Cosmas of Aetolia

Cosmas Of Aetolia

Saint Cosmas of Aetolia (sometimes Kosmas of Aetolia or Cosmas/Kosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Cosmas") (Greek: Κοσμάς Αιτωλός, Kosmas Etolos) (born at some time between 1700 and 1714 – dead 1779) was a monk in the Greek Orthodox Church and an important figure in the Greek Enlightenment.

Cosmas was officially proclaimed a Saint by the Orthodox Church of Constantinople on 20 April 1961. The memory of isapostolos Cosmas of Aetolia is honoured on August 24, the date of his martyrdom.

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