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2089 – discovery of female remains in a chapel near Pantocratoros
Today this article is published in The Guardian, about recent finds under the floor of the chapel of St Athanasios, just outside the walls of the monastery. It looks like the bones they found are that small, that they have belonged … Continue reading
1981 – Lavra, a close-up look
Time to take a close-up look at Lavra, to watch some details. The fountain in front of the catholicon was not working. The eagle spreads its wings. It doesn’t have two heads as might be expected. Below it we see … Continue reading
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1349 – Female journalist in Ouranoupolis
Guardian journalist Dawn Foster writes about women and Athos. Here is a part of her article. Read the complete article here. Plotting to get on the peninsula doesn’t get me very far. In order to enter Athos, you must apply … Continue reading
1306 – Queen Olga (and King George I) intend to visit Athos in 1913
According to this article from the first of February 1913 King George intended to visit Mount Athos, together with his Russian wife Olga, not long after the Ottoman rule of Athos ended in 1912 (after 500 years!). The same article … Continue reading
1222 – Women on Mount Athos by Joe Lockard
Holy Misogyny, article by Joe Lockard 24 may 2011: “One of the more astonishing moments among autobiographies I have read appears in Maryse Choisy’s Un Mois Chez les Hommes (1929). In preparation for a visit to Mount Athos, the long peninsula … Continue reading
918 – Svetlana Medvedev visits Athos by boat
Last Friday the 6th of november, Svetlana Medvedev, Russia’s first lady, booked a trip of 4.5 hours on the Johanna boat, starting in Ouranopolis. The boat stopped near Dafni some 500 meters from the cost and a boat with a … Continue reading
912 – Marble chair in Vatopedi
Painting by Theodore Jacques Rallis born in 1852). The location is the exo-narthex of the church of Vatopedi. Detail. Keliotes found the picture of the painting because the painting is on auction by Bonham, England. Thanks Keliotes. Color photograph by … Continue reading
