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Category Archives: Timiou Stavrou
1721 – the hike from Provata to Timiou Stavrou
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
1698 – Athos trip 2014 on You Tube: arriving in …
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
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
1652 – the kelli Timiou Stavrou of father David – 1
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
1626 – (Former) Russian settlements on Athos seen from the air
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
1509 – Money letters to the Kellion of the Exaltation of the Cross (Timiou Stavrou)
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
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
1333 – old Athos postcards and pictures
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
Posted in Dafni, Karyes, Mylopotamos, Ouranoupolis, Skiti Andreou, Timiou Stavrou
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1301 – the hike from Karakalou to Lavra
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
Posted in 01 Lavra, 11 Karakallou, Timiou Stavrou, trip 2011: Wim's group, walking
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1300 – Timiou Stavrou: the last episode of an adventure
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
