Tag Archives: Frescoes

1802 – Maroudá: the interior

Posted on March 25, 2016 by athosweblog

Jan Paul ten Bruggencate has been a frequent visitor in the kelli Maroudá. He offered to show us around in the premises and to be our guide.The wooden entrance to main building of Maroudá, with the chapel on the right.The … Continue reading →

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1801 – the Alexander frieze in Maroudá

Posted on March 23, 2016 by athosweblog

Almost all paintings and fresco’s in Athos show us religious scenes: the live of Christ, Holy Saints and stories from the Bible are told on the murals. You will not find any secular images, because Athos monks focus on their … Continue reading →

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1770 – Some frescoes of Chilandariou (day two, second intermezzo)

Posted on December 26, 2015 by athosweblog

In the outer ring of the courtyard we found a covered space with old murals. Frescoes that are in a bad condition. The heads and especially the eyes of the saints are badly damaged. Sometimes the heads and eyes of … Continue reading →

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1723 – Ascension day

Posted on May 21, 2015 by athosweblog

In the Eastern Church this feast is known in Greek as Analepsis, the “taking up”, and also as the Episozomene, the “salvation from on high”, denoting that by ascending into his glory Christ completed the work of our redemption. Ascension … Continue reading →

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1710 – The last supper photographed by Gabriel Millet 1918

Posted on April 11, 2015 by athosweblog

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 →

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1683 – Inside Dionysiou

Posted on February 24, 2015 by athosweblog

Inside the monastery of Dionysiou, behind the arcades, on the wall of the refectory, there are fascinating medieval fresco’s. I will show some details of the painting. In the earlier blogs by Wim starting at number 1100, he already explained … Continue reading →

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1498 – Skiti Agiou Dimitriou: frescoes from the exonarthex

Posted on January 8, 2014 by athosweblog

As told in the first post about this forgotten skete (1493) we could not enter the katholicon, because the workmen were not in possesion of the key. It gave me the opportunity to take some pictures in the exo-narthex. On … Continue reading →

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1385 – Χριστός ἀνέστη! Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by athosweblog

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 →

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347 – Chilandariou 1997

Posted on February 8, 2008 by athosweblog

In 1997 we walked from Sografou to Chilandariou: the path sometimes changed into a little brook: A plan a of the Chilandariou monastery: We entered the monastery through this magnificent gate. You can expect your coffee with raki (or Sljivovicu … Continue reading →

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