Philoumenos of Jacob's Well was a Cypriot monk and priest who served as the hegumen of the Greek Orthodox monastery at Jacob's Well in Nablus. Born in Nicosia in 1913, he was a member of the Stavrovouni Monastery before being ordained by the Jerusalem Patriarchate. He held the rank of archimandrite and acted as the guardian of the holy site. His life ended tragically in 1979 when he was killed by an axe during an attack involving a grenade.