Euthymios of Dionysiou

Euthymios of Dionysiou, with the secular name Themistocles Kosmides, was from renowned Trebizond, whose school he graduated from. He came to Dionysiou Monastery in 1932, where he was tonsured a monk with the name Euthymios. He was distinguished as librarian of the monastery. With exemplary zeal he worked ten years to enhance and classify this rich library. He had a special devotion to the Mother of God, especially of the Akathist and of Soumela. For the building of the monastery of the Mother of God Soumela on Vermion he worked tirelessly in various ways, therefore its association proclaimed him a great benefactor.

His compatriots would write: "Deep grief and bitter pain shook our hearts and souls at the sad announcement of the death of Euthymios, beloved of all. We wept and weep for the choice man, the worthy servant of Christ, the honoured monk, the faithful friend, the ardent patriot, the outstanding Greek. Having renounced worldly things and placed himself in the service of the Divine, he was for those who knew him the personification of virtue, conscientiousness, industry and endurance. For us personally he was the encourager, the good counsellor, who strengthened our soul and will in moments of bitterness and disappointment..." According to the obituary by a fellow monk: "He served his monastery faithfully until his blessed death. But weak by nature and unwilling to deviate even from the rules of the strict cenobium, he gave way, and at the age of 65 gave up his spirit, after consciously fulfilling all religious duties before death. His end was, as our holy Church prays, painless, unashamed, peaceful, a good sign also for the good defence at the dread judgment. The community of the monastery felt deeply the departure of Father Euthymios from its midst, and the void is hard to fill in our materialistic age..." He reposed in 1955. He is venerated by the faithful, without synodal canonization.