On May 20, in the framework of the Festival of Orthodox Culture in memory of St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov the Vologda Philharmonic Society opened a photo exhibition "My Athos" by Kostas Asimis.
Kostas Asimis, a photographer and an author of "My Athos" met with Vologda’s visitors and personally conducted the first tour of the exhibition, presenting the past and present of the Holy Mountain and its twenty monasteries. For the first time Kostas Asimis came to Holy Mount Athos in 1984.
There are photographs depicting unique holy places and a monastic life of Mount Athos. These are moments of festive divine services, and everyday work in Athos monasteries and its picturesque nature. Portraits of the Athonite elders and monks are the core of the exhibition.
Exhibitions by Kostas Asimis were a success in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, as well as in Russian cities: Moscow, Kostroma, Bryansk, Voronezh, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Novorossiysk, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Irkutsk, Kaluga, Tula, Saratov, Cherkessk. In 2021, his works were exhibited in Cherepovets.