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1902 – Monastic transport

It is 32 years ago, april 1985. A transport of grey and red bearded monks from Pantaleimonos. Picture by Raymond Geldermans. Bas Kamps

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893 – cars on Athos: number plates

photo from flickr: sabinesnubbing’s photostream It looks as if more and more cars drive around on our beloved piece of land. Just have a look at the number plates of Athos-cars. Not long ago they started with car nr 1 … Continue reading

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815 – cars on Athos

In 1963 the first road from Dafni to Karyes openend on Athos, mainly to transport pilgrims by bus to Karyes, to get their Diamoniterion. At that time there were still some idiorithmic monasteries, which allowed monks to have their own … Continue reading

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