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Category Archives: Karyes
2287 – more information about the new hotel and restaurant in Karyes
In post 2278 I showed you the images of monk Prodromos Grigoriatis, who visited the new hotel just after its opening on August 20th 2023. On September 24th I was in Karyes myself and had a chance to have a … Continue reading
2278 – a first glimpse at the new hotel-restaurant in Karyes
If you follow the Facebook site of monk Prodromos Grigoriatis – as our regular guest and friend Japetus does – you could have seen his video from yesterday. In this video he shows us a first glimpse of the new … Continue reading
2271 – after 400 years: a (second) new building in Karyes
The Greek website Voria.gr tells us that this new building in Karyes is the second(!) modern building in 400 years, called Samaradiko and that belongs to Lavra, and that it is almost ready to be used. The name is taken … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, Karyes, news
Tagged hotel, Protaton, restaurants, supermarket, voria.gr
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2254 – FoMa footpath team 2022 – part 1: from Ouranopolis to Dafni and Vatopedi
“No pilgrimage to Athos for me this year, or so I thought”, because at the beginning of 2022 it turned out that traveling to Athos was still difficult, because of the protective measures to prevent the Corona virus from spreading … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, Karyes, Ouranoupolis, Trip 2022
Tagged checkpoint, COVID test, Covid-19, ferry, FoMA, footpath team, Panaghia Engyitria
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2231 – progress of the new building in Karyes
Vasilis sent us these two recent pictures from the centre of Karyes, where the large new construction gets its final shape. The pictures are stills from a short video footage, made by Ruslan Pylipko today (26-1). Look at the snow … Continue reading
2227 – snow on Athos 12-01-2022
One of the monks on Athos that I follow on Facebook is Prodromos Grigoriatis. He lives in Karyes and last year he was the first who shared the news with us about the new large building that is constucted in … Continue reading
Posted in Karyes, nature, news
Tagged bell tower, main street, new building, Protaton, restaurants, snow, winter
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2213 – Athos by monk Theodosios: Space [1]
Pictures from the exhibition in 21-31 May 2009 from monk Theodosios in Thessaloniki/Greece Wim Voogd, 21-07-2021
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, art, Karyes
Tagged Amalfi, aqueduct, boat, Exhibition, summit, Theodosios Simonopetritis
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2212 – new building activities in the centre of Karyes
The first time I visited Karyes in 1980 I saw, if I remember correctly, that there was still an old building opposite of the Protaton bell tower, next to the chapel of Ag. Nikolaos and the graveyard, here visible on … Continue reading
Posted in Karyes, news
Tagged construction activities, foundations, main street, Prodromos Grigoriatis
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2209 – Athos by monk Theodosios: Presence of Man [1]
If you are interested in obtaining a high quality resolution print of the Theodosios pictures, please contact me by e-mail and I will foreward your request to him (more information: see Shop, oldest item). Wim Voogd, 11/07/2021
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, arsanas, art, Karyes, Paleo Monastiro
Tagged arsanas, chairs, katholikon, signs, Theodosios Simonopetritis, vegetable garden, windows
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2205 – postcards from Athos: part one
Sending a postcard home was in former days a way to let friends and family know where you have been and a pilgrimage to Athos is no exception to this tradition. As early as 1905 the first postcards from Athos … Continue reading