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2241 – an update: file a complaint against the new large scale commercial company “Avaton water”on the Holy Mountain

Posted on June 19, 2022 by athosweblog

According to this weblog the drilling for mineral water is being carried out without the permission of the Iera Epistatia – the Holy Community- !! The writer of this weblog also asks the question how far the secularization of modern Mount … Continue reading →

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2237 – file a complaint against the new large scale commercial company “Avaton water”on the Holy Mountain

Posted on April 7, 2022 by athosweblog

In post 2233 I informed our readers about the new -large scale- mineral water factory, that recently is build on the hills above Simonospetras by the Macedonian Bottling Company. This company started to build a factory in 2021 with the … Continue reading →

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2099 – The waste and litter problem on Mount Athos

Posted on January 25, 2020 by athosweblog

In 2014,  very close to the monastery of Filotheou , waste and rubbish are still dumped in the valley. I don’t know if that is still common practice. I hope not. On the path from Pantocratoros to Vatopedi  in  2019 … Continue reading →

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2098 – Panaghia and the hike to the peak of Mount Athos

Posted on January 19, 2020 by athosweblog

It took us 5 hours to walk from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge (see post 2095) and we arrived at one o’clock PM. We planned to arrive as early as possible, hoping to get a place to sleep in the … Continue reading →

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