Mt. Athos Greece: Present day monks in ancient monasteries

Photographs by Aristides (Art) Chakalis

November 30 – December 30, 2013

OSU Northwood ARTSpace Room 100

 

Photo of mount Athos (on the left 2/3s of the photo) set in the Aegean sea (bottom half of image) with small boat and three men on the left middle of the photo. Deep blue sky above with white fluffy clouds near the sea level.

Fishing the Aegean off the coast of Mt. Athos. Photography by Aristides (Art) Chakalis, 2008.

 

Northwood ARTSpace is located in the Northwood-High Building Room 100, 2231 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 8am to 7pm except when meetings are held there – check the gallery’s calendar online at http://www.universitydistrict.org/room-100-calendar.html.

“Art Chakalis shares a series of photographs he took in 2008 while visiting monasteries of Mt. Athos Greece. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are 11×14 inches and matted to 16×20 inches.

1)  Fishing the Aegean off the coast of Mt. Athos

2)  Gregoriou from the sea

3)  Monks at the Gregoriou Monastery

4)  Cat enjoying a sunny afternoon in Karyes

5)  Walkway to a chapel in Karyes

6) Church along the path between Karyes and Xeropotamou

7)  Cemetery at Xeropotamou

8)  Nurturing God’s Bounty

9)  Flowers on the Mountainside

10)  The Refectory

11)  The Outer Narthex

12)  The Inner Narthex

13)  Inner Narthex Chapel

14)  Peering into the Nave

15)  The Nave

16)  Christ Pantocrator

17)  The Icon Screen

18)  Altar within the Sanctuary

19)  Yesterday’s worship is complete and a new day begins with the setting of the sun

20)  Simons Petras from the sea

21)  Monks preparing to travel the steep path home from the sea

22)  Life between mountain and sea

23)  Solitary cross along the shoreline”

 

Image source: Art Chakalis

Text source: Catalog list of photographs