Tag Archives: Velas

2020 – a sneak preview of the 2018 pilgrimage and news from Athos

Posted on September 20, 2018 by athosweblog

From the monastery of Simonospetras, where we could sleep for two nights thanks to monk T., I will show a few images that I shot the last three days: The cave/old boat house from 1853 at arsanas Prodromou News item: … Continue reading →

Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, 16 Xenofontos, 20 Konstamonitou, arsanas, events, news, Prodromou, Trip 2018 | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

1617- One remnant of the destroyed coast path between Iviron and Lavra: the Velas bridge

Posted on August 20, 2014 by athosweblog

The long dirtroad from Iviron to Megisti Lavra was once of course a mulepath.  I think that after the millenium festivities in 1963 when the road Dafni Karyes was made that the bulldozering of the track began. I found a … Continue reading →

Posted in 01 Lavra, walking | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments