CBS Documentary - A Visit To The Holy Mountain ATHOS, Greece

For more information, you can access any of these links: en.wikipedia.org www.mountathos.gr athos.jassas.net The Holy Mountain Athos (The Garden of the Mother of God) was created by ancient Byzantine emperors to be the spiritual capital of Orthodox Christianity. Millions of Orthodox Christians believe it is the most sacred place on Earth. There are 2000 Anthonite monks living in what is the most unique monastery complex in the world; most pray all day. Some monks even tell that they pray while they sleep -- and they only get about three hours of sleep a night. The monks divide their day into three parts: They spend about eight hours a day in church, and when they're not resting their time is dedicated to the work needed to keep the 20 monasteries running. Mt. Athos is also beautiful and has probably changed less than any other inhabited place on the planet. Some of the monasteries here are perched high on cliffs above the Aegean Sea, with sylvan hills as a backdrop and architecture that could have come out of a medieval fairytale. It was the architecture that first attracted a young boy from Winthrop, Mass. "It was just so impressive and I turned around and I said to him, 'Dad, you know, I don't think I am going to believe that somebody lives in that building until I step on those balconies myself," says Fr. Iakovos, one of three monks originally from the US He came to Mt. Athos 25 years ago and he points out that it's not just the way of life that hasn't changed, neither ...

Architecture of Doom Nazism Full Length Documentary + Subtitles Included

Undergångens arkitektur (Swedish, "The Architecture of Doom") is a 1989 documentary directed by Swedish director Peter Cohen and narrated by Rolf Arsenius (in the German version, narration is done by actor Bruno Ganz). The film explores the obsession Adolf Hitler had with his own particular vision of what was and was not aesthetically acceptable and how he applied these notions while running the Third Reich. His obsession with art he considered pure, in opposition to the supposedly degenerate avant-garde works by Jewish and Soviet artists, reveals itself to be deeply connected to Hitler's equally subjective and strict ideal of physical beauty and health. Hitler is shown as an amateur architect who spends a lot of time planning designs of new buildings for the Reich and acquiring paintings and sculptures that reinforce his vision. At one point in the film, Cohen questions Hitler's grasp of reality. Nos minutos iniciais do filme, é apresentada a missão assumida pelos nazistas de "purificar" a terra alemã dos males que a assolavam, definindo aquilo que os nazistas chamaram de "corpo do povo da Alemanha". Com esse discurso, os nazistas passaram a perseguir diversos grupos da sociedade, principalmente as pessoas com deficiências e os judeus, tratando-os como se fossem bactérias ou vírus, - um verdadeiro câncer a ser contido e removido da sociedade alemã. A medicina alemã deveria trabalhar em prol desse corpo do povo, e não em prol do indivíduo, e nesse sentido diversos médicos ...

Andromeda International Documentary - Makedonia 5/5

Year(production) 1984 Thessaloniki, Thessalonica or Salonica (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia and the second-largest city of Greece. It is also the capital of the Thessaloniki prefecture and the capital of the EU region (or, synonymously, Greek periphery) of Central Macedonia. Today's population of the city's metropolitan area is around 1000000. The city was founded circa 315 BC by Cassander, the King of Macedon (Μακεδών), on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma. He named it after his wife Thessalonica, the half sister of Alexander the Great. Thessaloniki means the "victory of Thessalians". The Apostle Paul landed at Thessaloníki (after Kavala and before Veria) on his second voyage to Europe (Acts, xvi. 11), and in Byzantine times the city was called symbasileousa 'συμβασιλεύουσα' (vice-capital) in Greek. Byzantine Greek brothers Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius were born in Thessaloníki. Thessaloníki was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1430 to 1912. Thessaloniki was the main "prize" of the First Balkan War, as a result of which it was united with Greece on October 26, 1912. This date has an immense importance for the city as, in addition to the aforementioned historic event of the unification, it also marks the nameday of Saint Demetrius, its patron Saint. Thessaloniki is a vibrant city and its commercial port is of a strategic importance for Greece. It is a major economic, industrial, commercial and cultural center as well as ...