Tag Archives: monopati

1923 – Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA) clearing the footpaths

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

The Friends of Mount Athos are committed to the ongoing project of clearing, restoring and maintaining the old Athonite footpaths, many of them stone-paved (kaldirimi) tracks for transporting goods by mule and dating from late Byzantine times. The project was … Continue reading →

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1809 – hike from Maroudá to Skiti Andreou

Posted on April 29, 2016 by

After a brief visit to Maroudá we had to return to Skiti Andreou, where we would spend the night. Soon after we left the kellion, the Protos of the Holy Epistasia, Father Paul, visited the kellion, as we found out later. … Continue reading →

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1804 – ‘God exists, naturally’ by Herman Hissink

Posted on March 29, 2016 by

Herman Hissink (1915-2011), on the right on the photo above,  worked as a teacher on a renowned Christian high school in The Netherlands. He wrote many diaries and letters during his lifetime. Some of these have been recently assembled in … Continue reading →

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1798 – From Vatopediou to Pantocratoros (day three, first leg)

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

We started walking in the early morning from Vatopediou. We didn’t want to wait for the morning mass to finish. And we could not find a monk to give some food for the road. But we still had plenty of … Continue reading →

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1796 – interview with John Arnell, founder of FoMA’s foothpath project

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

Click on the following link to see the Pemptousia interview in Vatopedi with John Arnell, who recounts about the history of the foothpath project and how he met Prince Charles twice (who even helped clearing the paths, who has a picture of this??).Koutloumousiou, … Continue reading →

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1795 – update online Athos map

Posted on February 21, 2016 by

With the help of the new Athos map  – as mentioned below in post 1794 – I updated the online Athos-map on Community Walk (also see Links in the right column of this blog). Wim Voogd, 21-02

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1794 – two new Athos maps – a review

Posted on February 18, 2016 by

Yesterday I received two recently published Athos maps by Filathonites. The maker is Peter Howorth from New Zealand. The map is also compiled by Roland Baetens from Belgium, a FoMA footpaths specialist and Dimitris Bakalis from Greece. John Arnell of FoMA … Continue reading →

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