Venerable (Monastic) · 20th century
Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis
Also known as Gerasimos the Hymnographer · Gerasimos of Little St Anne's Skete
An Athonite monk of the Little Saint Anne's Skete and the foremost Greek hymnographer of the twentieth century, who as Great Hymnographer of the Great Church of Christ composed over two thousand liturgical services and hymns. He reposed on Mount Athos in 1991.
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Born 1905 in Droviani, Northern Epirus; reposed at Little St Anne's Skete, Mount Athos, in 1991. Glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2023.
Sources: OrthoChristian (orthochristian.com); Ecumenical Patriarchate glorification (2023)