Category Archives: Skiti Profitou Eliou

2223 – Corona on Mount Athos: update 8 / 08-05-2022

Posted on October 28, 2021 by athosweblog

Update 8 – 08/05/2022: our Athos friend Vasilis visited Athos during Easter. From his Facebookpage we learn that although in Greece most corona measures have been abolished, a quick Covid test still is mandatory before entering the Pilgrims Bureau (Grafio) … Continue reading →

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2207 – postcards from Athos: part three

Posted on June 10, 2021 by athosweblog

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 →

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2091 – Athos: Feature Documentary from 2016 and a film from an American Athos pilgrim in January 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 by athosweblog

In post 1901 we showed the screener of the German-Austrian documentary film from 2016, “Athos – Im Jenseits dieser Welt”, now also available on YouTube in HD quality with English subtitles (called “Athos – Feature Documentary”). This 95 minutes long … Continue reading →

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2074 – Visiting Profitou Eliou

Posted on September 23, 2019 by athosweblog

We had never visited skiti Profitou Eliou (skete of Prophet Elijah). We did see it several times from a distance. But today the Prophet was waiting for us in the morning clouds. Here we have an overview of the complex … Continue reading →

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2068 – two old Athos maps and two (old) books

Posted on August 14, 2019 by athosweblog

Sometimes beautiful treasures are not far away. Our fellow Athos pilgrim Jacques from Haarlem stumbled upon a second hand bookshop in Amsterdam, showing numerous Athos books in the window. When I visited the antiquarian bookshop last week the owner told … Continue reading →

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2066 – Crossing the Profitou Eliou stream

Posted on July 30, 2019 by athosweblog

In between the monastery of Pantocratoros and the Skiti of Profitou Eliou is a nice path (red and dotted line on the map) slightly uphill. It will take 30 minutes to get to the former Russian skiti. In the low … Continue reading →

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2049 – a report from two Dutch pilgrims of their Athos visit in May 2019

Posted on May 16, 2019 by athosweblog

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 →

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1798 – From Vatopediou to Pantocratoros (day three, first leg)

Posted on March 9, 2016 by athosweblog

We started walking in the early morning from Vatopediou. We didn’t want to wait for the morning mass to finish. And we could not find a monk to give some food for the road. But we still had plenty of … Continue reading →

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1698 – Athos trip 2014 on You Tube: arriving in …

Posted on March 18, 2015 by athosweblog

Three short amateur videos, all shot at the moment of arriving in: 1. Skiti Prof. Eliou (Sept. 1st 2014) 2. kelli Timiou Stavrou (Sept. 2nd 2014) and 3. Moni Karakalou (Sept. 5th 2014). Wim Voogd, 18/3 (NB. For those who … Continue reading →

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1640 – Profitou Eliou 2

Posted on November 7, 2014 by athosweblog

Just before nightfall I made a walk outside the skete. Here are some of the pictures I shot: Pumpkins the katholicon seen from outside the skete the North facade, with the smaal church on the second floor, the overhanging part … Continue reading →

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