Righteous20th century
Saint Demetrios Gagastathis of Platanos
Also known as Dimitrios Gagastathis · Papa-Dimitri · Demetrios of Platanos
A married parish priest and father of nine daughters who served the church of the Archangels in his own village of Platanos in Thessaly for more than forty years. Hunted by Communist guerrillas during the civil war and worn down by cancer at the last, he was known for giving away whatever came to him, and reposed at home in 1975.
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A married parish priest and father of nine daughters who served the church of the Archangels in his own village of Platanos in Thessaly for more than forty years. Hunted by Communist guerrillas during the civil war and worn down by cancer at the last, he was known for giving away whatever came to him, and reposed at home in 1975.
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Sources: Ecumenical Patriarchate, synodal decision (9 July 2025); Orthodox Times; Mystagogy Resource Center; American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (acrod.org)