{"id":5601,"date":"2012-01-28T19:06:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T17:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistswindow.com\/new\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2012-01-28T19:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T17:06:24","slug":"harakopio-to-aghios-theodoros-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/harakopio-to-aghios-theodoros-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Harakopio to Aghios Theodoros Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>28th January 2012<\/p>\n<p>A small group of us enjoyed a fabulous walk today from Harakopio to Ag Theodoros Monastery, via Homatero and Falanthi. There was no rain, and the extreme cold that was forecast never really materialised &#8211; in fact we spent much of the walk removing jackets and fleeces&#8230;.only to put them on again when the sun went back behind the clouds.<\/p>\n<p>At Homatero, we paused to drink coffee in the kafeneon and collect the keys from the village Priest before heading for the Monastery.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/roundhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"roundhouse\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1612\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We decided on a slight detour, in order to have a closer look at the huge, Palladian style building just outside Homatero.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/goat.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"goat\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1613\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This local resident wasn&#8217;t particularly impressed by either the round-house, or by us.<\/p>\n<p>A first glimps of the &#8216;hidden&#8217; Monastery&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Moni.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Moni\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1614\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ate our lunch in the Monastery grounds, seeking out the few patches of sunlight that made it into the valley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"entrance\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1615\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I felt priviliged to be able to view the inside of the buildings and peruse not only the old frescos, but also the local priest&#8217;s paintings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Painting1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Painting1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1616\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Painting2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Painting2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1617\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One in particular caught my eye&#8230;.and it took me a moment to realise that I was in fact looking at a photocopy of one of my own paintings of the Monastery! I had given a colour print of the painting to the Priest as a gift, back in October.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/My-sketch.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"My-sketch\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1618\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He has photocopied it and added in some of his own drawing &#8211; even including the bell tower (which is actually located in a different part of the building!)&#160; plus some cypress trees and Greek text. I really quite like it, and admire his creativity and artistic thought processes.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my original painting:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ag-Theo-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ag-Theo-web\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1619\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny, as I&#8217;m often telling students to photocopy their drawings to re-use them in collage or other artwork. It&#8217;s a good way of experimenting with layout and medium, plus you get really good value out of your drawings! The priest, who&#8217;s never been to an art class in his life, does this quite naturally! Brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few snaps taken inside the Monastery, showing some of the many frescos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/fresco.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"fresco\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1620\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/fresco2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"fresco2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1621\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dome.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dome\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1622\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I recently bought a copy of a newly published book about the Monastery that&#8217;s available from the Church in Homatero for \u20ac10. Finally admitting that it&#8217;s well beyond the scope of my Greek, I&#8217;ve lent it to my Athenian neighbours in the hope that they can tell me something of the history of the Monastery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28th January 2012 A small group of us enjoyed a fabulous walk today from Harakopio to Ag Theodoros Monastery, via Homatero and Falanthi. There was no rain, and the extreme cold that was forecast never really materialised &#8211; in fact we spent much of the walk removing jackets and fleeces&#8230;.only to put them on again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}