Timothy of Xenophontos

Timothy of Xenophontos, with the secular name George Onouphrios, the son of Onouphrios and Kyriaki, was born in 1887 at Panormos on Tinos. He came to Xenophontos in 1911 and was tonsured a monk in 1913. They say he was a great fighter of the spirit. In summer he slept outside, on the terraces and flagstones of the courtyard. He was a man of prayer, loved the readings at the community's table, and was industrious and hardworking. Into his old age he built terraces. One of his last was in the gardens near Xina Nera. In body he was short and stooped.

His fellow monk Symeon (d. 1983) relates: "One evening I heard psalmody in his cell. The Divine Liturgy was being celebrated, for I heard the words and the chants. I was afraid and did not go to see what was happening. In the morning I went to the abbot and told him. He thought of giving Holy Communion to Old Timothy, who suffered from a chronic illness and lately was bedridden. I went to tell the sick man that the priest would come with Holy Communion and that he should be ready. He told me: 'I am fine with Holy Communion, do nothing, only pray that God's will be done. Last night angels celebrated the Divine Liturgy in my cell, and one of them brought me with the spoon the Body and Blood of Christ, and I communed.' Not long passed and the angel-⁠like monk Old Timothy took his place in the heavenly hosts of the angelic powers." He reposed in the Lord on 31 May 1973. He is venerated by the faithful, without synodal canonization.