Acacius

Acacius was a Greek cleric of the end of the fifteenth century, bishop of Litia and Rendina, canonized by the Church of Greece on 26 November 2013. His day of commemoration was fixed on 16 August.

He was ordained bishop of Litia and Rendina by Metropolitan Niphon of Thessalonica (1450 to 1484), with whom he kept a spiritual bond. He also had ties with Theophilus the Myrrh-⁠streamer of Zachna. After Niphon became ecumenical patriarch in 1486, he sent Acacius and Theophilus on a mission to Alexandria in Egypt, to Patriarch Joachim Pani. They then visited Sinai, Jerusalem and Damascus, where they met Patriarch Gregory III of Antioch. They returned to Jerusalem, where Acacius suddenly died.

His canonization was preceded by a scholarly conference devoted to him and to Damaskinos the Studite, organized by the Metropolis of Langadas, Litia and Rendina. The Church of Greece canonized him together with Damaskinos.