Xenophon of Robeika (russian: Ксенофонт Робейский - ''Xenofont Robeysky''; died June 28, 1262) was a
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
monk, later
declared a saint. A student of
Barlaam of Khutyn
Barlaam of Khutyn (russian: Варлаам Хутынский), also known as Varlaam, was a hermit. Born Alexis Michalevich to a wealthy family from Novgorod. After the death of his parents, he became a hermit on the Volkhov and handed all of h ...
, he later became abbot of the
Khutyn Monastery
Khutyn Monastery of Saviour's Transfiguration and of St. Varlaam (russian: Хутынский Спасо-Преображенский Варлаамиев монастырь) is an Orthodox monastery situated on the right bank of the Volkhov River ...
. Resigning from this post, he later founded the Trinity Monastery on the
Robeika River (
ru), close to
Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
; he died there in 1262.
References
biography on OCA site
Year of birth missing
1262 deaths
13th-century Christian saints
Russian saints
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