Ierotheos

Saint Ierotheos, bishop of Lampi in Crete, was put to death for the faith in Christ in 1821 at Heraklion, together with his deacon, in the massacre at the beginning of the Greek Revolution. He is one of the ten hierarch-⁠martyrs of Crete of 1821-1822.

On 23 June 1821, after the enemies burst into the church of Saint Minas in Heraklion and killed the hierarchs, priests and several hundred Christians, they scattered through the city and hunted the other Christians. In the streets they met the bishop of Lampi, Ierotheos, and killed him, together with his deacon. The next day, in the village of Epano Fourni, seat of the diocese of Petra, Bishop Joachim was shot in front of the church of the Mother of God.

The saint was glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the year 2000, together with the other hierarchs of Crete. He is commemorated on 23 June, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style). He is not to be confused with Ierotheos the New, bishop of Nikolsk, commemorated on 31 May.