Category Archives: people

1930 – a new danger: the “Killer Tree Monk”

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

This is what Father Eusebios Christofi from Nea Skiti shared with us last Monday on Facebook: the Killer Tree Monk!The fig tree of Father Eusebiow is injected by the “Killer Tree Monk” with some kind of chemical, because the tree … Continue reading →

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1908 – Composer Igor Stravinsky was never on Athos and Diaghilev neither

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

As a devout member of the Russian Orthodox church the Russian composer Igor Fjodorovitsj Stravinsky (1882- 1971) was a keen collector of religious books and objects. Not so much in the early years of his adult life, in the wild … Continue reading →

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1878 – the closing down of a leading Athos blog: Agioretikes Mnimes – Athos Memories by Keliotes

Posted on December 30, 2016 by

On the 21th of December 2016 my good friend Giannis Kontsiotis  – also called Keliotes – decided to close down his Athos weblog because of his age and health issues. He started with this blog, and later changed to Agioretikes … Continue reading →

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1855 – Dutch monks on Athos

Posted on October 9, 2016 by

Sofar we discovered three Dutch monks who lived on the Holy Mountain. All three in Karakalou: Pachomios, K.  and someone unknown. This is the story of fourth Dutchman on Athos, Hilarion of Xeropotamou. Guestmonk Pachomios here in the garden of … Continue reading →

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1854 – A meeting with an unknown Russian wandering monk (бродячая монах)?

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

(Picture by Raymond Geldermans, July 1960) In July 1960, when Raymond Geldermans pilgrimated from Iviron to Pantocrator he found a uninhabited house. In its neighbourhood he saw two monks. One of them was Russian. They started talking. The monk didn’t … Continue reading →

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1847 – The story of a young Dutchman

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

In the summer holidays of 1994 one of the pupils of Dutch teacher Raymond Geldermans made a big decision. It was a hot summer in the Netherlands. Nelson Mandela had just become the first black president in South Africa. The … Continue reading →

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1843 – Articles about Athos and Putin in Time Magazine and The Spectator

Posted on September 5, 2016 by

Time Magazine 12-19 September 2016: an article about the pilgrimage of Putin to Athos May this year and about the role of Orthodoxy in the present Russian governement and society (available at your local bookshop or Blendle). Here an article … Continue reading →

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