Tag Archives: water

2233 – the Future of Athos? Avaton water: a company sells the water from a spring of Simonospetras

Posted on February 20, 2022 by athosweblog

The founder of this new enterprise, that will be run in the near future is by a Macedonian bottle company from Thessaloniki, Dimitris Babakos from Cyprus, was during a stay at Simonospetras monastery inspired “to craft and create a superior … Continue reading →

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2196 – the phiale of Grigoriou and its extraordinary paintings

Posted on February 27, 2021 by athosweblog

In previous postings about this monastery (2154 and 2194) we took a closer look at the trapeza and the second courtyard, where monks were ‘crushing the olives’. Today we will take a closer look at the philae, that you can … Continue reading →

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2128 – breaking news: a landslide destroyed the road between Karyes and Dafni

Posted on April 6, 2020 by athosweblog

Update 15/4: On 13th April, Mount Athos peninsula was declared a state of emergency by a decision by the Governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas – information from Romfea.gr. What this will mean for visitors to Athos in the coming … Continue reading →

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2117 – The source near Agia Triada

Posted on March 15, 2020 by athosweblog

On the map the blue dot, the source, is not on the right place. The source between Prodromou and Lavra near the house of Ag. Triada is located on the side path. See the red arrow which I added. Coming … Continue reading →

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2113 – Water in monasteries, sketes and in Karyes

Posted on March 9, 2020 by athosweblog

Many monasteries have their own water source. A place were you can fill your waterbottles. Most sources have nice carved marble slabs, a place to sit and a metal drinking cup on a chain. In the Iviron source a doubleheaded … Continue reading →

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275 – Flood in 2001 (Simonospetras)

Posted on December 7, 2007 by athosweblog

10th oktober 2001Photographer : Theodosios of Simonopetra, monkhv

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