Ηegumen / Abbot
He was a disciple and companion of the Venerable Alexander of Oshen. The Venerable Pachomius spent many years in solitude, strictly fasting and praying. By his advice and blessing, he began to receive local residents who asked him for spiritual guidance, and soon around his cell a community of monks arose. In this community, a church was built in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which became the center of the Spaso-Transfiguration Ken Monastery, established no later than the beginning of the 16th century. The Venerable one arranged a hospital for the infirm elders, and the brothers worked the land with him, sowing and harvesting grain, fishing, and clearing forested areas for fields. In 1508, the Venerable Anthony of Sii accepted monasticism in the Ken community, having labored under the guidance of Pachomius.
The Venerable Pachomius reposed around 1515 in deep old age in the monastery he founded. Soon after his death, miracles began to occur at his grave. In 1800, the Transfiguration church and everything in it perished in a fire, but three boards above the saint's grave remained untouched by the flames.
