Xenophon (monastery)

Xenophon Monastery ( Greek Μονή Ξενοφώντος ) is one of the Athos monasteries , occupying 16th place in the Svyatogorsk hierarchy. Located in the western part of the Athos Peninsula.

Monastery
Xenophon
Μονή Ξενοφώντος
A country	Greece
Location	Athos
Denomination	Orthodoxy
Type of	male
Architectural style
Established	X century
Abbot	Alexy (Mandziris) archimandrite
Status	active monastery

The monastery was founded in the 10th century by the Greek nobleman Xenophon, from whose name he got his name. The cathedral temple of the monastery is dedicated to St. George the Victorious (two buildings have survived - the old catholicon of the 16th century and the new 19th century).

Among the shrines of the monastery are parts of the relics of the great martyr Marina , St. Modest , Jacob Persianin , the holy martyr Charalampius , the great martyr Panteleimon , the martyr Paraskeva .

There are 30 monks in the monastery.

The monastery’s library contains 300 manuscripts and 4,000 printed books.