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2246 – Xiropotamou monastery: the phiale and the exo-narthex – part 3

Posted on August 19, 2022 by athosweblog

I started my story of a visit to Xiropotamou in 2019 February this year, with an photo essay of the outside walls and drone footage (post 2234). In the next post – part 2 – I payed attention to the … Continue reading →

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2194 – Grigoriou monastery: a closer look and ‘crushing’ the olives

Posted on February 9, 2021 by athosweblog

Let’s resume the post about Grigoriou monastery, that I visited on the 2nd of October 2019. I started in post 2156 in Juli last year by showing pictures of the trapeza. Today we will continue, starting in the second courtyard, … Continue reading →

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2008 – a closer look at Vatopedi

Posted on July 29, 2018 by athosweblog

Plan of the monastery from 1980 In 2017 we slept in one of the older parts of the monastery archondariki, building H – left SW corner, that has not been renovated yet.The stairs to the archontarikiAn original balcony on the … Continue reading →

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