Arrival of the Franco-Russian military unit on Athos (1917)

A unit of the combined Franco-Russian military detachment moves along the road to the Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos on January 3, 1917. Soldiers in formation before the entrance to the monastery.

Russian and French officers negotiate with the abbot of the monastery.

Service in the monastery church, the rite of communion.

Procession with the participation of the monastery brethren, led by Bishop Epiphanius, in honor of the victory of Russian and French arms.

Bishop Epiphanius approaches the Russian soldiers standing in formation on the territory of the monastery and blesses each of them.

The soldiers approach Bishop Epiphanius and kiss the cross.

Panorama of the Dochiar Monastery.

Clergy and French soldiers talk, standing at the entrance to the monastery, enter the gate.

Monks on the observation deck of the coastal monastery observatory.

The bell ringer rings the bell.

Bell ringers at the monastery belfry.

Panorama of the buildings and structures of the Monastery of St.

Panteleimon, the clock on the bell tower.

A monk drinks holy water from a spring on Mount St.

Athanasius.

Monks led by the abbot on the monastery grounds (panorama).

Monks on the shore watching the unloading of a supply ship moored at the pier (panorama).

A mail caravan guarded by armed cavalry moves along the road.

Local residents and monks descend the side stairs of a building on Athos.

The abbot of the monastery, Russian and French officers supervise the placement of the arriving weapons and ammunition at the entrance to the monastery.

The issuance of weapons to local Greek militiamen.

Local militiamen loading the issued weapons onto pack animals.

Monks on the monastery grounds during the transfer of weapons to the Greek militiamen.

Mules on the monastery grounds with boxes of weapons loaded on them (panorama).