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In 1998, Fr Thomas entered the monastic life in Greece, and served at the Monastery of the Holy Cross, an international women's monastery in Thebes. In 2003, he was transferred to be [[chaplain]] of the women's Monastery of St George the Great Martyr, and to serve his own brotherhood at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Petras. In 2004, Fr Melchisedek Thomas was tonsured to the great schema by his [[abbot]], Archimandrite Dionysios, taking the name Melchisedek, and was subsequently made archimandrite and spiritual father by his local metropolitan in Greece.