It opens its gates to the public, tomorrow 16 October 2020 and for nine days, the digital interactive exhibition "Passage to the Light" that will be hosted at the Athens Concert Hall and will present for the first time in the millennial history of ‘Mount Athos digitized treasures from Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos……….
Now accessible with the help of modern digital technology, These sacred treasures testify to the Orthodox cultural tradition as imprinted for centuries on Mount Athos, highlighting at the same time the message and the importance of the spirituality of the Athonite State for the modern world. Alongside, The exhibition "Passage to the Light" gives visitors the unique opportunity to get to know the daily life of the fathers of Mount Athos.
In the exhibition "Passage to the Light", the public will come in a first contact with the unique work of digitization of the relics of the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos "Athonite Digital Ark". Initiative and creation of the Holy Community of Mount Athos, "Athonite Digital Ark" brings to light thousands of digitized heirlooms and objects of high cultural value, aiming to make the World Community a partner of Orthodox Christian Culture.
The unique work of the "Athonite Digital Ark", carried out over a period of four years with the co-financing of the European Union (NSRF 2014 – 2020) includes handwritten codes in digitized form, παλαίτυπα, documents, excellent works of art, items of special collections, 3D models of monuments such as the seventh temple of Protatos and the Bank of I.M.M. Vatopediou, digital presentations of Holy Monasteries, special digital applications for educational and psycho-beneficial content. also, The e-learning platform "moodle" was used to create digital educational content.
The Athonite Digital Ark is a Spiritual Antidote of Mount Athos to the needs of society and especially to young people, who have new channels and ways of communicating through the digital world. This vast wealth of cultural heritage is now stored in an extensive repository of thousands of digitized objects., which the public can browse through the website https://mountathos.org/
The exhibition "Passage to the Light" will take place at the New Exhibition Space (Skalkota level) of the Athens Concert Hall and only for nine days, during space 16-24 October 2020. More information about the "Passage to the Light" exhibition and the provision of free entrance tickets to the website: https://perasmastofos.gr/.