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2307 – the extraordinary life story of father Evgenios Kastanias of Provata
Last week, Stefanos Katrinakis from Greece contacted us: he had a question about a photo we published in November 2023 in blog 2291, “The festivities of Lavra’s 1000 years.” According to Stefanos, the man in the third – black and … Continue reading
Posted in news, people, Provata
Tagged 1963, Elder, kelli, Morfonou, shipwreck, Theotokou Kastania
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2300 – recent excavations in the trapeza of Vatopedi
As part of the work to fix and restore the trapeza of the Vatopedi Monastery, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Halkidiki and Mount Athos carried out selective excavations with the aim of searching for the old Byzantine trapeza. The work … Continue reading
2299 – arsanas Konstamonitou: a new chapel above the caves
On our last pilgrimage to Athos with the FoMA footpath team we had a day off on day 4 (21/09-23) because the monks of Sografou were celebrating a holiday and all workers were not allowed to do any work. We … Continue reading
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
2280 – a new Georgian keli on Athos
On August 28th 2023 a new kelion was opened on Athos. This is a special occasion, because the opening of a new habitation does not happen regularly on The Holy Mountain. Although, in 2018 I posted a blog with the … 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
2272 – forest fire extinguished near Lavra July 8th 2023
Last Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 7:00 a.m a forest fire broke out in the area of Gourounodes, 5 kilometers northwest of Megisti Lavra (near Lakkou Skiti?) without, however, threatening any monastery. The extinguishing operation involved four water cannons and … 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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2247 – more information about the documentary “Adam where are you?” and an article in a Dutch magazine
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
Posted in 10 Docheiariou, films, news
Tagged Alexandr Plyska, documentary, Hegumenou Grigorios, Ukraine
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2245 – fire on Athos
Saturday moring, the 6th of August, a fire broke out in the olive orchard near Arsanas Konstamonitou / the cell of Agiou Pantes, where persumeably somebody wanted to burn some branches. The latest news of today is that the fire … Continue reading
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Tagged arsanas Konstamonitou, Cel of Agios Pantes, fire, forest fire
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