Archimandrite The title archimandrite ( gr, ἀρχιμανδρίτης, archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (''hegumenos'', gr, ἡγούμενος, present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") who ...

Alexios of Xenophontos ( el, Αλέξιος Ξενοφωντινός; born Apostolos Mantziris, el, Απόστολος Μαντζίρης) is a Greek Orthodox

archimandrite The title archimandrite ( gr, ἀρχιμανδρίτης, archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (''hegumenos'', gr, ἡγούμενος, present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") who ...

and Abbot of Xenophontos Monastery at

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

Biography

Since 1976, he has served as the hegumen (abbot) of Xenophontos Monastery at

. In the 1970s, Alexios was a disciple of Elder Dionysios, the Metropolitan of Trikkis, and was also the spiritual brother of of

Simonopetra Simonopetra Monastery ( el, Σιμωνόπετρα, literally: "Simon's Rock"), also Monastery of Simonos Petra ( el, Μονή Σίμωνος Πέτρας), is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. Simonope ...

, as both of them were disciples of Elder Dionysios of Trikkis. In 1976, Alexios came to Xenophontos with 17 of his monks from the

Monastery of Great Meteoron The Monastery of Great Meteoron ( el, Μεγάλο Μετέωρο) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. It is situated on top of a rock called ''Meteora'' or ''Platylithos'', ...

, of which he had been the abbot from 1973 to 1976. He continues to lead the monastery as of 2019. In 2019, he took part in the enthronement of the head of the

Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the unifi ...

, Metropolitan

Epiphanius I of Ukraine Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine ( uk, link= yes, Епіфаній, Митрополит Київський і всієї України, translit=Epifanii, Mytropolyt Kyivskyi i vsiiei Ukrainy, secular name: Serhii Petrovych Dum ...

References

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