Tag Archives: famous pilgrims

2151 – Umberto Eco on Athos

Posted on July 6, 2020 by athosweblog

In the year 1988 Umberto Eco (1932-2016), the famous Italian novelist, and professor in semiotics visited the Holy Mountain. Here we see the author in front of Simonos Petras. It is said that his famous novel “The Name of the … Continue reading →

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2084 – Prince Charles and the Holy Mountain

Posted on December 7, 2019 by athosweblog

The last post of Bas inspired me to search on the internet for an Athos painting made by Derek Hill. That effort wasn’t successful, the only one I found was in my own archive. I added this painting to post … Continue reading →

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2050 – John Julius Norwich talks about Mount Athos

Posted on May 17, 2019 by athosweblog

also read post 1107 and 852 by Herman Voogd

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2042 – Mount Athos by Edward Lear: new site

Posted on March 3, 2019 by athosweblog

Stephen Duckworth has completed a website on the 1856 travels of Edward Lear with all the beautiful drawings of the monasteries. This is the link to the website. Herman Voogd

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1949 – Tsipras, the avaton and other politics

Posted on November 7, 2017 by athosweblog

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 →

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1908 – Composer Igor Stravinsky was never on Athos and Diaghilev neither

Posted on April 29, 2017 by athosweblog

As a devout member of the Russian Orthodox church the Russian composer Igor Fjodorovitsj Stravinsky (1882- 1971) was a keen collector of religious books and objects. Not so much in the early years of his adult life, in the wild … Continue reading →

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1826 – Prince Charles and orthodoxy explained

Posted on June 5, 2016 by athosweblog

Prince Charles in 2004 burning a candle at a funeral in Colciu, a Romanian settlement near Vatopedi (Photo: pemptousia.ro). Read here why Charles is so occupied with orthodoxy and Athos. (thanks to Gerard Koolschijn and friend). Herman Voogd

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1823 – Putin on Athos: the Protaton throne

Posted on June 1, 2016 by athosweblog

“Putin on mount Athos sat on the throne of the Byzantine emperors, and declared the mountain a source of grace”. Actually Vladimir Putin did not sit on on an emperor’s throne, but he was standing in the Protaton church and … Continue reading →

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1822 – Putin on Mount Athos

Posted on May 28, 2016 by athosweblog

Stills from the live coverage on You Tube of the Putin visit to the Protaton, Karyes today.President Vladimir Putin and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos Putin standing in the throne for ‘Patriarchs, Monarchs and Tsars’ in the Protaton church. Herman Voogd

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1478 – The Broken Road by Patrick Leigh Fermor

Posted on December 2, 2013 by athosweblog

In the early 1930s at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. He wrote two books about this trip: A Time of Gifts (1977) and Betweeen the Woods and … Continue reading →

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