Greece (2007)

Tourists and pilgrims with backpacks in a village near Mount Athos.

Cars drive along the narrow streets of the village.

Panoramic view of the bay from the peninsula.

Greek flag.

Orthodox church.

A boat and a motorboat sail along the bay.

Address general plan of an ancient building - a fortress.

Filming from inside a car.

Mountain road.

The road passes through residential areas.

View of the bay shore.

Maneuvering on the road: the car is overtaking.

Filming inside the car - close-up of hands on the steering wheel, the driver is changing gears.

Filming from inside a car.

The road passes through residential areas and industrial hangars.

There are fountains with drinking water along the highway.

Drivers stop to get water.

View of the bay shore.

Forest area.

Natural landscape of the area.

View of the sea bay.

Mount Athos (general plan).

Picturesque sky before sunset.

Shooting from the open window of the hotel.

Shot from a boat.

A boat sails along the bay at the foot of Mount Athos.

Athos monasteries located on the mountain.

A motorboat overtakes the boat.

A fishing boat on the waves of the bay.

A man on a boat looks through binoculars at the coastal buildings.

Seagull flies by (close-up) Shot from a boat.

A boat sails along the bay at the foot of Mount Athos.

A motorboat moves along the water at high speed.

The monasteries of Athos, located on the mountain.

The Greek flag on a sea vessel.

The natural landscape of the area.

Construction of a residential complex on the coast.

A boat sails along the bay along the coastline of Mount Athos.

Monasteries of Athos.

Construction of a temple on the territory of one of the monasteries.

Natural landscape of the area.

Filming from a boat sailing along the coastline of Mount Athos.

Monasteries of Athos.

Russian Orthodox skete.

Filming from a boat sailing along the coastline of Mount Athos.

Monasteries of Athos.

Russian Orthodox skete.

City at night.

Ancient city fortress.

Shooting from the observation deck.

General plan of the city at night.

Night illumination of the city

Ancient city fortress at night.

Passers-by with children and dogs at the fortress walls.

The square in front of the old fortress of the city.

Locals meet on the square.

A man holds a child in his arms.

Interior decoration of the cathedral.

Icon painting.

Artistic decoration of the cathedral walls.

The grave of the elder Paisios on the territory of the St.

John the Theologian Convent in Souroti.

Mosaic with the Savior above the gates of the convent.

The chapel of St.

Barbara against the backdrop of the seashore.

The general plan is Mount Athos.

Chapel of St.

Barbara on the coast.

Mount Athos - (general plan of the peninsula - shooting from the mainland).

Panoramic shooting.

Shot from a boat sailing around Mount Athos along the coastline.

Athos monasteries.

Natural landscape.

Filming from a boat sailing along the coastline around Mount Athos.

Athos monasteries.

A tourist boat sails along the water area.

A boat sails along the coastline of Athos.

A sea vessel.

The captain's cabin.

The boat skipper at the helm.

The navigation panel with instruments, the helm.

Pilgrims at the pier are boarding the ferry "Agios Panteleimon" in the waters of the Gulf of Athos.

Agricultural machinery is entering the ferry.

The ferry departs from the coast.

The waters of the Athos peninsula.

A woman on the pier waves her hand, seeing the ship off.

Thessaloniki Bay.

Tourists disembark from a boat.

Thessaloniki police.

Motorboats at the city pier.

Marine police on a boat.

Thessaloniki Park.

Residents in the park.

Dogs on the lawn.

Teenage girls on roller skates in the park.

The Church of Cyril and Methodius in Thessaloniki - general address plan.

Elements of the building's decor: street stained glass windows of the church.

Visitors leaving the church after the service.

The wall of the ancient fortress of Thessaloniki (general plan, statics).

Part of the wall of the ancient fortress of the city.

General plan of the city (from the observation deck).

View of the bay from the top.

Ships in the sea.

Streets of the city.

City information signs.

Residents of Thessaloniki.

Square near the Church of Saint Paraskeva.

Visitors to the church.

Lit candles (close-up).

City park.

Gypsy families relaxing in the park.

Children swimming in the pond.

A Gypsy woman holds a baby in her arms and smokes.

Women bathe the babies.

The square in front of the Church of St.

Paraskeva.

A street fountain with drinking water, made in the form of a church.

A street telephone - a payphone.

A man is calling from a payphone.

A pond in the park.

In the park are city residents, gypsy families.

The Pindus mountain range in Thessaly (in some sources - Thessaly).

Mountain peaks, slopes.

Monument to the Greek partisans of the People's Liberation Army of Greece (Resistance Movement) who died during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

Model of a temple installed in a recreation area on a mountain route in Thessaly.

Greek monasteries of Meteora.

General plan of the monastery located on the top of the mountain range.

Panoramic shot from the top.

Steep cliffs.

Mountain plateau.

Residential settlement located on the mountain plain.

Natural landscape of mountainous terrain.

Shooting from above.

Mountain plateaus.

View of the Thessaly Valley.

Mountain range.

Greek monastery on top of one of the mountains.

Natural landscape of mountainous terrain.

Shooting from above.

Monasteries located on mountain plateaus of rocky rocks.

View of the Thessaly Valley.

Mountain range.

Greek monastery located in the rock.

Stone stairs leading up to one of the monasteries.

Pre-sunset hour.

One of the mountain monasteries, located on the cliff of the Pindus ridge in Thessaly.

Iron cage - basket-lift, with a rope lifting mechanism, designed to deliver products to one of the mountain monasteries.

A monk from one of the monasteries located on the top of a cliff demonstrates the operation of a lifting mechanism designed to transport food to the monastery.

On the territory of a closed mountain monastery.

The monastery brethren.

A monk transports a construction cart, enters his cell.

The Church of All Saints on the territory of the mountain monastery of Saint Varlaam in Thessaly.

Icon painting on the walls of the monastery.

Tourists in the church.

The Church of All Saints on the territory of the mountain monastery of St.

Varlaam in Thessaly.

Icon painting on the walls of the monastery.

Icons and frescoes damaged during the war with Turkey.

Painting on the walls of the church.

Arched vaults of the monastery structure.

Meteora Monasteries.

The Church of All Saints on the territory of the mountain monastery of St.

Varlaam in Thessaly.

Icon painting on the walls of the monastery.

Icons and frescoes damaged during the war with Turkey.

Intentional erasure of faces on the faces.

Traces of weapons use.

The territory of the monastery of St.

Varlaam.

Address plan of the facade of the Church of All Saints.

Shooting from the observation deck: residential area at the foot of the mountain.

Panoramic shooting of the mountain landscape.

Large-scale photography of the mountainous landscape from above.

The Pindus mountain range in Thessaly.

Monasteries located on mountain plateaus of rocky rocks.

View of the Thessaly valley.

Meteora monasteries.

Urban settlement.

Highway.

A bus with tourists passes by, cars.

Mountain ranges and spurs of the Pindus mountain system.

Meteora monasteries on the mountain tops (shot from above).

General plans of the mountain valley.

Panorama from the foot of the cliffs: view of the Meteora monastery, located on a mountain plateau.

The Pindus mountain range in Thessaly.

The hour before sunset.

Picturesque plans of the sunset over the mountain range.

A lifting mechanism (funicular) used to transport people to a monastery located on top of a cliff.

The funicular rises on steel cables to the monastery.

A monk exits the funicular cabin.

One of the mountain monasteries of Meteora (general plan from a low point).

One of the Meteora monasteries - a general plan shot from an upper point with enlargement.

Meteora mountain range.

Monastery buildings

Clear sky over a mountain valley.

Clouds in the sky.

View of the Thessaly Valley.

Shadows from clouds on the mountain peaks and the lower valley.

One of the Meteora monasteries on a mountain peak in Thessaly.

General plan of the monastery from the top.

Enlargement of the monastery buildings (panorama from the cliffs).

Tourists on the territory of the monastery.

Buildings built on the upper reaches of the cliffs.

Landscape photography of the mountain landscape.

Filming from the window of a moving car.

Mountain road.

Driving along a mountain serpentine.

Thessaly Valley.

The Pindus mountain system.

Gates of one of the Meteora monasteries.

Cars with tourists.

Souvenir stalls located along the road.

Shot from the window of a moving car.

Mountain road.

A van with a Greek flag over the windshield moves along the highway.

Tourist cars, a motorcycle.

View of the Thessaly plain.

Girls with backpacks walk along the highway.

The Pindus mountain system.

Parking "pockets" on the mountain highway.

One of the Meteora monasteries, located in the mountains.

Mountain caves.

Filming from the foot of the mountain.

A steep cliff.

The facade of the monastery, located in the rocks (filming from a low position).

Cross on the peak of the mountain.

Pindus Mountains.

Caves in the rocks.

Carved stairs in the mountains leading to the caves.

Mountain peaks.

The Church of Saint Panteleimon in Athens on Acharnon Street.

The church has armchairs with folding seats and high backs with armrests - stasidia.

Interior decoration: paintings on the walls of the church, frescoes depicting saints.

Icons.

Artistic decoration of the inner dome of the church.

Iconostasis.

Lit candles (artistic photography).

Reflection of burning candles in a mirror.

Service in the Church of Saint Panteleimon in Athens on Acharnon Street.

Altar.

Parishioners stand in line to the icon.

In the church, Bishop Prokopios of the Greek Orthodox Church (in the world Prokopios Petridis) conducts confession with parishioners of the church.

Tinos Island (some sources mention Tenos).

A cargo ferry docks at the pier.

Passengers disembark.

Cars and a bus with tourists leave the ferry.

Teenagers (a gypsy family) laugh and sing songs in front of the camera.

Police at the pier.

A policewoman.

Coast guard boats in the bay.

Motorcyclists on mopeds and cars enter the ferry.

Passengers board the ferry.

The ferry departs from the pier and sails away into the Aegean Sea.

The Greek flag on the boat (close up).

Busy city streets of Tinos.

Cars and motorcycles.

Pedestrians.

Pilgrims on their knees move along the city streets to the Church of the Annunciation.

Address plan of the Church of the Annunciation

Pilgrims (women) on their knees move along the city streets in Tinos to the Church of the Annunciation (Panagia Evangelistria).

Sculpture on the street of the city.

Address plan of the Church of the Annunciation

Pilgrims at the Church of the Annunciation (Panagia Evangelistria Temple) in Tinos.

A group of tourists in a queue at the entrance to the temple.

Tourists hold sun umbrellas (parasols).

Address plan of the Church of the Annunciation.

The square in front of the temple in Tinos.

General plan of the facade of the building of the Church of the Annunciation (the temple of Panagia Evangelistria).

Flags of Greece on the building.

Pilgrims at the church in the courtyard in front of the temple.

People with sun umbrellas.

Gypsy families.

In front of the temple, a woman with a child begs for alms.

A pilgrim spreads a carpet.

View of the central city street through the arched arc of the temple gate.

Icon of the Virgin Mary in the temple.

Believers queue to the image.

Interior of the temple.

Believers light candles.

Kneeling pilgrims next to the icon.

A queue of pilgrims at the temple to the icon of the Virgin Mary.

Lit candles.

Women on their knees move from the street to the temple.

An elderly woman (a gypsy) holds a sleeping child in her arms.

The rector of a Greek temple with believers in the church yard.

The rector of the Greek church blesses the parishioners in the church yard, greets the officers of the Greek Navy.

On the temple square, musicians of the Greek military orchestra in ceremonial dress.

Reformation and preparations for the ceremonial events.

Drums and other musical instruments on the tiles.

The military takes pictures with a mobile phone camera.

Representatives of the Greek Navy.

Sailors of the Greek Armed Forces marching to the Church of the Annunciation (Panagia Evangelistria) in Tinos.

Military formation on the temple square.

A policeman with visitors to the temple.

Pedestrians, public transport on the streets of Tinos.

Preparations for the ceremonial events in connection with the removal of the icon of the Virgin Mary from the temple.

The port of Tinos.

A liner sails on the sea.

Crowds of people on the streets along the road from the temple to the port.

A festive procession with the icon of the Virgin Mary.

The ceremony is accompanied by a military orchestra.

The crowded streets of the city.

Crowds of people take part in the ceremonial events of carrying out the icon of the Virgin Mary from the Church of the Annunciation (Panagia Evangelistria).

The procession along the street of Tinos.

The sacred image on wooden poles is solemnly carried by the guard of the naval armed forces of Greece.

The procession is accompanied by the military orchestra of Greece.

Representatives of the priesthood, city authorities.

The port of Tinos.

The speech of the representatives of the priesthood.

The port of Tinos, filled with a crowd of people - spectators of the procession ceremony.

A man films with a home movie camera.

A woman with a tattoo of a rabbit on her shoulder.

Crowds.

Police in the crowd.

Participants in the procession: representatives of the Greek Church.

Shadows cast by the symbols of the cross and the banner.

The procession with the sacred relic through the streets of the city.

The icon of the Virgin Mary is carried by the guard of the Greek Navy.

The ceremony is accompanied by a military orchestra.

The procession through the streets of the city to the Church of the Annunciation (Panagia Evangelistria) in Tinos.

The procession is followed by a crowd of people, representatives of the priesthood of the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches, as well as city administration officials.

Address plan of the facade of the Church of Agios Ioannis Rossos (Saint John the Russian) in the Prokopi area on the island of Evia (in some sources it is mentioned as Eubia).

Cross on the dome of the church.

Visitors in the church: light candles, place them in wide candlesticks.

Burning candles - general plan with blur.

Interior of the church.

Reliquary with the relics of Ioannis Rossos.

Visitors: adults and children - at the reliquary of the saint.

The Church of Ioannis Rossos on the island of Euboea (in some sources, Eubia).

The reliquary with the relics of Ioannis Rossos in the church.

Visitors: adults and children - at the reliquary of the saint.

Elements of the decoration of the reliquary sarcophagus (close-up).

Wall paintings of the church, frescoes: scenes from the life of Ivan the Russian.

Daylight enters the temple through the open door.

Visitors to the temple.

Lit candles.

The sarcophagus containing the reliquary of St.

John.

Silver plates - symbolizing the healing received by believers with the help of the saint.

A bowl of oil.

An elderly nun in a car.

The coast of the island of Evia.

View of the bay between the island and Chalkida.

The waters of the Aegean Sea.

Sunset.

Seashore, mountain landscape.

Highway along the coast.

Passing cars.

The sun goes down the horizon (close-up).

Colourful sky (sunset hour).

The Acropolis of Athens.

General view of the rocky spur from the bottom.

Stone buildings of the architectural monument of the ancient Greek city: Parthenon, Erephtheion, Temple of Athena Nike, etc.

Tourists on the territory of the architectural and historical complex.

Arched vaults of buildings.

Details of ancient architecture.

Birds on the walls of buildings.

Stone buildings on the territory of the Athenian Acropolis.

Enlargement of building details.

Streets of the ancient city.

Arched vaults on buildings.

A loving couple on the territory of the ancient architectural complex.

Sunset.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial complex near the Parliament building on Syntagma Square (Constitution Square) in Athens.

Evzones (presidential guards) during the changing of the guard of honor.

Tourists film the ceremony with photo and video cameras.

The facade of the Parliament building.

Streets of the city of Athens.

Residents of Greece on the streets.

City transport.

Pedestrians.

General plan of part of the city from a hill.

Flag of Greece - large.

Administrative building.

Sculpture opposite the building.

Sparrows on a city street in a park (large).

Residents of Athens on the streets of the city.

Administrative building.

Facade of the Trinity Church.

Passers-by.

Tourists with backpacks - Africans.

Woman in bright clothes.

Bell tower of the temple.

Wooden entrance gates to the temple (close-up).

Sculptural installation in the park.

City residents.

Pedestrians on the street.

City fountain.

Shop windows.

Young man (Negroid race) - engaged in street trading - offers goods for sale.

Man - street vendor carries goods on a cart.

City transport: cars and motorcycles on the road.

Elderly man rolls a cart with a barrel organ.

Men of Negroid race sell women's accessories (bags and purses) on the street.

Interior and interior decoration of one of the Orthodox churches in Athens.

Old (not restored) frescoes on the walls, made using chased engraving.

Iconostasis, wooden frame with icons.

A busy city street.

Residents of Athens.

Shop windows.

Street vendors.

A woman talking on a mobile phone.

Ermou (Hermes) Street.

The facade of an ancient church on the square: the Church of Panagia Kapnikarea (Holy Virgin Mary).

Mosaic above the entrance to the temple.

A man in the lotus position with his eyes closed in front of the entrance to the temple.

Residents of the city on bicycles.

Children.

The city of Athens.

Panoramic and static shot of the general plan of the city from the upper observation point (with the blur effect).

Enlargement on various administrative buildings and historical centers.

Acropolis - (enlargement on the Parthenon).

Greek Orthodox Church in Athens.

Flag of Greece (large).

Streets in Athens.

Tourists on the observation deck.

Passing city taxi cars.

Parked cars.

Road signs.

The facade of one of the Orthodox churches in the city of Athens.

Panorama of the inner dome arch.

The interior of the church.

The priest conducts the service in Greek.

Singing.

Reading psalms.

Believers during the service.

Icons, candlesticks with burning candles.

Parishioners place candles, approach the icons.

Artistic photography with a blur effect.

A priest meets with Greek families.

Temple interior.

Staged shots using light from a lit candle.

Temple decoration: frescoes and icons on biblical subjects.

A priest performs a baptism ceremony in one of the Greek temples.

A priest's speech before the ceremony.

A prayer.

Families with children.

Bathing: immersing a child in a tub of water.

A baby drinks milk from a bottle.

A boy holding a burning candle.

A woman holding a baby.

The courtyard of one of the Orthodox churches in Greece.

The end of the sacrament of baptism.

Greek families animatedly congratulate each other.

The priest meets with his flock in the courtyard.

Greek women pick wild flowers in a meadow in the Pindus valley.

A woman and a girl weave a wreath of wild flowers.

Teenage girls carry bouquets of wild flowers.

Children picking flowers on a mountain ledge in the Pindus region.

An ancient Orthodox church.

A dove on a windowsill.

A stone outdoor flowerpot made in the antique style.

An exhibition in the basement of an Orthodox church dedicated to the first preachers of Christianity in Greece.

A map of ancient Greece.

Installation: mannequins in Greek national clothes.

Ancient books with religious content.

Text, turning pages.

Filming using candlelight and shadow play.

Stone corridors with arched columns.

Underground room of an ancient temple.

Stone arched ceilings.

Image of the crucifixion.

Doves.

Stone one-story church in the inner closed territory of the temple.

A woman and a man on a playground.

Children are playing.

Children are sitting in a swing-boat.

A girl is playing with a ball.

Parents are on the playground with their children.

A woman is holding a baby in her arms.

Children are swinging on a swing.

They are swinging vigorously.

They are running on the sand.

Acropolis.

Parthenon.

Athens: panoramic and static shot of the general plan of the city from the upper observation point.

Tourists on the observation deck.

Automobile intersection in the city.

Roadway.

Light transport: cars, mopeds.

A woman kisses a man on a moped.

Residents of the city, pedestrians cross the intersection.

City streets.

Shooting with the blur effect.

Thessaloniki square.

Decorative street lamps.

The facade of the Basilica of Saint Demetrius.

City streets.

The flag of Greece.

The interior of the temple.

Mosaics, frescoes, icons.

Some icons require restoration.

The decoration of the temple.

Notes from parishioners.

The relics of the temple.

The facade of the temple in the city.

Mosaic with portraits of Cyril, Methodius.

The interior of the temple.

Church of St.

Nicholas.

Facade of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Thessaloniki.

Rainbow.

Beginning of a thunderstorm.

Morning shooting from the top point on the mountain plains.

Clouds.

Mountain village on the plain.

Mountain monastery near Thessaloniki.

Monastery cloister.

Balconies with flowers.

Stone wall.

Mountain wild flowers.

Wild poppy.

Stone residential building with a modern superstructure.

Source of drinking water.

Iron mug.

Mountain settlement near Thessaloniki.

Mountain monastery.

Mountain landscape.

Stone half-ruined wall.

Wild mountain flowers.

The territory of the mountain Orthodox monastery in the vicinity of Thessaloniki.

Architectural complex.

Temple interior: decoration.

A monk taps a wooden watch board with a hammer.

Service in the temple.

A service in one of the churches of a mountain monastery in the vicinity of Thessaloniki.

A lit candle.

Icons.

Parishioners of the church.

Mountain monastery in the vicinity of Thessaloniki.

Believers venerate the temple's relics.

Monastery in the vicinity of Thessaloniki.

Lemon trees on the territory of the monastery.

Sunset in the mountains.

Panoramic shot of a mountain landscape (wide plan).

Plain.

Mountain monastery near Thessaloniki.

Stone church.

Orthodox symbols on the facade.

Cross on the dome.

Windy, clouds in the sky.

Valley in the mountainous area.

Panoramic shot of the mountainous area.