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Athos – Agios Oros
- 2269 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 3.02: the Ridge path above Vatopedi to Chera
- 2268 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 3.01: the Ridge path above Vatopedi to Chera
- 2267 – a drone footage of Mylopotamos winery
- 2266 – more Athos maps
- 2265 – a drone footage of a Pristine Territory of the Holy Mountain: the Réma Dontá cataracts
- 2264 – a drone footage of skiti Panteleimonos and the cell of Ag. Paisios
- 2263 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 2: the path from Vatopedi towards Esfigmenou
- 2262 – a drone footage of three towers of Mount Athos
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Category Archives: Skiti Anna
2253 – another You Tube footage by Rafinos of a hike from Agia Anna to Kerasia and to the top of Mount Athos, including the enormous waterspout
The latest video of the Greek pilgrim dates from the first of November 2022. On this nice footage with dramatic music at the end he and his friend Angelos start their climb from arsanas Agia Anna, where he almost slides … Continue reading
Posted in mountain, Skiti Anna
Tagged 2033, Kerasia, Panaghia refuge, summit, top mountain, waterspout
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2220 – todays (8-9) forest fire near Mikra Agia Anna under control and extinguished
Today’s reports from Athos monks who keep a Facebook account (father Athanasios Karouliotis and Efthymios Volonakis-Vouleftiriotis) and from Vima Orthodoxias (in Greek) tell about the fire that broke this morning, the 7th of September 2021, that started near the harbor … Continue reading
Posted in nature, Skiti Anna
Tagged airplane, facebook, fire brigade, forest fire, ravine
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2207 – postcards from Athos: part three
In part one and two – posts 2205 and 2206 – I showed you the postcards from the first 17 monasteries. In this post I will present the postcards of the remaing three: nr 18, Esfigmenou, nr 19, Panteleimonos or … Continue reading
Posted in 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou, Dafni, kellia, Nea Skiti, Prodromou, Skiti Andreou, Skiti Anna, Skiti Profitou Eliou
Tagged flak position, monks, nicholas Bourazeri, postcards, russians
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2147 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 2
11. 1903 Photo by monk Gavriil from Panteleimonos, made on August 21, 1903, with a “revealing” image of the Mother of God (on the left). The photo was published in a Greek newspaper at that time. It still remains a … Continue reading
Posted in 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 16 Xenofontos, 19 Panteleimonos, books, Karoulia, Karyes, Skiti Anna
Tagged Ali Sami Bey, aqueduct, army, French, panagia, photographer, portaitissa, procession, russians, WorldWarI
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2143 – The Athos travel of Antoon Erftemeijer in 1988
The Dutch curator, visual artist and art historian, Antoon Erftemeijer (1954), visited Athos in the spring of the year 1988. It was his only visit to the Holy Mountain until now.He has a lifelong fascination for holy places and cloisters. … Continue reading
Posted in 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, Skiti Anna
Tagged 1988, Antoon Erftemeijer, curator, dutch pilgrims, Frans Hals Museum
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2105 – the hike from Panaghia to Agiou Pavlou
On October 1st we started climbing down the Holy Mountain at 8 o’clock in the morning. We were not in a hurry, after climbing to the top earlier that day. To reach Agiou Pavlou monastery took us 6,5 hours, including … Continue reading
2104 – Monasteries and hermits go by, between Dafni and Kavsokalivia
The ferry boat to Kavsokalivia arrived on time. We bought tickets on board. We sat on the open deck, watching the monasteries go by. It was rather windy. We talked about earlier visits, walking routes and the climb to the … Continue reading
Posted in 14 Paulou, 17 Grigoriou, Karoulia, Skiti Anna, Trip 2019
Tagged Bas2019, hermit, Karoulia, stones
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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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2049 – a report from two Dutch pilgrims of their Athos visit in May 2019
We (Yke and Wouter Bakker, father & son) arrived on May 4 in Ouranoupolis after our flight from Schiphol to Thessaloniki for our second visit to Athos. We visited Athos before in May 2015. We heard that because of strong … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 13 Simonos Petras, Skiti Anna, Skiti Profitou Eliou, Trip 2019
Tagged dutch pilgrims, Maroudá, tonsure, wind
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2004 – Semantrons in skites
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