23, 2020 by athosweblog

On this website from Frozen Ambrosia I found this footage of seven Greek guys, who skied down the Holy Mountain (filmed on February 17/18 2017). This is the Facebook footage of the ski trip (thanks Japetus) and some stills from … Continue reading →

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2166 – nice drone footage of Mount Athos in this trailer

Posted on September 7, 2020 by athosweblog

The trailer is from this site from Andrei Oprescu. https://www.andreioprescu.com/mount-athos-documentary?fbclid=IwAR35kOI4ou2OyBwVaLq4Vw3aVTg1TZenR8gElPeLy-MMivTSgu2eHJW0S2c

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