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The Connecton Of
St Xenophon With
St Demetrios

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The Connecton Of St Xenophon With St Demetrios

An old tradition of the Monastery, reflected in art and hymnography, suggests its founding is linked to St Xenofontos the Senator, who lived as a hermit on Athos in the 6th century. According to this tradition, the Saint built a small church dedicated to St Demetrios along with a few rudimentary cells. It is worth remembering that the extensive survival of oral history at Mount Athos has no equivalent in Greece.
Holy Xenophon and his family, which was wholly devoted in the ascetic life.
Figuring Together In The Icon
The Chapel Of St Demetrios
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Time play in the Byzantine iconography. Sts Georgios and Demetrios appear as witnessing the Crusifiction (19th century).

Figuring Together In
The Icon Of
The Crucifixion

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Figuring Together In The Icon Of The Crucifixion

In an icon of the Crucifixion, dating to the 19th century, the Crucified Christ, the Virgin Mary and the beloved disciple John are framed by the figures of St Georgios and St Demetrios, with the former in the honorary position at the right, and the latter at the left. The two protectors of the Monastery are portrayed as privileged eyewitnesses of Christ's sacrifice.
Time play in the Byzantine iconography. Sts Georgios and Demetrios appear as witnessing the Crusifiction (19th century).
Figuring Together In The Iconography
The Connecton Of St Xenophon With
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Figuring Together In
The Iconography

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Figuring Together In The Iconography

Several icons in the monastery depict the two martyrs together: In a portable icon of 1846 in the old cathedral, St Georgios and St Demetrios flank the enthroned Mary and Child. If the inscriptions of their names were not there to identify them, they would be impossible to distinguish, like twin brothers. On the exterior side of a 19th-century triptych, the two martyrs, on horseback this time, occupy the entire lower half, while in the upper and narrower half, fourteen other saints possibly related to the Monastery are crowded.
Sts Georgios and Demetrios with the Virgin Mary holding the divine infant (work of 1846).
In the outer triptych of the 19th century, Saints George and Demetrius occupy the lower part.
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The First Devotion
Figuring Together In The Icon
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The two saints together in a portable icon, where each one is depicted with the special attributes of his iconographic type.

The First Devotion

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The First Devotion

Although throughout history the Xenofontos Monastery has been dedicated to St Georgios, it is possible that prior to 998, it had existed for a while as a hermitage, the small church of which may have honoured St Demetrios. This memory has remained alive through time, and in the Monastery, the visitor experiences the presence of the two martyrs in a variety of ways.
The two saints together in a portable icon, where each one is depicted with the special attributes of his iconographic type.
Figuring Together In The Iconography
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