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Category Archives: women
2017 – Some impressions from the tourist boat today
This week my wife and I spend the holidays in Ouranoupolis at the beautiful Skites resort near the border. Today we took the tourist boat to give my wife a chance to get a glimps of the Holy peninsula after … Continue reading
1984 – Pre christian Grave Stele with two women
This is the entrance 0f Koutloumousiou seen from the courtyard. On the right side of the porch a pre christian, so called, Grave Stele is part of the wall. A stele is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than … Continue reading
1949 – Tsipras, the avaton and other politics
According to a Flemish website, called Kerknet, the avaton on Athos is threatened by a Greek law considering gender (October 15th 2017). The avaton is the ban of women on the Holy Mountain. Prime Minister Tsipras in happier times visits … Continue reading
1760 – lecture about women and Athos by Veronica Della Dora
The portrait of Olga Papaloukas with Karyes as background painted by her husband Spyros. On November 10, 2015, Veronica della Dora, Chair of Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, will give a lecture in the American School of Classical Studies … Continue reading
1350 – Drawings from a sketchbook by Mary Newbold Singer Sargent
This drawing is made in 1904 by Mary Newbold Singer Sargent (1826–1906). She was an amateur artist but the mother of the famous American painter John Singer Sargent. This sketchbook is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art … Continue reading
1349 – Female journalist in Ouranoupolis
Guardian journalist Dawn Foster writes about women and Athos. Here is a part of her article. Read the complete article here. Plotting to get on the peninsula doesn’t get me very far. In order to enter Athos, you must apply … Continue reading
