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Holy Mount Athos
Feast of the Annunciation at Vatopaidi
20 April 2013
We left on Saturday morning from Thessaloniki, headed for the Holy Mountain, to attend the all-night...
Concerning the Diet of the Fathers
Archimandrite Gavriel Dionysiates
11 April 2013
When the grace of God moved my heart to come to this blessed place of quietude and prayer it was Feb...
Αn Olympic Winner dedicates his medal to The Mother of God
4 April 2013
Ilias Iliadis, Winner of Olympic bronze, dedicates his medal to The Mother of God our Comfort. On t...
The Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras
3 April 2013
The monastery was founded in 1257 by the hermit St Simon, on the precipitous “Simonos petra”, or Sim...
The “Avaton” (Restriction of Access) of the Holy Mountain
Ioannis Konidaris
9 February 2013
1. The term avaton in general A fundamental aspect of the monastic profession as made by every monk...
The Harmonious Co-Existence of Nature and Buildings on the Holy Mountain
Spyros Ntafis
14 December 2012
The environment of the Holy Mountain has not been unaltered by human activities, which might be plac...
Mt. Athos u-topias: A cartographic afterward in Thomas More Utopia island
Maria Pazarli
10 December 2012
This intervention is a short comment about maps, mythical islands, the internal quest for the ideal ...
Monastery of Vatopedi through old engravings
16 November 2012
The engravings of Mount Athos played an important role in the late art of icon painting. They first ...
Feast of the Honourable Girdle at the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi
Charalambos Demetriou
13 November 2012
On the occasion of the great feast of the Honourable Girdle of the Mother of God, my father and I de...
The holy icon of “Axion Esti”
24 October 2012
The Holy Temple of Saint Demetrius - protector of the city of Thessaloniki, on the occasion of the 1...
Nature and the natural environment of mount Athos
Spyros Ntafis
1 September 2012
Τhe peninsula of Athos. better known as the peninsula of Agion Oros, is the easternmost of the thr...
Harmonious Blending of Nature and Building on Holy Mount Athos
Spyros Ntafis
1 September 2012
Αs was brought out in the introduction, the environment of Mount Athos did not remain unaffected b...
Blessed Contemporary Elders of Athos
Monk - Fr. Moisis Hagiorite
7 November 2011
A fragrant account of charming Elders with serene and luminous faces who have lived in the Garden of...
The Monastic Life: the way of perfection
Professor of Theology at the University of Thessaloniki - Georgios I. Mantzaridis
6 November 2011
With the advent of monasticism a special way of life appeared in the Church, which however did not  ...
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The Memory of the Blessed Mary the Egyptian
Feast of the Annunciation at Vatopaidi
Hieromonk Neofytos from Vatopedi (1876-3 April 1967)
Penthos: The Lenten Journey to Joy
Shockingly in Paradise
On Humility
Archimandrite Agathangelos Mikhaïlidis- Xenofontinos (1908-1...
Saint John of the Ladder
John the Sinaite (+ Fourth Sunday of Great Lent): “On Vaingl...
Why are we called Christians
Concerning the Diet of the Fathers
Dimensions of the Fast
Person and Spirituality
The Orthodox Church of Finland
The Veneration of the Cross