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Photographs of the July 2004 Pilgrimage to Mount Athos by Archbishop Gregory, and Fathers George, Lyudmil and Ivan.
Approaching Mount Athos along the southern coast.
Vladyka Gregory feeding a passing sea gull.
The Holy Monastery of Xenophon.
The Holy Monastery of Docheriou.
The Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon.
The Holy Monastery of Zographou.
Archbishop Gregory with Father Ivan.
The interior of the Catholicon of Zographou.
The Courtyard and adjacent chapel of St. George at Zographou.
Vladyka Gregory with Father Lyudmil in front of the Monument commemorating the martyrdom of the 26 fathers slain by the Latins for their steadfast confession of Orthodoxy.
Vladyka Gregory with Father Nektarios, a zealot monk of Mount Athos.
The Holy Church of the Protaton, in the capital of Mount Athos, Karyes.
The Sanctuary Apse. Note also the massive steel girders and beams, which are being use to save the ancient church from total collapse.
The Miracle Working Icon of the Portaitissa at the Holy Monastery of Iveron.
Archbishop Gregory blessing, as we prepare to leave Mount Athos for mainland Greece, from the port of Zographou. In the background Docheriou may be seen.
Approaching Mount Athos along the southern coast.
Vladyka Gregory feeding a passing sea gull.
The Holy Monastery of Xenophon.
The Holy Monastery of Docheriou.
The Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon.
The Holy Monastery of Zographou.
Archbishop Gregory with Father Ivan.
The interior of the Catholicon of Zographou.
The Courtyard and adjacent chapel of St. George at Zographou.
Vladyka Gregory with Father Lyudmil in front of the Monument commemorating the martyrdom of the 26 fathers slain by the Latins for their steadfast confession of Orthodoxy.
Vladyka Gregory with Father Nektarios, a zealot monk of Mount Athos.
The Holy Church of the Protaton, in the capital of Mount Athos, Karyes.
The Sanctuary Apse. Note also the massive steel girders and beams, which are being use to save the ancient church from total collapse.
The Miracle Working Icon of the Portaitissa at the Holy Monastery of Iveron.
Archbishop Gregory blessing, as we prepare to leave Mount Athos for mainland Greece, from the port of Zographou. In the background Docheriou may be seen.