Venerable (Monastic) · 20th century
Eumenios Saridakis
Also known as Eumenios of Athens · Konstantinos Saridakis
A monk-priest of Crete who himself suffered from Hansen's disease, he served for many years at the Saint Barbara leprosy hospital in Athens, comforting fellow patients as a confessor and spiritual father. He reposed in Athens in 1999.
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Born Konstantinos Saridakis in 1931 at Ethia, Crete; reposed in Athens in 1999; a spiritual companion of St Nikephoros the Leper. Glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2022.
Sources: John Sanidopoulos (Mystagogy); Ecumenical Patriarchate glorification (2022)