Venerable (Monastic) · 20th century
George Karslidis of Drama
Also known as George of Drama · Athanasios Karslidis · Georgios Karslidis
A Pontic-Greek archimandrite born in the Caucasus and orphaned young, he endured imprisonment under Soviet rule before settling near Drama in northern Greece in 1929, where he founded a monastery and served for thirty years as a renowned confessor and spiritual father. He reposed in 1959.
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Born c. 1901 in the Caucasus (Pontic-Greek descent); reposed Nov 4, 1959. Glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2008.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia; Ecumenical Patriarchate glorification (2008)