The First Years

The First Years

The restoration work of the almost-abandoned monastery was not an easy task for the new fraternity. All the building units and the infrastructure had to be completely reconstructed, a task which was accomplished with the help of the Mother of God and St Georgios, along with the efforts of all the monks. During those years, the elderly monks began to leave this life. Together with the renovation of the Monastery, the 'renovation' of the souls of the young monks took place due to their practice of a monastic life, their study, and Divine Grace.

The Arrival Of
The New Company In 1976

The Arrival Of The New Company In 1976

With the decision of the Protos to repopulate the Xenofontos Monastery, the new monastics led by the Elder Alexios joined the fraternity of the elderly monks who were already living there. The simplicity, piety and dedication to prayer of the elderly monks inspired the new ones. Father Alexios shares an account of an elderly monk's anxiety about the continuation of the monastic life in the Xenofontos Monastery, the providence of the Mother of God, and the arrival of the brotherhood on the day of her feast.

«Ο τόπος δεν αφομοιώνεται, αφομοιώνει».

‘This Place Is Not
Assimilated,
It Assimilates’

'This Place Is Not Assimilated, It Assimilates'

In 1976, the Elder Alexios and a group of followers left the Great Meteora Monastery and took up residence in the Xenofontos Monastery, instilling a new feeling of life and spiritual renascence there. The new Abbott describes the prevalent environment he found at the Monastery thusly: 'This place is not assimilated, it assimilates.'