Today, June 14, 2022, along with Elder Bessarion of Agathonos, the Ecumenical Patriarchate accepted the canonization of the Holy New Hieromartyr Ananias Lampardes, Metropolitan of Lacedaemon (+ 1764). He had been regionally canonized in 2017 by Metropolitan Eustathios of Sparta, and at the moment he submitted his identify for approval from the Ecumenical Patriarchate for common recognition. News of his official canonization was met with nice pleasure within the Holy Metropolises of Monemvasia, Sparta, Gortynos and Megalopolis.You can learn concerning the newly-canonized Saint Ananias on the following hyperlink: