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'''Xenophon of Robeika''' was a Russian Orthodox [[monk]], later declared a [[saint]]. A student of St. Barlaam of Khutyn (+ 1192, [[November 6]]), he later became head of the [[w:Khutyn Monastery|Khutyn Monastery]], after the [[Igumen]] Isidore (+1243). Resigning as Igumen, St. Xenophon founded the Trinity Monastery, on the banks of the Robeika River, close to [[Novgorod]]. Here he reposed blessedly on [[June 28]], 1262.