The fathers who had taken refuge in the metochi in Skopelos returned to the Monastery in 1830, after the withdrawal of the Ottoman army from Mt Athos. Among their first tasks was the resumption of the construction of the new cathedral.
The economic condition of the Monastery again suffered a setback when, after the liberation of Macedonia and Mt Athos, the Athonite metochia and lands were confiscated by the Greek state and given to refugees from the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922). Another difficulty was brought about by World War II, during which time the Monastery had to deal with a population of aged monks and a shortage of men, conditions which led to its decline.
