Alexios of Xenophontos explained

Honorific Prefix:Archimandrite
Alexios of Xenophontos
Native Name:Απόστολος Μαντζίρης
Native Name Lang:el
Church:Greek Orthodox Church
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Birth Name:Apostolos Mantziris (Απόστολος Μαντζίρης)
Birth Place:Greece
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Nationality:Greek
Religion:Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Residence:Xenophontos Monastery, Mount Athos
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Occupation:Abbot and monk
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Archimandrite Alexios of Xenophontos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλέξιος Ξενοφωντινός; born Apostolos Mantziris, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Απόστολος Μαντζίρης[1]) is a Greek Orthodox archimandrite and Abbot of Xenophontos Monastery at Mount Athos.

Biography

Since 1976, he has served as the hegumen (abbot) of Xenophontos Monastery at Mount Athos.[2] [3]

In the 1970s, Alexios was a disciple of Elder Dionysios, the Metropolitan of Trikkis, and was also the spiritual brother of of Simonopetra, 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, of which he had been the abbot from 1973 to 1976.[4] [5] He continues to lead the monastery as of 2019.[6]

In 2019, he took part in the enthronement of the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Ukraine.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1978: Αγιορείτης Ηγούμενος προφυλακίζεται για "απαγωγή" στον Άθωνα 5 «παιδιών» από τα Τρίκαλα | Ροΐδη και Λασκαράτου Εμμονές. November 10, 2019. November 24, 2022. November 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191110202345/https://roides.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/23oct17/. bot: unknown.
  2. Web site: Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia. Neil. MacFarquhar. October 20, 2018. The New York Times. 2022-11-23.
  3. Web site: Откровение помыслов на опыте Святой Горы / Православие.Ru. pravoslavie.ru. 2022-11-23.
  4. Dorobantu . Marius . Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos . Radboud University . Nijmegen . Master's thesis . 2017-08-28 . 2022-08-28.
  5. Web site: NARRATIVES OF ABBOT ALEXIOS HIMSELF – Xenofontos – Proskinitaria Athos. 2022-11-23.
  6. Web site: Visit of Abbots of Xenophontos and Pantokratoros monasteries to the Phanar . Orthodox Times . 2019-12-08 . 2022-08-28.
  7. Web site: Відбулася інтронізація Блаженнійшого Епіфанія митрополита Київського і всієї України на Київський престол – Кіцманська єпархія. April 28, 2019. November 24, 2022. April 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190428045408/http://orthodox.cv.ua/2019/02/04/%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F-%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B3/. dead.