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The Wall-Paintings of the Chapel of the Aghioi Anargyroi
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
6 November 2011
There is in the Chapel of the Aghioi Anargyroi, a three aisled, wooden-roofed basilica of small dimensions1, an interesting set of wall-paintings of the Late Palaeologan period (c. 1371), which is, un...
The Mural Mosaics of the Katholikon – Introduction
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
5 November 2011
On the Holy Mountain, mural mosaics have survived only in the katholikon of the Vatopaidi Monastery. These mosaics, which are limited in extent and subject-matter, but are of high artistic quality, ar...
The Wall – Paintings of the Katholikon
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
5 November 2011
The Monastery of Vatopaidi, the first mention of which occurs in a document of the year 985, has links with the founder of the Megiste Lavra Monastery, St Athanasius1. The Monastery’s founders are sai...
Repentance, economic and institutional crisis
5 November 2011
According to Abba Cassian the monk seeks to obtain the kingdom of heaven and aims to purify his heart through repentance. By extension this applies to all believers and laity who wish to struggle and ...
The Holy Monastery of Kostamonitou (or Kastamonitou)
Monk Chariton of Karoulia
5 November 2011
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 11th century by a man from Kastamoni in Anatolia, from whom it takes its name. A more recent benefactor was the Christian wife of Ali Pasha, Vassilik...
The Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon
Monk Chariton of Karoulia
5 November 2011
The Monastery was founded before the end of the 10th century in the mountain location now occupied by Old Monastery. It was also called the Monastery of the Thessalonican. It seems that Russian monks ...
The Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou
Monk Chariton of Karoulia
5 November 2011
The monastery was founded before the a the 10th century. It played a leading role Revolution of 1821 in Halkidiki. The katholikon dedicated to the Ascension, was built be 1806 and 1810, and frescoed i...
St. Andrew’s Skete (Serrai)
5 November 2011
From the very beginnings of Athonite Monasticism, Karyai was a focal point of ascetic endeavour. A little above the area where is now housed our Skete, Saint Athanasios the Athonite found his first mo...
The Holy Monastery of Gregoriou
5 November 2011
The monastery was founded in the 14th century by a certain St Gregory. It was restored in the second half of the 18th century and doubled in size at the end of the 19th century. The katholikon, dedica...
The Holy Monastery of Stavronikita
5 November 2011
The monastery appears to have been founded in the early 11th century, but in the 13th century it was deserted, and later it was reduced to a cell dependent on Philotheou. In 1536 it was again raised t...