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Tag Archives: ossuary
2197 – Grigoriou: the graveyard and ossuary
Behind the second courtyard and the katholicon there is a hallway that leads to the back gate of the monastery. Immediately after leaving the monastery you will see the ossuary and the graveyard. The South wing of the monastery, seen … Continue reading
2129 – a close look at Agiou Paulou monastery 1
In post 2015 I ended my photo report with a picture of the Agiou Paulou monastery. Today we will take a closer look at the exterior of the monastery, starting with a plan of the monastery from Mylonas, made in … Continue reading
2055 – Xenofontos, photos of the surroundings and the outside of the monastery
Today I will show pictures of the outside of Xenofontos monastery. The plan below is drawn in 1980 by Mylonas. As you can see on the aerial below, which I took in 2017, the layout of monastery has undergone some … Continue reading
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1851 – The Russian skulls of skiti Andreou
When Raymond Geldermans travelled to the Holy Mountain in 1972 and in 1982 he found the skiti of Andreou, alias the Serail, completely in ruins. As Wim recently pointed out in recent posts the skiti still has its ruins. But … Continue reading
1805 – Maroudá: the exterior
Today we wil take a closer look at the exterior of kellion Maroudá. The kellion lies on a 20 minutes walk from Skiti Andreou, as you can see on this image from Google maps: The image above shows the plan … Continue reading
1782 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : Day 2, The Top
This is the second episode of seven of the Athos trip done by Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig from Rennes, France made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week and stayed overnight at the … Continue reading
1724 – pictures of Karakalou
We did not plan to stay in Karakalou during our 2014 trip to Athos, but because of a change of plans we ended up returning to this beautifull monastery. At first the Greek archondaris was not very pleased to see … Continue reading
1680 – Memento Mori in Dionysiou
Just outside the gate of Dionysiou along the stone benches the path to Paulou starts. There are some old buildings on the left and a sea view on the right. The path narrows a bit and takes a sharp turn, … Continue reading
1671 – Lakkou Skiti 2
Today we take a closer look at building nr 3 with its new church and the main church/ katholicon and the ossuary of the skete (A and B). Father Gabriel gave us the advice to visit the new church that … Continue reading