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1905 – new Bulgarian documentary film about Athos: “The Garden of Theotokos”?
Last week I received an email from Silvia Stoyanova, producer of PavloFFilms. This is what she wrote to me to promote their new film about Athos: “Our film is made for a wider audience as from the start we decided that we … Continue reading
Posted in 09 Sografou, films
Tagged axion estin, Bulgaria, documentary, easter, procession
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1904 – ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ / Christos Anesti!
Easter liturgy in the Protaton in 1958, photographed by Chrysostomus Dahm, who published them in 1959 in his book Athos, Berg der Verklärung.Gouverneur Konstantopoulos and Protos Nathanael in the ProtatonThe ending of the Easter ceremonies: a meeting in the Iera Kinotis … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, events, history, Karyes
Tagged axion estin, easter, procession, Protaton
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1811 – ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ /Happy Easter
“ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΥΛΟΓΗΜΕΝΗ ΞΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΙΝΗ ΣΚΗΤΗ ΕΥΧΟΜΑΣΤΕ ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΟΙ ΠΑΤΕΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑ ΝΙΚΩΝΑ ΚΑΛΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗ” – Happy (Orthodox) Easter from gerontas Nikon from skiti Xenofontosand from Athosweblog! Wim Voogd, Herman Voogd and Bas Kamps
1711 – Καλό Πάσχα! Καλή Ανάσταση! Kalo Pascha!
This weekend the Orthodox Greek celebrate Easter with the red Pascha eggs! Christos Anesti! Wim and Herman Voogd, 12/4
1710 – The last supper photographed by Gabriel Millet 1918
The Evangelist, Saint John the Beloved, is seated next to Christ, as the youngest of the disciples, he is depicted as beardless. He receives in his left hand a piece of the Body of Christ. Judas Iscariot the Betrayer without … Continue reading
1385 – Χριστός ἀνέστη! Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!
The Orthodox Easter/Pascha takes place this weekend. Michael Panselinos painted the resurrection of Christ in the Protaton in Karyes. He lived in the late thirteenth/early fourteenth century and he is considered to be the top painter of the Macedonian school … Continue reading
Posted in art, events, Karyes
Tagged anesti, Byzantine painting, easter, Frescoes, panselinos, Protaton
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1030 – Good Friday and Easter 2009
Today – the 2th of April – is according to Gregorian calender Good Friday, the day that Jezus is nailed to the Cross. It is a special time on Mt. Athos and the Christian Orthodox world: in the monastery Dionisiou … Continue reading
