AOQ2X OYPANOS KAI TH HEAVEN AND EARTH ATHOS TL La We ea DeAOQZ OYPANO® KAL TH HEAVEN AND EARTH ATHOS “Mdpaon /. (thovision Movant Fofpiti\ DinobalvouTPOAOT Ox To "Ayiou “Opos, 6 ctneynaivog aire té05 4 Bieispy whnpo- vous tie Tlawayioc por, Bye Sruevpyhea ov8 moaoia. wa ciowav wa Tepd07%@ Baar om Tapstecy, H hatpevmic} tou Gar, 8 NSyog rou & Buaxponnde at A sp: Bari) tov réxmm Biv &privour rovivay éB.aporo, Zubudia goiera rev Ahouxaape ue Thy Keowee’) -nposqopa Elvan Eepocon Ganiotg mire kal Aatpelag, AoKACKC Kal meoveyxtis. Elia mponévtaw vai Kupiane 160 yeravoiac. Ke: rapiyic yuxév ro ry Tapay: pin fehoces Toi) xéspow ord Adu Tig avTeyHciag Kai ta mevboras. ‘And 1 thya Tv wa8Sv o75 Giyos tig Mexopop: qian To! "Adu E airy rev eioynlvo xGoo Gorrag «i bys, npoawstinga Sha caved, Te dri ingpagi 10 "Ayew “Opec, vb ve 5p Rotor tov puroypnepnd you ge 18, Gwypagiovrac vol abyahunt Lovrag omy Ka np ‘Aro th Bov\ud jou ari Ko Tabér a7oy Tapivta THO, 6 érrofo5, tyxan yar cxipar KahAraqueciy Avuewpeerow pl ensheypivec aby yen rho ‘Adpae, Elvan wa Siaon Sd poe xpi re Ba. FOREWORD The Holy Mouniain of Athos, that blessed spol, Our Lady's own innerwance, has created as the centuries have passed 2 vast Unbroken tradinon. lis le of worship, the tmeless word which it speaks, and lis wanscendental ari leave na one i pevfecly comtnos contemplstion with 4 coninbution fo. socio. Is an expression of arve faith wd worship, asceticism and prayer. It chiefly and above ull a place Jor repentance. A roluge for sovis from the ‘roubles sea of the world in the haven of self-knowledge and tramilty. From the swamp of the disordered passions 10 the howghis of the Transfiguration of Athos Living in this blessed placa, | have uulompied 10 give 2 rerdering of ail this which the Holy Mountain expresses dimly pesheps- by means of - my camera lens. porwraying and capturing fleeting momon's and people. From my work, 1 give my stimony in the present volume, Which 1s the frst of a series of ar albums of selected photographs with ibe general title of ‘Athownnon Iris an mesight from within addressed 10 the world without