Category Archives: Trip 2019

2058 – The glory of Agiou Andreou

Posted on June 29, 2019 by

The enormous skiti Agiou Andreou, with its many domes, emerged from the mist. Though merely a skiti, and belonging to Vatopedi (after the Russian period ended), it is much larger than many other monasteries on the Holy Mountain. Inside the … Continue reading →

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2056 – Uptown Karyes

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

After our quick visit to Koutloumousiou we walked back to Karyes. It was still drowned in the mysterious mist we experienced earlier that morning. At the bakery shop we walked up hill. The idea was to stroll to Andreou via … Continue reading →

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2055 – Xenofontos, photos of the surroundings and the outside of the monastery

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

Today I will show pictures of the outside of Xenofontos monastery. The plan below is drawn in 1980 by Mylonas. As you can see on the aerial below, which I took in 2017, the layout of monastery has undergone some … Continue reading →

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2052 – Koutloumousiou revisited

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

After a short walk in the fog from Karyes we reached the monastery of Koutloumousiou. The first monastery we visited in our 2019 pilgrimage. In the archonidiriki we didn’t see the young German speaking monk who had taught us about … 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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2047 – Mysterious mist in Karyes

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

The early boat, the Agia Anna, took us to Dafni on the 8th of April 2019. The clouds hung low over the peninsula. The Holy Mountain was covered by grey cumuli. In Dafni we found a small taxi bus that … Continue reading →

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2046 – Early spring in Mount Athos

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

When visiting the peninsula in April, as we did this year (2019), flowers and fresh green of blossoming plants are all around you. Slopes are turning purple due to this plant. Yellow broom and white daisies alongside the roads and … Continue reading →

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