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Hilandar Monastery #8...
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Copyright: george radonic (gnada)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (21695) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-06-28 |
| Categories: Architecture, Artwork |
| Camera: Canon G9 |
| Exposure: f/4.7, 1/800 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-05 5:45 |
| Viewed: 195 |
| Points: 24 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Same serial:
“Discover the secret paradise of Greece”
For today: St Atos Mount - Hilandar, Serbian Orthodox Monastery #8
If you carefully follow and looking to the photo serial, you feels like you've really been there walk around Monasteries. I spend 8.170km. From Toronto to get over there - adrift...
This part of the buildings, ( Art and literary treasures), including the Church remained unharmed in fire.
Art and literary treasures
Icon of the crucifixion by Theophanes the Cretan
The Athonian monasteries possess huge deposits of invaluable medieval art treasures, including icons, liturgical vestments, and objects, including (crosses, chalices), codices and other Christian texts, imperial chrysobulls, holy relics, and so forth. Until recently, no organized study and archiving had been carried out, but lately a European Union-funded effort to catalog, protect, and restore them is under way.
The monasteries are also home to important libraries of ancient works of great value to historians and theologians alike. For example, the Great Lavran library alone contains 2,046 manuscripts, 165 codices, and 30,000 printed books, many of them very rare.
Administration and organization:
The building that houses the secular administration at Karyes
The Holy Mountain is governed by the "Holy Community" (Iera Kinotita), which consists of the representatives of the 20 Holy Monasteries. There is an executive committee, the four-membered "Holy Administration" (Iera Epistassia), with the Protos being the head of it. Civil authorities are represented by the Civil Governor, appointed by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose main duty is to supervise the function of the institutions and the public order. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
On each of the 20 monasteries—which today all follow the coenobitic system—the administration is in the hands of the "Abbot" (Igoumenos) who is elected by the brotherhood for life. He is the lord and spiritual father of the monastery. The Convention of the brotherhood is the legislative body.
Of the 20 monasteries located on the Holy Mountain, 17 are Greek and the other three belong to other Orthodox nationalities: the Chelandariou Monastery is Serbian, the Zografou Monastery is Bulgarian, and the Aghiou Panteleimonos Monastery is Russian. Among the 12 cloisters, two are Romanian, the coenobitic "Skiti Timiou Prodromou" (which belongs to the Monastery Meghistis Lavras), and the idiorythmic "Skiti Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.
Visiting procedure:
Hilandar monastery, home to mainly Serbian monks
Entry to the mountain is usually by ferry boat from the port of Ouranoupolis in the Halkidiki prefecture. Before embarking on the boat, all visitors must have been issued a diamonitirion, a form of Byzantine visa that is written in Greek, dated to the Julian calendar, and signed by four of the secretaries of leading monasteries. There are generally two kinds of diamonitirion: the general diamonitirion that enables the visitor to stay overnight at any one of the monasteries, nor more than three days in total; and the special diamonitirion, which allows visits to only one monastery or Skiti but does not limit the length of the stay.
Most visitors arrive at the small port of Dafni, from where they can take the only paved road on the mountain to the capital Karyes, or continue further by a smaller boat to other monasteries down the coast. There is a public bus between Dafni and Karyes. Taxis operated by monk taxi-drivers are available for hire at Dafni. They are all-wheel-drive vehicles since most roads in the mountain are unpaved.
Upon arrival at a monastery, the visitor may ask the guest-master if and when they may see and venerate the relics and icons. They may also receive a guided tour and information about the history of the monastery. Visitors are advised that they should not miss the old church of "Protaton" with its exceptional murals and the holy icon of the Virgin Mary, called "Axion Esti," which is the household icon of the patron saint of the Holy Mountain.
Hope you will like it - Thank you for visit... |
boomcat, andrzej, shaukatmi, Scharan2, milas, tanburi, Royaldevon, kanton, harpya has marked this note useful
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- harpya
(9729)
- [2009-09-05 5:50]
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Ciao George
Beautiful series that you presented to us,
beautiful architecture and good details.
You chose an excellent angle, exactly the place
where we can see everything.
Splendid view about the wonderful old tower.
Good composition nice presentation,
Have a nice weekend,
Sergio
Ciao George!
dobra fotka, lepo uhvacena vertikala...
svidja mi se tekstura zidova...i boja neba:)
pozdrav,
Alper
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- kanton
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(5288) - [2009-09-05 6:10]
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Yasou file George!
Another wonderful presentation of Hilandar Monastery! Great St Atos Mount architecture!
perfect colours,lighting,perspective,textured details and a beautiful blue sky,with clouds!
Regards and tfs
Kostas
Hello George,
The portrait format was a good choice for this upward view of the monastery. It looks very imposing and your sharp focus has given fine details of the stonework and the windows. The light is good.
I would like to have seen the base of the building so that I could form an opinion of its overall size.
Have a good day,
Bev :-)
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- akg
(998)
- [2009-09-05 10:06]
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Hello George,
great composition! I like the tall structure with the blue colour reflected from sky on the glass windows at the top. Very nice work.
My regards and compliments,
abhijit.
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- nicou
(20520)
- [2009-09-05 11:40]
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Hello,
mangigique image, quel cadrage sur ce manostère, le rendu sur la pierre, de toute beauté.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou
Hello George,
Perfectly captured sky and texture of old wall.
I loved angle of wiew and light
TFS
Selahattin E
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- milas
(32789)
- [2009-09-05 13:35]
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ciao George...
verynice shot and detail...good scane and focus..selamlar
Olá George
Uma composição imponente, bela apresentação.
Uma foto fantástica com ótimos detalhes e
bonita textura.
O céu está fantástico.
Parabéns
GA
Vera
Hi, George. Nice series of these architectural gems with excellent informative notes. The POV with the sky is good with the colrs and great details common to the serial photos. Cheers and TFS.
Hi George
Wonderful architecture,great POV.
Stunning clarity,fantastic details and lighting.
Very interesting note.
TFS
Regards
Andrzej
hello George,
another fine work.. nice shot looking up of this beautiful monastry on such a fine day.. lovely series.. well seen and taken..
regards, terry
