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The Athos Monasteries Chalkidiki and the Hesychasm Dispute

The Athos Monasteries Chalkidiki and the Hesychasm Dispute

Of course, during our visits to Thessaloniki and Halkidiki we also discussed the monasteries of Athos, the way of life of the monks and a possible visit to the monastery complex several times. Ultimately, this is still pending, but has already been a...

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Reflection: “Media and Freedom” conference in Izmir

Reflection: “M…

We were only too happy to accept the invitation of...

Nevfel Cumart - co-author and reviews

Nevfel Cumart - …

We, the entire Alaturka editorial team, are very p...

Max - the blackbird chick - Werner Koschan

Max - the blackb…

Whit Monday evening around 9:30 p.m., Night is slo...

Mausania at Lake Ohrid - author Michaela Sybertz on tour

Mausania at Lake…

A wonderful side effect of traveling by caravan or...

Johanniter – from the pilgrim hospital in Jerusalem to Rhodes

Johanniter – from …

Long before the First Crusade, merchants from Amal...

The Hospitallers - expansion and consequences to Europe

The Hospitallers - e…

In the first part of our article “The Hospitalle...

Reflection: “Media and Freedom” conference in Izmir

Reflection: “Media…

We were only too happy to accept the invitation of...

Water supply in the Roman Empire

Water supply in the …

The quality of execution in the Roman Empire is ab...

Saicur - a soundtrack against the absurd behavior

Saicur - a soundtrac…

SAICUR presents a soundtrack against the absurd be...

Strange Kind Of Women – visiting Meiningen

Strange Kind Of Wome…

Meiningen is located on the Werra in southern Thur...

Evening cabaret at the Rino campsite

Evening cabaret at t…

Some people are really spontaneous and willing to ...

Jon Davis – singer of Korn and fan of HR Giger

Jon Davis – singer…

Jonathan Howsmon Davis was one of the founders of ...

Spring awakening on the Ahr and Main

Spring awakening on …

Longer than ever before, is the almost convincing ...

Olive trees - cultural-historical examination of the olive tree

Olive trees - cultur…

During our return journey from Istanbul via the Da...

Blooming yellow gentian on the slopes of Walmendinger Horn

Blooming yellow gent…

Our hike up to the Walmendinger Horn was not only ...

Even the ancient Romans used the wood of the serviceberry!

Even the ancient Rom…

Right at the beginning of our project trip we met ...

Easter time – egg time - chicken and quail eggs!

Easter time – egg …

We arrived in the south of Germany in time for Eas...

Muskateller – a pleasure as a grape

Muskateller – a pl…

You probably don't necessarily have to be a wine d...

Dutch cuisine – fast food completely different!

Dutch cuisine – fa…

Hardly any national cuisine is free of influences ...

Swedish Kanelbullar – the slightly different cinnamon rolls

Swedish Kanelbullar …

In almost every international cuisine there are si...

Bicycle-Travelling & E-Bike-Camping

Bike-Caravan for e-bikes - a meeting at Zeitz

31-03-2022

Bike-Caravan for e-bikes - a…

Especially during the pandemic, the demand for "outdoor options" increased conti...

Bergwitzsee Camping - location for blogger and TV crew

19-07-2018

Bergwitzsee Camping - locati…

With great excitement and interest in the meeting with the blogger and image fil...

The bike path along the Unstrut - Memleben monastery

26-09-2020

The bike path along the Unst…

We were cycling along the Unstrut river, where we came across the small town of ...

Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Great Britain - France - Netherlands

Wendelstein Castle - impressive stop on Unstrut cycle path

Wendelstein Castle - stop on Unstrut cycle path

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Visible from afar and therefore attractive for visitors, the Wendelstein castle ...

Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche - wooden church in Hahnenklee

Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche - wooden church in Hahnenk…

12-11-2022 | Hits:1021

Another interesting encounter along the way on the way to Goslar: The wooden sta...

Walser costume - explanations of the tradition in Mittelberg

Walser costume - explanations of the tradition in …

05-01-2021 | Hits:2715

The day before we noticed the first activities of the local fire brigade, which ...

Crossing over the Brenner Pass down to Lake Garda

Crossing over the Brenner Pass down to Lake Garda

04-02-2021 | Hits:3385

The temperatures of the "winter" season in Augsburg were slowly approaching and ...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

Andrea and John at the destination of their project - the Olymp

Andrea and John at the target of their project - t…

21-06-2016 | Hits:7201

We had already reported about Andrea and John, who want to bring clear spring wa...

Bellapais Monastery in Kyrenia North Cyprus

Bellapais Monastery in Kyrenia North Cyprus

13-02-2024 | Hits:26134

Nestled in the delightful village of Bellapais, high in the Five Finger Mountain...

Shkodra - castle hill and modernity in the city center

Shkodra - castle hill and modernity in the city ce…

26-10-2016 | Hits:13896

On a hill, steeply above the Buna and Drin rivers, from the Legjenda campsite t...

Arrival at the beach of Gythio in the evening

Arrival at the beach of Gythio in the evening

20-11-2016 | Hits:4487

After crossing the Rio Andirrio bridge at Patras, we had reached Peloponnesus an...

Serbia - Hungary - Czech Republic - Slovenia - Croatia - Poland

Salona sees us off towards Lake Ohrid

Salona sees us off towards Lake Ohrid

28-10-2023 | Hits:374

After the really informative and family-oriented days with the Bralic family in ...

Hiking with Alaturka - from 2.06. - 07.06.2015 next to Omis

Hiking with Alaturka - from 2.06. - 07.06.2015 Omi…

06-11-2015 | Hits:6635

Meanwhile, after more than a year on the roads across the Balkans and in Turkey ...

Rewa and Beka - worth visiting places on the Baltic Sea

Rewa and Beka - worth visiting places on the Balti…

03-02-2023 | Hits:954

Rewa and Beka are small villages on the Kashubian coast of Puck Bay. This part o...

Camping Club Serbia - meeting at the Danube near Smederevo

Camping Club Serbia - Danube-Meeting Smederevo

03-10-2017 | Hits:8245

After the invitation to the camper club meeting on the river banks of the Danube...

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