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Bessarion of Agathonos

Also known as Vissarion of Agathonos · Andreas Korkoliakos

A hieromonk and abbot of the Agathonos Monastery in central Greece, esteemed as a confessor and pastor who renewed the monastery's life. He reposed in 1991.

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Born Andreas Korkoliakos in 1908 at Petalidi, Messenia; reposed at Agathonos Monastery in 1991. Glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2022.

Sources: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (goarch.org); Ecumenical Patriarchate glorification (2022)