XENOFONTOS MONASTERY
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Founded around 998, it houses the largest church in Athos (1839) and another dating from the or century. Renowned icon workshop.
Situated on the seafront, this monastery (Ιερά Μονή Ξενοφώντος/Iera Moni Xenofontos) was founded around 998 on the site, it is said, of a monastery erected in the 6th century by the monk Saint Xenofon. Most of the buildings date from the 18th-19th centuries, in particular the largest catholicon on Athos (1839). But the ancient catholicon (10th or 11th century) houses 16th-century frescoes and a 9th-century icon of St. George donated by Emperor Alexis Comnenus. The fifty or so monks are renowned for their icon workshop.
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