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The Holy Mountain by Herman Voogd. Books, art, travel, culture, religion, orthodoxy, architecture,monasteries, byzantine,nature, hikes and path clearing.

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The last tweet from @MountAthos on (X). Too much uncontrolled hate and lies on X. This is no longer compatible with our subject, The Holy Mountain, which should be about peace, love, faith and beauty. Athosweblog.com will continue. Now on Bluesky mountathos.bsky.social.
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Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasiá. The second part: from Paulou to Skiti Anna with mule encounters. athosweblog.com/2026/06/03/w…
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Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasia. The first part: to Paulou. athosweblog.com/2026/06/01/2…

2405 – Walking from Dionysiou to Kerasia. The first part: to Paulou.

We left Dionysiou quite early that morning. After all, we still had a long way to walk and would have to climb steeply to Kerasia. We took the coastal path towards Paulou. The path is located about…

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Athos 2026: what's new on the Holy Mountain ? athosweblog.com/2026/05/25/2…

2404 – Athos 2026: what’s new on the Holy Mountain ?

From May 3 to 10 this year, I was on Athos with my friends from the FoMA Footpath clearing teams. I will report on all my findings soon (including a video that still needs to be edited), but first …

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The 2026 Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA) path clearing team is on its way today. Here on the Ferry to Dafni.
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photographs of Lavra, Pantaleimonos and Xeropotamou in 1942 by Walter Hotz -3 athosweblog.com/2026/04/29/2…
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photographs from 1942 by Walter Hotz -2 athosweblog.com/2026/04/28/2…

2402 – photographs from 1942 by Walter Hotz -2

This is part 2 of the photo’s made by Walter Holz during the Second World war. Please note: as mentioned in Part 1, Walter Hotz was not part of the Nazi occupation force on Athos, but neither…

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photographs from Karyes in 1942 by Walter Hotz -1 athosweblog.com/2026/04/28/2…

2401 – photographs from 1942 by Walter Hotz -1

On the website of the Deutsche Nationale Bibliothek I discovered a number of interesting old photos (53) of Athos, taken by the German photographer Walter Hotz (1912-1966), who visited the Holy Mou…

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Mylonas: the floor plans of all 20 monasteries athosweblog.com/2026/04/24/2…
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Nice black and white film: 1963 youtu.be/THwX8V2x2Lg
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news: Graham Speake steps down as Chairman of FoMA athosweblog.com/2026/04/03/2…
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art: the Cech painter Jan Vochoč on Athos in 1899 athosweblog.com/2026/03/27/2…
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A walk across the courtyard of the Lavra monastery athosweblog.com/2026/03/24/a…
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a visual tour of Megistas Lavra by night athosweblog.com/2026/03/16/2…
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exploring Mylopotamos: a photo survey - part 2 athosweblog.com/2026/03/11/2…

2395 – exploring Mylopotamos: a photo survey – part 2

In post 2391, I shared our experiences during our stay at the old Lavra winery in September 2025, called Mylopotamos. After dinner, accompanied by delicious white wine, we first went outside to adm…

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A new discovery: rare Athos photos from 1885-90 athosweblog.com/2026/03/04/2…
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Mount Athos during and before WWI: Violent Times athosweblog.com/2026/02/17/2…

2393 – Mount Athos during and before WWI: Violent Times

On 17th of August 1915 the Dutch newpaper “De Tijd” (the Times) published this small article about a violent incident on the Holy Mountain. Here is the translation: “On Mount Atho…

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In the winter of 2014 we walked from Dionysiou to Nea Skiti and made a detour to Paulou monastery
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Mural in the courtyard of Lavra monastery
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