Category Archives: skiti

1821 – more stills from the documentary “A thousand years on Mount Athos”

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

The documentary I showed you in the last blog (1820) has some interesting scenes from unknown places on Athos. But first I will show you a few stills from Panteleimonos, starting with a picture from an (very) old monk, who … Continue reading →

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1811 – ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ /Happy Easter

Posted on May 1, 2016 by

“ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΥΛΟΓΗΜΕΝΗ ΞΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΙΝΗ ΣΚΗΤΗ ΕΥΧΟΜΑΣΤΕ ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΟΙ ΠΑΤΕΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑ ΝΙΚΩΝΑ ΚΑΛΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗ” – Happy (Orthodox) Easter from gerontas Nikon from skiti Xenofontosand from Athosweblog! Wim Voogd, Herman Voogd and Bas Kamps

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1778 – snow on Athos

Posted on January 19, 2016 by

We get different reports from yesterday, the 18th of January, and today, that Athos was covered by a white blanket of snow (Chilandariou). Father Eugenios (Nea Skiti) sent me this picture, taken from Skiti Xenofontos:The Lavra weather station shot this … Continue reading →

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1696 – the hike from Lakkou skiti to Provata through Cucuvinu valley

Posted on March 15, 2015 by

We will never forget the friendly and helpfull Father Gabriel of hut nr 6 of Lakkou skiti where spend the night (see 1669). Before we left the skiti he gave us detailed information how to find our way to Provata … Continue reading →

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1655 – recent pictures from Athos

Posted on January 2, 2015 by

Today my brother Herman (& son and friend Bas & sons) ended his Athos winter journey and he just sent me these pictures:             Grigoriou when the snow started and the next day 30/12/2104 Simonospetras … Continue reading →

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1633 – the hike from Skiti Xenofonos to Skiti Profitou Eliou

Posted on October 9, 2014 by

After visiting skiti Xenofontos we continued our hike to skiti Profitou Eliou. This blue line shows which route we took: with the data from my GPS-app MotionX: On these 4 spots on the first part of our hike I took … Continue reading →

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1632 – Skiti Xenofontos – the forgotten skete

Posted on October 4, 2014 by

Very seldom pilgrims take the effort to visit the “forgotten” Skiti Xenofontos, that’s why I decided to have a look. I got a big surprize, because in stead of an old and ruined settlement I found an almost totally renovated … Continue reading →

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