Category Archives: Skiti Andreou

1939 – The Way of the Bey, second day, thirth leg.

Posted on September 6, 2017 by athosweblog

We had an intensive interaction with animals on the Way of the Bey. The only human encounter on the long Way of the Bey, about 20 kilometers, was the surprise meeting with a group of Mount Athos Friends (FOMA) who … Continue reading →

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1915 – The red chapel of Andreou

Posted on May 21, 2017 by athosweblog

The history of the oldest chapel in the skiti of Andreou is written in post 1850. A short history in foto’s by Cuville (1918), Koolschijn (1970), Geldermans (1972), Wim Voogd (2015) en Herman Voogd (2017).Herman Voogd

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1858 – Athos film in French from 1963

Posted on October 30, 2016 by athosweblog

This film is black and white, 13′.35 minutes long, with a long interview with a French speaking monk Pavlos Lavriotis – 1885 – 1980 (photo above) and images of the last remaining six inhabitants of skiti Andreou, see pictures below.A monk from Mongolia, … Continue reading →

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1853 – Skiti Andreou: historical pictures

Posted on October 2, 2016 by athosweblog

The ossuary of Andreou: also see the more recent pictures of Raymond Geldermans from April 1982 in post 1851.The old trapeza: this mist be the oval room on the picture below, taken from the garden. Notice the wall paintings: nowadays they disappeared … Continue reading →

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1852 – Skiti Andreou by Gerard Koolschijn

Posted on October 1, 2016 by athosweblog

Photo by Gerard Koolschijn: Sk. Andreou, the red chapel,  in 1970 with Dutch writer Nicolaas Matsier (Tjit Reinsma) sitting on the stairs of the katholicon. Dutch writer and translater Gerard Koolschijn wrote in his autobiographical novel Geen Sterveling Weet how … Continue reading →

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1851 – The Russian skulls of skiti Andreou

Posted on September 28, 2016 by athosweblog

When Raymond Geldermans travelled to the Holy Mountain in 1972 and in 1982 he found the skiti of Andreou, alias the Serail, completely in ruins. As Wim recently pointed out in recent posts the skiti still has its ruins. But … Continue reading →

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1850 – Andreou: “the old chapel”

Posted on September 27, 2016 by athosweblog

Today we take a closer look at this extraordinary building (letter J on the plan – see last post 1849). Most visitors pass this building and don’t pay attention to it because it’s old, partly in ruins and it has … Continue reading →

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1849 – Skiti Andreou: a walk around the main church

Posted on September 21, 2016 by athosweblog

The main church (E on the plan), build in 1900, was until recently the biggest church on the Balkan. It is enormous and ment for large groups of pilgrims, like the ones you see below on the historic picture from … Continue reading →

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1845 – skiti Andreou September 2015

Posted on September 10, 2016 by athosweblog

In this post I will show you some pictures from the backside of skiti Andreou, where not many people go. The pictures are from our last pilgrimage in September last year.The plan of skiti Andreou or Serail: A. Entrance B. Athonias … Continue reading →

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1833 – around Skiti Andreou: the garden

Posted on July 16, 2016 by athosweblog

Old picture of skiti Andreou  On our first day of our 2015 Athos pilgrimage, 20th of September, we slept in Skiti Andreou, the former Russian convent, now inhabited by Greek monks. I remember walking past this large settlement for the … Continue reading →

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