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2018 – the German flak position on Athos in WW II?
In the Second World War the Nazi’s invaded Greece and also took position on the peninsula of Athos. We reported about the Nazi occupation many times in this weblog (see f.e. posts 1218 and 1444). In post 1503 I shared two … Continue reading
Posted in history, Prodromou, war
Tagged arsanas, flak position, german, occupation, Second world war
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2014 – Doors and windows by Theodosios Simonopetritis
As a reaction on posts 2011 and 2012 where I showed photo’s of doors and windows, monk and photographer Theodosios Simonopetritis mailed us a very nice collection of doors and windows made by himself. Here the doors of the wine cellar … Continue reading
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, Karyes, Paleo Monastiro, Prodromou
Tagged Amalfi, doors, Theodosios Simonopetritis, windows, wine cellar
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2004 – Semantrons in skites
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1986 – Prodromou from a far
According to the planning the next leg of our pilgrimage would bring us from Megistis Lavra to Nea Skiti. Directly from Lavra starts a monopati. Soon the monopati transfers to an open road made of concrete plates. But luckily after … Continue reading
1907 – Photographs by Frank Horlbeck
Vatopedi, trapeza, 1981 Photo’s by Frank Horlbeck from an exhibition held in the US (Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin) earlier this year which included about fifty digital prints made from a collection of over 20,000 slides and digital images to … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 11 Karakallou, Prodromou
Tagged fire, trapeza
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1783 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : day 3, Lavra
This is the third episode of seven of the Athos trip done by Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig from Rennes, France made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week. The descent to Lavra. This … Continue reading
1548 – Stained glas in the exo-narthex
When entering the main church of the monasteries you will be in the exo-narthex. Church windows are usually fitted with stained glass as you can see here in the exo-narthex of the Romanian Skite Podromou.This is a window in the … Continue reading
1532 – Approaching the Romanian Skiti Prodromou, colored glass windows and fresco’s
Walking from Nelios to Prodromou the footpath rises from the stone fall of Karavostasi to approximately 450 meters above sea level. At the highest point there suddenly is a wide view of the south eastern end of the peninsula. Below … Continue reading
1503 – Athos and the Second World War: more pictures and texts
In my search for more pictures about Athos I found these below. Most of them are taken by German “Wehrmacht”-soldiers, who had an outpost just above the Rumenian Skete Prodromou. The German observation post on the slopes of the Athos … Continue reading
1495 – Cape Akrathos
Cape Akrathos is a real cape. It is the end of the peninsula and the view from all sides is stunning. The last house on the cliff is inhabited by father Iosif. My brother Wim met him in 2011. Father … Continue reading
