Tag Archives: Patriarch

2223 – Corona on Mount Athos: update 8 / 08-05-2022

Posted on October 28, 2021 by athosweblog

Update 8 – 08/05/2022: our Athos friend Vasilis visited Athos during Easter. From his Facebookpage we learn that although in Greece most corona measures have been abolished, a quick Covid test still is mandatory before entering the Pilgrims Bureau (Grafio) … Continue reading →

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2025 – The official point of view of the Russian Orthodox Church about Mount Athos

Posted on October 19, 2018 by athosweblog

This is what Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church has to say about Mount Athos in an interview with the BBC on the 17th of October 2018: –  After … Continue reading →

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2019 – Helicopter crash in 2004

Posted on September 11, 2018 by athosweblog

Today, 14 years ago , a fatal helicopter crash happened just outside the coast of Sithonia peninsula. Everyone on board died. The Chinook helicopter from the Greek army was on its way to Mount Athos, probably to the Heli platform … Continue reading →

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