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Vladimir P. Orlov-Davidof
11 May 2011
Ο Ρώσος ευγενής Davidof ταξίδευσε το 1835 στην Ελλάδα, στα υπό ξένη κατοχή Ιόνια νησιά, στην Μικρά Ασία και σε άλλα μέρη της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας. Κατά την επίσκεψή του στο Αγιον Ορος φιλοτέχ... 
Robert Curzon
11 May 2011
Ο Αγγλος βαρώνος R. Curzon γεννήθηκε το 1810 στο Λονδίνο. Σπούδασε στο Charterhouse και στην Οξφόρδη (1829), όπου μελέτησε την ιστορία της Γραφής. Το 1831 εγκατέλειψε τις σπουδές του και ασχολήθηκε ...
John Athelstan Laurie Riley
11 May 2011
Ο Riley γεννήθηκε στο Λονδίνο το 1858. Σπούδασε σε διάφορα κολλέγια της Οξφόρδης, από όπου αποφοίτησε το 1884. Ενα χρόνο πρίν, το 1883, διέσχισε την Ευρώπη με την συνοδεία του Ρωμαιοκαθολικού κληρικο...
Mapping the area of the Monastery
11 May 2011
The area in which the Monastery of Vatopaidi is located in the middle of the northern side of the Athos peninsula, in one of the most fertile parts of the Holy Mountain1. It borders on the property of...
Water and Springs
11 May 2011
Naturally enough, the ensuring of a water supply and of arable land has always been a condition for the permanent establishment of a monastery in a particular place. The location of a usable quantity ...
Βasic everyday needs and self-sufficiency
11 May 2011
In order to meet the basic everyday needs of the monastic community, a mark of which was self-sufficiency9, it was necessary to develop a complex of activities in the space which the Monastery had for...
Insignia and Seal
11 May 2011
The insignia used by the Monastery today is a Byzantine style monogram with the phrase “of Vatopaidi” written in groups of syllables in the four points of a cross. The monogram is enclosed by a decora...
Dedication
11 May 2011
Every Athonite foundation is dedicated to the memory of the saint or of the religious feast (of the Lord or of the Mother of God) to which its main church is dedicated. In the earliest surviving relat...
Nomenclature
11 May 2011
The official nomenclature for the Monastery is Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi. The basic name of Vatopaidi or Vatopedi already appears in the first historical testimonies that have to do with the H...
