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Category Archives: nature
2153 – Plants, Rocks and Stones
Some plants don’t need vertile soil, rocks will do perfectly. This a Geranium Purpureum or a Geranium Robertianum. Rocks and stones are a good surface for some plants such as the Euphorbia in the Russian settlement of Thebais. Even this … Continue reading
2131 – Living from land and garden: fruits and vegetables
This looks like Aloe Vera or another cactus-like succulent plant. Do they use for beverages or for medicinal uses? This wild spinach-like vegetable grows in the steep gardens of Simonos Petras. A small cornfield in the middle of knowhere reachable … Continue reading
Posted in food, monasteries, nature
Tagged artichoke, cactus, chestnut, cornfield, fig, fruit, garden, orange tree, pepper, pumpkin
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2119 – The beauty of Athos, flowers and more
Here are some images of the sometimes overwhelming beauty of the natural environment of Mount Athos. Along side the footpaths, in the woods, Euphorbia start growing. But also in the rocky parts, on the slopes of the Holy Mountain itself, … Continue reading
Posted in nature
Tagged beetles, botany, Euphorbia, flowers, green, Judas tree, monopati, plants
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2112 – Crossing the stone fall of Megali Sara
Between Nilou or Nilos and Prodromou the monopati runs over an impressive stone avalanche area called Megali Sara The path was formed by passing monks after the 1905 earthquake, that created the stone fall. The region is geologically quite unstable. … Continue reading
Posted in mountain, nature, Trip 2019
Tagged avalanches, Bas2019, earthquake, Megali Sara, nilos
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2099 – The waste and litter problem on Mount Athos
In 2014, very close to the monastery of Filotheou , waste and rubbish are still dumped in the valley. I don’t know if that is still common practice. I hope not. On the path from Pantocratoros to Vatopedi in 2019 … Continue reading
2082 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: the hike from Prodromou to Kavsokalivia
Planning a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain is a necessity. Not only you’ll have make reservations for a place to sleep in a monastery or skete, you will also have book your trip by boat for Ouranopoli to Dafni and … Continue reading
2071 – When nature takes over….
When we were walking in Kapsala we met a friendly man in the rain. He explained that it was not easy to find the correct road to Stavronikita. He went to get some water in a nearby house. When he … Continue reading
Posted in nature, ruins, Trip 2019
Tagged Herman2019, Kapsala, rain, Russian, St. John Chrysostomos
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2060 – Ferdinand Bauer, a botanical draftsman
Ferdinand Bauer, a German draftsman, was hired by John Sibthorpe for an expedition to Greece to collect organic specimens that later resulted in the publication of the famous botanical work Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana. Another member of the scientific party was … Continue reading
Posted in 03 Iviron, art, nature, Skiti Anna
Tagged botany, Ferdinand Bauer, Flora Graeca
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2046 – Early spring in Mount Athos
When visiting the peninsula in April, as we did this year (2019), flowers and fresh green of blossoming plants are all around you. Slopes are turning purple due to this plant. Yellow broom and white daisies alongside the roads and … Continue reading
Posted in nature, Trip 2019
Tagged broom, butterflies, daisies, Euphorbia, Flora Graeca, flowers, green, Herman2019, plants
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