Gerasimos Palladas Explained

Gerasimos II
Church:Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Archbishop Of:Patriarchs of Alexandria
Term:1688  - 20 Jan 1710
Predecessor:Parthenius I
Successor:Samuel
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:15 January 1714
Death Place:Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece
Previous Post:Metropolitan of Kastoria
Canonized Date:2003
Venerated:Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized By:Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Honorific Prefix:Saint
Native Name:Γεράσιμος Παλλαδάς
Native Name Lang:greek
Religion:Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Feast Day:15 January
Saint Title:Patriarch, Holy Hierarch
Canonized Place:Alexandria

Gerasimos II Palladas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γεράσιμος Β' Παλλαδάς) served as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1688 and 1710. He is honoured as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is commemorated annually on 16 January.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Παλλαδὰς Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείας. 16 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.