'Anxious to see an Orthodox parish develop beyond the monastery, Archimandrite Barnabas set up a small house church in Combe Martin. This is now the Orthodox Parish of the Holy Prophet Elias, with a church in Exeter as well as in Combe Martin.

Archimandrite Barnabas' lifelong wish was to establish an Orthodox monastic tradition in Britain. He moved back to Wales in 1973, settling in New Mills, between Newtown and Llanfair Caereinion, the next year. He established a monastery, Mynachdy Sant Elias, in an old farmhouse there.' -- Ruth Gooding

Source:
Gooding, R., (2024). BURTON, IAN HAMILTON (Archimandrite Barnabas) (1915 - 1996), Orthodox priest. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 27 Jan 2025, from https://biography.wales/article/s15-BURT-HAM-1915