Elder Bessarion the Agathonite

Ecumenical Patriarchate adds new saint to the Orthodox calendar: Elder Bessarion the Agathonite

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate added on Tuesday a new saint to the Orthodox calendar: Archimandrite Bessarion Korkoliakos, also called “the Merciful Elder”, abbot of the Agathonos Monastery († January 22). The saint was born in Messinia’s Petalidi, in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese Peninsula, in 1908 and was baptized Andreas. When he…

Jun 15, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Materials submitted for canonization of contemporary Greek Elder

Materials for the canonization of a new Saint have been sent for consideration to the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Fthiotida presented the documents on Archimandrite Bessarion (Korkoliakos), abbot of the Agothonos Monastery in central Greece, to the Synod on January 10, according to the metropolis’ website. ”Never judge…

Jan 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu