Category Archives: Karyes

2185 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957-2

Posted on December 28, 2020 by athosweblog

The second contact print from the Cas Oorthuys files in the Dutch photo museum contains pictures of Karyes, the Protaton church, and pictures of men (with the writer A. den Doolaard?) on the road with mules, probably going from Karyes … Continue reading →

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2148 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 3

Posted on June 18, 2020 by athosweblog

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 →

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2147 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 2

Posted on June 17, 2020 by athosweblog

11. 1903 Photo by monk Gavriil from Panteleimonos, made on August 21, 1903, with a “revealing” image of the Mother of God (on the left). The photo was published in a Greek newspaper at that time. It still remains a … Continue reading →

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2128 – breaking news: a landslide destroyed the road between Karyes and Dafni

Posted on April 6, 2020 by athosweblog

Update 15/4: On 13th April, Mount Athos peninsula was declared a state of emergency by a decision by the Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas – information from Romfea.gr. What this will mean for visitors to Athos in the coming … Continue reading →

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2116 – historical photographs of Karyes courtyards

Posted on March 13, 2020 by athosweblog

The last two photographs in the previous post show us the small courtyard-garden that lies behind the shops/restaurant at the bus stop in Karyes. Monk Theodosios shared a few historical pictures, with images of what can be the same spot: … Continue reading →

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2115 – the ‘fake’ tower above Karyes

Posted on March 12, 2020 by athosweblog

Every pilgrim who has been in Karyes probably has seen this tower, in the hills high above the small town, at 645 meters high. In 2018 father Theodosius from Simonospetras took us for a trip over the Holy Mountain and … Continue reading →

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2113 – Water in monasteries, sketes and in Karyes

Posted on March 9, 2020 by athosweblog

Many monasteries have their own water source. A place were you can fill your waterbottles. Most sources have nice carved marble slabs, a place to sit and a metal drinking cup on a chain. In the Iviron source a doubleheaded … Continue reading →

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2056 – Uptown Karyes

Posted on June 19, 2019 by athosweblog

After our quick visit to Koutloumousiou we walked back to Karyes. It was still drowned in the mysterious mist we experienced earlier that morning. At the bakery shop we walked up hill. The idea was to stroll to Andreou via … Continue reading →

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2047 – Mysterious mist in Karyes

Posted on April 22, 2019 by athosweblog

The early boat, the Agia Anna, took us to Dafni on the 8th of April 2019. The clouds hung low over the peninsula. The Holy Mountain was covered by grey cumuli. In Dafni we found a small taxi bus that … Continue reading →

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2037 – more pictures from 1923 made by Whittemore and Pratt

Posted on January 19, 2019 by athosweblog

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 →

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