Category Archives: films

2136 – a winning documentary about Elder Joseph the Hesychast and Athos

Posted on May 2, 2020 by

On Wednesday evening, April 29, 2020, the organizers of the 13th Annual London Greek Film Festival announced the winners of the Odysseus Awards, the ceremony of which will be broadcast online in mid-May, due to the government directives regarding the … Continue reading →

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2091 – Athos: Feature Documentary from 2016 and a film from an American Athos pilgrim in January 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 by

In post 1901 we showed the screener of the German-Austrian documentary film from 2016, “Athos – Im Jenseits dieser Welt”, now also available on YouTube in HD quality with English subtitles (called “Athos – Feature Documentary”). This 95 minutes long … Continue reading →

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2078 – film: the hike from Panaghia refuge to the top of Mount Athos 2019

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

Wim Voogd, 6/10

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2036 – Happy New Year: a film of Karyes on the 4th of January 2019 – snow!

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

(thanks Giannis) Here you can see images of today’s wheather on the Lavra webcam 2: go to http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/theologosmonachos/6/show.html and to this link: Great Lavra › South-West Wim, 6/1/19

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2034 – Athos: a history lesson

Posted on December 22, 2018 by
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2033 – Athos in two French documentaries

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

Two French journalists visited Athos in November 2017 and made this report about their pilgrimage (to Vatopedi and Esfigmenou). Their entrance to the Holy Mountain and their departure are not as it should be, have a look yourself (published 18 … Continue reading →

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1975 – a Flight over Athos, the movie

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

In post 1937 I already showed you the pictures I took during our Cessna flight on May 6th 2017. During that flight I had two cameras in both my hands: one for taking pictures and in the other hand I … Continue reading →

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1905 – new Bulgarian documentary film about Athos: “The Garden of Theotokos”?

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Last week I received an email from Silvia Stoyanova, producer of PavloFFilms. This is what she wrote to me to promote their new film about Athos: “Our film is made for a wider audience as from the start we decided that we … Continue reading →

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1901 – documentary ‘Athos Im Jenseits dieser Welt’: now on YouTube and TV (15-04)

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

The documentary ‘Athos Im Jenseits dieser Welt‘ is now to be seen on YouTube as a ‘screener’. As soon as the DVD was available on Amazon.com I bought it and showed it to my fellow pilgrims, who will be visiting Athos … Continue reading →

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1858 – Athos film in French from 1963

Posted on October 30, 2016 by

This film is black and white, 13′.35 minutes long, with a long interview with a French speaking monk Pavlos Lavriotis – 1885 – 1980 (photo above) and images of the last remaining six inhabitants of skiti Andreou, see pictures below.A monk from Mongolia, … Continue reading →

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