Tag: Elder Bessarion the Agathonite

Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, Patriarhia Română

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

Published by Ștefana Totorcea
15.06.2022

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…

Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

Materials submitted for canonization of contemporary Greek Elder

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
16.01.2019

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),…