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Venerable

Ignatios of Katounakia

of Katounakia (Great Lavra)

An Athonite confessor of Katounakia (Great Lavra), who reposed in 1927; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.

Reposed
192720th century
Place
Great Lavra (Katounakia), Mount Athos

Life

Saint Ignatios of Katounakia, a venerable monk, was an Athonite confessor at Katounakia, below the Great Lavra, and reposed in the year 1927. Father Moses the Athonite counts him among the virtuous and discerning spiritual fathers and confessors of the twentieth century on the Holy Mountain. He is honoured by the faithful, without synodal canonization. Our sources give no further details of his life.