Tag Archives: top mountain

2277 – forest fire at Stavrós junction near Kerasia

Posted on August 18, 2023 by athosweblog

Yesterday evening a fire broke out at a very remote point on Athos, near the junction called Stavrós, where the monopati from skiti Agia Anna and Lavra splits on goes up to the top of Mount Athos. The monks located … Continue reading →

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2253 – another You Tube footage by Rafinos of a hike from Agia Anna to Kerasia and to the top of Mount Athos, including the enormous waterspout

Posted on November 8, 2022 by athosweblog

The latest video of the Greek pilgrim dates from the first of November 2022. On this nice footage with dramatic music at the end he and his friend Angelos start their climb from arsanas Agia Anna, where he almost slides … Continue reading →

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2211 – Athos by monk Theodosios: Nature – Plants [1]

Posted on July 16, 2021 by athosweblog

More exclusive pictures from the photo library of monk Theodosios: For more info about these pictures, please e-mail us. Wim Voogd, 16th July 2021

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2170 – Skiing and Snowboarding on Mount Athos

Posted on September 23, 2020 by athosweblog

On this website from Frozen Ambrosia I found this footage of seven Greek guys, who skied down the Holy Mountain (filmed on February 17/18 2017). This is the Facebook footage of the ski trip (thanks Japetus) and some stills from … 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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2078 – film: the hike from Panaghia refuge to the top of Mount Athos 2019

Posted on October 6, 2019 by athosweblog

Wim Voogd, 6/10

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2077 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: silhouettes and bells

Posted on October 5, 2019 by athosweblog

Wim, 5/10

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2075 – the top of Mount Athos, 1st of October

Posted on October 3, 2019 by athosweblog

Tuesday morning October 1st we started at 5.00 pm our hike to the summit from the refuge Panaghia. The sky was clear, the view was fantastic and the sunrise magnificant! Wim, 3-10 (top photo by Gert Jan Wiekart)

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2013 – A very nice drone film of the top of Mount Athos

Posted on August 12, 2018 by athosweblog

Herman Voogd

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