-
Recent Posts
- 2267 – a drone footage of Mylopotamos winery
- 2266 – more Athos maps
- 2265 – a drone footage of a Pristine Territory of the Holy Mountain: the Réma Dontá cataracts
- 2264 – a drone footage of skiti Panteleimonos and the cell of Ag. Paisios
- 2263 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 2: the path from Vatopedi towards Esfigmenou
- 2262 – a drone footage of three towers of Mount Athos
- 2261 – a new site with routes for hikers on Mount Athos
- 2260 – a drone footage of Ag. Vasiliou, arsanas Chilandariou and the Milutin tower
Recent Comments
TINA on 471 – M. Basil Penningto… Vasílis on 2266 – more Athos m… athosweblog on 2266 – more Athos m… Vasílis on 2266 – more Athos m… Tina on 2266 – more Athos m… ELENI STOUMPOU on 1518 – Edward Lear … Bertinos on 2262 – a drone footage o… iulianadamian on 2064 – a closer look at… Vasílis on 2064 – a closer look at… iulianadamian on 2064 – a closer look at… Categories
- 01 Lavra
- 02 Vatopedi
- 03 Iviron
- 04 Chilandariou
- 05 Dionysiou
- 06 Koutloumousiou
- 07 Pantocratoros
- 08 Xiropotamou
- 09 Sografou
- 10 Docheiariou
- 11 Karakallou
- 12 Filotheou
- 13 Simonos Petras
- 14 Paulou
- 15 Stavronikita
- 16 Xenofontos
- 17 Grigoriou
- 18 Esfigmenou
- 19 Panteleimonos
- 20 Konstamonitou
- arsanas
- art
- basic information/reservations
- Bogoroditsa/Xylourgou
- books
- border
- Chomitsa
- Dafni
- Dimitriou
- events
- films
- food
- Germans
- history
- Karoulia
- Karyes
- Katounakia
- Kavsokalivia
- kellia
- konaki
- maps
- monasteries
- mountain
- Mylopotamos
- nature
- Nea Skiti
- news
- Orthodoxy
- Ouranoupolis
- Paleo Monastiro
- people
- Prodromou
- ruins
- skiti
- Skiti Andreou
- Skiti Anna
- Skiti Lakkou
- Skiti Profitou Eliou
- Thebais
- Timiou Stavrou
- trip 1989
- trip 2007
- trip 2009: Herman's group
- trip 2009: Wim's group
- trip 2011: Herman's group
- trip 2011: Wim's group
- trip 2013
- trip 2014
- trip 2015
- trip 2017
- Trip 2018
- Trip 2019
- Trip 2022
- Uncategorized
- walking
- war
- wine
- women
- Zygou
Links
Archives
Athos – Agios Oros
- 2267 – a drone footage of Mylopotamos winery
- 2266 – more Athos maps
- 2265 – a drone footage of a Pristine Territory of the Holy Mountain: the Réma Dontá cataracts
- 2264 – a drone footage of skiti Panteleimonos and the cell of Ag. Paisios
- 2263 – FoMA footpath team 2022 – part 2: the path from Vatopedi towards Esfigmenou
- 2262 – a drone footage of three towers of Mount Athos
- 2261 – a new site with routes for hikers on Mount Athos
- 2260 – a drone footage of Ag. Vasiliou, arsanas Chilandariou and the Milutin tower
- 2259 – the Abbots of all Athos monasteries
- 2258 – a drone footage of Vatopedi and unique images of the ruins of the Kolitsou tower
Athos Twitter
Tweets by mountathos
Tag Archives: trapeza
2251 – Swiss photographer Fred Boissonnas in Vatopedi -1928/30
On my last journey to Athos in September/October 2022 I spend one day in Thessaloniki. Because we published the photos of the photographer Boissonnas earlier on this weblog (1485), I made a visit to this small museum MOmus on the … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, art, books, history
Tagged aqeduct, Athonasias, bell tower, clocktower, courtyard, efzones, entrance, Fred Boissonnas, phiale, photographer, photographs, semantron, source, trapeza, well
1 Comment
2187 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957-4
Originally Cas Oorthuys and A. den Doolaard planned to stay five days on the Holy Mountain. They wanted to stay a night over in Vatopedi, but because they arrived by boat from Ierissos they did not posses a Diamoniterion yet, … Continue reading
Posted in 19 Panteleimonos, art
Tagged 1957, A. den Doolaard, Cas Oorthuys, katholikon, Nederlands fotomuseum, Rossikó, trapeza
Leave a comment
2156 – Grigoriou monastery and its trapeza
On October 2nd 2019 we walked from Dionysiou to Grigoriou, a relatively short hike of 3 km’s, that took us 1 hour and 20 minutes walking time, but the steep climbs and the vicious descents made it a tough trip. … Continue reading
Posted in 17 Grigoriou, Trip 2019
Tagged abbot, archontariki, balconies, courtyard, guest rooms, plan, trapeza
Leave a comment
2137 – a close look at Agiou Paulou monastery 2
As my brother Herman described in his post 2097 about the monastery of Agiou Paulou, the monastery was already mentioned in the Typicon of 1046. That makes the monastery one of the oldest monasteries on the Holy Mountain. But why … Continue reading
Posted in 14 Paulou, Trip 2019
Tagged Agios Georgios, chapel, courtyard, interior, katholikon, murals, stained glass, trapeza
Leave a comment
2057 – Xenofontos, a photo survey within the monastery, part 1
Let’s take a closer look within the monastery, starting at the entrance (Δ1 on the Mylonas map above). You will arrive in the first courtyard (A). After passing the entrance you will find the archondariki or guesthouse on your right … Continue reading
Posted in 16 Xenofontos, Trip 2018
Tagged Apocalypse, courtyard, katholikon, murals, St. Gerasimos, trapeza
Leave a comment
2041 – the Cas Oorthuys photo collection from 1957 online
More than 10 years I published two posts in nr 646 and 649 about two articles from 1957 in the Dutch magazine Katholieke Illustratie, written by the Dutch writer A. den Doolaard, who was accompanied by the famous Dutch photographer … Continue reading
Posted in 19 Panteleimonos, art, history
Tagged A. den Dolaard, Captions for Cas, Cas Oorthuys, hermit, National Photo museum Rotterdam, trapeza
2 Comments
2008 – a closer look at Vatopedi
Plan of the monastery from 1980 In 2017 we slept in one of the older parts of the monastery archondariki, building H – left SW corner, that has not been renovated yet.The stairs to the archontarikiAn original balcony on the … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi
Tagged archontariki, Cas Oorthuys, clocktower, courtyard, katholicon, trapeza
Leave a comment
1907 – Photographs by Frank Horlbeck
Vatopedi, trapeza, 1981 Photo’s by Frank Horlbeck from an exhibition held in the US (Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin) earlier this year which included about fifty digital prints made from a collection of over 20,000 slides and digital images to … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 11 Karakallou, Prodromou
Tagged fire, trapeza
Leave a comment