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2234 – Xiropotamou monastery – part 1

Posted on February 22, 2022 by athosweblog

In post 2204 I published the hike from Dafni to Xiropotamou. Today we take a look at the outside of the monastery and the surrounding area. First I walked with my camera to the South West wall: On the left … Continue reading →

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2197 – Grigoriou: the graveyard and ossuary

Posted on March 17, 2021 by athosweblog

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 →

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2129 – a close look at Agiou Paulou monastery 1

Posted on April 11, 2020 by athosweblog

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 →

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2055 – Xenofontos, photos of the surroundings and the outside of the monastery

Posted on June 17, 2019 by athosweblog

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

Posted on September 28, 2016 by athosweblog

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 →

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1805 – Maroudá: the exterior

Posted on April 6, 2016 by athosweblog

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 →

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1782 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : Day 2, The Top

Posted on January 30, 2016 by athosweblog

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 →

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1724 – pictures of Karakalou

Posted on May 25, 2015 by athosweblog

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 →

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1680 – Memento Mori in Dionysiou

Posted on February 16, 2015 by athosweblog

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 →

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1671 – Lakkou Skiti 2

Posted on February 1, 2015 by athosweblog

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 →

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