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2255 – December 1st: 2022 heavy rains on Mount Athos / Dionysiou

Posted on December 11, 2022 by athosweblog

This footage by IMDLEO.GR shows a sudden storm on December 1st 2022 near the monastery Dionysios on Mount Athos. You see the water storage tank that prevents the plaza from flooding and protects the shoreline from the swirling water and … Continue reading →

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2128 – breaking news: a landslide destroyed the road between Karyes and Dafni

Posted on April 6, 2020 by athosweblog

Update 15/4: On 13th April, Mount Athos peninsula was declared a state of emergency by a decision by the Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas – information from Romfea.gr. What this will mean for visitors to Athos in the coming … Continue reading →

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2097 – Monastery of Agiou Paulou

Posted on January 12, 2020 by athosweblog

18th century drawing by Barsky. The name Paulou came probably from Paul Xeropotamites founder of Xeropotamou monastery. Paulou started as a small dependance of this monastery but was not important enough to be mentioned in the Typikon of 1046. Two … Continue reading →

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1962 – The historical red balcony of Simonos Petras is gone forever!

Posted on December 6, 2017 by athosweblog

The entrance of Simonos Petras at the back of the monastery in 1917 with on the right the red balcony. Because the front on the monastery is so spectacular the back is not that much photographed. The same spot, but now … Continue reading →

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275 – Flood in 2001 (Simonospetras)

Posted on December 7, 2007 by athosweblog

10th oktober 2001Photographer : Theodosios of Simonopetra, monkhv

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