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American and Westminster Systems
4 November 2011
There are two kinds of democratic systems, the American system with a strong presidency full of checks and balances, and the Westminster system, where central governments are quickly created with powe... 
Why build an ark for seeds?
4 November 2011
Last month, the National Science Foundation awarded a group of plant evolutionary biologists $1.2 million to spend the next 4 years collecting and banking seeds that won't be used until 5, 10, or even...
Bridge Heal Thyself
4 November 2011
For the last sixty years, science fiction has promised materials that, when broken, torn or otherwise damaged by use and stress simply repair themselves. Crumbling infrastructure across much of the U...
Lightning in a jar
4 November 2011
When it comes to renewable energy there are a variety of choices. Hydroelectric, solar, wind and tidal energy are all abundant sources of renewal energy. Technology needed to develop these energy so...
Post-Byzantine small art-work from the Monastery of Vatopaidi
Anna Ballian
4 November 2011
The sacristy of the Monastery of Vatopaidi contains exceptionally rich material for the period from around the mid 17th to the 19th century. The works which we examine follow the stylistic trends of t...
Archimandrite Ephraim: The spiritual legacy of Elder Iosif of Vatopaidi
4 November 2011
Conference on Monasticism
Coenobium of St Nikodemos, Pentalofos, Goumenitsa,
Thursday 1st September 2011
I have lived thirty odd years next to our blessed Elder, Joseph of Vatopedi. I have had ...
Letters of the Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, No 8
4 November 2011
“How is the spiritual law applied?”
Nea Skete 12/2/1984
To my dearly beloved in Christ for whom I wholeheartedly pray,
I found your letter upon my return, and I am sending my reply, even if it is b...
The Built Environment in the More Distant Areas
4 November 2011
Petros Koufopoulos, Diomedes Myrianthefs
The dependencies of the Vatopaidi Monastery are numerous and differ in size and significance. The most important are the Sketes of St Demetrius and of St Andr...
The Built Environment near the Monastery
4 November 2011
Petros Koufopoulos, Diomedes Myrianthefs
The buildings in the immediate environment of the Vatopaidi Monastery constitute one of the most noteworthy and best-preserved of complexes outside a monaster...
The Post- Byzantine Chapels within the monastery precinct
Miltiadis D. Polyviou
4 November 2011
Of the 19 chapels which are to be found within the precinct of the Monastery of Vatopaidi, 14 are edifices of the post-Byzantine period, and in particular of the hundred years between 1780 and 1880. F...
