Xenophon of Tutan

Holy Venerable Xenophon of Tutan was the founder of the Ascension monastery in the village of Tutani, Tver province, thirty versts south-⁠west of Tver, on the right bank of the river Tma. According to tradition the monastery was founded by the monk Xenophon of the Lavra of the Holy Trinity and Saint Sergius, at an unknown time, but not later than the fifteenth century. Xenophon is honoured as a local saint.

The Ascension monastery of Tutani was called that of the Holy Trinity, as belonging to the Lavra, to which it was assigned in 1717. From the fact that Xenophon is called venerable, wonderworker and father, and from the prayer addressed to him, one can see the special veneration he enjoyed in former times. In the church at Tutani there were two icons of the Venerable Xenophon of Tutan: one showing Saint Sergius of Radonezh and the Venerable Xenophon, both full-⁠length and with scrolls in their hands, and another showing Xenophon alone, of lectern size.

Saint Xenophon is commemorated on 18 July, with the Synaxis of the Saints of Tver (the date moves), in the new style.