Alexios of Xenophontos

Archimandrite Alexios of Xenophontos (Greek: Αλέξιος Ξενοφωντινός; born Apostolos Mantziris, Greek: Απόστολος Μαντζίρης^[1]) is a Greek Orthodox archimandrite and Abbot of Xenophontos Monastery at Mount Athos.

Archimandrite Alexios of Xenophontos
Archimandrite Alexios of Xenophontos (center) hosting Greek Foreign Minister Dimitrios Droutsas (right) in 2011
Native name	Απόστολος Μαντζίρης
Church	Greek Orthodox Church
Personal details
Born	Apostolos Mantziris (Απόστολος Μαντζίρης) c. 1939 Greece
Nationality	Greek
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Residence	Xenophontos Monastery, Mount Athos
Occupation	Abbot and monk

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 Emilianos (Vafidis) [ru] 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]