Agion Oros - Mount Athos

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Wishing you all strength, endurance and spiritual enlightenment during great lent and a blessed and joyous Pascha. I will be visiting Athos next month and will be absent from posts until my return from Europe in mid May. Upon my return, I will share with you my photos, experiences and videos from Mount Athos. Regards, George

Tonight, in the process of reading my usual blogs, I came across something very interesting. Have a look at the below photograph, taken between the years 1880 - 1890. It was taken in the Icon studio of the Holy Monastery of St. Panteleimon (Rossikon).  Wim from the blog  http://athos.web-log.nl/ uploaded this picture as part of recent post regarding old photos of the Russian Monastery. Απόψε, διαβάζοντας τα καθημερινά μπλόγκς μου πρόσεξα κάτι πολύ ενδιαφέρον. Προσέξτε την παρακάτω φωτογραφία που ανάρτησε ο Wim στήν σελίδα   http://athos.web-log.nl/ από το 1880-1890. Κοιτάξτε τις εικόνες που είναι ημικυκλομένες. Τώρα κοιτάξτε τις παρακάτω φωτογραφίες που έβγαλα στο παρεκκλήσι της Αθωνιάδος: Take extra notice of the Icons which have a semi circled top. Now, take a look at the below photos which I took of the Chapel of the Athonias Academy (Former guest wing of St. Andrews Skete). Προσέξατε τις ομοιότητες; Είναι πολύ πιθανόν ότι οι εικόνες στην παλαιά φωτογράφ...

Metropolitan Nikiforos returns to Athonias after many years. As you may know from previous posts, he was a teacher and principal of the Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy, the oldest functioning academy in Greece. Many thanks to Romfea.gr

The Skete is located on the north eastern mountain side of Mount Athos, 1 hours walk from Pantokratoros Monastery and a half hour from the Skete of Prophet Elijah.  It celebrates its feast day on the 15th August, The Dormition of the Theotokos, and is caled Bogoroditsa which in Bulgarian means "The one who gave birth to God".                              It belongs to the Panteleimonos Monastery (Rossikon). The Skete is built in a valley that resembles an amphitheatre on the right hand side of a ridge which originates from the north of a forested range. This range is part of its small territory, and is also the border with Pantokratoros Monastery. The ancient Monastery of Ksilourgou existed near the location that the Skete is built, at around 700 metres above sea level. The name Ksilourgou cam from the occupation of its founder who was named Theodo...