Chilandar Appeal

The Chilandar Fire and The Chilandar Appeal

The Chilandar Appeal. The Friends of Mount Athos are raising funds for the relief and rebuilding of Chilandar Monastery following the catastrophic fire of March 4, 2004. Funds raised by the Friends of Mount Athos are contributed directly to the Monastery.

The first phase of the Friends' Chilandar Appeal focused on rebuilding of the Monastery's bakery. This year's Bridgewater Event inaugurates the second phase of FoMA's appeal, which will concentrate on rebuilding the library. Please consider supporting this year's Bridgewater Event by your attendance or contributions.

Two well known artists named Douglas, one a watercolorist, the other a photographer, are contributing the proceeds of their work sold through the Friends of Mount Athos.

Douglas Patterson's Watercolors of
Chilandar Before the Fire

Douglas Lyttle's newly released book,
Miracle on the Monastery Mountain

Doug Patterson, the well-known watercolorist and print maker from London, is known to FoMA members from recent exhibitions of his prints in England and because some have been shown at recent FoMA Annual General Meetings at Oxford. He has prepared a set of prints of a dozen original watercolors of Chilandar Before the Fire. These prints, 10 x 13.5 inches, are available either mounted or unmounted.

Preview Chilandar Prints | Order them

Doug Lyttle, also a long-time member of the Friends and well known professional photographer, has offered to dedicate his personal income from all copies sold here of this spectacular photographic and narrational history of the the last quarter century on the Holy Mountain, Miracle on the Monastery Mountain. Doug exhibited photos from the book two years ago at the FoMA AGM.

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The Chilandar Fire -- Reportage and Response

A repository of news and reportage on the Chilandar fire (listed by date) that have been posted by the Friends of Mount Athos. News items recorded here are drawn from the Press as well as from our members. Old news items remain here as an archive. This page does not make any attempt at comprehensive coverage of news related to Mount Athos, but depends on the reading and reports by members of the Friends of Mount Athos and other interested persons.

Readers are encouraged to suggest or post a news item for this page.
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Chilandar Fire March 2004: March 4, 2004. Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Catastrophic Fire at Chilandar Monastery; March 5, 2004. Kathimerini English Edition, "Fire guts medieval monastery"; March 6, 2004. Kathimerini English Edition, "Helandari Monastery 50% gutted by fire"; March 6, 2004. Serbian Government Website, "Government sends 10mln dinar assistance to Hilandar monastery"; March 8 2004. Official Information regarding donations to Chilandar Monastery to help recovery and rebuilding; March 9 2004. The Friends of Mount Athos Respond to the Chilandar Catastrophe; March 9 2004. H.R.H. Prince Charles Sends Message of Support to Chilandar Monastery; March 11 2004. Communiqué of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church©; March 15 2004. Prince Charles Leads Fundraising Efforts for Chilandar; March 15 2004. Friends of Mount Athos Fundraising Event for Chilandar

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Maintained for the Friends of Mount Athos by
Robert W. Allison
Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Bates College
Lewiston, Maine 04240

Responses to the Friends of Mount Athos may be sent by e-mail to

Prof. Robert W. Allison, Membership Secretary for the Americas

Responses may also be sent by post addressed to:

Dr. Graham Speake
Ironstone Farmhouse, Milton, Banbury
OX15 4HH England
(fax: 01295-722047; from the U.S.A.: 011-44-1295-722047)

or:

Robert W. Allison
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
Bates College
73-75 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, Maine, 04240 U.S.A.
(fax: 207-786-6401)

http://www.athosfriends.org/Chilandar/