Category Archives: Skiti Profitou Eliou

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

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

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

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

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

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

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

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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1638 – skiti Profitou Eliou

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

In 2007 we visited the skete for the first time (see 159) and in those days it was not possible for a non-orthodox pilgrim to sleep there. But recently we heared that the conditions did change and this summer we … Continue reading →

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