Category Archives: Timiou Stavrou

1721 – the hike from Provata to Timiou Stavrou

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

Today I will show you the last part of our hike of our 2014 trip in September. We started walking at the Moldavian kelli of Provata (A). A = Provata, B = Agios Georgios, C = Agios Artemios D = Timiou … 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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1653 – the kelli Timiou Stavrou of father David – 2

Posted on December 30, 2014 by

I mentioned yesterday that new roof was tested during the severe thunderstorm and that the roof was not without leakage. Here a picture of the church: and the dome The dome is painted with an extraordinary scene, that I never saw … Continue reading →

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1652 – the kelli Timiou Stavrou of father David – 1

Posted on December 29, 2014 by

In post 1300 I showed you our visit to this large former Ukrain kelli in 2012. Father David insisted to pay another visit to his kelli and on September 2nd 2014 we finally had the chance to see him again. It … Continue reading →

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1626 – (Former) Russian settlements on Athos seen from the air

Posted on September 23, 2014 by

The yellow arrow points to the large skiti of Andreou or Serail in the village of Karyes. Once a Russian enclave now inhabited by Greek monks. The blue arrow gives a  nice image of the dirt road over the mountain … Continue reading →

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1509 – Money letters to the Kellion of the Exaltation of the Cross (Timiou Stavrou)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by

Many is already said about the Kellion Timiou Stavrou. In 1986 my brother for the first time discovered the unknown kellion and in 2011 he went back returning a wax stamp he had taken with him in 1986 when the … Continue reading →

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1496 – Walking from Provata to Karakalou

Posted on January 6, 2014 by

Coming from Lavra, after a short stop at the source of Athanasius the taxi dropped us near a kellion called Cell of the Panaghia. On the map it is one of the houses under and at the end the word … Continue reading →

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1333 – old Athos postcards and pictures

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

Today I will show you a collection of miscellaneous postcards and images of Athos, that gathered from the internet in the last months. The first picture is from two men near a well, probably in the beginning of the last century, … Continue reading →

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1301 – the hike from Karakalou to Lavra

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

To be honest, the road we walked along the coast from Timiou Stavrou to Lavra, is one of the most boring on Athos. Almost no old paths remain on this part of the peninsula, although I think I remember that … Continue reading →

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1300 – Timiou Stavrou: the last episode of an adventure

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Walking from Karakalou to Lavra remembered me of one the most exiting moments I had on Mount Athos: A ‘natural’ brigde not far from Karakalou In 1986 my friend Pieter and I walked from Iviron to Lavra on our second … Continue reading →

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