Ηegumen / Abbot
Saint Pachomius of Lake Keno spent many years in solitude, embracing a life of strict fasting, unceasing prayer and constant glorification of the Lord. At the counsel of his spiritual father, he eventually began to receive the local people who came seeking his spiritual guidance. Before long, a community of monks gathered around his cell. A church dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Savior was also built, becoming the heart of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of Keno, which was founded there in the early sixteenth century.
Saint Pachomius established a hospital to care for elderly and infirm monks. Together with the brethren, he labored humbly in the daily work of the monastery, cultivating the land, sowing and harvesting grain, fishing, and clearing fields and woodland, thus combining prayer with diligent manual labor.
Saint Pachomius reposed in the Lord around the year 1515, having reached a venerable old age. Soon after his burial, numerous miracles began to occur at his tomb. In 1800, the Church of the Transfiguration was destroyed by fire. Remarkably, however, the saint's grave remained completely unharmed, a sign that was regarded by the faithful as a manifestation of God's grace.
