Tag Archives: courtyard

2251 – Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas in Vatopedi -1928/30

Posted on October 24, 2022 by athosweblog

On my last journey to Athos in September/October 2022 I spend one day in Thessaloniki. Because we published the photos of the photographer Boissonnas earlier on this weblog (1485), I made a visit to this small museum MOmus on the … Continue reading →

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2240 – Xiropotamou monastery and the question of the strange figure in de clock tower (a jaquemart) – part 2

Posted on June 6, 2022 by athosweblog

In post 2234 I showed pictures of the surrounding area of Xiropotamou and the graveyard/ossuary. In this post we wil take a closer look at the courtyard and its buildings. As said before, it is not easy to present pictures … Continue reading →

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2202 – Grigoriou: photo overview, a tour from the arsanas to the Katholicon

Posted on April 18, 2021 by athosweblog

The arsanas of Grigoriou, with the boat Agia Anna arriving at 10 PM The boat house at the arsanas is being renovated (Oktober 2019) Monks working on oil-smeared cables Arsanas Grigoriou, with a “second archondariki” on the left. The main … Continue reading →

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2184 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957 -1

Posted on December 27, 2020 by athosweblog

Already 12 years ago I expressed my wishes to show you more about the journey of one of the most famous Dutch photographers, Cas Oorthuys, to the Holy Mountain, together with the Dutch writer A. den Doolaard (link to my … Continue reading →

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2156 – Grigoriou monastery and its trapeza

Posted on July 21, 2020 by athosweblog

On October 2nd 2019 we walked from Dionysiou to Grigoriou, a relatively short hike of 3 km’s, that took us 1 hour and 20 minutes walking time, but the steep climbs and the vicious descents made it a tough trip. … Continue reading →

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2138 – a close look at Agiou Paulou monastery – 3

Posted on May 20, 2020 by athosweblog

While the world is hit hard by the invisible and sometimes deadly Corona virus and while we are all waiting in our lockdown to go back to normal live again, a few signs of hope immerge. In most countries the … Continue reading →

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2137 – a close look at Agiou Paulou monastery 2

Posted on May 8, 2020 by athosweblog

As my brother Herman described in his post 2097 about the monastery of Agiou Paulou, the monastery was already mentioned in the Typicon of 1046. That makes the monastery one of the oldest monasteries on the Holy Mountain. But why … Continue reading →

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2116 – historical photographs of Karyes courtyards

Posted on March 13, 2020 by athosweblog

The last two photographs in the previous post show us the small courtyard-garden that lies behind the shops/restaurant at the bus stop in Karyes. Monk Theodosios shared a few historical pictures, with images of what can be the same spot: … Continue reading →

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2080 – Exploring Vatopediou

Posted on October 31, 2019 by athosweblog

A monk approaches an abundant circular bed of fallen crimson flowers under the Camellia in the courtyard of Vatopediou. The monastery has got a rather large central square that is – unlike most squares – not levelled out but ascends … Continue reading →

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2073 -The courtyard of Pantocratoros

Posted on September 13, 2019 by athosweblog

We spend the night in Pantocratoros. In the morning we allowed ourselves some time to wonder around the courtyard of Pantocratoros. I took the opportunity to take some pictures, that I want to share with you. An orange tree contrasts … Continue reading →

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